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Windows XP SP3 Installed
Blog Overall I am very happy with the S6510 running XP since my latest retreat from Vista last week. Moreover, they have not only held back XP SP3, they have also stopped Vista SP1 from Automatic Download (again) for the same reason.
[April 30, 2008, 8:53]
S6510/Vista Vs. S2110/XP Professional
Blog What I want to concentrate on here is the difference between Windows Vista and Windows XP Professional. Windows Vista Business.Windows XP Professional SP2 As I have described previously, I spent a long time struggling with Vista on the S2110...
[January 9, 2008, 13:06]
Status Update, Vista To XP Retreat (Advance?)
Blog It has been two weeks since I switched from Windows Vista back to Windows XP Professional on my Fujitsu Lifebook S6510, and two months since I made the same switch on my Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook S2110.
[January 25, 2008, 12:00]
Windows Driver Updates
Blog Because of my recent adventures with Windows Vista on my Lifebook, I've had to learn about and deal with the differences between Vista and XP in third-party device driver distribution and updates. I have seen a number of them included in the...
[May 13, 2008, 12:49]
2008-01-06 Vista Is A Downgrade.
Talkback Don't *need* another newer version of Windows, such as Vista. But with Vista? XP works perfectly totally fine. The title bar of every window now looks 1.5 times the height that it was under XP and I can't change it.
[January 6, 2008, 23:41]
Triple Boot Ubuntu/Vista/XP - No Go So Far
Blog Comment GRUB even shows that it knows the Vista boot is "special", because when I do it with XP Pro, the GRUB boot menu only lists "Microsoft Windows XP Professional", whereas when I did it with Vista, the menu says "Microsoft Windows Vista (loader)".
[June 18, 2008, 9:27]
S6510: XP Faster, More Stable Than Vista
Blog So I decided to get a second disk drive, so that I could keep the original drive with Vista intact, and load that new drive with Windows XP Professional. As I have mentioned previously, the S6510 came with a certificate of "Downgrade Rights for...
[January 13, 2008, 20:44]
Triple Boot Ubuntu/Vista/XP - No Go So Far
Blog The first problem that I ran into was that the Windows installation disks I have are actually "recovery" media from Fujitsu, and as such they will only recreate the factory-delivered configuration, with Windows (Vista or XP) in the C: partition...
[June 17, 2008, 15:16]
Status Update, Vista To XP Retreat (Advance?)
Blog Comment Look at how many people, and business, are still running Windows 2000, and there were compelling reasons and advantages in upgrading to XP; without any such obvious advantages in upgrading to Vista, the percentage who "stay behind" is likely to be...
[January 28, 2008, 7:11]
Tech Talk - XP To Vista, The Problem Details
Blog We are sorry to inform you that a full feature driver for Windows Vista or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition will not be available for your HP product in the future After my post about finally giving up on Vista and going back to XP Professional...
[November 30, 2007, 9:58]
Microsoft Tells Businesses: It's Time For Vista
News Microsoft on Wednesday released a white paper targeted at the many businesses that have chosen to stick with Windows XP instead of moving to Vista. Compared with Windows XP, Vista has had fewer vulnerabilities (45 for Vista versus 56 for XP); fewer...
[June 5, 2008, 13:04]
Alienware
Talkback I was quoted an additional £24 charge having XP Pro instead of Vista Home Premium. I already own a copy of Vista Ultimate and it's license enables me to install on 3 systems that I own. I therefore want to buy a naked system to save myself paying...
[March 20, 2007, 11:44]
The Windows Vista Timeline
News As I began planning this edition of the Windows Vista Report, I began to look back at how long we've been anticipating Windows XP's successor and came to the conclusion that it goes all the way back to 2001.
[May 19, 2006, 13:20]
Thoughts On Windows Driver Updates
Blog Maybe, but that's not the only difference, and in some cases they use the same driver, and it has been updated in the Vista list and not in the XP list! By that I mean, for example, that for my S6510, Fujitsu has driver lists for Vista and XP.
[August 19, 2008, 13:15]
Vista's Six Versions Finalised
News Vista Starter is similar to the starter edition of Windows XP. Microsoft did not disclose pricing for Vista, although Goffe said Vista Business will be priced similarly to XP Professional, while Vista Home Basic will have a price tag similar to...
[February 27, 2006, 10:30]
Do We Need A Campaign To Save XP?
Blog Comment Vista is no slouch in this department, either, as it seems to turn my Core 2 Duo laptop into the functional equivalent of my older AMD Turion (single) running XP. As I have mentioned recently, I have yet to see a "compelling need" for upgrading to...
[January 15, 2008, 13:05]
Laptop Review - Fujitsu Lifebook S6510
Blog Although the system came preloaded with Windows Vista Business, the recovery media included both Vista and XP Pro disks, and there was a page included titled "Downgrade Rights for Microsoft Windows Vista Business" which states that the owner has...
[December 27, 2007, 12:15]
Windows Vista - Here I Go Again!
Blog First, installing the Vista updates which were released while I was running XP; then a couple of driver updates. So, after reading all of the recent posts about Vista SP1 being available "Real Soon Now" (which made me aware that there are some...
[February 19, 2008, 13:02]
Interesting Write Up - Disagree With A Few Points
Talkback I have been using XP 64bit and now Vista 64bit for the last 2-3 years and refuse to load the 32bit versions. Recently they have added support for Vista 64bit, but do not offer a XP 64bit solution with their "new" Norton 360 app.
[November 27, 2007, 19:43]
More Pleasant Surprises With Ubuntu
Blog The contrast with how this all went with Vista is interesting, I think. When I loaded Vista, I was very positive and hopeful, and each time I started out thinking it was great, and would work out fine for me.
[June 3, 2008, 11:01]
