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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]
Windows Vista - Here I Go Again!
Blog So, after reading all of the recent posts about Vista SP1 being available "Real Soon Now" (which made me aware that there are some Vista updates that must be installed before SP1 will install), and reading David Long's good article about...
[February 19, 2008, 13:02]
Linksys WRT350N Wireless-N Gigabit Router With Storage Link
Blog It is worth noting that while Windows Vista has WPA2 security included, it has not yet been made a standard part of Windows XP. You have to download and install Windows XP update KB917021 to add WPA2 support.
[January 18, 2008, 10:04]
Thoughts On Windows Driver Updates
Blog The disadvantage is that if you are not careful, or if one takes you by surprise, you may end up having to "roll back" a device driver update, or to boot from the "last known good configuration", but both XP and Vista are quite good at that, so...
[August 19, 2008, 13:42]
Running The Numbers On Vista Sales
News Sales of boxed copies of Windows Vista continue to significantly trail those of Windows XP during its early days, according to a soon-to-be-released report. Standalone unit sales of Vista at US retail stores were down 59.7 percent compared with...
[September 12, 2007, 8:14]
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]
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]
Software Jihad
Blog Microsoft needs to disable or kill every copy of Windows XP that connects to Windows Update that does not comply with their copyright. Considering how well Vista is doing, Windows 7 might be the last opportunity Microsoft has to make a profit off...
[November 2, 2008, 14:04]
Why You Should Care About Vista
News And, more than five years after the debut of Windows XP, Vista is finally ready — at least, for businesses willing to buy at least five copies of the operating system. It offers those who buy an XP machine now a free or discounted copy of Vista...
[November 30, 2006, 7:43]
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]
XP SP3 Is Sick Puppy 3, Stupid Patchwork 3, Stupendous Pain-in-the-A__ 3
Blog Worker droid status in the Zombie armies of the Internet is the ultimate fate of all of the 500 to 600 desktop Windows XP computers we use in the oilfield rental fleet. To build the image we will deploy into the rental fleet, we'll take our XP SP1...
[June 21, 2008, 13:54]
Vista Service Pack 1 (RC1 Refresh) Upgrade
Blog Vista has been slammed by business users and gamers alike for bringing their systems to their knees or at least noticeably reducing speed with some apps and games compared to XP. One thing you will notice is that it now says Windows Vista...
[January 15, 2008, 15:42]
OpenSUSE 11.0 First Impressions
Blog As I told my brother (who is still using XP, and has sworn not to touch Vista until Hell freezes over), in many cases the average user who is accustomed to Windows XP would have no more trouble changing to Linux (openSUSE or Ubuntu) than they...
[June 20, 2008, 12:45]
Lifebook S6510 - Part 3; Networking, Software And Drivers
Blog There is practically nothing on the Fujitsu support web site for it; a BIOS update, which was already installed on mine, and a driver update for Windows XP, which doesn't interest me because I'm running Vista.
[January 3, 2008, 13:43]
Ya Need XP Service Pack 3? Yeah Buddy. I Got Ya Servicepack3 Right Here!
Blog Comment They were pulled off the SP3 project probably 3 or 4 years ago and told they needed to help with Vista. Now they are back trying to catch up on XP but something got through the net. To use "Micro-Speak", the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) for XP...
[June 18, 2008, 9:25]
Gates Reassures Businesses
News Microsoft did a lot of work to combine the consumer and business versions of Windows into one code base with Windows XP, and most people find it a lot more stable. Gates: Remote assistance is [in] Windows XP, but it didn't work well through...
[March 29, 2006, 14:55]
The Hard Lessons Of Vista
News Windows XP and Windows Vista. The latest delay for Windows Vista highlights a mounting challenge for Microsoft — finding a way to update its most important product on any kind of reasonable schedule. Only with Windows XP did Microsoft finally bring...
[March 23, 2006, 13:10]
Microsoft Scrambles To End XP Support Panic
Talkback My problem is that I have absolutely no faith in Microsoft to continue to support Win Xp and Vista is still a mirage. Microsoft would do well to bear it in mind and come clean with a clear statement of intent regarding Xp
[June 23, 2006, 23:39]
Vista Vs. XP: The Final Retreat
Blog My Fujitsu Lifebook S6510 is running Windows XP Professional again, and I have no intention of spending any more time or effort on Vista until Vista SP2 comes out, at which point I might consider it again.
[April 24, 2008, 20:19]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Of those seven, three run XP, one runs Ubuntu 6.06, two are now on Ubuntu 7.10, and one is Vista. That wouldn't be so frustrating, if Vista wasn't so like XP in so many ways that the changes are so obviously change for change's sake.
[October 22, 2007, 1:43]
