2008-01-06 Vista Is A Downgrade.
Talkback 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. for some unexplicable reason so that if you need to go back there later you have to reclick that fine print...
[January 6, 2008, 23:41]
Vista Vs. XP: The Final Retreat
Blog I've said many times before, I like using Vista, and I really want it to be as good as, or better than, XP. So, I spent the morning putting back in the disk with XP Pro, which I had swapped out at the beginning of this month when I got Vista SP1 to...
[April 24, 2008, 20:19]
The VAMS-0808 Matrix Switcher And Determining Its Protocol
Blog Thankfully, Google has come to the rescue and I’ve managed to find the software that controls the VAMS-0808 (IE is required, and the installer doesn’t even open in Vista - works OK in XP though). I’ve got a Virtual PC with XP installed, just to...
[February 17, 2008, 16:49]
Crime, But No Punishment For Microsoft
Leader Take Windows XP N, the version of XP without the Media Player. By allowing Microsoft to offer this at the same price as full XP, the EC has ensured that Microsoft will not only suffer no loss of revenue whatsoever - not a single penny - but can say...
[June 17, 2005, 13:25]
A Few Minor Windows XP Glitches
Blog As I expect Vista SP1 to be available soon, and XP SP3 not long after that, I suppose I will be playing "disc jokey" with my laptop again before long. These problems are occurring now, with the laptop running XP Professional.
[March 14, 2008, 15:03]
Apple's Big Chance Begins At Home
Talkback Ok, I started with PCs many years ago and gradually worked my way through 95,98 and now xp. I've done the games, read the books and worn the t shirt, so what now. Hey, I've just described ilife from apple mac.
[October 15, 2004, 15:46]
Time To Get A Life, Windows Eats All My Free Time
Blog I've been spending a lot of what should be my free time lately writing applications and designing a system to automate Windows XP Pro desktop system configurations for work. The system starts running on a USB flash drive that is running a generic...
[March 30, 2008, 11:40]
Vista - Is It Some Sort Of Drug?
Blog Last night I decided that I probably had enough time to do that, so I swapped the XP drive out and the Vista drive in, and booted up the Fujitsu Vista Recovery DVD. I can't put my finger on it; it's not only the "Aero" user interface, and it's...
[March 7, 2008, 14:06]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog If you start to use Vista for any length of time, "you start to hate XP" apparently, and OpenOffice is best considered as an alternative to Microsoft Works "because it's only fair to compare stuff at the same sort of price point".
[September 15, 2006, 18:55]
Status Update, Vista To XP Retreat (Advance?)
Blog I don't recall that I've had a system crash since loading XP, and I certainly haven't had a BSOD. In the two months since I went back to XP, it has been absolutely rock solid. I would still like for Vista to be "better" than XP, and I would settle...
[January 25, 2008, 12:00]
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! The XP list shows only two updates, one each for two devices.
[August 19, 2008, 13:42]
Vista Gets The Rock'n'roll Treatment
Blog Comment The Little Stevie ripoff "actor" is the host on the XP Embedded Standard CTP webcast (I think), another piece of crap. Actually I found the YouTube bit revealing especially when combined with a few of the really awful MS "webinars" I've tried my...
[June 13, 2008, 3:27]
2007-01-06. Vista Is A Downgrade. Part 3.
Talkback It worked perfectly fine under XP. I've tried Virtual Dub, Adobe something, even Nero and they all can get a live feed from my card but all have some weird display problem. After a while you will remember to jump, rush and cringe as you bring up...
[January 6, 2008, 23:54]
