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Here are some thoughts about the Blip.tv Windows Vista video: A Combination of Windows CE + ME + NT – Never used Windows CE or ME (although my friend had it and didn’t seemed too difficult to work with). I’ve used NT in a corporate environment and it seemed to work fairly well, given it is a Microsoft product. Six Versions – I recall a while back when they were introducing Vista the six different versions. I have the Home Premium Edition. Not really sure how that compares to the Basic Home Edition (other than it must be better if…
Had I not already purchase a computer with Windows Vista, I would have second thoughts after seeing this video… Update 04/26/15 –BlipTV has removed this video. However, it lives on over at YouTube.
Well, here’s a post I never pictured myself writing! That’s right, The Guru who has posted such entries as Need a reason NOT to buy Vista?, or Win Vista Stunning Feature and personal favorite How to Install Windows Vista started using Windows Vista yesterday. Here’s the reason, I had to buy a new computer after my old one rejected a power supply upgrade and quit working or so I thought. Turns out it was acting like a possum, pretending it was dead so I wouldn’t try to add any more upgrades to it. So I’ve been using Vista for about…
Really, they do. Running an unregistered/illegal copy of Windows? Removed the Windows Genuine Authority (WGA) adware crap for your system? No problem! Microsoft will let you download and install IE7. Form the Internet Exploiter Explorer Blog: Because Microsoft takes its commitment to help protect the entire Windows ecosystem seriously, we’re updating the IE7 installation experience to make it available as broadly as possible to all Windows users. With today’s “Installation and Availability Update,” Internet Explorer 7 installation will no longer require Windows Genuine Advantage validation and will be available to all Windows XP users. If you are not already running…
Could it be a sign that there is a major consumer resistance to migrating to Windows Vista? Last week Microsoft extended the cut-off date for Windows XP sales. Microsoft says this was brought on by consumer feedback. With the extension, major computer makers will be allowed to continue offering Windows XP through June 30, 2009. For the smaller makers though, the cut-off is still January 30, 2009. However the Windows XP Starter Edition which is available on ‘ultra-low-cost’ PC’s will be available through June 30, 2010. Todd Bishop’s Microsoft Blog
It seems Microsoft (M$) pushed (as in not telling/notifying anyone) a ‘stealth’ update of the Windows Update. This happened back on August 23rd or in my case (any many others running XP) July 30th. Further even if you told M$ you didn’t want their stinkin’ updates, you got updated. To see if your Windows Updates files were secretly updated find your windows/system32 folder and look for these files and see if they were updated to version 7.0.6000.381 (right click on the file, select properties then click the versions tab): Vista: wuapi.dll wuapp.exe wuauclt.exe wuaueng.dll wucltux.dll wudriver.dll wups.dll wups2.dll wuwebv.dll XP:…
Compact, portable, easy to use and no special hardware (other than a 3 1/2″ drive) needed. Source: CyberNet Forum
Here’s a sneak peak of Microsoft’s zunePhone (a work in progress)…
On Monday Mitchell posted the article Thunderbird — Differences in response to comments on her Email Call to Action post from last week about the Thunderbird’s Future. Mitchell points out that there seems to be a trend of folks moving away from desktop based e-mail clients (Outlook, Evolution, Thunderbird, etc): Web mail usage grows. Younger generations in particular use other techniques. There are many parts of the world where email is less common than in the US, Western Europe or Japan. For example, in parts of the world where Internet cafes are a major way of accessing the Internet desktop…