I don't know if you've checked out the , but there's a post about this on Page 5 by Beck446.monkeydo_jb said:
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monkeydo_jb said:
Yes it is implemented in 4074. To what extent, I couldn't tell you. For a non-developer all it translates to is extra meta data. IMO, there's way too much info at a high level. I think most of that should be, and will be hidden better. 4074 is probably 5 or so builds behind what MS was showing at WinHEC in their demonstrations.
The full scope of WinFS (Server-side, domain-wide) may not be implemented for several more years according to reports. I don't expect even the full WinFS to cause that much of a problem. x86 has always had great integer performance as well as disk i/o performance (on Windows anyway).
AHHH i just thought of something.
Did you have your ethernet cable already connected throughout your installation process? When you installed your security updates?
If it is at all possible, i think that when you are installing XP, you should have the security updates on a CD so you can install of them BEFORE connecting to the network (be it cable/dsl/etc.)
If it wasn't connected, then ignore me
Did you have your ethernet cable already connected throughout your installation process? When you installed your security updates?
If it is at all possible, i think that when you are installing XP, you should have the security updates on a CD so you can install of them BEFORE connecting to the network (be it cable/dsl/etc.)
If it wasn't connected, then ignore me
übergeek said:i'm not crazy enough to install kazaa
Good! I have to admit, I clicked on one adware install in IE before. It took maybe 2 seconds to install and I had over 5 pesky adware progs that took a week to get rid of. I finally got Pest Control.
I was downloading a zip file and the IE dialog said something.zip. I clicked before I realized if it said .zip, that meant it had another extension, .exe. The dialog didn't say run it said save/open. Of course I opened it which ran the install.
In a weak moment, I was getting a keygen. I ended up buying what I was getting the keygen for. The best thing about SP2 is it stops all executables and gives you and inquiry. However, I did get my search page hijacked yesterday with SP2 and Trend Antivirus. Unfortunately, Opera doesn't work with ISA Server. I did download it but couldn't do much with it.
Hmm i'm not sure. I know I haven't used the ethernet cable yet, but I might have been using wifi.Mav451 said:
monkeydo_jb said:
That's NOT the specs for Longhorn. This HAS been discussed ad nauseum. It was what was expected to be standard in 3-4 years. Not the blasted system requirments.
I've run Longhorn Alpha. Yes ALPHA with its buggy code and debug features all turned on on my 800Mhz 384MB laptop and it runs. Slow but it does run.
MorganX said:
Because it breaks some apps....badly. I've had a number of apps error out on startup and that's with their current RC1 package. I'm not all that surprised that MS is pushing it back what with the tweaks they are doing to security under the hood. You don't fix god knows how many years of bad code with one SP and one painful upgrade.
Also they NEED to give developers more time to test their software with this patch. Off the top of my head I had at least 7 applications die on me after installing SP2.
saxman said:
Why is it I've never heard of this before. Every class seminar book has always referenced Windows 95 as the introduction of the registry.
Heh. Learn something new everyday. Thanks.
Mav451 said:Yeah I think we're seeing deja vu...'98 was crappy until '98SE came out...and XP SP2 is looking like what XP should have been 3 years ago, when it was first released
*Coughs*OS 10.0*coughs*
Hehe Silicon Addict; but the problem is, I only started using/playing around with OSX a few months ago (10.3.2), so I have no idea what 10.0 was like at all.
Would my first impressions with Macs been different if I had tried 10.0 instead of 10.3.2 (with its Expose haha)?
Would my first impressions with Macs been different if I had tried 10.0 instead of 10.3.2 (with its Expose haha)?
Mav451 said:
I've never played with 10.0 myself but lets put it this way. Apple gave 10.1 away for free. SP's like 10.3.x are typically free. Major, or minor depending on your point of view, 3.X releases never are. The reason was that 10.0 was craptastic and rather crash prone that Apple made good by giving .1 away to those brave few that dared take the OS X challenge. Check out this rather extensive review at ARSTechnica:
OS 10.0
OS 10.1
OS 10.2
OS 10.3
The praise in each review has steadily increased and with good reason. 10.3 is what 10.0 should have been. I'm not going to argue that OS X isn't one hell of a sweat OS. It is. I think its progression has been no different then any other OS. It starts off somewhat buggy and gradually gets better.
I expect this from Longhorn as well. Its a total rewrite from the ground up. I think we are going to see a ton of non critical patches for Longhorn soon after release. Prob nto for security but compatibility, and functionality.
*shrugs* At this point Im more excited about OS X: Tiger. I want to see what apple has up their Steve oops sorry sleeve.
now now, be gentle.Gherkin said:
i've been using windows a few minor versions before you, and i'm not stupid. i do know enough to know how to remove it, and trash the copies of viruses i have. i have some clue. what, do you want me to bitch about some problem you have? i was just asking what other OSs people recommended, by the way i'm goign to install gentoo tonight. oh hooray for you, you havent gotten a single virus yet. Wow.
what an achievement. and by the way, even with 6 viruses in 15 days, that still averages out to be less than one virus every year i've been using computers.
monkeydo_jb said:
Yeah its great anyways since i live in oakland and they r located here i can get anyone a copy of 9.1 for free if they pay shipping