G
Guest
XP is not stable over the long haul as WIN2000 is a better candidate for corporate Desktops. To many inconsistancies makes me XP ((X)tra (P)aranoid)!! to Deploy. Besides, it looks like Roger Rabbitland..... Not a corporate desktop.
M
me
Haven't you learned how to change the teletubby screens yet?
You can make it look grown up just like w2k. That is the
biggest annoyance for me so far. If you configure it
correctly it is just as stable as w2k.
makes me XP ((X)tra (P)aranoid)!! to Deploy. Besides, it
looks like Roger Rabbitland..... Not a corporate desktop.
You can make it look grown up just like w2k. That is the
biggest annoyance for me so far. If you configure it
correctly it is just as stable as w2k.
candidate for corporate Desktops. To many inconsistancies
makes me XP ((X)tra (P)aranoid)!! to Deploy. Besides, it
looks like Roger Rabbitland..... Not a corporate desktop.
K
Ken Blake, MVP
In
I completely disagree. That's not my experinece at all.
I disagree again. Although WIndows 2000 was an excellent product,
XP is better still.
The XP view is entirely optional. If you don't like it (I don't
either), it's very easy to use th ecalssic view and make it look
like Windows 2000, 98, etc.
Zeke said:
I completely disagree. That's not my experinece at all.
I disagree again. Although WIndows 2000 was an excellent product,
XP is better still.
The XP view is entirely optional. If you don't like it (I don't
either), it's very easy to use th ecalssic view and make it look
like Windows 2000, 98, etc.
K
Kristi
I find it to be rock solid.
Kristi
(XP Pro SP1 with all updates)
W
Wesley Vogel
Kristi;
Far out! And solid! ;o)
Wes
In
Far out! And solid! ;o)
Wes
In
G
Guest
XP sucks? Hadn't noticed..
Maybe he means resources.
Maybe he means resources.
G
Guest
A little story: I have a linux box and a Mac. My uptimes are both pathetic since my Mac is a laptop and they like to have it off to go through airports; I rebooted my linux box over a month ago to try to get iTunes running in emulation. So that is an uptime of 36 days, 22:46 on the linux box and 11 days on the mac (since I've been at school)
Tonight, I tried to set up a prank on a fellow student who is away: making it look like I had installed XP on his Linux box. I got a BSOD 5 times. Let's go over what I did. Get another friend's laptop running WinXP. Unplug VGA cord from linux box and plug into laptop; repeat with USB keyboard and mouse. Add user account; set up settings etc. Close laptop, unplug all cords (plus headphone jack and power cord), move laptop to where I think I want it, plug everything back in, log in, everything works. Decide I want to move it a couple on inches, unplug and replug. And then it strikes: screen size reduced to approximately 4"x6" (10cm x 15cm) and resolution to 600x800 or something really crappy and colors to 4-bit. I am not kidding. I try to fix this in Control Panel -> Display -> Settings; I hit Apply... BSOD, automatic reboot before I can read the errir message
THE POINT
WinXP 5 BSOD in <24 hour
Linux uptime of >36 days and the last and ONLY time I crashed it was on purpose (I still remember exactly what I did to make it crash) out of 1 1/2 years of running Linu
Mac OS X I think the last time it crashed was over the summer when I was running a developer preview version of Panther, I don't remember for sur
I don't claim Macs are perfect; I don't claim Linux is perfect
But I do claim that they are better than using Windows.
Tonight, I tried to set up a prank on a fellow student who is away: making it look like I had installed XP on his Linux box. I got a BSOD 5 times. Let's go over what I did. Get another friend's laptop running WinXP. Unplug VGA cord from linux box and plug into laptop; repeat with USB keyboard and mouse. Add user account; set up settings etc. Close laptop, unplug all cords (plus headphone jack and power cord), move laptop to where I think I want it, plug everything back in, log in, everything works. Decide I want to move it a couple on inches, unplug and replug. And then it strikes: screen size reduced to approximately 4"x6" (10cm x 15cm) and resolution to 600x800 or something really crappy and colors to 4-bit. I am not kidding. I try to fix this in Control Panel -> Display -> Settings; I hit Apply... BSOD, automatic reboot before I can read the errir message
THE POINT
WinXP 5 BSOD in <24 hour
Linux uptime of >36 days and the last and ONLY time I crashed it was on purpose (I still remember exactly what I did to make it crash) out of 1 1/2 years of running Linu
Mac OS X I think the last time it crashed was over the summer when I was running a developer preview version of Panther, I don't remember for sur
I don't claim Macs are perfect; I don't claim Linux is perfect
But I do claim that they are better than using Windows.
G
Guest
If you mean that Linux is not as capable as spreading virii, then you are correct. I can do everything I need, could possibly want, and more on Linux without crashing it 99.99% of the time. Windows crashes more and does less and generally doesn't work as well.
J
Jim Macklin
And your points is? Windows is an operating system that
runs very well. It is not designed to run in emulation mode
or on a computer that is able to run Linux, but does not
necessarily meet the hardware standards to run XP.
| A little story: I have a linux box and a Mac. My uptimes
are both pathetic since my Mac is a laptop and they like to
have it off to go through airports; I rebooted my linux box
over a month ago to try to get iTunes running in emulation.
So that is an uptime of 36 days, 22:46 on the linux box and
11 days on the mac (since I've been at school).
| Tonight, I tried to set up a prank on a fellow student who
is away: making it look like I had installed XP on his Linux
box. I got a BSOD 5 times. Let's go over what I did. Get
another friend's laptop running WinXP. Unplug VGA cord from
linux box and plug into laptop; repeat with USB keyboard and
mouse. Add user account; set up settings etc. Close
laptop, unplug all cords (plus headphone jack and power
cord), move laptop to where I think I want it, plug
everything back in, log in, everything works. Decide I
want to move it a couple on inches, unplug and replug. And
then it strikes: screen size reduced to approximately 4"x6"
(10cm x 15cm) and resolution to 600x800 or something really
crappy and colors to 4-bit. I am not kidding. I try to fix
this in Control Panel -> Display -> Settings; I hit Apply...
BSOD, automatic reboot before I can read the errir message.
|
| THE POINT:
| WinXP 5 BSOD in <24 hours
| Linux uptime of >36 days and the last
and ONLY time I crashed it was on purpose (I still remember
exactly what I did to make it crash) out of 1 1/2 years of
running Linux
| Mac OS X I think the last time it crashed was
over the summer when I was running a developer preview
version of Panther, I don't remember for sure
|
| I don't claim Macs are perfect; I don't claim Linux is
perfect.
| But I do claim that they are better than using Windows.
runs very well. It is not designed to run in emulation mode
or on a computer that is able to run Linux, but does not
necessarily meet the hardware standards to run XP.
| A little story: I have a linux box and a Mac. My uptimes
are both pathetic since my Mac is a laptop and they like to
have it off to go through airports; I rebooted my linux box
over a month ago to try to get iTunes running in emulation.
So that is an uptime of 36 days, 22:46 on the linux box and
11 days on the mac (since I've been at school).
| Tonight, I tried to set up a prank on a fellow student who
is away: making it look like I had installed XP on his Linux
box. I got a BSOD 5 times. Let's go over what I did. Get
another friend's laptop running WinXP. Unplug VGA cord from
linux box and plug into laptop; repeat with USB keyboard and
mouse. Add user account; set up settings etc. Close
laptop, unplug all cords (plus headphone jack and power
cord), move laptop to where I think I want it, plug
everything back in, log in, everything works. Decide I
want to move it a couple on inches, unplug and replug. And
then it strikes: screen size reduced to approximately 4"x6"
(10cm x 15cm) and resolution to 600x800 or something really
crappy and colors to 4-bit. I am not kidding. I try to fix
this in Control Panel -> Display -> Settings; I hit Apply...
BSOD, automatic reboot before I can read the errir message.
|
| THE POINT:
| WinXP 5 BSOD in <24 hours
| Linux uptime of >36 days and the last
and ONLY time I crashed it was on purpose (I still remember
exactly what I did to make it crash) out of 1 1/2 years of
running Linux
| Mac OS X I think the last time it crashed was
over the summer when I was running a developer preview
version of Panther, I don't remember for sure
|
| I don't claim Macs are perfect; I don't claim Linux is
perfect.
| But I do claim that they are better than using Windows.
M
MikeP
Troll.
without crashing it 99.99% of the time. Windows crashes more and does less
and generally doesn't work as well.
correct. I can do everything I need, could possibly want, and more on LinuxScott said:
without crashing it 99.99% of the time. Windows crashes more and does less
and generally doesn't work as well.
R
Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers
Linux is just as capable as spreading viruses as Windows or any other
operating system. The difference is that more of them are written targeting
Windows functions. If you were writing a program for profit, or to attract
(or attack) as many users as possible, would you target Windows, Linux, or
the Mac platform? Kind of a no-brainer there.
Incidentally, there are more security patches for the current Mandrake and
Redhat home-user distributions of Linux than there are for WinXP.
Crashing, by the way, isn't usually caused by the system, it's caused by the
user not properly caring for and implementing the system. Hardware crashes
aren't an OS problem, they are a hardware problem (usually caused by
purchasing cheap hardware in the first place, age, overclocking, or poor
maintenance - mostly things that are, again, within the user's realm of
control).
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
without crashing it 99.99% of the time. Windows crashes more and does less
and generally doesn't work as well.
operating system. The difference is that more of them are written targeting
Windows functions. If you were writing a program for profit, or to attract
(or attack) as many users as possible, would you target Windows, Linux, or
the Mac platform? Kind of a no-brainer there.
Incidentally, there are more security patches for the current Mandrake and
Redhat home-user distributions of Linux than there are for WinXP.
Crashing, by the way, isn't usually caused by the system, it's caused by the
user not properly caring for and implementing the system. Hardware crashes
aren't an OS problem, they are a hardware problem (usually caused by
purchasing cheap hardware in the first place, age, overclocking, or poor
maintenance - mostly things that are, again, within the user's realm of
control).
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
correct. I can do everything I need, could possibly want, and more on LinuxScott said:
without crashing it 99.99% of the time. Windows crashes more and does less
and generally doesn't work as well.
G
Gary Tait
But PCs are cost effective, compared to Macs, and Linux does have a
learning curve. I don't run my PC 24/7, but sometimes leave it on all
day, and have had little trouble with lockups and such, and never got
a BSOD myself.
C
Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)
Your "troll" is not even worthy of an answer! Bye.
--
Regards:
Richard Urban
aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard
without crashing it 99.99% of the time. Windows crashes more and does less
and generally doesn't work as well.
--
Regards:
Richard Urban
aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard
correct. I can do everything I need, could possibly want, and more on LinuxScott said:
without crashing it 99.99% of the time. Windows crashes more and does less
and generally doesn't work as well.
G
Guest
I wish all you guys that know so much would help me with my problem, specifically:
In Windows XP Home, a right click on an image icon in windows explorer causes explorer to crash.
This should be easy to fix.
I'll wait here.
(Thanx)
In Windows XP Home, a right click on an image icon in windows explorer causes explorer to crash.
This should be easy to fix.
I'll wait here.
(Thanx)
C
CS
We'll get back to you soon as we can.
G
Guest
It works fine for me.
J
Jim Macklin
That isn't as simple as it sounds. It could be a corrupted
file, a virus, almost anything.
| I wish all you guys that know so much would help me with
my problem, specifically:
| In Windows XP Home, a right click on an image icon in
windows explorer causes explorer to crash.
| This should be easy to fix.
| I'll wait here.
| (Thanx)
file, a virus, almost anything.
| I wish all you guys that know so much would help me with
my problem, specifically:
| In Windows XP Home, a right click on an image icon in
windows explorer causes explorer to crash.
| This should be easy to fix.
| I'll wait here.
| (Thanx)
G
Guest
----- Zeke wrote: -----
I don't agree. Especially when using TweakUI, it does becomes stable. And you can get rid of all kiddie-crap (though suprisingly many people tend to keep it?)
There are a few nuisances:
In W2K, when you wanted to delete a folder with many files, all you did was to click the folder and it was deleted just like that. In XP they returned to the extremely annoying concept of W98 of having to delete file by file, which means that deleting a folder might take several minutes, and depends only upon the number of files in that folder. It tells me that there are still some file structure issues not properly dealt with (W2K built on NT, and XP built on W98?)
Also, when you right click on an item in the explorer, and accidently scroll down to Send to: it takes more than five seconds for the computer to decide where you are allowed to send it to. And I still can't figure why you are not prompted to send it to eg. your USB drive. Can you modify the Send to: items?
There
I don't agree. Especially when using TweakUI, it does becomes stable. And you can get rid of all kiddie-crap (though suprisingly many people tend to keep it?)
There are a few nuisances:
In W2K, when you wanted to delete a folder with many files, all you did was to click the folder and it was deleted just like that. In XP they returned to the extremely annoying concept of W98 of having to delete file by file, which means that deleting a folder might take several minutes, and depends only upon the number of files in that folder. It tells me that there are still some file structure issues not properly dealt with (W2K built on NT, and XP built on W98?)
Also, when you right click on an item in the explorer, and accidently scroll down to Send to: it takes more than five seconds for the computer to decide where you are allowed to send it to. And I still can't figure why you are not prompted to send it to eg. your USB drive. Can you modify the Send to: items?
There
R
Rob Schneider
Re deleting folders ... interesting. In my Windows XP Explorer, I can
delete folders by selecting, the press delete key, or right mouse then
"delete".
Re the five seconds delay on "send to" ... what is on our "send to"
list? Is it trying to access a non-existent resource, e.g. a floppy, or
something. There is surely an explanation/fix for this.
To control the "Send to" menu, search Help for "send to" and find and
read the article "To add a destination to the Send To Menu".
delete folders by selecting, the press delete key, or right mouse then
"delete".
Re the five seconds delay on "send to" ... what is on our "send to"
list? Is it trying to access a non-existent resource, e.g. a floppy, or
something. There is surely an explanation/fix for this.
To control the "Send to" menu, search Help for "send to" and find and
read the article "To add a destination to the Send To Menu".
G
Guest
I believe it was McDouglas 1943 who said it.. I"ll be back
Or was it that new guy in California
I believe you meant McArthur
Or was it that new guy in California
I believe you meant McArthur