windows

The Venerable BSoD

ryan — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:33:10 -0600

Windows Blue Screen of Death wins the #1 slot in the top Thirteen Greatest Error Messages of All Time. Notable BSoD moments include the 2008 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, and Bill Gates giving a Windows 98 demo.

Bill Gates flames his Dev Staff

ryan — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:20:30 -0600

Here's a great email from Bill Gates to his dev staff, from 2003. He explains what a PITA it was to download and install a simple program. All I can think about while reading this was: he's getting a Mac after he retires.

The Sordid Future of Windows XP

ryan — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:16:19 -0600

Many network admins (like myself) have been avoiding Vista like the plague. From my tests of it, it was just a hassle. My users have enough trouble figuring out how to deal with XP. So the last thing I want to do is throw something new at them, that includes it's own set of new quirks that my team has to learn, figure out, make infrastructure amendments for, and support.

I'm not usually the "if it ain't broke don't fix it type", but with Windows XP, I am. Vista just isn't "great" enough. So, even though there's SP1 for Vista, I'm still not ordering it on new PCs.

Surprise!!

Axman — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:31:18 -0700

What cracks me up is the 4% increase in Vista speed when the memory is doubled....SWEET!

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=20420397...

Remote Desktop in Vista Laggy

ryan — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:47:24 -0600

This has been driving me crazy for a while. I'm a Mac user, running Parallels with Vista. When I RDP from Vista it's agonizingly slow. I figured it was because I was running Vista from an emulator, but nope!

Microsoft Claims Open Source is theirs???

Axman — Tue, 15 May 2007 18:25:43 -0600

Didn't Bill Gates steal the OS from Apple??? Now it seems it's NOT okay to take what isn't yours.

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2189833/microsoft-claims-patents-linux

cinemaforge for winblows

wax — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:49:24 -0600

What is CINEMAFORGE ?

Gratuitous MS Rant (hindsight is 20/20)

colin — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:05:07 -0600

Editor's Note: Microsoft is not dead, not dying, and probably won't be for at least a few years. The rumors of MS's death have been greatly exaggerated.

Vista editions comparison

colin — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:59:44 -0600

Windows Vista: Compare Editions

Damn those animated Windows cursor

budque — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:45:00 -0600

http://news.com.com/Windows+cursor+patch+causing+trouble/2100-1002_3-617...