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        <title><![CDATA[stranger things happen]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Stranger things happen since my last entry. i been using Windows Vista on a Pentium 3 with only 733mhz processor and 758 mb of memory. Vista requirements are well above this dinosaur but it still works. the limitations are that sounds are not installed to work or else it would possibly crash. It don't matter to me if i hear things, i can read them just as easily. lol that is progress still will work in the old machines it does work not using all its powers it does fine, sidebar included and worthy of its being there.. . Good enough, ay!]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:27:39 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Awwwwwww comeon Dumphrey....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Awwwwwww come on Dumphrey, YOU know that's NOT true, for any Admin, Windows Vista offers you headaches, ESPECIALLY if you're a network admin!!! Don't you JUST love that Windows Vista changed IP protocol from ip4 to ip6? Are you having fun YET with getting, EVEN with Server 2008 getting all your systems up and running with the new Vista boxes your company has added?  -LoL-]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mikeholli]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:26:58 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This JUST in....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[solid_snake said Ofcourse the popularity and market of Vista will go high because all most all vendors are selling desktops and laptops with vista pre installed and the best part is majority of laptops do not support windows XP at all espically sony and HP.Strange, seems Redmond has stated that Vista isn't selling as they had thought it would have, and currently Microsoft has already in testing Windows Ver7 the usurper to Windows Vista, speculations is a early Xmas 2008 release date. Furthermore, this will (if true) be the fastest release of Windows since XP came out to replace 2000. Maybe if were very nice to Jason here he can give us more details on the upcoming Windows v7.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mikeholli]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:15:29 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Alternatives to Vista!!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Don't write off Linux, Buddy. I run my business on it. Government bodies and local councils worldwide are changing over en-masse, and so are private individuals like myself.Its a quiet revolution, but Microsoft has noticed it, believe me!]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:08:28 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nightmares suck]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Our nightmare is the monkey on our backs.And NO, it's NOT M$, although, they conduct themselves in a similar vein, right down to getting hit with antitrust issues.Autodesk has us by the short and curlies, and until someone develops a truly compatible version to run on Linux, we're kinda stuck.But I keep hoping and searching.Eventually, I figure we'll end up moving from XP to a Linux distro and XP in a VM to get the Autodesk demons to play nice.Sigh]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[martian@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:56:15 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[you should]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[buy a canon we make drivers for about 8 years if possible on all printers]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[PC-guru]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:32:52 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I have a Dell with Vista]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The only thing I don't have is trouble. Should I be jealous? I have Dell and Vista, you have Viao and Vista. This guy you're replying to has   everthing and still isn't happy. Set up asked him to name language(English) and he didn't do it the first time and that is Vista's problem too. What a loser!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[craiglarry]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:53:12 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[5 Reasons Vista is a Tough Slog]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm looking at the ease of use and eye candy once installed as well as the better security I can expect but I'm very hesitant to upgrade.I thought I'd count the ways to see if they are bogus -- or if sharper people will tell me that 5 reasons is only a start....1. The OS is 2x to 3x as expensive as W98 in   it's lightest version. Haven't prices been going down? everything except MS I guess2. There are too many variations on a theme between Home and Professional Upgrade versions, Ultimate versions and variations mixing and matching these. Come on, sell me one version in upgrade or full and then an add on pack if I want more.3. I know piracy is an issue, but the XP validation process was insulting, time consuming and restrictive. Real hackers can still get around the PAC's but casual and home users are now locked down hard. And we want to do more business with this company? Just change a HDD or mobo and see what happens to the OS version you have and what needs to be done to be &quot;official&quot; again.4. Speaking of which...WPA? Why does MS need to look in my private places every few months just to make sure I'm not a thief? Even the police can't do this. Maybe if they charged $79 for an upgrade again more would buy, less would try and steal and MS would waste less cycles peering in dark corners5. When a new app (or OS) comes out why isn't it faster, smaller with better written code? Aren't they good at this yet? Maybe it's because they re-do the whole frickin' thing so everybody -- coders and users are learning fresh from the get-go. If you want to give me a new GUI, let me move into it slowly from management and user perspectives. In fact while were at it, let the DLL's move slowly too with better backward compatability. I don't have the privilege to throw everything, including my knowledge, out the door because you have a better idea. I wonder if your coders feel the same way?Nice desktop though when you have enough machine for the ultimate version....]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:57:35 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Vista]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Dear sir,         can you be so daft as to not follow some of that blokes' arguments? If, givern the three year renual warning by Bill, you think that Microsoft is value for money then I will...     Royston.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:13:46 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Excuse me?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[That is news to me! I am writing this on a HP laptop. Either your info is screwed up or you are just a troll. Get some education before posting.[end-quote]Since writing that previous reply, I have gotten in my HP computer, and as I stated, and that information I had used was from reading up on HP computers. It is a reliable PC, of course you can go back to your Dell. My only problem(inital) with the HP was, and still is the networking, and that's nothing to do with HP, but a Microsoft problem. (Note: I hate they changed their networking with the introduction of Windows Vista.)I have had Dell computers in the past, they're purely garbage. So much so that Michael Dell has been put on the bottom of Bill Gates's craplist and has moved to installing Ubuntu Linux on his PC. (Note: incase you didn't notice - that was purely sarcasm about Michael Dell and the craplist. I can't say it is a fact, there might be other factors that Mr Dell had taken under advisement before the move to Ubuntu Linux.) But ALL in ALL This HP is running as per specs claimed it would. (Note to HP if your reading this. It would of been nice to include the software as a whole, and not just have me create a couple DVD Recovery discs.)]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:25:14 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What I'm Seeing with Vista Deployment]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm a system builder and reseller as well as an onsite service specialist. My store began pre-loading Vista on our new pc's a couple of months after it debuted and we have had little problem with it.  Most have accepted the new UAC features without too much complaining.  Most have discovered how to turn it off if they are too annoyed.On the Business side, however, deployment has been slower.  Many business in my community simply ask my opinion as they are upgrading or buying new computers.  The key factor in deploying Vista in 2007 was simply whether or not their primary software programs were going to function.  As long as their software would work, they were willing to upgrade.  This is small business of course.  Larger business are steering clear for now for many of the same reasons.  Without an IT department to do the training and deployment, they will wait until it is more common.  I'm not hearing many fears about IT problems, however.I think 2007 deployment for many businesses simply wasn't likely.  2008, however, should bring a lot more businesses into the fold and 2009 should finish the process for most businesses that depend on their computers being current.  Truthfully, XP will be viable for a while longer but everyone will have to move on eventually.  Ultimately, I've found Vista to be a solid operating system that has had no more, if not less, problems than XP had when it was introduced.  As it is, I will continue preloading Vista on new pc's.  I'm not helping anyone if I go back to XP.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:17:02 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[but...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[games built for XP aren't created for Vista. Vista is emulating XP, and therefore, by having minor slow downs, even with an emulator in between, your system is MUCH faster. For an Admin, you don't seem to understand software very well.WHAT DRM ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? Only protected music has the DRM in between. Your old files, and your new ones don't. What you are spreading is straight up BS. XP had SP1 and THOUSANDS of updates.Economics 101 also states you get nothing for free due to the time spent doing it. This can EASILY be disproved. For instance: I am walking and someone hands me a brown paper bag full of food. I have just been given a free lunch. I have actually spent negative resources in getting this lunch as to the fact that I no longer have to pay, waste time in line, or make a decision on what I will be eating. Cost0. All of economics FAILS.Economics 101: Life is not worth saving at any cost. Life is worth only a certain amount.Quantify life for me. Have at it. Economists do, but they are unreasonable. If I pay for a product, and then they continue to support that product, that is not because I paid for it. There are many things where they stop supporting them when you get them. There is almost nothing a computer does that you &quot;need&quot;. What does your computer do that you &quot;need&quot; to be done. They are good for making things pretty, and in certain (few) circumstances making things faster. Google studies about how technology is actually slowing people down. You'll see the issue. If a computer does not have a good interface, it is a poor computer. XP had a poor interface. Vista doesn't.Stop spreading misinformation, and try USING your fiancee's machine. Dolt.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:30:26 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[IT people cannot spell...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Vista is much simpler to navigate than XP ever was... you hit the windows key (or click start) and type in whatever you want to open. Within 10 seconds, everything similar to that is being shown. If you're sure you have the name correct, you just type the name and hit enterfor instance Vista users:press the windows key, then type cmd and hit enter. It opens. Without ever showing. I know what you're thinking: people don't know cmd. Well, cmd also responds to command prompt. Word is word, or winword.exe. the start button has a full run right inside of it. It's HUNDREDS of times faster than XP was. I never have to open start-&gt;all programs-&gt;accessories-&gt;paint. I just click start, then type paint, and hit enter. if it's a document, you wait a few seconds, or click documents. And then it's easy to navigate there too. Everything about Vista is more intuitive than XP was. It's harder for old school Windows users because we are used to the old system. Try learning OS X. I'll bet you can learn Vista quicker than you can learn &quot;the world's easiest to learn&quot; OS. Stop spreading FUD. Try Vista before you down it.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:17:48 -0800</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[SE was a free patch from FE...I remember because that was my first computer that was just mine. It's network name was BOB, and my current machine is BOB2.0 .It actually changed the file system of your HDD. If I remember correctly, it went from FAT32 to NTFS. I may be mistaken on which FS's they were, but oh well. Vista doesn't have a big brother attitude anymore than OS X does. Whenever you try to install something, it pops up a UAC prompt. The first few days you get like 100 as you install all of your programs on your new machine, and then if you get 5 in a week, I'd be utterly impressed. The only time I ever get them is when I open flash, because I have it set to run with administrative properties (long story as to why). Stop spreading information you've heard from other people. Try Vista yourself for a minimum of two weeks, and then try telling me what you actually think.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:11:45 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[errr...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Vista runs slower with more RAM, in my experience. This is PROBABLY due to the fact that RUM runs at the most speed when it is full...But also because more RAM means more super pre-fetched programs. My pc ran much faster than XP did with 1 Gb of RAM. With 2.5, smaller programs are the same or minorly slower, and big programs are faster overall due to more RAM. Why are you capitalizing beta? It's not an acronym nor is it a unit of measure...oh well. I love my Vista box. It's so much better than when the box had XP, it's incredible. I have friends and family running Vista on very slow machines (compared to my Pentium 4 with HT and 1 Gb of RAM) who have very few speed issues with Vista (the issue is like... Word is slow, IE 7 is slow, etc). And yes, I have Aero turned on, and all the pretty things turned on, against Vista's recommendation. I've never seen Vista run slowly, nor XP run faster than Vista. I think you're all mistaken.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:02:46 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Rip: late but not posted without notice. I read it too and know your pain]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[nt]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Neon Samurai]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:53:53 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I read it!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Just so you know... ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:36:51 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[VISTA for business users]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[VISTA is an embarrassment to Microsoft.  It reminds me of Windows 3.1.  I haven't been this frustrated with an OS in 20 years.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:31:34 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[OMG!!! I forgot to LOOK AHEAD!!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I forgot something, too.  It is when you mentioned &quot;a year or so from now&quot;.  Regardless of what MS OS it has been, one year (and more) down the road, and my business users AS WELL AS HOME USERS have always had problems with MS BLOAT.  (No, not bloat, it is linguistically correct to use the moniker &quot;MS BLOAT&quot;.)  I spend tons of time cleaning and tuning before even beginning to troubleshoot problems because of all the gunk that sticks to the innards of an MS system.  Business users aren't allowed into some of the folders that collect junk. (Our corporate policy is that users can only list the Windows/temp folder, for example, though there are plenty of other actions [delete all but last good restore point] that need attention, but a regular user can't access.)The majority of home users (even those known as &quot;power users&quot; at work) know nothing about optimizing a system.  So I see many systems on the job and those of friends/family that are running poorly and just need routine maintenance.  Windows has always slowed these sytems down, and now it seems (if history is any indicator) that these &quot;NEW, AMAZING, FAST, STATE-OF-THE-ART&quot; computers will soon be turned to dogs.  Forget when the &quot;hardware it is designed to run on&quot; finally hits the general public!  They can buy the new stuff, but let them run for a while and it will seem like they are back on their old 500 Mhz machine, slowing them down the same way the other versions of Winodws has done.Thank you for pulling off the blinders and helping me to realize that the merry-go-round has many variations, and NO surprises.  Yes, we have been here before...(Another late reply that won't be read, but I feel better getting this off my chest!!!)]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:09:56 -0800</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hi,    I think Vista in time will become a good and preferred OS. I installed Vista on my Home PC. But unfortunely I have to put XP back on as I had a heap of software and hardware to upgrade to work with Vista. So Vista wasn't practical. But in the time I used it on my PC, I became very attached to Vista mainly because of the Explorer and My Computer new views. Copying files, you are now asked to continue on ignoring errors, etc.  Microsoft have finally overcome this problem.  Also the progress bars and remaining time appear to be accurate. You can read how fast the data is transferring.   So just to keep myself happy, I upgraded the RAM on my laptop, put in a bigger hard drive. Installed Vista on my laptop.  So even though I have XP on my Home PC. I used my Laptop for work and I like using my laptop as Vista seems to be more exciting in the appearance and feel. Yes you have to navigate more, but once you use it fairly often it doesn't feel like you are clicking more to get to places.    Plus Vista's version of Outlook Express comes with Windows Calendar, now that is cool.  My laptop is 4 years old at least, it is the original Pentium 4 2.2Ghz CPU, 1GB of RAM as that is the max the laptop can have. 120GB HDD.  Vista runs extremely fast on it. Boots quickly, it runs faster then what XP did. Probably because it's a fresh reload. Now due to the laptop having an old Video card I can't have Aero enabled, have no choice really. Vista disabled that option. But things you sacrifice to have the better.  My next project now will be to upgrade my home PC now to be Vista ready.  But for the Business sides of things, well I have installed Vista PCS for small networks, appear to go okay.  I am yet to setup Vista machines in a Windows Domain environment.  By the way, Novell have released a Netware Client for Vista. Which I know works as I have it instally on my laptop.   But as said, XP was a problem when it first came out. Except with Vista there seem to be a lot of driver issues. But as I found out with my laptop, you can most of the time use XP drivers and get away with it. Time will tell with Vista to see how far it will advance.   Except I have heard that Microsoft are already in the making of Windows 2009 (Windows 7.) So the Windows Saga will be turned around again.  So get used to Vista whilst we can. As in a couple of years we are going to repeat history over once again.Kind Regards,Jim]]></description>
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