Uisce Beatha
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HP laptop & Vista - reluctantly
« on: October 20, 2007, 11:14:58 AM » |
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Don't ask.
I'll be bugging you Windows guys I'm sure as I go through this.
First impressions. Brand new out of the box and setup is at least 20 minutes long. That's lame. Finally get through that and my desktop appears. However, there's a notification that tells me I have 'serious security problems'. LOL. The ethernet port is virgin and the wireless adaptor has never been enabled.
But I do have a nice little photo of a whale's tale so that's nice. Oh... it just switched to a gazelle. Yay!!
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Re: HP laptop & Vista - reluctantly
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2007, 11:18:57 AM » |
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 i recommend you see if you can get a free trial of kaspersky to install on there
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Re: HP laptop & Vista - reluctantly
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2007, 11:29:14 AM » |
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Re: HP laptop & Vista - reluctantly
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2007, 11:31:20 AM » |
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If When it gets corrupted I'll just have to reinstall the OS every six months or so.   |
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Uisce Beatha
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Re: HP laptop & Vista - reluctantly
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2007, 11:44:41 AM » |
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If When it gets corrupted I'll just have to reinstall the OS every six months or so. Maybe MS will adhere to CSS 2.0 by then and I won't need the machine at all.Sorry, alcohol related post.  |
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Re: HP laptop & Vista - reluctantly
« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2007, 11:53:58 AM » |
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Have fun!  For me, the first thing I do is turn off double click. Then I can go on to set up the rest of my preferences and etc. |
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Re: HP laptop & Vista - reluctantly
« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2007, 12:14:11 PM » |
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Have fun! For me, the first thing I do is turn off double click. Then I can go on to set up the rest of my preferences and etc. Well, if "preferences" came into it this thing would still be at Costco instead of here ruining my life.  |
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Re: HP laptop & Vista - reluctantly
« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2007, 12:21:33 PM » |
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Crash #1. You must be *goshdarn* joking.  |
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Re: HP laptop & Vista - reluctantly
« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2007, 12:33:23 PM » |
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Crash #1. You must be *goshdarn* joking.  |
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« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2007, 12:35:38 PM » |
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Have fun! For me, the first thing I do is turn off double click. Then I can go on to set up the rest of my preferences and etc. Well, if "preferences" came into it this thing would still be at Costco instead of here ruining my life. lol! Appearance preferences. |
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Re: HP laptop & Vista - reluctantly
« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2007, 12:38:20 PM » |
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Crash #1. You must be **** joking. Tweak a little too much? 'Cause windows doesn't like a person that is tweak happy.  Keep it crashin'! |
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Re: HP laptop & Vista - reluctantly
« Reply #11 on: October 20, 2007, 12:41:33 PM » |
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Crash #1. You must be **** joking. Tweak a little too much? 'Cause windows doesn't like a person that is tweak happy. Keep it crashin'! Tweak? I turned it on, connected to my wireless network and started (repeatedly via F5) viewing a single page that's guaranteed safe. Not so much tweak. More like 2weak. |
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Re: HP laptop & Vista - reluctantly
« Reply #12 on: October 20, 2007, 12:43:55 PM » |
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welcome to the wonderful world of windows |
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Re: HP laptop & Vista - reluctantly
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2007, 12:44:03 PM » |
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Crash #1. You must be **** joking. Tweak a little too much? 'Cause windows doesn't like a person that is tweak happy. Keep it crashin'! Tweak? I turned it on, connected to my wireless network and started (repeatedly via F5) viewing a single page that's guaranteed safe. Not so much tweak. More like 2weak. Maybe windows just doesn't like you. |
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Re: HP laptop & Vista - reluctantly
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2007, 02:04:15 PM » |
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In the interest of fair play...
Wireless setup was a breeze. Almost Mac-like in its simplicity. I've setup network connections on Windows boxes before and have usually ended up scratching my head - especially when those tabs in the control panels keep switching positions. I don't know whose bright idea that was but they clearly failed Ergonomics 101. So far, the Vista approach to things like that seems much improved.
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