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Windows 7 Upgrade
First, be warned: It takes forever, over an hour. That’s about what it took to install Vista in the first place. Naturally I haven’t had much time to play around with it, but I want to note it’s much better … Continue reading
Vim for Windows
At first, it was just Cream. I really started liking the extravagant syntax highlighting for my XHTML files. But I never could quite get some of those really off-the-wall keys strokes, even with Cream. Then I spent some time just … Continue reading
Vista Not So Bad
Okay, coming from a mostly Linux/BSD background, with some limited Windows experience, I’m surprised so many people whine about Vista. Granted, it’s apparently slower than Win7 on most recent machines. However, I found the UAC default settings to be tolerable. … Continue reading
Win64 Poorly Supported
On the one hand, 64-bit Vista and Win7 appear to run just about any 32-bit app just fine, aside from stuff too tightly wound into the system and kernel. So while you have to get 64-bit AV protection, you can … Continue reading
Roman Roads of the Modern World
In New Testament lore, we all recognize the importance of Rome. First, it was the model for the Beast of John’s Apocalypse. It was the major barrier to men knowing and obeying the Laws of God, and it was an … Continue reading
That Was Fun
So playing with the old Pavilion 542x was fun, even educational. In the end, Windows is about the only thing you can run on it and expect the ACPI to work. At all. With Win2K it runs just about as … Continue reading
Denounce Me — I’m Running Windows
This old HP Pavilion 542x was built from cheap parts. The motherboard alone would tell you that: Trigem Imperial. Yeah, the thing is junk, but it’s been running fine since we bought it new. Well, as fine as WinXP Home … Continue reading
Trade Made: Laptop Arrives
My effort to trade the eMac for a laptop has paid off. Today I received via FedEx a Dell Inspiron 4100. Yes, it’s old, with a mere 1Ghz CPU, and I’m having to order RAM to make it a half-GB. … Continue reading
Top Two Windows Text Editors
Over the years, whenever I ran some version of Windows, I was always hunting down new and better text editors. I’ve purchased a couple of the premium versions, but in the long run, it’s hard to beat these two: Cream … Continue reading
Windows (Ugh) 2000
Well, I had to put Windows 2000 on one of my machines. As is always the reason, there are a few things I have to run which only work properly under the Windows environment. Since I know how to make … Continue reading