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Vista or XP?

Back in February, I wrote in my email computert tips newsletter to subscribers only:
A subscriber wrote me this week to ask: “I am in need of a new computer for my business but unsure about Vista. What do you recommend?”There is an old saying that “these are the times that try men’s souls.” That’s [...]

Windows XP Service Pack 3 Delayed

With the emphasis on IE7 and Windows Vista, Microsoft has announced that the next Service Pack for Windows XP will be delayed until 2008. Quoting Microsoft’s site:
SP3 for Windows XP Home Edition is currently planned for 1H CY2008. This date is preliminary. SP3 for Windows XP Professional is currently planned for 1H CY2008. This date [...]

Top 20 Tips for Keeping Windows XP Fresh

PC World has an interesting article Top 20 Tips for Keeping Windows XP Fresh.
While I don’t plan to implement all the suggestions, such as the registry tweak to prevent XP from using the hard drive as virtual memory unless it absolutely needs to, they make an interesting — if long — article.
The article is [...]

IE7: Now on Automatic Downloads

Looks like I was right the first time around — my IE7 showed up on my IE6 desktop this morning as an automatic upgrade “notification.”
I’m keeping that computer on IE6, so I’ll have to wait until it actually shows up in Microsoft Updates so I can tell it not to send it to me any [...]

IE 7 Automatic Update - Not Yet

Yesterday, I mentioned a blog entry that said IE7 was already pushing out as automatic updates.
I don’t think he was right — I think he had downloaded IE7 and started the install, then left and forgot about it.  He did mention “…when I came back…”
But, the rest of that article is very pertinent, regardless of [...]