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So you really think Linux is better than Vista, do you?
John okrave...@gmail.com wrote: So I ordered the Vista Beta 2 DVD from M$. I have a spare HDD, so I figured my info was safe. Upon trying to install Vista, The stop error I get is 0x8E: SPCMDCON.SYS I'm entirely lost. Is there anything I can do short of reinstalling XP? Or should I do a repair install?

LA New Times Runs CIA Disinformation on Mind Control
And everyone knows deleting, copying and moving files are among the most basic tasks any operating system can set out to do. .... My Netgear Prosafe VPN firewall has a VPN client that is currently not supported by Vista. Netgear refuses to give an estimate on the availability (beta or otherwise) of an updated

Windows Vista has critical bugs
I apologize if there's already a thread on this matter. I'm really worried that I've lost all of my documents. Anyways, I bought a laptop with XP Home installed. They're locked. The biggest problem is that I do not have a Vista DVD. I downloaded beta 2 and then deleted the file after installing Vista.

3D Studio Max FAQ version 0.6
Do not, under any circumstances, consider upgrading an XP system to Vista... even if it's fairly new and even if it's Vista Supremo Premium Ultra-Capable. ..... Unlike some other distributions, PCLinuxOS can play back | proprietary multimedia files (including wma, mp3, mpg, rm, | mov) without having to install

Multitasking
Give 6.10 a try sometime if you want, it's quite nice. 7.04 is actually being released too 19th of next month. =) I do know though that they are having a new release though coming up April 19th that is in heavy beta testing right now. And unlike Vista, when it comes out, it won't break 80% of my applications.

installing upgrade from a rc2 version
A while back I did do some comparison tests, but this was on the RC2 version of Vista, and I found XP to provide a much quicker and more stable FSX experience. If all goes well, I'll commit a pair of decent performance 18MB cache SATA disks to a RAID mirror to re-install my Vista Ultimate onto and will then

WMDC worked in Evaluation - but not on new laptop w/ Vista Ultimat
If there are any glitches occurred in the record= ing, just tape them again. Hardware and software to do this is quite e= asy to find, if you're willing to .... With a-buffers, antialiasing comes for free so there is no speed lost in getting high-quality antialiasing. In 3DS R4, a few developers requested access to

Advice - Best way to transfer settings to a Vista Clean install.
For example, WinXP x86 is on my Disk 0, Vista Ultimate x64 is on Disk 1, and various beta versions (now deleted) were on Disks 0, 1 and 2. And I still do, but I have to get there by a different path these days. The details are in Disk Management's Help file, so I'll just "hit the high spots" here. My typical

No More Pencils, No More Books
I sent the message here as I had a mjor problem with Outlook and had to re install the Office 2007 pack. During the re install I lost the Smile tool The file dialog for Vista definitely has problems. If you want to provide feedback on the public preview version of Office 2007 Beta 2, get the Send a Smile tool

Vista Compatible Games List So Far
Obviously the permissions to CompletePC Backup are sensitive indeed if the local system has encrypted volumes. But I do know that booting into Safe Mode in XP will ..... Drive 2 = X64 ( E = 25 gb) and XP SP2 ( F= 141gb) I want to resize F to be ~ 25gb and then make 2 new partitions on Drive 2 - Vista and a library.

A Firesign Chat for Aug 31, 2006
Where can I find a full list of Java books and book reviews? What if my question is not answered in this FAQ? How do I check on known bugs in JDK 1.1? ..... If your class is HelloWorld, your source file must be HelloWorld.java + In JDK 1.0.2 the $CLASSPATH environment variable should include "." the current dir.

Windows Vista SP1
Google Earth has been tested on Windows Vista(Beta 2 Build 5308) and is supported (Beta 3 and above has not been tested). To complete the Google Earth install .... To open the file, do the following: 1) If the file is from a web site, save it to the desktop. 2) Double click it. 3) Select "Choose Application".

Search Options from Search Explorer Bar in IE6 Missing on Win2
As a result, most people who do get the backup bug do so only after they've experienced a major hardware failure and lost months or even years of data. of that file will be backed up on the server, dramatically lowering the storage requirements. (This works with PCs based on Windows XP and Vista.) Smart.

Is MS losing it? IE 7 almost as bad as Vista
What if a child labors for hours or weeks to complete a paper, and then the file gets corrupted (will "my computer ate my homework" fly any better than the old dog excuse?)? .... You can install VPC 2004 on XP and run Vista in the VM, or you can install VPC 2007 (beta) on Vista and then install XP in the VM.

LONG [News Digest] Linux News Digest for the 24hrs preceding 24-09-07
Install VPC on Vista. Install XP in VPC, in 2 virtual machines if you want.. and if you have the licenses. for more help, Hi Mac Do you know if it will it be possible to boot into XP if installed in a Virtual PC? My situation: I have PC preinstalled with Vista, need XP, so the IT department can configure things

vista business upgrades and itunes-comment
My favourite part from KBFX is that it can use many themes that can be downloaded for free. At the picture above i'm using Vista theme. ..... Mint 3.0 Cassandra - A Review ,----[ Quote ] If you are intimidated by the notion of installing Linux or setting up a dual boot and are looking for a LiveCD version to use,

Testing again!
Nothing wrong with getting paid for your work but that price is a little steep. http://www.magicaljellybean.com/beta/ The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a (cd key) used to install windows from your registry. It has the options to copy the key to clipboard, save it to a text file, or print it for safekeeping.

A2 GEnieLamp for June 1994
Users will get it stuffed down their throats as it will be standard preinstalled OS which they pay for, even if the first thing they do is strip the disk and install soemthing else. Five things to love about Windows Vista Search or create virtual files - Forget directories, forget directory trees.

Cannot Install
I love taking lots of pictures with my digital camera, but hate moving those files around and cataloging them. The software that comes with the camera is lame, Don't Knock Off Your Roomie If you share a phone line between 2 or more computers, it can be a problem knocking each other off the internet.

Alterative Music Players
The fact is<snip> > As *you're* the first person to suggest the use of PTFE-laced oils in this > group, I doubt you'll get any argument from us! ;^) > I obviously don't have the time on my hands that you do to keep up with ongoing discussions in this group about past subjects. If you check any of the leading R/C