Posted 08/29/2008 at 02:52:44am

here goes MS with another failed attempt. Although it might stop the unknowledgable user, it doesnt take much to find a working workaround. Its a game Microsoft can't win at, they will always get checkmated by the determined

Posted 07/15/2008 at 03:45:52am

I demand backlit keys for that price!

Posted 07/14/2008 at 12:15:19pm

i would be willing to do my part if some of the movies didnt suck so much...

Posted 07/14/2008 at 12:12:07pm

In my experience the greatest security threat is PEBKAC (problem exists between keyboard and chair, aka the user). The average user simply does not know what they are doing and thus cause themelves trouble, if everyone took some time to read up a bit on some basic pc security (switch browsers, do your updates, use AV/Firewall, use a custom HOSTS file etc etc) then the internet would be a safer place.

Anything's Hot Swappable if you're fast enough...

Posted 07/12/2008 at 07:58:37pm

 If someone nneds their XP fix that bad there is always that "shady free sourcss" option available, wink win.

Anything's Hot Swappable if you're fast enough...

Posted 07/12/2008 at 07:56:30pm

Installed SP3 on several machines, as well as my own home ones, and It seems to work, nothing broken, but I dont see any noticable improvements either.

Anything's Hot Swappable if you're fast enough...

Posted 07/12/2008 at 07:52:44pm

 from what  Ihave heard SP1 slipstreams are very messy, its not as straightforward as XP and according to http://blogs.technet.com/kevinremde/archive/2008/02/09/i-can-t-do-what-why-can-t-i-create-my-own-slipstreamed-installation-of-windows-vista-sp1.aspx you cant?

Anything's Hot Swappable if you're fast enough...

Posted 07/12/2008 at 07:48:45pm

 From my understanding, service packs are cumulative, so latest SP should have all the updates included in previous ones. I recall installing service pack 4 on a clean windows 2000 install, as well as SP2 on an original XP install.

Anything's Hot Swappable if you're fast enough...

Posted 07/12/2008 at 07:36:55pm

I hated vista, got an Hp laptop with Vista and it crashed 7 times in 24 hours. Did some updates, later got sp, no problems since. At first vista seemed too different to like, but  got used to it and actually prefer it over XP, assuming you have new hardware. On my old P3 and P4 machines, Xp is fine and i wouldntbother with vista. But otherwise vista is fine for my needs.

Anything's Hot Swappable if you're fast enough...

Posted 07/12/2008 at 07:29:51pm

it looks too tall and too light, how well will it stay upright to use, and what about that back part? what if you hit a rough patch or some extra friction at the back there, wont that back part flip in?