Today I downloaded the Windows XP Service pack 3 from Microsoft. It’s a heavy coming in at 330 megabytes but hopefully its worth it. It’s only a beta version, with the final edition expected sometime this year . Read on for my full review. Read the rest of this entry »

Have you ever had a family member phone you at ten o’clock and ask why something won’t work on the computer? I can’t say it’s happened to me, but these are problem’s some people face everyday. And, if I’m correct things might get better. Read the rest of this entry »

I just stopped by the Microsoft website today and found this article. I find this to be a rather amusing attempt at trying to get more customers to use their Server program. And whats more, they titled the newspaper “The Highly Reliable Times” Yeah Right Microsoft! since when has any of your crap been reliable?

This only ads fuel to the Microsoft/Open Source wars. This only makes me want to move to Open Source even quicker. The server I am hosted on currently has Redhat/Apache and while Apache may require a restart every hour, it has nothing to do with Linux.

Just a quick post because I couldn’t be bothered typing anything else out

Yesterday I decided to go back to Google Docs and Spreadsheets, to see if any of my shared documents had been updated. None of them had, but there was something more surprising; It asked me to take a survey about it’s service. I always love filling out surveys, so I decided to agree and the survey. It was a very quick one-page survey just asking what you thought of it and how it could be improved. Read the rest of this entry »

Before I begin, let me take you back a little bit.

I was always interested in Windows Vista, even when it was still called Windows Longhorn. I can’t remember when I first started became interested in it, but I think that it was around January 2005. I always wanted to get a test copy as well, but There were two things stopping me:

1. The Computer. The only computers that I was able to install Windows Longhorn were an old Pentium 3 and a Celeron processor with 256mb or ram and 130mb (respectively). These computers couldn’t run Windows Vista, even if you tried.

2. The disk. This was an obvious one as you can’t install Windows Vista without a disk. I hadn’t thought about writing a letter to them asking for a copy, and I didn’t have Broadband fast enough to download the torrent. Read the rest of this entry »