Fwd: Re: [Dev-C++] off topic - windows XP

[Daniel G. <sp...@ho...>]

Ah here we go. formatting the hard drive might have been what I was thinking 
of, not the upgrading of hardware.


>From: Matthew Hickson <mhi...@sy...>
>To: Dev-C++ Mailing List <dev...@li...>
>Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] off topic - windows XP
>Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 20:26:32 -0400
>
>Hello,
>
>Ready for another long post? 8-)
>
>Ioannis Vranos wrote:
>
>>WinXP is better than Win2k. The only dark cloud is that product
>>activation which tires you if you format the HDD all the time.
>>
>>
>Not really.
>
>Not that I format the way I used to, but... I just connect to the 
>internet... activate (don't bother to register... though some do) and 
>voila!  Activation acknowledges that you'll change hardware over time. As 
>long as it's incremetal, there's no need for concern.  Just don't gut your 
>machine (i.e. change vidoe, audio, NIC, hdd, and RAM configuration in an 
>evening. 8-).
>
>I agree with Ioannis, it is a nice little OS.  Sure, I'd really advise 
>running with 128+ MB of RAM, and more than 10 GB of HDD space, but the 
>abiliity to use the recovery console (already mentioned), or system 
>restore, or even driver rollback.  Hardware support is good, and anything 
>that doesn't run right out of the box, you can patch. (Besides, if you're 
>getting a new machine... where are you going to find one with less hardware 
>than that???)
>
>Better still, if you're looking for new hardware, go with some of the big 
>guys (Dell, HP/Compaq, IBM, etc.).  They usually offer "system-locked" 
>versions of XP.  If you run it on the hardware it's keyed on (usually the 
>BIOS), you don't have to activate!  (Registration still optional.)
>
>I don't like the eyecandy, so I shut most of it off.  I enabled the 
>built-in firewall (little counter-intuitive to find the log after the 
>fact), and I just choose "Don't Send" when an error occurs.  I also didn't 
>like the insistance that Messenger be enabled all the time. Tried shutting 
>it off, but it's persistant... so, I renamed it, and everything's good.  I 
>choose my patches carefully (remember system restore!), and it goes from 
>there.  As to DOS... yeah, DOS is gone (get VMWare, etc. and install 
>FreeDOS... ), but I don't miss it.  (DOS games seem slow... maybe it's just 
>that I don't care to take the time to fix it.  Windows stuff runs fine.).  
>And... hey... it is good and stable (far more so that Win98.  Besides XP 
>comes with built-in PPPOE.... no need for connection software from my ISP 
>for DSL!)
>
>Now, if I could only figure out how to remove MovieMaker... <sigh!> (It's 
>probably out there somewhere... a task for another day).
>
>If you have questions about the OS... do some reading.  There's lots of 
>opinions out there... (some even grounded on fact... stay away from 
>Microsoft... and the "I hate MS" websites and you should get something 
>balanced).
>
>Good Luck!
>
>---
>Matthew Hickson
>
>
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