[BC] Non Sheep

[RichardBJohnson at comcast.net]

Equal time –Windows Vista
The Dell Computer, with Windows Vista installed,
arrived on Saturday. I grabbed the Windows XP CDs,
just in case I needed to reinstall something that worked,
and ran out to deliver the Birthday Present. I had
previously created an “Open” WI-FI port so my friend
could use a Laptop computer in the apartment. This
allowed me to set up the new computer on the kitchen
table, without disturbing the one that is going to be replaced.

I am sad to report that everything worked!

I didn’t like the fact that, without my permission, it called
home several times and recorded everything in the
apartment, but in spite of the awful reports about Vista,
everything, including Yahoo Messenger, purported not
to work, worked flawlessly.

The only “security” problem was that I needed to forcibly
tell Microsoft to connect with the “open” WI-FI port. For
some reason, it considered this a security threat.

The other problem was not related to Vista, but the
Norton Security software that came bundled with
the system. It required that an account be established
on Peter Norton’s server so he could watch everything
that was being done on the computer, a sort of peer-
to-peer prison guard. Since I didn’t appreciate having to
“ask the permission” of Peter’s server every time the
mouse was clicked, I removed the software from the
system. It will be replaced with something else.

--
Cheers,
Richard B. Johnson
Read about my book
http://www.LymanSchool.org


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Rich Wood <richwood at pobox.com>
> ------ At 11:57 AM 10/25/2007, RichardBJohnson at comcast.net wrote: -------
> 
> >Somebody, who has been reading my posts, walked into my office
> >this morning and handed me a brand new "Reinstallation CD,"
> >usually distributed by Dell, when you purchase a computer
> >from them. It says, "Microsoft Windows XP Professional."
> >It comes with four other (supplied) CD/DVDs.
> 
> Beware that a new machine may not have XP Pro drivers. You might lose 
> some of the actions of function keys, pointing surface and audio. I'm 
> told that Dell has downloadable drivers. You have to search deep for 
> them. Only the 1520 laptop and one of the XPS desktops are available with XP.
> 
> I'm told there's a collection of drivers at www.majorgeek.com
> 
> Rich 
> 
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