Category: Windows
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Microsoft Vista performance issues
Vista is buggy. That much is obvious to anyone who runs it but it has been improving in stability as the patches are rolled out. However it runs extremely slowly too and this became startlingly obvious to me in the last few weeks as I have been testing browsers on different platforms. It turns out…
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Vista SP1 To cause more problems than it cures?
Microsoft have published a list of programs which it says will be broken by Vista SP1 according to a story on News.com. The applications listed are not the only ones which will be broken it seems and Microsoft is advising anyone who encounters problems to: first restart their PC and, if they still encounter problems,…
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Microsoft needs a new strategy for its Windows platform
I have Vista installed on this laptop. I haven’t booted up Vista in weeks. Why? Because I installed Ubuntu on another partition and it is so much faster, and more secure (since Microsoft instructed me to remove Norton and then failed to get OneCare to work on this laptop). Many others are eschewing Vista, not…
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Microsoft will Open Source Windows (or die!)
I have said on a number of occasions that Microsoft should Open Source their Windows Operating System (and their Internet Explorer). However, it bears repeating. I realise it is unlikely to happen in the near term but, I firmly believe it will happen in the not-too-distant future (when Microsoft realises that they can’t compete with…
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Microsoft give up on trying to fix Windows Live OneCare
I wrote a post a few weeks ago about how slow Microsoft’s Support people were in getting back to me to resolve an issue I have with Windows Live OneCare. The other day they sent me an email which said: Case Reference Number: 1039327169 Dear Mr.Raftery, Unfortunately we have been unsuccessful in resolving your issue…
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I have a dirty little secret to confess
I never thought I’d say this but I’m using my Vista machine more than my Mac these days! Why? Well, there are a number of reasons – the Vista machine is a Vaio SZ3. It is small, light and has a significantly better battery life than my 15′ MacBook Pro so I’m far more likely…
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Beware installing Windows Live Writer Beta 3
I spotted on Nevill Hobson’s blog that Microsoft have released a new version of Windows Live Writer – Beta 3. I decided to download it to try it out – the previous versions of Live Writer are quite good so I was curious to see what improvements have been made. However, be aware that if…
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How long is 5 minutes in Microsoft Support time?
Four weeks ago tomorrow I contacted Microsoft about problems I was having with their OneCare product. I spent two hours on the phone (after trying to get it working for the previous two hours) with a Sam in tech support and we failed to get it working. Sam had me uninstall Norton (which came installed…