Re: XP Worth the Effort ?
From: hermes (hermes_at_messenger.net)
Date: 04/24/04
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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 15:56:36 -0500
Before the MVP (M$ Victim Poster) Hermes responded, Stuart typed:
:: Assumed wrongly that problems with XP Home factory installed on year
:: old Toshiba Laptop were not XP caused, a realization I came to when
:: all exact same problems showed up on desktop process changing from
:: Win98 to XP Home Full.
::
:: Images saved off internet as .jpeg or .bmp in fact saved as .file.
:: Using MS Photo Editor (MS Office 97) as response "open with"
:: dialogue box results "unknown file format" msg while opening same
:: file from within PE yields correct image displayed.
::
:: HP 1220c printer installed on desktop running Win98 networked lost
:: features has when accessed by PC's running Win98 when migrated to
:: XP. Latest HP driver appears correct problem when checking printer
:: properties but unable to print to printer. Changing driver back to
:: as provided on XP CD allows printing again take place, but printer
:: features lost.
::
:: Spell checker Outlook Express fails with "error occurred while... "
:: aborting spell check. Spell check same doc with MS Word (MS Office
:: 97) same PC performs correctly.
::
:: These problems occur both platforms running XP, none running Win98,
:: on a small home network 3 desktops and 2 laptops maximum. Network
:: is primarily to share single printer. Digital picture handling was
:: main interest migrating to XP but frustration level has now reached
:: point where question the effort. Issues have been raised here, all
:: responses to date tried with no change. Have not registered this
:: 2nd XP Home Edition full version, at this point see no reason to
:: activate if isn't going to perform as well as the older Win98 OS
:: did. Had expected same level of ease as did when migrated from
:: Win95 to Win98. For people who have made this transition to XP, do
:: the ends justify the effort?
No it is not worth the effort.
-- hermes DRM sux! Treacherous Computing kills our virtual civil liberties! http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html Windows XP crashed. I am the Blue Screen of Death. No one hears your screams. Yesterday it worked. Today it is not working. Windows is like that.
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