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Slick 10-25-2001 07:26 AM

I got my Windows XP !
 
Hey everyone, how many of you got your Windows XP yet ? I spent half the day yesterday reinstalling my old 98, so I have a clean slate to install XP today. I picked it up a little after 7am from Wal-Mart and I've been running for a short time.

Hell, Windows boots up MUCH faster now, it's quite a difference, that's really nice.

The menus are gonna take a short time to get used to and when you have multiple browsers opened, it now stacks them up into a pull up menu instead of having them all side by side.

I like how it tells you about all of the software/hardware conflicts that you're gonna have even before it installs, very nice.

Anyways, I just wanted to see how happy the rest of you are with your Windows XP. I know that I seem to be pretty happy so far, he he he. Bill Gates must be happy also, racking in $100 a pop, he he he.

Ludedude 10-25-2001 07:28 AM

Yah, I've been using it for about a month now, it's pretty slick. But watch out for IE 6, it does some weird shit http://bbs.gofuckyourself.net/board/smile.gif

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GiggleBerries 10-25-2001 07:52 AM

XP is horribly unstable. Even worse than Win98. If you ever get the urge to try a real OS:
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/
or http://www.redhat.com

My Linux machine has been running since before Sept 11th without a reboot and I use it LOTS every day for everything from instant messaging to playing Quake. Try THAT with a MicroShaft product.


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Slick 10-25-2001 08:44 AM

Heck, I don't know, I think that it's really stable so far here. I've been doing all kinds of stuff with it and it seems to be going great. They claim that it's more stable and to me, it sure seems like it to me anyways.

Amputate Your Head 10-25-2001 08:45 AM

think I'll stick with Win2K Pro...

tom 10-25-2001 08:54 AM

"I got my Windows XP!"

maybe a good anti virus programm can cure your pc - poor boy !

mass 10-25-2001 09:12 AM

go to http://www.grc.com and learn about why xp is such a security risk. I haven't tried it, but from what I've heard it sounds ok, based on the 2k kernel and its optional for ntfs or fat 32, doesn't sound too bad. Who knows, just go for slakware and live a happy worry free life!

SixNine 10-25-2001 09:14 AM

I'll hold off for the first Service Pack.

SixNine

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Amputate Your Head 10-25-2001 09:18 AM

We'll be seeing "XP is fucked up" threads come flooding in very soon I expect.

Techie Media 10-25-2001 09:21 AM

Hey Slick
"The menus are gonna take a short time to get used to and when you have multiple browsers opened, it now stacks them up into a pull up menu instead of having them all side by side."

That is an option, you can turn that off and have them side by side.. Took me a little bit to figure that out also... http://bbs.gofuckyourself.net/board/smile.gif

Ive had xp for about 2 weeks, and I think I like it. It took some time to get used to, but its pretty cool if you ask me. I have 4 puters here all networked and the xp networking wizard made it a snap to set them all up. I still find the need to reboot every now and then, but heck it reboots in a second so what the heck, I also ordered the xp plus that microsoft sells separately, its pretty cool add on..
To conclude I'am still learning all about it, but no real problems yet.

Mass just pick up a good firewall like Nortons 2002 it was made for xp..I have it and its working very well... http://bbs.gofuckyourself.net/board/smile.gif


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Freeway 10-25-2001 09:42 AM

Uninstall it immediately!

X37375787 10-25-2001 09:44 AM

Giggleberries, you got my vote !!!

Linux is the only real choice for the real geek http://bbs.gofuckyourself.net/board/wink.gif

GiggleBerries 10-25-2001 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Equinox:
Giggleberries, you got my vote !!!

Linux is the only real choice for the real geek http://bbs.gofuckyourself.net/board/wink.gif

And I am definitely a geek. I'm a MCSE and I still swear by Linux. By the way, CompTIA just started offering a Linux cert.!
http://www.comptia.com/certification...plus/index.htm

Now start studying for your tests!!



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Timothy 10-25-2001 11:07 AM

Jesus!
Luckily i don't but XP yet http://bbs.gofuckyourself.net/board/smile.gif
I won't buy it http://bbs.gofuckyourself.net/board/smile.gif

Slick 10-25-2001 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lightning:
Hey Slick
"The menus are gonna take a short time to get used to and when you have multiple browsers opened, it now stacks them up into a pull up menu instead of having them all side by side."

That is an option, you can turn that off and have them side by side.. Took me a little bit to figure that out also... http://bbs.gofuckyourself.net/board/smile.gif


Hey, thanks man, I'll have to go find that option because as of right now, it's starting to drive me NUTS, ha ha ha.

The more that I use it, the more that I love it. Hell, just having something fresh to play around with on here is worth it.

Strife 10-25-2001 12:31 PM

Forget XP. Win2kPro all the way!

yys 10-25-2001 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by GiggleBerries:
XP is horribly unstable. Even worse than Win98. If you ever get the urge to try a real OS:
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/
or http://www.redhat.com

My Linux machine has been running since before Sept 11th without a reboot and I use it LOTS every day for everything from instant messaging to playing Quake. Try THAT with a MicroShaft product.



I don't know where you got this idea, maybe someone running a ripped beta. I've had XP running on a comp for 6 weeks without a reboot, even tested it by opening 70 windows without any problems. Still burns discs, even well downloading from the internet and running a video. This is M$ best OS yet.


Squishy 10-25-2001 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Amputate Your Head:
think I'll stick with Win2K Pro...

2nd the motion.

FreeOnes 10-25-2001 02:56 PM

I will buy XP tomorrow. Hopefully it isn't that bad as everybody reports here.

zip 10-25-2001 03:37 PM

fuck them... xp rocks!!

Slick 10-25-2001 04:58 PM

Yeah, I've been using XP all day here and it rocks !! VERY STABLE.

freeones, don't worry man, I'm sure that you'll love it like the rest of us that have it. People that are bitching about it are the ones that never tried.

AWC 10-25-2001 05:19 PM

I'm sticking with my Etch-A-Sketch.

Theo 10-25-2001 05:23 PM

i'll install them probably next week, I got very good feedback from experienced friends that tried them and belong to the anti-microsoft party.

Gemini 10-25-2001 05:57 PM

What about that little thing all the IT writers were complaining about... If you change something in the system, XP reverts to a basic OS and you have to call Support to get a code number to get it back to the full version... Something to keep ppl from using it on more than one system is the excuse MS uses for that...

corvette 10-25-2001 06:04 PM

Installed it last week on my laptop, felt too flowery and the touchpad didnt have all of the functionality it did with win2k, was going to put win2k back on, then found out it wasnt backwards compatible, so i spent the rest of the week formatting the drive and reinstalling win2w + all my software...

did boot up quick tho...

corvette 10-25-2001 06:05 PM

Installed it last week on my laptop, felt too flowery and the touchpad didnt have all of the functionality it did with win2k, was going to put win2k back on, then found out it wasnt backwards compatible, so i spent the rest of the week formatting the drive and reinstalling win2w + all my software...

did boot up quick tho...

yys 10-25-2001 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by corvett:
Installed it last week on my laptop, felt too flowery and the touchpad didnt have all of the functionality it did with win2k, was going to put win2k back on, then found out it wasnt backwards compatible, so i spent the rest of the week formatting the drive and reinstalling win2w + all my software...

did boot up quick tho...

Did you know that you could have switched the layout to something you were more familiar with as well as sped up the pointer speed(set to 50% by default I believe) http://bbs.gofuckyourself.net/board/biggrin.gif


corvette 10-25-2001 06:31 PM

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Did you know that you could have switched the layout to something you were more familiar with as well as sped up the pointer speed(set to 50% by default I believe) http://bbs.gofuckyourself.net/board/biggrin.gif

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Wasn't the speed, I have a Vaio and there is this neat page scroll effect when you move your finger up or down on the far right side that wouldn't work, I tried updating the driver from the site, nothing changed http://bbs.gofuckyourself.net/board/frown.gif


corvette 10-25-2001 06:33 PM

Office XP kicks ass

tried it?

boneprone 10-25-2001 07:44 PM

shit if I get XP for my home pc, will I need to buy a new firewall? I have Windows 2k Pro right now and love it, but i like new shit also.

Im wondering if I should just leave well enough alone.

rickrod 10-25-2001 08:11 PM

Gemini, you are right. XP does make you call XP if you change some of the hardware configuration or something like that. That just seems like too much of a hastle. Besides Microshaft is known for coming out with one product and 700 patches. I think that says something?????????

Ludedude 10-25-2001 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by corvett:

Wasn't the speed, I have a Vaio and there is this neat page scroll effect when you move your finger up or down on the far right side that wouldn't work, I tried updating the driver from the site, nothing changed http://bbs.gofuckyourself.net/board/frown.gif


Try going to the ALPS site directly. They make the touchpad in the VAIO's. I've got one and fucking love it but I'm still running 2K Pro on it. Haven't made the move to XP on the laptop yet but I've got it on my new desktop and it is GOOD. Don't go for the home version though, it's castrated; you need to go for XP Pro to retain the functionality of 2K Pro.



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Gemini 10-25-2001 10:23 PM

Gates was just on Charlie Rose being his smug self more or less laughing that XP will screw you if you change something in the system just so he makes sure you don't use it on a second system. Never mentioned all the time people will spend on support calls when they get a new vidcard or something. No doubt he will figure out how to get money from the phone companies for all the new HOURS ppl will spend on hold waiting on a new ID code.

But all is not lost. The states involved in the monopoly case just hired a top attorney to go after MS on their own since Bushs' justice department let MS off. They haven't filed on XP but the idea is being examined closely.

And we complained that DOS cost us 35 bucks. Now its up to 300 for an op system that barely works as per Gates grand plan. Keep shafting the customers with shoddy OPs and they will keep buying the new ones. lol

HQ 10-25-2001 10:35 PM

i used XP for almost a month and no crashes. and if anyone can crash a system via overloading, it's me!

took it off cuz of some old DOS software i use that it didn't support.

brocklanders 10-26-2001 12:42 AM

Linux as your desktop operating system? C'mon, what sort of idealistic world do you live in? Linux is good for servers, but in the real desktop world, Windows is the best. And don't give me this stable crap/don't have to reboot in 40 years junk... what are you doing leaving your computer on all the time anyway -- do you purposely like to waste energy?

How do you install a program in Linux? What was that.... tar gunzip, ls dir rename copy src bin |-xvzf cd/ yada yada yada.

How do we do it in Windows...oh yeah, we double click on the icon. You stupid Linux dorks...go anal rape your stupid penguin.

Please, don't mention X-windows or KDE. That crap is about as stable as my Apple II GS.

Hey, go ./FuC3 Y0uRs3L5 you slash dot bitch Secure CRT motherfuckers.

phon 10-26-2001 01:13 AM

office XP Pro really is the best microsoft OS ever, you can fully customize the look so it looks like a regular windows98, just browse to the options ..
i'v been running it for three weeks no without a single crash or lockup

about linux using as your desktop operating system : linux is very very very very stable , but not as a desktop operating system , i used to run RedHat , which is as buggy as any windows 9x

i use Debian Linux for servers because it is so fucking stable, uptime 125 days right now but as a desktop operating system linux doesn't even come close to Windows XP !

just my two cents

Slick 10-26-2001 07:04 AM

As far as you calling up Microsoft after changing items in your system. I think that the magic number of upgrades that they give you, is 6 upgrades. Correct me if I'm wrong, he he.

Hell, if my system gets that old where I have to make 6 upgrades, I'm just gonna pick up a new one, he he he.

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rickrod 10-26-2001 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Slick:
As far as you calling up Microsoft after changing items in your system. I think that the magic number of upgrades that they give you, is 6 upgrades. Correct me if I'm wrong, he he.

Hell, if my system gets that old where I have to make 6 upgrades, I'm just gonna pick up a new one, he he he.

[This message has been edited by Slick (edited 10-26-2001).]

Does this mean that if I purchased XP and twom months down the road decided that I wanted to change the sound card on my machine, I would have to call Microsoft?


Amputate Your Head 10-26-2001 11:11 AM

Now you're catchin' on... http://bbs.gofuckyourself.net/board/wink.gif

Gemini 10-26-2001 11:22 AM

RickRod... one word answer... Yep.


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