Posts tagged “windows”
Something was binding to port 80 on my Windows XP machine. Skype was the culprit. TCPview from SysInternals was the tool that identified it. My blog is better than Google.
Install Java 1.4.2, apply a registry patch, restart Firebird. Done. Also, check out this amazing treemap UI for browsing Amazon.
Been slack about updating, but here are five bookmarked gems: cheap domains, rediscovering Brian Aldiss's Helliconia series, a geek cookbook, my new Handspring Visor, and a Latin dictionary. Also: Windows XP is every bit as awful as I suspected, and I lost a month of email. Please resend.
Bad week for Microsoft: XP is 11% slower than Win2K at best, and .NET Passport has already been cracked, leaking credit card numbers via malicious Hotmail emails. Avoid .NET and Microsoft products where possible.
Microsoft's .NET turns out to be an open standard, meaning Linux users can implement it freely. Soon you could run Office on Linux, making Windows expensive and unnecessary. Looks like Bill's antitrust dodge has spectacularly backfired.
Microsoft's Windows XP locks out Kodak by defaulting to its own photo software and paid partner services, even when Kodak is installed. Looks like the same old monopoly muscle being flexed to crush competition. Hello, Judge? Anyone?
Microsoft's Windows XP product activation is backfiring badly. Locking software to hardware configs is stupid enough already, but it's triggering on routine upgrades too. Swap some memory, lose your license? This kind of greed might just be what finally does Microsoft in.
Windows users should switch to The Bat for email. It beats Outlook on every front: no bugs, faster, more features. One of the rare apps worth actually paying for.
