Reverting back to Windows XP
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I have been using Windows 7 for a while now. I don't like it. Windows XP runs better, and I know it better. If Windows XP has some maleware installed on it, I can tell without having to run any scans because of the noises my harddrive makes and simple indicators on my screen. With Vista/7 however, it feels like my computer is infected with 100 different viruses. Why is it so damn difficult to make a light-wight, simple, and clean operating system similar to XP? This is just ridiculous. I'm tired of the bloat and over engineering.
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I have been using Windows 7 for a while now. I don't like it. Windows XP runs better, and I know it better. If Windows XP has some maleware installed on it, I can tell without having to run any scans because of the noises my harddrive makes and simple indicators on my screen. With Vista/7 however, it feels like my computer is infected with 100 different viruses. Why is it so damn difficult to make a light-wight, simple, and clean operating system similar to XP? This is just ridiculous. I'm tired of the bloat and over engineering.
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CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
a light-wight, simple, and clean operating system
http://www.menuetos.net/ (as lightweight as they come)
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CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
a light-wight, simple, and clean operating system
http://www.menuetos.net/ (as lightweight as they come)
"Fits on a single floppy." An OS with a 1.44M disk footprint or are we talking about 1G floppies? :omg: /ravi
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"Fits on a single floppy." An OS with a 1.44M disk footprint or are we talking about 1G floppies? :omg: /ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
1G floppies
I'll stick with Double-D floppies.
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"Fits on a single floppy." An OS with a 1.44M disk footprint or are we talking about 1G floppies? :omg: /ravi
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On a completely unrelated note, that is some seriously neat freeware you've got there. :thumbsup:
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I have been using Windows 7 for a while now. I don't like it. Windows XP runs better, and I know it better. If Windows XP has some maleware installed on it, I can tell without having to run any scans because of the noises my harddrive makes and simple indicators on my screen. With Vista/7 however, it feels like my computer is infected with 100 different viruses. Why is it so damn difficult to make a light-wight, simple, and clean operating system similar to XP? This is just ridiculous. I'm tired of the bloat and over engineering.
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I really like it - beats the hell out of Vista, anyway. I've updated all my machines except an XP laptop, and I think I'm going to take a crack at that, too. FWIW, I've gotten (Hi, DD! :-D ) into the habit of buying the MS 'Inside Out' books for each new rev of Windows. I find them to be helpful. Maybe you should get the one for Weven; it might ease the transition. Although I admit my next OS-related project is going to be trying to install OS X on my new desktop box. :)
L u n a t i c F r i n g e
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
1G floppies
I'll stick with Double-D floppies.
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
I'll stick with Double-D floppies.
Those are nice, as are perky C's.
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On a completely unrelated note, that is some seriously neat freeware you've got there. :thumbsup:
Thanks! :) /ravi
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I have been using Windows 7 for a while now. I don't like it. Windows XP runs better, and I know it better. If Windows XP has some maleware installed on it, I can tell without having to run any scans because of the noises my harddrive makes and simple indicators on my screen. With Vista/7 however, it feels like my computer is infected with 100 different viruses. Why is it so damn difficult to make a light-wight, simple, and clean operating system similar to XP? This is just ridiculous. I'm tired of the bloat and over engineering.
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CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
because of the noises my harddrive makes
Turn off indexing; it will make access immeasurably slower, but reduce the noise and extend the life of your hard drive.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
1G floppies
I'll stick with Double-D floppies.
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CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
because of the noises my harddrive makes
Turn off indexing; it will make access immeasurably slower, but reduce the noise and extend the life of your hard drive.
Will Rogers never met me.
Roger Wright wrote:
Turn off indexing
Yes, because I always know where I put things.
Roger Wright wrote:
it will make access immeasurably slower
No, because I always know where I put things. I also disable the recycle bin, because when I delete something I really mean it.
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CaptainSeeSharp wrote:
because of the noises my harddrive makes
Turn off indexing; it will make access immeasurably slower, but reduce the noise and extend the life of your hard drive.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Roger Wright wrote:
it will make access immeasurably slower
I've never seen even a scintilla of difference.
Neither have I, but I've had customers bitch at me for turning it off because they claimed it slowed things down. Just covering my butt... ;P
Will Rogers never met me.