Posts Tagged ‘Windows’
Windows 7 Snap feature in XP & Vista
One of the things I like about Windows 7 is the Snap feature. You can drag a window to the left of the screen, and it will be tiled vertically on the left, same as the right of the screen. If you drag a window to the top of the screen it will be maximised.
There is a nice tool called AeroSnap that enables these features on Windows Vista and XP. Amongst the drag-and-drop window features, it also has the following hotkeys.
- WIN + LEFT ARROW – Snap window to left of screen. Unsnap window on right.
- WIN + RIGHT ARROW – Snap window to right of screen. Unsnap window on left.
- WIN + UP ARROW – Maximise current window.
- WIN + DOWN ARROW – Restore maximised window. Minimise window.
Banking online? Don’t use Windows
A NSW Police cybercrime expert recommends using Ubuntu, Puppy Linux or the Apple iPhone, steering clear of Microsoft Windows if you want to bank online.
In a news article Detective Inspector Bruce vad der Graaf says:
If you are using the internet for a commercial transaction, use a Linux boot up disk – such as Ubuntu or some of the other flavours. Puppylinux is a nice small distribution that boots up fairly quickly.
Another option is the Apple iPhone. It is only capable of running one process at a time so there is really no danger from infection.
So what Operating System or device do you use when you do your online banking?
Tags: Banking, iPhone, Linux, Security, Windows
History repeats itself
Well it seems like everyone touted Vista as “the bad OS”, especially when SP1 came out, causing reboot loops. A lot of people seemed to steer clear of SP1, saying that XP was a lot better.
Now, the question is, everyone that put dirt on Vista SP1 for the endless reboot loop, and sticking with XP for the stability, seems like they got what they asked for. Microsoft recently released SP3 for XP, and guess what – it has an endless reboot bug also.
Now, I haven’t noticed many people saying things like “XP is a piece of sh*t”, but why? It has the same bug that Vista SP1 had. I thought everyone would now be saying “I’m sticking with Windows 2000 SP4″, since it seems to be “the stable one” now.
Well there’s my rant for the day. Vista SP1 reboot loop vs XP SP3 reboot look, take your pick.
On a lighter note, the Vista SP1 reboot loop has been fixed for awhile now, so it seems, in light of things, Vista seems to be the stable one for now.
Tags: Vista SP1, Windows, XP SP3
Windows Vista SP1 RTM
Well, it seems the Vista SP1 has gone RTM, and as all speculations are, the build number is indeed 6001.18000 (rtm.080118-1840) and is available in both x86 and x64 builds, weighing in at 434MB (x86) and 726MB (x64). It is meant to fix a few extra bugs that are in Vista, personally I haven’t noticed any more bugs since doing all the Windows Updates. Unfortunately it wont be available to the general public until March, but when I install it I will report how it goes.