Company, Always On The Run 1–To Run Or Not To Run

Original Title: Yet More Beta Surprises

Music: All Right Now ~ Bad Company

I downloaded the Office 2007 beta.  Trick is, I have to either up my computer to Windows XP or Windows Server 2003.  Seeing as how XP would only be to cut out a few of the things I would need to patch into 2003, it is not exactly going to be there long.  Trick is, I am happy with what I have, but I do want to play with the Office 2007.
Oh mythic goddess of the Internets, guide me...GUIDE ME!

Up Ahead In The Distance I Saw A Shimmering Light Part 3: Flipping The Board

Original Title: Vista - Revisited

Music: The Man's Too Stong ~ Dire Straits
Windows Vista irritated me to no end. 
An AMD Sempron 1.61 ghz processor, 512 MB RAM, 80 gb of hard disk space, and a 128 MB ATI Video Card were not enough.  You truly do consume resouces much in the same manner that a famine - stricken African child would consume the food at an all you can eat chinese buffet.
Needless to say, Windows 2000 Professional is once again running in all of it's smooth crash - free glory on my pretty.
Now, as soon as I can figure out how to port the stuff I actually liked to Win2K, I will be ecstatic.

Up Ahead In The Distance I Saw A Shimmering Light Part 2 - Brief Thoughts

Original Title: Windows Vista Screen Caps And Thoughts

Music: The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking ~ Roger Waters

I went and downloaded the open Windows Vista Beta last night. Here are my opinions from the first 24 hours with the Vista.

Personalization Main
The main page from the Personalization Page. It looks like an HTMLesque Linux inspired page.

Start Menu – At first glance it looks like something vaguely familiar.

Start Menu Screen 2
Clicking the "All Programs" takes you off to something truly bizzare. Instead of the menu style of Windows' past, it is more of a "Drop Down" style. Clicking on a category causes it to expand in a downward manner.

Personalization Screen Part 2
A Windows Vista Personalize Screen Tab Page. This was formerly the "Settings" tab-a-jigger, now just one tab on one page. Very stupid, very pointless.

Personalization Screen Part 3
Formerly the Appearance Manager, now just one tab on a page. Again, the pointless, single tab. Why? I know not. I prefer all of the tabs grouped on one page. Seems smarter, but that is just me

Make Firefox Default Browser? Yes!
Every time I open Mozilla Firefox, I get this Dialogue box. No IE open at all in between. Note the times…

Make Firefox Default Browser? Yes! Again!
One minute later, Firefox is still not the Default Browser!

Make iTunes the default media player? OOH! Bad Luck!
When attempting to set iTunes as the default player, I get an error. Error -50 no less. Did they have so many error messages that they had to start using the negative numbers?

Sidebar?
The sidebar is kind of cool, but it eats resources like an African kid who has not eaten for like a month.

Computer
The updated My Computer page. I kind of like the little bars that tell how full the drives are. Also it gives smallish amounts of computer information along the bottom of the screen.

Renaming a drive
Try to rename the drive, or do really anything of the sort, and you get a "You don't have permission to do such and such" dialogue box. Trick is, you click continue and it lets you go along with it anyway.




Go with it?
It is asking if I want to go through with the renaming of the drive, even though I don't have permission to do it. It let me do it, despite the lack of permissions. There's security if I ever heard it!

System Properties
The Main page of System Properties. It gives you basic system info. Processor, Networking, Ram, and of course, Windows related stuff.

Freecell
All of the Basic Windows games have gotten a serious face - lift. Different decks, backgrounds, and, get this, sound! Also, it gives you the option to save and restore games at exit, or anytime.

Solitaire
Also, a facelift from the classic Solitaire. The games look like they are updated versions from the Plus! Games pack that Microsoft released in about '99. I honestly expected for it to have been integrated into XP, but you know, whatever.

Minesweeper
It has sounds and colors that are not grey. Very nifty. I am impressed. Should have been done a long time ago.
After I have gotten more familiar with it, and used more of the things, I will write more stuffs about it.  Mostly in the next few days.

Another One’s Down

and another one is gone

I Am The Eye In The Sky

for some reason, i think me and the lj may be done for awhile...

The Game Never Ends When Your Whole World Depends On The Turn Of A Friendly Card

this is me still being alive