On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 11:44:12PM +0100, Paul Tansom wrote:
OK, not a good title for a Linux list, but I couldn't resist commenting on my first attempt at installing Windows XP (Professional) given that people often say Linux is hard to install.
Blah. Everything is difficult to install ;)
First off, there seemed very few questions to answer - Windows assumed it knew best for just about everything, and boy was it wrong?! The end result goes something like this:
A: - my 3.5" floppy B: - my 5.25" floppy C: - my ZIP drive D: - my DVD ROM E: - my CD RW F: - same CD RW as above G: - same CD RW as above H: - same CD RW as above I: - same CD RW as above J: - same CD RW as above K: - same CD RW as above L: - same CD RW as above M: - my hard disk with Windows XP installed on it
Sounds like a screwed up settings. Never ever had this problem.
Next comes the networking side of things:
IE - fine, can browse the Internet and is pretty fast, can also browse my local Intranet Explorer - cannot see any other machines on the network, when it should be able to see two other Windows 2000 boxes
Of course, IE browse the internet real quick. Though opera wins miles ahead. I read a paper about how IE was being able to render sites quickly... very interesting.
Though, IE is considered 'old' nowadays...
From the other Windows 2000 boxes the machine shows up in Network
Neighbourhood, but when I try to see what is shared I get an error saying the machine is not accessible.
Conclusion - Windows XP does not integrate easily into an existing Windows network!
Typical of Windows to do that. I remember telling Windows 95/98 to pick up the local network neighbourhood at our monthly LAN nights. Normally the problems are located right down to the LAN card, wrong IP set up etc. Oh the hassles.....
One thing, microsoft really did good at.. office, money and er... that's it ;)