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  • Jeremy L. Gaddis · 2 years ago
    After reading your "Staying Sharp with Microsoft" post, I wondered how long this would take. =)
  • ncloud · 2 years ago
    I was running a retail copy of Vista Ultimate for about a month or so, but Windows Update kept breaking it. After a normal round of updates, my system would completely lock up about thirty seconds after it booted. I tried using system restore to rollback the changes, which worked the first time, but when it happened again I never could get the box working correctly. I switched back to XP Pro, where I will probably stay until there is a Vista SP2 that fixes the festering pile of horse shit.
  • Daniel Miessler · 2 years ago
    I think you should skip ahead and move to OS X or Ubuntu. :)
  • Robby · 2 years ago
    I feel the same way as you, Daniel. I have not used Windows for over a year now and I feel great! I like Linux (Ubuntu right now) but I would also like to use a Mac as well--just a lot of money.

    I just need to find a job like yours where I can get one for free! :)
  • ncloud · 2 years ago
    I have used Ubuntu, and really like it -- and OSX is pretty sweet too. But alas, I have a lot of money invested in Windows software. I guess I could run a virtual machine with Windows XP on it, but I'm doing a lot of Windows dev. work right now so I went ahead and put XP back on my box.
  • chris · 2 years ago
    This couldn't have come at a more opportune time:

    http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/20...

    It's funny, reading the method he goes through to stop explorer and then restart it.

    It's coincidental that a bash.org quote was posted today that pretty accurately describes Aaron's instructions:

    #783472 +(150)- [X]

    It's really simple to watch a move, just open the console, and type "
    ffmpeg -i "$(find ~/.mozilla -regex '.*Cache.*' -a -not -regex \
    '.*_CACHE_.*' -printf '%T+ %p\n' | \
    sort -n | awk '{ print $2 }' | xargs file | \
    grep -i "Video" | tail -1 | awk -F : '{ print $1 }')" \
    -vcodec msmpeg4v2 -b 200 -ab 64 -ar 22050 -s 320x240 \
    /tmp/video.avi
    ANYONE CAN DO IT