This tongue in cheek article perfectly sums up why no one should be trying to move to windows Vista.
Warning: Geek sense of humor required to read 😛
“Upgrading” to Windows Xp from Vista
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How to solve problem with USB devices not responding on resumption from standby in Bootcamp.
So … I’m running Windows XP on a 17″ Macbook Pro with Bootcamp …
Every now and then, when I put the laptop on Standby and try to resume work from where I left off, the USB devices stop responding all together.
This is a big problem for me, since
- I put my laptop in and out of standby several times a day
- work off an external 250GB Hard drive.
- am pretty hopeless without a wireless mouse
I poked around online, but didn’t really find anything on Google or at the Apple bootcamp forum.
So I decided to try fixing it on my own. Continue reading
How to access Windows Quick Launch as a folder
Just discovered this the other day, as I was prodding around on Windows XP.
To access the folder that holds the links that appear in the Quick Launch tool bar, the path is just
C:\Documents and Settings\{your user name here}\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
Don’t know why it would be useful, but I was excited to discover it :]