Forum: Windows Vista and Windows 7  24 Days Ago |
| Replies: 5 Views: 475 OK, first, make sure that the Windows firewall is indeed disabled and make sure that the firewall is disabled also on the xp system. Then I'd try the following on both systems to see where they are... |
| Forum: Windows Vista and Windows 7 24 Days Ago |
| Replies: 5 Views: 475 By default, Windows firewall will suppress icmp packets, which is what ping uses. If you want to be able to ping, you will need to go into the firewall settings and check the box that allows response... |
| Forum: Windows Vista and Windows 7 Mar 22nd, 2007 |
| Replies: 13 Views: 6,118 I run Vista on VMware Workstation 2.5.2 and ESX 3.0, and recently moved to Workstation 6 beta (much better!).
Give it at least 1Gb of RAM-2Gb is better, make sure that your host is at least... |
| Forum: Windows Vista and Windows 7 Jan 28th, 2007 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 3,991 I don't know how long the N series has been around, but I was pointed to the N series in 2003 when I complained to a Dell rep that I did not want a PC with any OS on it as I have plenty of OS... |
| Forum: Windows Vista and Windows 7 Dec 3rd, 2006 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 2,566 It showed up on my MSDN and Partner Action Pack downloads on 11/8 so the only ones that will have to wait are the retail customers. I have it running in a VM using VMware Workstation and it runs... |
| Forum: Windows Vista and Windows 7 Aug 14th, 2006 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 4,417 Yes, helloooo, can you say Linux? As if there is only two operating systems in the OS wars. In fact, for corporate users, it has been a Windows vs. Linux war, not Windows vs. Mac, especially in the... |
| Forum: Windows Vista and Windows 7 Jun 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 28 Views: 7,226 I think the Windows (Microsoft) dominance is more related to it being included (forced on us?) on every x86 computer sold for the last 20 years and less on anything else. Certainly before the NT 5... |
| Forum: Windows Vista and Windows 7 Jun 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 28 Views: 7,226 Actually, when it comes to systems, I'm right just about all the time. That's what experience gives you. Dang, I'm right about being right! As far as opinions goes, yep, everyone's got one, and it's... |
| Forum: Windows Vista and Windows 7 Jun 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 28 Views: 7,226 its the best operating system out there
Can you qualify this? Best how? What metrics or decision matrix did you use to determine this? Don't get me wrong, I'm not anti-Microsoft, just... |
| Forum: Windows Vista and Windows 7 Jun 30th, 2006 |
| Replies: 28 Views: 7,226 That is such a ridiculous post that it must be a tongue-in-cheek post. Anyone who makes blanket statements like this and believes them should not work in IT for sure and shows a severe lack of... |
| Forum: Windows Vista and Windows 7 Apr 9th, 2006 |
| Replies: 28 Views: 7,226 "And make sure you use a different internet browser other than internet explorer."
I agree in principle, but this is impractical since so many developers are developing for IE. Also, I'm starting... |
