I found the link for XP SP1 I mentioned below: http://premierdownload.microsoft.com/download/whistler/SP/SP1/W XP/EN-US/xpsp1_en_x86.exe -Clint
----- Original Message ----- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Well, like my post on the LACK of features new versions of Norton AV have compared to 5.xx; XP is no different. I guess I'm of 'limited intellect' that I fail to be able to comprehend the bonehead act of GOING BACKWARDS. Score another for M$ bashers. After the default installation, NO links at all could be clicked in emails from OE! Total OE lock up & crash. Updates fixed this, but it's rather unsettling to know this existed. Did this occur with anyone else? (I have NEVER EVER seen so many updates required for ANY OS before! XP has more critical updates/patches, etc. after only a few months, than 95, 98, ME have COMBINED, even to this date!!). This makes you wonder what the "person was on" that developed XP (as do these things below), and what horrifying things lay ahead. I was floored when I saw still no Java support. Incredible. I was forced to use that garbage from Sun (which does not accurately show applets the way they should be), and it still is no match for the M$ VM (Virtual Machine). SP1a for XP has no Java! (Yes I know about the legal issue). I looked for hours trying to find SP1, and all links that pointed to XP SP1 were bad. I finally found one, and I fully recommend removing SP1a and installing SP1. It has the REAL Java support. According to MS, the only difference between these is Java. I don't have the link on this HD, so if anyone wants it I'll have to get it off the XP HD. "View as webpage" under the "view" menu. Another one these "geniuses" felt "we no longer needed"! I was "slapped" to see this removed since this is something I MUST have, and see that I was not alone in my feelings on this matter. I found a fix for this after about two days of searching, one that WORKED that is. Not only does it give you back the option of the left preview pane, but gives you MUCH more, much better than what 98/ME has. http://www.home.acenet.net.au/carwi/webview.asp Note that you're going to have to copy and folder.htt file from a 98/ME HD, something they failed to mention (since there is no folder.htt on XP, at least not on mine). You also have to put the full path of the folder.htt file in the desktop.ini file. Ok, so I'm 2 for 2 at getting these problems fixed. :-) Probably the most bonehead move of all, is not being able to change your monitor resolution without having to click a dozen times!! What idiots. (My next OS is going to be LINUX!!) No "quick res taskbar display controls". Since I'm not on the XP HD now, I can't check to see if XP has a rundll/deskcp16.dll that can be loaded in the startup group, but I'm sure it probably does not. So, I found this program that adds the control back to the system tray where it should be. http://www.stintercorp.com/genx/res.php Unfortunately, it consumes GOBS of resources (SIX %), so if anyone knows of a better way, please let me know. Having the rundll quickres program on 98/ME in the system tray didn't consume anything. Make that now....2.5 out of 3. It's a fix, but unacceptable with what it consumes. Now for what I haven't been able to find......does anyone know how to get rid of that annoying "log off administrator" in the start menu? TweakUI (here we go again) for XP leaves that removal option out! How can you run Scandisk in XP? A couple of problems I'm having; what do you use for a spell checker for OE in XP? I was using MS Works 4.5 in 98 & ME (which adds the spell checker for OE), and it DID install FINE on XP, no complaints, nor did the XP compatibility test mention it. However, it does not work. Clicking the "spelling" icon on an email gives an error "error has occurred", and just sending an email and letting it check automatically has a window popping up saying; "The spelling check on this document was halted, do you want to continue?" Another is right after the desktop loads, NOTHING in the quicklaunch toolbar or address bar in that area can be clicked. Anything on the DESKTOP CAN be clicked as usual. Bringing the mouse cursor over these areas on the bottom toolbar present me with the "rotating hourglass" indicative of something running that should not be running. After a minute or so, it's ok. Finally, are there any XP Pro updates that should be AVOIDED? -Clint God Bless Us All Clint Hamilton, Owner Want to exchange links with us? http://OrpheusComputing.com © ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
