[Elecraft] [OT] Windows XP SP3 :<(

2008-05-13 Thread Gary Hvizdak
Even after the recent news reports about problems with it, I just made the stupid mistake of installing Microsoft's XP Service Pack 3 on my Dell Dimension 9100 with ATI Radeon display adaptor. Afterwards my 20" flat panel monitor (which supports 1600 x 1200 DPI resolution at 32 bit color depth) wa

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Windows XP SP3 :<(

2008-05-14 Thread G4ILO
Gary W. Hvizdak wrote: > > Even after the recent news reports about problems with it, I just made the > stupid mistake of installing Microsoft's XP Service Pack 3 on my Dell > Dimension 9100 with ATI Radeon display adaptor. Afterwards my 20" flat > panel monitor (which supports 1600 x 1200 DPI

RE: [Elecraft] [OT] Windows XP SP3 :<(

2008-05-14 Thread Bill Johnson
I found my SP3 removed bugs that plagued me before the release. This replaces building our own and trying to fix it. :-) 72, Bill K9YEQ K2 #35, K2 # 5279, KX1 #35, Mini Modules, etc. -Original Message- > > Even after the recent news reports about problems with it, I just made th

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Windows XP SP3 :<(

2008-05-14 Thread S Sacco
This is not a particularly good comparison. Windows is enormously more complicated than the firmware used to drive the K3, and in addition, it has to support an almost unlimited combination of hardware. I consider it practically a miracle that Windows works as well as it does, but the complexity

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Windows XP SP3 :<(

2008-05-14 Thread n4lq
: [Elecraft] [OT] Windows XP SP3 :<( This is not a particularly good comparison. Windows is enormously more complicated than the firmware used to drive the K3, and in addition, it has to support an almost unlimited combination of hardware. I consider it practically a miracle that Windows works

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Windows XP SP3 :<(

2008-05-14 Thread Paul
S Sacco wrote: This is not a particularly good comparison. Windows is enormously more complicated than the firmware used to drive the K3, and in addition, it has to support an almost unlimited combination of hardware. I consider it practically a miracle that Windows works as well as it does, bu

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Windows XP SP3 :<(

2008-05-14 Thread Philip Leonard WVØT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of course, you could always update Windows to ubuntu. Or Gentoo ;-) ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.):

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Windows XP SP3 :<(

2008-05-14 Thread David Wilburn
This is not unusual for service packs. In the past, I just updated the drivers for the video card / display and it restores all to its former glory. Not that I am a big proponent of M$, as this is written from a Ubuntu Linux Box. Dave Wilburn K4DGW K2/100 - S/N 5982 K3/100 - S/N 766 "For t

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Windows XP SP3 :<(

2008-05-15 Thread Phil Kane
On 5/14/2008 8:03 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I consider it practically a miracle that Windows works as well as it does, but the complexity has not been lost on many video game publishers, who have retreated to the more static game consoles. Of course, you could always update Windows to ubunt

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Windows XP SP3 :<(

2008-05-15 Thread Dave KQ3T
Well, Phil, at least you're halfway there... both Thunderbird and Firefox come in native Linux versions. 73, Dave KQ3T Phil Kane wrote: If and when the four major programs that I depend on daily (WordPerfect, Thunderbird, Firefox and Folio Bound VIEWS - my communications law legal research d

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Windows XP SP3 :<(

2008-05-15 Thread Phil Kane
On 5/15/2008 2:10 PM, Dave KQ3T wrote: If and when the four major programs that I depend on daily (WordPerfect, Thunderbird, Firefox and Folio Bound VIEWS - my communications law legal research database engine - come out with 100% Linux native versions (WINE won't handle the database program