I still hate Vista
Ok, so I’m “old school” and still use the command prompt for lots of things. The one big problem I have with Windows Vista is it asks for permission to do everything!! I’ve been a computer geek since age 12 or so, I know what I’m doing so don’t ask me if I’m sure I want to do something. I clicked on it so YES I wanna F&@#ing do it!!! I’d definitely still be running XP if it weren’t for not being able to find any XP drivers for my laptop. I get more and more pissed at Vista every time I use it ( been using Vista Ultimate for about 6 months now).
Firefox Plugins
I’m sure some of you out there, like me, HATE Micro$ofts Internet Explorer. I have used Mozilla Firefox since the late 90’s and I believe it to be the best internet browser out there. When you first install firefox you are always getting messages about “installing this plugin”, etc.. Here is a nice page that has all of the most common used plugins for firefox.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:7
A few other addon’s I’d recommend would be:
Foxmarks: If your like me use many different computers this will sync your bookmarks between computers.
Developer Toolbar: This is essential if you do any kind of web development at all.
Installing XP on laptop can’t find HDD
I have ran into a problem with a few laptops with SATA drives while trying to install WinXP Pro. After racking my brain and searching all over the internet I finally found a VERY easy fix to this problem.
1. Enter BIOS setup
2. Find a setting similar to “Native SATA support” and DISABLE it.
That’s all there is to it! Hope this helps anyone having the same problem.