Joomla! site syndication http://www.computernewbie.info/joomla Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:09:39 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.computernewbie.info/joomla/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.computernewbie.info/joomla Joomla! site syndication http://www.computernewbie.info/joomla/content/view/14/ We are revamping the site. Please bear with the dust. In the meantime, please visit our sister site, www.wheatdogg.com (http://www.computernewbie.info/wheatdogg). Stories - PHP-Nuke Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:13:45 +0100 http://www.computernewbie.info/joomla/content/view/12/3/ To recap so far, I have obtained a product code for Vista Beta 2 from Microsoft, downloaded the installation image using the bittorrent network, and successfuly installed it on a whitebox in my school's computer lab. To be useful, however, this machine has to be part of the school's domain. After some fumbling around, I was able to join the domain.In Windows 2000 and XP, you join a domain by right-clicking on My Computer on the desktop. Vista does not automatically place a similar icon on the desktop, so my finely honed instincts were temporarily useless. Vista, as it turns out, puts the option to join a domain or workgroup on the System page. (The windows in Vista look more like web pages to me than windows.) From there, one follows the same procedure as before. Vista seemed to take less time completed the task than Windows 2K running on a similar machine, but I did not time the operation. Once joined to the domain, I was able to browse the network, add a network printer, and access network folders as before. No surprises, there. I had to perform more necessary tasks yesterday and today, so further commentary on Vista will have to wait. Stories - News and commentary about op systems Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:29:50 +0100 http://www.computernewbie.info/joomla/content/view/11/ In my last article, I described how I downloaded Windows Vista Beta 2 through the bittorrent network, avoiding a bandwidth bottleneck at Microsoft's file servers. With a freshly burned installation DVD and an official Microsoft product code, I set out to install the latest version of Windows. Since I had no suitable machine at home, I chose to install Vista Beta 2 on a PC at my school, where I am the technology coordinator. There a variety of users would test it out for me, perhaps unwillingly, for the next academic year. [Note: The Beta 2 version expires on June 1, 2007.] Keep reading to follow the ever-continuing saga of my trying out Vista. Stories - News and commentary about op systems Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:17:29 +0100 http://www.computernewbie.info/joomla/content/view/9/ Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com) has been developing, and delaying the release of, the latest incarnation of Windows, now known as Vista. Microsoft recently made the latest beta version of Vista available to the public, so of course I downloaded it. Note: The preview program has now ended, so following these steps will not help you. Sorry. But I did not download it from Microsoft directly. Their file servers were overloaded, so the wait time and download time were both horrendous. MS itself encouraged beta testers to request a copy of the Vista installation DVD by mail. Being impatient about such matters, I instead obtained a copy indirectly by looking for a torrent of Vista Beta 2. I figured someone must have put Vista Beta 2 on the bittorrent network soon after its public release. My hunch was correct. My download time was still pretty long (1.5 days) but at least I got the complete DVD image in a reasonable amount of time. It was faster than snailmail, anyway. --more -- Stories - News and commentary about op systems Sun, 16 Jul 2006 20:36:11 +0100