Oh by the way...XP Pro sucks ass!

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Stop me if I am wrong, but I believe Ed is NOT a moderator, he is rather a very valued contributor to this site who has posted a LOT of great recording info.

Now can we all take a deep breath and a stress pill?

Now I also get paid to dispense computer wisdom. And I am on the front side of a major XP rollout at my job, and have done more XP installs than I care to remember. I agree that XP once installed is a very stable, very useful OS. I don't care much for all the built-in spyware and idiotware, but there are ways arround that.

I will also add that while 95% of my XP installs (clean installs that is) have been smooth, I did experiance an XP "install from hell" on a new Athlon/SIS735 system at home. After two motherboards, one dead hard drive, and a whole LOT of torn out hair, I concluded that the particular type of motherboard I was trying to upgrade to was a piece of shit, and I bailed on it. Since then I have done many installs on many different configurations with minimal problems. So I know just what Ed is talking about - it doesn't matter if 95% of all installs go well if you happen to be in that 5%.

Now, getting to the matter at hand, Ed can you list some specific issues you are having? I gather from your post that you have finished your install but are still having performance related problems. Is this correct, and can you tell me exactly what is happening?
 
Ed is MOD, not GOD...

...so he might make mistakes sometimes. Who cares ? He helped a lot back there. I think he's a good brother anyway. We will forget what you say, we will forget what you do... but we will never forget how does your presence make us feel. Luv ya brotha...:cool:
 
I don't believe that Ed would be seen dead on one of those over-accessorized Italian weenie scooters.

And his motto has always been, "What is Moderation?"

I'm just glad I paid Emeric to build and set up my XP system, because I've had zero headaches with this machine. He never filled me in on how much Excedrin was required.

I like XP better than anything I've seen from MS. And the only one I haven't used is ME. Which got pretty poor reviews in any case.
 
I've tried them all except 98 SE and ME sucks! I can vouch for that. Now I'm using XP with little problems now and then, but nothing major. The problem with XP is, you have to use components it likes, and the right drivers.
 
I upgraded to XP Pro about 9 months ago with a dual boot and I haven't had problem 1. Im using an office version rather than consumer retail so I dont know if that makes a difference.
Never any hardware or software problems yet. My old WIN98se was always screwed up.
 
Ed...I am confused.

If you are a Moderator, you should really reconsider your behavior.

Admittedly, Polaris was being a bit of an ass. As we all have been from time to time.

That doesn't mean he deserved both barrels. Not to mention, I can't imagine being a Moderator and starting a thread that had this title ("XP Pro sucks ass!"). If your job is to reign in the threads and make things work around here, you took a couple of HUGE steps back.

I am fairly new to the board...just 6 months or so...but have loved the experience and found some great information and great people.

Stuff like this just ruins it for everyone.

Peace man. :cool:

-BM
 
It didn't ruin it for me. I think this is funny as hell.:D :D
 
The last time I looked the moderators were Dragon, Slackmaster, Janitor, and recording Engineer.

I'll say again - I'm happy to share my small expertise in XP, but I need to know what the exact problems are. So..... ?
 
RWhite said:
I'll say again - I'm happy to share my small expertise in XP, but I need to know what the exact problems are. So..... ?
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Sounds like you mean it to newbie rather than "mod" :D
 
Most people don't use the Files and settings transfer wizard in XP.

Once you've installed XP (which is really simple if you start with a blank HD and leave it up to XP to do it's own install) open the Wizard. It creates a floppy. Now put your old C drive HD back in and run the floppy program and save the generated file onto your D drive. (second HD)

Now put your new C drive HD back in and run the wizard again and tell it your files are on the D drive. It will take about 1/2 hr but when finished your XP install will have all the files and settings you had previously. All your emails, address book, favourites, folders and image files, even your screen saver etc will have been transferred. This system is also a very good method of backing up your files if you get a virus like Klez and you have to reformat.

cheers
john
 
One more reason to push Linux based audio...not that it's ready for us, but at least dream about it :D
 
You're right about the audio not being there yet, but if you need help dreaming....

http://www.lindows.com/


James, I'm not sure I understand the "newbie" remark. I work with PCs in a Help Desk role all the time. I have to constantly remind myself that many of my "customers" are people who, while knowing a hell of a lot more than I do about many things, may be computer "unfriendly". And even my most computer knowledgeable and literate customers may prolong their agrivation by failing to give a complete description of what their problems are. You need to get simple, clear, specific descriptions whenever possible if you want to track down problems.

I already know that Ed knows a shitload more than I do about recording, however if he can be specific about the problems he's still having, I'd say there is at least a remote chance that I might be familar with it. :p
 
Well, i installed XP Pro froms scratch on a brand new virgin built by me PC and the installation went as smooth as a baby´s butt cheek:D Now, I had some trouble afterwards due to my stupidity and lack of expertise, but it was nothing I couldn´t solve by browsing different XP forums. If Ed could tell us what specific error messages or problems he is having maybe we could all contribute and try to find a solution for him. After all, that is what this BBS is about, helping others out. I wouldn´t mind spending some of my porn/BBS/Forums surfing time to try and find a solution for him.:cool: because he has contributed so much for this forum and for my education with his postings.
 
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