[mdlug] Semi-OT: Another BIG WinVista misstep

[Morris, Tim]

Here are 2 sites everyone needs:
http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/
http://www.driverpacks.net/

Of course, settings all these things up and then installing Windows will
take much longer than, say an Ubuntu install, but if you have a lot of
relatives that constantly need their Winboxes reloaded then this is a
real time saver (when Ghost isn't appropriate, of course).

The driverpacks are the real key :)


--  Tim Morris - UGS PLM Software

-----Original Message-----
From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf
Of Robert Adkins
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 9:12 AM
To: MDLUG's Main discussion list
Subject: Re: [mdlug] Semi-OT: Another BIG WinVista misstep

The really lovely thing about that is the damned thing can't read the
driver off of anything other than a Floppy Disk. (At least with Windows
XP), when was the last time you saw a new PC ship with a floppy disk?

I had to tear apart some computers in order to reinstall Windows XP onto
a SATA drive that came with the PC. It most certainly added time to the
process.

-Rob

David Lane wrote:
> I just bullt a windows system and the hardest part was getting the OS 
> to "SEE" the SATA hard drive.
>  
> When I did a Linux Build Linux saw the SATA drive.
>  
> I'm a programmer, I dont have time to fight with drivers to get a 
> system up.  the reality is that yes we have to live with "Windows" and

> at times it is okay.
>  
> My God, I hope people are honest about OS's good and bad.
>  
> David
>  
>
> */Michael Rudas <audiotech50 at gmail.com>/* wrote:
>
>     Another big hole for the hackers to drive through...
>
>     "Driver signing is a failure for Vista"
>
>
>     ...yet I continue to hear "WinVista is the greatest thing since
sliced
>     bread!" from people that SHOULD know better. I hope Linux is
"ready
>     for the masses" soon, or our entire computing infrastructure may
>     collapse.
>
>     -- Mikey
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