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Things that Bother me about Vista SP1 beta, Part 2

41. Why is Firefox faster on Vista than Internet Explorer?
42. Give me a way to get Windows 2000/XP window behavior and Aero Glass visuals at the same time. Just because I like it to be attractive doesn’t mean I should have to look at the bloat and have bad keyboard navigation too.
43. The Mouse Control [...]

Things that Bother me about Vista SP1 beta, Part 1

1. DWM (Desktop Window Manager, the service that runs Aero) is consuming 158MB “Working Set”, which I believe to be non-paged RAM.
2. Still has crappy multi-monitor support. Even if I overlook the fact that I had to get a driver written this month to get all my adapters to run Aero Glass, Windows Vista still [...]

Unneccessary Vista Services

Geez, there are alot of services in Windows Vista that just help themselves to an automatic startup…
Tablet PC Input Service: It’s not a tablet PC. Why, then, do you assume I would want the services of a Tablet PC input device I don’t have? Seriously.
Diagnostic Policy Service and Diagnostic System Host: Both “enable problem detection, [...]

Developers: Consolidate your Services!

There are few things in life that annoy me more than the Catch-22. So often in life, we get software we have major problems with; but which we cannot remove.
Allow me to provide an example. I recently upgraded my webcam to a Logitech QuickCam Orbit MP. Bad product naming schemes aside, this peripheral came with [...]

Parallel Drivers

Imagine you’re driving in a 40MPH zone, innocently enough, passing the slower vehicles at 45MPH. Why their speeds are varying from 30 to 40 you don’t quite understand, but you pass them anyway.
You finally work your way up to the front of a pack of vehicles and are almost free and clear, when your progress [...]

Insomnia and Offpissage

I was lying in bed trying to get to sleep only moments ago. I reached the point where I could tell I had too much energy left for sleep, so I got back up again.
The time between when I go to bed (”Bedtime”) and when I go to sleep (”Sleeptime”) is when I do [...]

Google Line Tech Accomplishes Nothing

Last time we spoke regarding my intermittent Internet connectivity issues through Comcast, we were waiting for an LMC escalation to occur from any of the Contact Line ASAP Customers on my Node. Lo and behold, I ended up being the one to complain.
I called Call Center Supervisor Kieth when my connection dropped this afternoon. In [...]

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