Windows
July 3rd, 2007
We keep a windows computer around the office for running Quickbooks and testing websites in Internet Explorer. Yesterday it crashed again, so I decided it was time to format the hard drive and start from scratch.
SO…
After installing Windows XP, I had to
- Install drivers
- restart
- install drivers
- restart
- install drivers
- restart
- install 62 critical updates
- restart
- download Service Pack 2
- restart
- install virus protection software
- update the virus protection software
- install 34 more windows updates
- restart
Bah!
Does this mean I should get Vista? What say ye?
July 3rd, 2007 at 11:11 PM
After all that, then I installed Safari. By far the smoothest installation so far. No reatart
July 3rd, 2007 at 11:26 PM
Nope, I probably wouldn’t jump to Vista just yet. You’d need to ensure that whatever hardware you have in your current system has Vista drivers. Also depending on what version of Vista you’re going to get, it could be pricey. I would assume though that for what you’re using it for you wouldn’t need all the bells and whistles. But hey that’s just my opinion, I’