Archive for the 'Windows Vista' Category

Installing Windows XP on an Acer Aspire 5517-5671

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

In my last post I ranted a bit on why Windows 7 is the worst OS of all time, to date. Now, I am going to walk you through my experience on installing Windows XP on my Acer Aspire 5517-5671. Backup anything you want to save to an external HD or internet/network location. Download and [...]

Windows 7 is not too bad…

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

I have talked in the past about how much I hate Microsoft and their over controlling attempt on keeping users within the lines of “proper” computer use…But as uncontrollable circumstances have it,  I got a copy of Windows 7 on my work computer about a month or 2 ago. Though Vista should have been the [...]

Windows is not secure!

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Time to dump that old Windows OS! Since I am such security buff (not really, but I try), I thought I would show this to you since it has been an issue for me. I have turned off ALL automatic updates for Windows. The PC continues to use automatic updates even though it is turned [...]