wow. and to think you could've just bought a mac and been online in thirty seconds!
why would anyone willingly put themselves through this torture? 2008/9/19 Nick REES <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Been offline due to Stream messing around with my settings and engineers > just wanting money when they've come around to fix the problem. > > 8 days later, I still have no internet in my apartment and Stream say it > will be "another 2 days" for the 3rd time. Akado are installing wireless > internet and 80 channel tv tomorrow am. > > XP/Asus drivers for my wifi were installed in 2 mins by the first engineer. > The only thing that they did right. I'm now wireless in Scandinavia!!! > > Overall, I've had the most horrific experience in the last week and am sick > of computers. My laptop won't be coming on holiday with me next week!!! > > Thanks to everyone who offered help and ideas....I really appreciate it. > > Regards, > > Nick > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: David Nitzsche-Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: The Moscow Expat List <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 8:37:07 PM > Subject: Re: Expat List Computer genius needed! > > Just some more background on the issue.... > > The problem is that the Asus website specifically does NOT have > drivers for the items in the model that Nick bought. I spent quite > some time trying to figure out - one way or another - which model of > wireless adapter, built-in ethernet adapter, bluetooth, chipset, etc. > was in the system. I even wrote to Asus Tech Support who said, more or > less, "too bad. This model doesn't support XP." Which any computer > expert knows is nonsense - since there is no device out there which > supports Vista but XP. > > Secondly, regarding Vista, I've heard nothing but negative comments > from all my clients who have or have had Vista. What with the security > issues, the annoying "Do you want to permit this action? Confirm or > deny?" messages that appear everywhere and also Nick's stated desire > to stick with XP instead of learning a new OS - it was not an unusual > or uncommon suggestion to downgrade to XP. It's something I've done > hundreds of times, and not once has there been a problem. Not until now. > > My $0.02. > > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ >
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