On Monday 21 July 2003 07:56 am, Collins Richey wrote: > Just an aside. > > I had to replace my wife's winders PC (always locking up) this weekend. > The "back to school special" at my local PC store for $350 was a pretty > decent Celeron machine (2Gz 256M 40G harddrive LAN card etc.) with WinXP > Professional. > > The WinXP wizard for networking detected it's place on my LAN (Netgear > router) automagically, setup for DHCP, and even enabled File and Printer > Sharing without any of the screwing around I've had to do in the past. > Only 1 reboot. <g> I was able to copy all the necessary files from the > ailing PC in short order. We should have such a simple procedure for > linux that stores all the parameters including Samba. > > I'm able to use Office97, but my CD writer software fails to install on > XP (bummer). My Lexmark Z53 software is only marginal under WinXP, but > I was able to download the current drivers. > > I'm not rushing out to convert everything to WinXP, but from my > perspective (occasional use) it's not really hosed at all, at least no > more so than any M$ product. It's still a virus waiting to happen.
That is what I do get normally. However if there has been a problem or it was an update to XP, one can and does get problems which do not seem to relate to what has gone before. I had it working then it just stopped after a reboot. -- Keith Antoine (GANDALF) aka 'SKIPPY' 18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061, Australia:: PH:61733002161 Practising Geriatric, Retired Electronics Engineer, Knowall, Brain in storage _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
