I think my last post was a bit premature. I have been working with this way too much lately. I have discovered that my bargin bin HP Workstation xw8200 computer has a giant flaw. The SATA controller is the old slow type of SATA not the cool fast SATA. I have ordered a new fancy fast controller so I will have fast hard drives once again. This will mean another Windows 7 install but no big deal.
Some of my network issues involve me using the Windows 7 version of Remote Desktop software. It apparently cripples Windows 2000 systems running plain old Terminal Server. Once I connect my server maxes out the processor. My music stops flowing and I get sad. I disconnect from the remote session and all goes back to normal.
Every few hours my sound just dies. I have to go to the control panel, select my speakers, and change the default from DVD quality to telephone quality. I get an error that another application is controlling the sound card and then the sound returns. I put the setting back to DVD and it works for another few hours or days.
I am still waiting for Firefox and Adobe to get with the 64 bit world but I am not holding my breath.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
The sad bits
I will stick to the facts here. Software that runs natively in Windows 64bit versions is hard to find and sometimes buggy.
Trying to break out of the 4 gig world I bought a refurb dual processor workstation class 64bit system. The thing runs great in Windows XP 32 bit. Windows 7 x64 is so bad that I am considering a change to Vista.
Adobe flash, Firefox, and my laserjet driver are all missing from the x64bit world. I am very dissappointed. If I play a music file in MediaMonkey at the same time I am doing anything else the song skips so bad I just turn it off. This is bad news for me. My oldP4 with 1.5 gig of RAM would read music files for hours at a time without missing a beat.
I am mad and out of options. If I put a 32bit OS then I lose my RAM upgradability. If I stick to this I will have to buy a new printer and an iPod.
This is distracting and I think I will just let it be for now.
Trying to break out of the 4 gig world I bought a refurb dual processor workstation class 64bit system. The thing runs great in Windows XP 32 bit. Windows 7 x64 is so bad that I am considering a change to Vista.
Adobe flash, Firefox, and my laserjet driver are all missing from the x64bit world. I am very dissappointed. If I play a music file in MediaMonkey at the same time I am doing anything else the song skips so bad I just turn it off. This is bad news for me. My oldP4 with 1.5 gig of RAM would read music files for hours at a time without missing a beat.
I am mad and out of options. If I put a 32bit OS then I lose my RAM upgradability. If I stick to this I will have to buy a new printer and an iPod.
This is distracting and I think I will just let it be for now.
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