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Windows XP - The eXPerience Thus Far?

Posted by Cliff on from the hope-it's-been-a-good-one dept.

An Anonymous Coward asks: "So Windows XP has been out long enough for those of us in the IT field to have our managers, users, and vendors hitting us up for it (Redmond's marketing apparently worked). So, how has Windows XP affected your IT department and company thus far? Are you using it, or planning on using it? What made you decide to migrate? What problems have you run into, and what features have you found beneficial? Please leave out the anti-MS/pro-Linux rhetoric unless it is directly related to an issue you have with XP. Thanks!"

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  1. Re:it's not that great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Win 3.xx:
    User - "my computer keeps locking up on me..."
    Windows tech - "It's probably some bad hardware or you have it setup wrong"

    Win 95:
    User - "my computer keeps locking up on me..."
    Windows tech - "It's probably some bad hardware or you have it setup wrong"

    Win NT:
    User - "my computer keeps locking up on me..."
    Windows tech - "It's probably some bad hardware or you have it setup wrong"

    Win 2000:
    User - "my computer keeps locking up on me..."
    Windows tech - "It's probably some bad hardware or you have it setup wrong"

    Win XP:
    User - "my computer keeps locking up on me..."
    Windows tech - "It's probably some bad hardware or you have it setup wrong"

    I mean really... sure they've come a long way but I swear that the MS pundits are just as bad or ever worse than the *nix pundits when it comes to denial...

  2. Re:it's not that great by MrDingDong · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Not true. I am using very standard hardware by name brand manufacturers. And I did check the HCL prior to installation and my hardware is supported. There are no blue screens. Sometimes while using Messenger, I get a little 2" square box with what looks to be an X window in it with all kinds of activity in it. But I can't use the mouse then or do anything except power cycle the box. And this only happens every once in a while. I'm sure that Yahoo Messenger is not the best app, but it is just a user app and shouldn't lock up the whole box. And like I said, on the same box, under 2K, I have none of these problems!