When it's a company whose drivers are UNIVERSAL for their line of cards and only requires an.INF change (which means one line pointing the drivers to the deviceid) there's really no testing required.
Since you didn't RTFA - let me point out that you only pay on the Vostro line - the other Dells are a free downgrade. The reason for paying for the Vostro's downgrade is that Dell didn't have imaging drives available with XP drivers for that laptop - they have to recoup the development and engineering costs to make a line that handles XP Vostro machines.
Why, yes, I *DO* work in this field. I've been on the Dell, HP, Toshiba, and Sony repair lines. I know how the whole process works.
No, Microsoft didn't do that - hardware chipset manufacturers are mostly responsible - see here for more information on my recent 'downgrade' experience.
Seriously, people at NVIDIA must be REALLY LAZY to not include one line of code into an.INF file so their card would work under XP (since they ARE using a unified driver architecture and all for the very purpose of keeping things compatible across the board)
I disagree - I've got an Ubuntu Machine still running 6.10LTS - just as rock solid and stable as XP, the ONLY problem I have is when I play Scorched3D (go figure the same problem happens in XP as well)
Does this mean I could take the entire DirectX/D3DDSound system DLL files from my windows install give them to WINE and it will use those? Would that help at all with compatibility?
If I may say - You "correctly coded" a program, hence why Wine ran it. Many programs do not run because they were not properly programmed, and use odd tricks that aren't in the spec to make things work, and WINE can't handle it. I'd submit a list but you likely have one of your own.
If I reinstalled the exact same image (with SP1 already there in the partition courtesy of HP) and it died again two more days, I'd be SOL in less than a week with Mass Effect.
Just that thought alone makes me not wish to purchase it, since this laptop apparently doesn't like Vista and Xp is using hacked stuff in order to get hardware to work properly, and with no guarantee of stability the chances of having to reinstall until I can create a stable configuration are pretty high. They just lost a sale.
Firewire What vs. USB What? USB 2.0 is faster than Firewire 400. Firewire 400 is faster than USB 1.1. USB 3.0 at 3 Gbps is over 3 times faster than Firewire 800.
Or just put it higher up on the wall or ceiling. I've pulled about 50 feet from a 30 foot bluetooth headset by using the extender cable to raise it higher into the air.
Eyes are sensitive to green. The complimentary color - red, blurs as a result to our sensitivity to green, thus making it easier to detect speed. I've noticed this watching car drive by - green ones always looked defined while red ones always blurred as they drove by.
If you put solar panels on the car to gather energy for splitting the water, then the issue would practically solve itself, as the source of input energy (the sun) is inexhaustible in our lifetime.
They'd just need to be some damned-efficient solar panels.
I add water and ethanol to my old Taurus (1 gal gas to 1 cup ethanol to 2 oz water.) I moved from a measly 28MPG highway to a more respectable 35MPG without a change in my driving habits. I will say this, though - shit gets fouled up and my service engine light kicks in a bit more often. Water is still not good, but I can afford the line, gasket, and cylinder replacements.
I wish I had a larger engine so I could drop a water injector on it. I could get rid of my Catalytic Converter and run straight pipes.
Umm, this has NOTHING to do with double jeopardy, as this will be the THIRD go-around in this case. If DJ applied there'd have never been a second instance.
It doesn't have to be IE run from the desktop - IE gives preferential treatment to loading what's on the desktop by default (Remember "Active Web Content" for your desktop back from Win98? That's where this problem comes from.)
I've known about this attack vector for years. Even FAT-based systems are vulnerable. It's actually one of the flaws responsible for WinME dying so much (there was a hidden DLL on the desktop that if corrupted would totally fry ME because of the default being to load active web content on the desktop)
I'm warned the driver is unsafe if it's not signed upon installation, BEFORE I ever print.
Also, IE's behavior for anything unsafe (Unless you SPECIFICALLY changed the setting in options) is to ask you or outright deny it, without regard to the parent process. Has been since IE5.5.
No, the TOTAL problem is with Safari, which refuses to use Windows' ability to mark files as safe or unsafe after being downloaded. If Safari utilized that feature, this wouldn't happen in this particular fashion.
Do you know WHY IE likes to load stuff from the desktop?
If you disable active web content on your desktop (thus only allowing.bmp backgrounds, IIRC) I'll bet half this wouldn't happen. IE is integrated into the desktop so for it to run shit from the desktop makes sense.
No, the problem is that Safari doesn't utilize the functionality Windows has for marking files as safe or unsafe when it downloads something, thus allowing IE to open said files.
Safari isn't implementing the basic security that is implemented in Windows.
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When it's a company whose drivers are UNIVERSAL for their line of cards and only requires an .INF change (which means one line pointing the drivers to the deviceid) there's really no testing required.
Since you didn't RTFA - let me point out that you only pay on the Vostro line - the other Dells are a free downgrade. The reason for paying for the Vostro's downgrade is that Dell didn't have imaging drives available with XP drivers for that laptop - they have to recoup the development and engineering costs to make a line that handles XP Vostro machines.
Why, yes, I *DO* work in this field. I've been on the Dell, HP, Toshiba, and Sony repair lines. I know how the whole process works.
No, Microsoft didn't do that - hardware chipset manufacturers are mostly responsible - see here for more information on my recent 'downgrade' experience.
Considering NVIDIA is too lazy to put in a simple entry in their driver's .INF file so their newer mobile cards would work in XP I want to see how many of the newer model laptops could POSSIBLY downgrade without doing what I had to do - hack the .INF and get the deviceid in there so XP would see the hardware (8600M GS).
.INF file so their card would work under XP (since they ARE using a unified driver architecture and all for the very purpose of keeping things compatible across the board)
Seriously, people at NVIDIA must be REALLY LAZY to not include one line of code into an
I disagree - I've got an Ubuntu Machine still running 6.10LTS - just as rock solid and stable as XP, the ONLY problem I have is when I play Scorched3D (go figure the same problem happens in XP as well)
Does this mean I could take the entire DirectX/D3DDSound system DLL files from my windows install give them to WINE and it will use those? Would that help at all with compatibility?
If I may say - You "correctly coded" a program, hence why Wine ran it. Many programs do not run because they were not properly programmed, and use odd tricks that aren't in the spec to make things work, and WINE can't handle it. I'd submit a list but you likely have one of your own.
If I reinstalled the exact same image (with SP1 already there in the partition courtesy of HP) and it died again two more days, I'd be SOL in less than a week with Mass Effect.
Just that thought alone makes me not wish to purchase it, since this laptop apparently doesn't like Vista and Xp is using hacked stuff in order to get hardware to work properly, and with no guarantee of stability the chances of having to reinstall until I can create a stable configuration are pretty high. They just lost a sale.
I aim to please.
"Must repurchase the OS to gain feature additions and accumulated bug fixes."
Excuse me, I think you have Microsoft confused with Apple.
"Well Firewire is faster than USB"
Firewire What vs. USB What? USB 2.0 is faster than Firewire 400. Firewire 400 is faster than USB 1.1. USB 3.0 at 3 Gbps is over 3 times faster than Firewire 800.
Softy3D was a modeling program that used splines and spheres, nothign else.
This finally gives people an excuse to search for child porn in France! "Hey! I'm just looking for it to report it!"
Or just put it higher up on the wall or ceiling. I've pulled about 50 feet from a 30 foot bluetooth headset by using the extender cable to raise it higher into the air.
Eyes are sensitive to green. The complimentary color - red, blurs as a result to our sensitivity to green, thus making it easier to detect speed. I've noticed this watching car drive by - green ones always looked defined while red ones always blurred as they drove by.
If you put solar panels on the car to gather energy for splitting the water, then the issue would practically solve itself, as the source of input energy (the sun) is inexhaustible in our lifetime.
They'd just need to be some damned-efficient solar panels.
I add water and ethanol to my old Taurus (1 gal gas to 1 cup ethanol to 2 oz water.) I moved from a measly 28MPG highway to a more respectable 35MPG without a change in my driving habits. I will say this, though - shit gets fouled up and my service engine light kicks in a bit more often. Water is still not good, but I can afford the line, gasket, and cylinder replacements.
I wish I had a larger engine so I could drop a water injector on it. I could get rid of my Catalytic Converter and run straight pipes.
Umm, this has NOTHING to do with double jeopardy, as this will be the THIRD go-around in this case. If DJ applied there'd have never been a second instance.
It doesn't have to be IE run from the desktop - IE gives preferential treatment to loading what's on the desktop by default (Remember "Active Web Content" for your desktop back from Win98? That's where this problem comes from.)
I've known about this attack vector for years. Even FAT-based systems are vulnerable. It's actually one of the flaws responsible for WinME dying so much (there was a hidden DLL on the desktop that if corrupted would totally fry ME because of the default being to load active web content on the desktop)
Period, integration leads to insecurity.
I'm warned the driver is unsafe if it's not signed upon installation, BEFORE I ever print.
Also, IE's behavior for anything unsafe (Unless you SPECIFICALLY changed the setting in options) is to ask you or outright deny it, without regard to the parent process. Has been since IE5.5.
"Locked door or not, after 9/11 it is no longer possible to hijack a plane and fly it into a building."
Man can make it, man can break it. First fundamental unspoken rule of Hacking.
No, the TOTAL problem is with Safari, which refuses to use Windows' ability to mark files as safe or unsafe after being downloaded. If Safari utilized that feature, this wouldn't happen in this particular fashion.
Do you know WHY IE likes to load stuff from the desktop?
.bmp backgrounds, IIRC) I'll bet half this wouldn't happen. IE is integrated into the desktop so for it to run shit from the desktop makes sense.
If you disable active web content on your desktop (thus only allowing
No, the problem is that Safari doesn't utilize the functionality Windows has for marking files as safe or unsafe when it downloads something, thus allowing IE to open said files.
Safari isn't implementing the basic security that is implemented in Windows.
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