>>Hi,
>> Disable Qos and disable autodisconnect, and don't use UNC mappings. XP runs very well once you get it setup right.
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>"right"??? If what you have here is "right", then why the hell doesn't it come delivered that way?
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>Maybe you don't mean "right" so much as 'tweaked' to actually run reliably and effectively.
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>If tweaking is what's required to make XP run reliably and efficiently and effectively then I'd say that Microsoft missed its objective yet again.
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>cheers
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>>
>>Regards

Jim;

Tweaked is the word I would use.

I am not going to defend Microsoft as they are fully capable of doing that. Let us talk about XP specifically. I just bought a new computer with XP Professional installed and it is set up as a professional Digital Audio Workstation as well as a .NET development machine. It had to be tweaked and was done by experts.

No one knows what your needs are going to be when you buy XP. You install the product and use it. If it works all is well and if there is a problem is it XP, how it is set up, Microsoft or you that is to blame? I think we would get answers that all of the above is true to some extent. Everyone is at fault for a verity of reasons.

The expectation is that when we take XP out of the box and load it on to our computers that it will do anything we want. With the number of variables that can be chosen that is impossible. XP has no idea of what you want any more then we developers know what our clients want.

There are experts out there who know how to set up XP. I can find no succinct technical information that contains a complete list of how to set up XP according to your needs. At this time I am satisfied to find an expert and follow his/her advice.

I would prefer a technical manual that I could follow myself to set up XP. If anyone in the computer industry writes such a guide it will be 10,000 pages of crap and impossible to obtain meaningful information in an efficient manner. If anyone in the computer industry writes an XP book, 10,000 books of crap will appear! Each book will have one sentence of value and you must have all 10,000 to have meaningful and complete information.

This industry does not meet the needs of its users and developers. Only a select few are expert in anything and tomorrow your knowledge is obsolete!

Next week you will be a “legacy” maintenance person passed over by the technology gods. Being obsolete is fun. Imagine there are people out there that have never used or care to use a computer. They do not know what they are missing! :)

Microsoft will fix everything with one of its usual formulas:

1. A Service Pack
2. A new version
3. A new “vision”.

I think the next generation of VB will be called VB.SHI*

Sorry about all this - I am in a "great mood". In fact I am wearing my red sweater to express myself to all those around me!

Enough about this. Time to change subjects.


Seasons Greetings from Silicon Valley.

Tom