http://classicshell.sourceforge.net

The new start screen and UI are nice, but do not function well on a 7-inch screen.   In fact most of the apps won't even open, they just give me an error message that the screen size is not support. Surprisingly the IE app won't open for this reason.

I would have thought the new ui to be perfect for my 7inch screen but it is worthless on small screens because there are very few apps that will work on it.  

Its worthless on large screens because I like the ability to see multiple windows open on my 25 inch monitor.

5 hours ago, rhm wrote

Nice.

Although, why install Windows 8 at all?

Good question and to be honest I have really started looking at Linux full time with maybe just a windows vm running with in it.  My co-workers all use mac book pro with windows 7 vm's and are extremely happy.  I guess I can only thing of three reasons to go to windows 8.

1. 64 bit support for virtual machines.  (although I do sorely miss the vm integration features windows 7 offers).
2. Play around with creating FKMA's (formerly known as metro apps) in visual studio 2012
3. Curiosity.

I bought a second ssd to install windows 8, so my windows 7 system is only  a reboot away.

I also have another windows 8 tip.   How to disable the lock screen:

1. Run gpedit.msc
2. Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Control Panel -> Personalization
3. Set "Do not display the lock screen" to enable.

Tonight I came across the open source project http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/ and it rocks.  Maybe I can actually use windows 8 now. 

With that said, the only thing could be bought would be a hosting company that hosts wordpress websites.  Currently I believe GoDaddy.com is the largest wordpress hosting company in the world.

BTW, your website looks like an http://about.me page.... but I digress. 

So far my biggest complaint and why I have switched back to windows 7 wasn't so much the missing start menu (although this was reason #2) was that the included Hyper-V was less functional than the Window Virtual PC in windows 7. 

I couldn't get USB sharing to work nor clipboard copy.  Also the screen resolution choices were very limited, and you can't seem dynamically adjust the screen resolution by dragging the corner of the vitual window.

I say #1 priority is get Hyper-V in win8 more functional and bring back the start menu (at least for deskotp users)

Whats going to change the communication industry is when Google buys Sprint networks.  They will own a true voice and data network and Microsoft will be stuck with a simple little voice technology.

spivonious said:

pathfinder said:

*snip*

No repro here. I set my default to the XPS printer, since that's always there. Win 7 RC.

I tested it again this morning and it still crashes.  Must only affect IE7 and Windows XP.   Unfortunately I get this on my work computer which I have no control over the environment. 

Any idea on when this will be fixed? In the meantime, I guess I will switch my homepage back to google search.

PaoloM said:

MasterPie said:

*snip*

No repro.

hmmm, try it on a computer that doesn't have a default printer installed if you can.

Open up Bing in internet explorer (I tried it on ie 7).

Type something into the search bar and click search.  After the search results come up.

Go to File menu and click Print.  Hit cancel.  Bada - Bing! Internet Explorer will crash.

Edit- I tried it on a fourth computer and didn't get the error.  This computer had a default printer installed though.

SharePoint Guy said:

Thanks everyone for the support.

I Just read the manual on http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=62cd2e63-52f8-4cf5-a7d5-7abaab270451

Found it at last! I like the old interface more, definantly much more easier.

Once you get use to the new interface its not as bad as you think.  It took me a while to get used to it.  I ended up having to "Disable the Intgration Features" on one of my VPCs because the Cisico VPN client won't start-up with it on.   Cisco doesn't have a client that supports x64 so I am stuck running it in a VPC. 

Also it took me a while to figure out how to merge my VHD changes, but I found it as a right click option on the VPC when it is not running or hibernated.

The best way to run the VPC interface is to "Pin" it to the launch, and then either right click or middle click on the icon and you get all of the options. 

I have a few other minor complaints, such as the XP guest operating system seems to be supported better than the vista.  I have yet to fire up a linux guest.  Also I think some of the "default" settings for upgrading should be different, such as the Auto-Publish should be turned off for upgraded VPCs from 2007.  The network adapter should also support 1000 base-t.  Also if my Host goes to sleep, the guest operating systems don't always recognize the network after they wake up, so I have to reboot.

Also I should be able to resize my VPC window without having to turn of VPC Integration.

I consider these to be Win7 because it is software that will basically ship with it.  Otherwise so far I am really liking Win7

I think the whole thing was a publicity stunt.  It was published on purpose.  Mistakes like that aren't made on accident.

Origin

Mark Twain quotation after hearing that his obituary had been published in the New York Journal.

alwaysmc2 wrote:

-Host FairUse4WM on my website

alwaysmc2 wrote:

-Host a video on my website showing how to use FairUse4WM
-Host a program on my website that deletes the original DRM'd songs and fixes the un-DRM'd songs' file names.

I bought my OEM Version of XP and an IDE cable several years ago from computer store.  So when I changed computers, I made sure that I put the IDE cable in my new computer.   My receipt shows that both were purchased together.  I am running the XP version on my Vista x64 as a virtual machine. 

I do have another question though, in 5 months when M$ quits selling XP OEM, and I decide to make a new Virtual machine can I still buy the XP license online for $149.00.... Is M$ going to keep windows xp activation alive forever, or am I going to have to use the XP Toolkit to kill the activation one it reaches the end of the product lifecycle.

All of the errors point to my Nvidia video card.  I am so ready to go back to XP.  I need my computer to stay on because I travel a lot and I need to remote into my computer often.  But if it completely powers down I am stuck. 

I have also noticed that sometimes when it shuts down, it won't power back up.  I literally have to let my computer sit for a while and then it powers up.  None of the components feel hot or seem to overheat. 

Before installing Vista on this computer it was running Fedora Core 4 Linux.  I literally never shut the computer down for the past 8 months, until I put the Vista install disk and booted to it. 

 The only difference is that I put a new Wireless NIC and a new Video card in when I decided to convert the computer over to Vista.  Oh and I recplaced a fan because it was making noise.   

Dr Herbie wrote:


OK, firstly polymorphism has nothing to do with code-reuse.  That's where you're confusing class inheritance with polymorphism (although you're right, polymorphism does depend on inheritance). Polymorphism can also be done through pure interface inheritance.
Polymorphism is where different classes can be made to appear the same through casting to a base class/interface. This allows all the references to be treated the same, thereby simplifying code that uses those objects.

The classic example is a vector drawing program there all the shapes derive from the base 'BaseShape'.  The specific instances of shapes that the user creates (Like CircleShape, TriangleShape and RectangleShape) are stored in a collection of BaseShape instances and the picture is drawn by iterating through all the BaseShape instances and caling the 'Draw' method.  The main program has no knowledge of which shape it is drawing and it treats them all the same.
The contents of the 'BaseShape' class are irrelevant to the technique of polymorphism; BaseShape may containa lot of shared code, or it may be an interface with no shared code. Polymorphism and code-reuse are two separate aspects of inheritance.


I had been doing OOP for nearly 10 years before I realised this distinction.



The next question would be:
Other than inheritance, how else can you re-use code in an OOP fashion?


Herbie

W3bbo wrote:



Martin Carolan wrote: As he said in his message, there isn't one, System.Object has it, so they all have it

Not necessarily.

If you compile your project with the /nostdlib you can define your own classes which don't inherit from System.Object (it's how you compile mscorlib.dll btw).