As I was browsing the web tonight, my Firefox automatically updated to 2.0.0.6. After I clicked restart, I went to the Firefox release notes to see what was fixed. I was especially interested in seeing if Mozilla had fixed the URI bug that IE7 causes and is also a Windows API problem.
Well, yes it is covered in this update. You can read about it in the Release Notes
Is Microsoft watching?
A bug fixed in less than a month that really is still a Windows bug and still affects IE7. Way to go Mozilla!
Below is a good YouTube video about whether Microsoft ripped off Apple in making Vista. It’s hilarious, sarcastic and could be taken to be very true. While I’m a Windows/Microsoft user 99% of the time, I’ve got to agree that Vista smacks of OS X in just about every way, except UAC that is.
I have 1 system with Vista on it, 2 with XP SP2, 1 with OS X Tiger, one oldie iMac with OS 9.2.2 and 1 with Ubuntu 7.04. At work we have no Vista systems and we won’t switch until sometime in 2008 at the earliest. After testing Vista since beta 1 I’ve not seen anything that makes me want to upgrade any system at work or for a client in my consulting for the price Microsoft is asking for Vista.
Everything that Vista can do, I can do with XP with either free programs or with other applications, which combined cost less than Vista Home or Premium. So why upgrade? Stay tuned for an installment in the near future in which I will show you just that. “How to make your Windows XP do what Vista does.”
07/28/07: Because of newer information I’ve edited this post from it’s original form. This post now only includes links to my most recent posts that link directly to the different manufacturers of the SigmaTel drivers or to posts that deliver useful help from myself or others.
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I also found a Sony Vaio driver, but you have to check to see if it works with your model Vaio and your version of Vista. After going to the Sony download page, input your model and find the driver in the list about three quarters of the way down the page. Click “See More” to bring up the actual driver download page. On this page you can click the “See all applicable models and Operating Systems.”See the picture below…
Please look at each driver carefully before downloading to see if it matches your computer model and BIOS (especially important for Dell drivers).
Ed Bott writes that just updating a hardware driver could make you have to reactivate Vista.
The simple act of updating some hardware drivers – without making any changes to the hardware itself – can result in the Software Protection Platform code in Windows Vista deciding that the system requires reactivation. And a simple Internet activation won’t do; you’ll need to call Microsoft’s activation hotline, enter your product ID over the phone, and then type in the 48–digit code the operator reads back to you.
