Archive for May 23rd, 2007

1. No comments May 23, 2007 More Fun when Playing with Yourself Posted in Games, Reviews, Vista Issues

   Yes, that’s right: Microsoft finally decided to redesign Solitaire for Windows since it’s first appearance in 1990. While downloading 539.1 MB worth of Updates I decided to write this short review. Now with pictures and hence even more pleasing to the naked eye. This is an updated version of the article I posted yesterday evening, but still I decided to keep its timestamp — the good ol’ times….

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   Yes, that's right: Microsoft finally decided to redesign Solitaire for Windows since it's first appearance in 1990. While downloading 539.1 MB worth of Updates I decided to write this short review. Now with pictures and hence even more pleasing to the naked eye. This is an updated version of the article I posted yesterday ...

2. No comments May 23, 2007 My New PC – Intermezzo Posted in Vista Issues

   It’s incredible but I hate Vista. I’ve never spent more time installing a simple operating system for a new computer system. It took me a good 6 hours until it worked – more or less. It only boots when I keep the Vista DVD inside the drive, but don’t boot from it. Strange. Otherwise I get an error message that Windows is misconfigured or even some kinda “INSERT SYSTEM DISK” error.

   Installing Software for Vista itself is a completely new pain in the butt: The driver CDs and DVDs only support *any* other Windows. I am more or less out of any drive(r) because Vista 64 bit seems to be so awkward to code, that most of the hardware manufacturing companies make a big circle around it.

   I was happy and proud of my two EVGA Geforce 8800 GTX cards I wanted to use in SLI mode. Here’s a little secret, nobody told me before about SLI: Only one screen is supported. So my nifty dual screen solution just lost its appeal. Did I mention, that the first time I switched into SLI mode Windows wouldn’t start anymore?

   After installing and running the the 3DMark06 in SLI mode to really show off with my score I got some bad graphic errors. I ignored them for a while, but it only got worse. And in the middle of the canyon demo the system shuts down. “What the…?” I checked the temperature of the two 8800 GTX’s and they were nearly melting. And I didn’t dare to check the temperature of the Soundblaster X-Fi Platinum that is sandwiched *between* the graphic cards.

   But now I gotta get some sleep. News will follow.

   It's incredible but I hate Vista. I've never spent more time installing a simple operating system for a new computer system. It took me a good 6 hours until it worked - more or less. It only boots when I keep the Vista DVD inside the drive, but don't boot from it. Strange. Otherwise ...