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  • Nov 15, 2006

    Vista RC2 64bit on my desktop

    I’ve taken the plunge and have started using my new Dell box with Vista 64bit RC2.

    Hopefully I’ll get access to Vista RTM in the next week or so, then I can either install everything again, or just upgrade.

    So far most things are working fine. There was a small hiccup this morning when I arranged for the IP address to be swapped over to the new box, but that seems to be resolved now.

    Problems I have noticed so far are:

    • Our print server doesn’t have 64bit printer drivers, so I’ve had to use a workaround I read about in the beta newsgroup - Create a local printer with a local port and set the port name to be the printer share name. This did the trick.
    • VMware Server refused to install. I’ve downloaded the beta of Virtual PC 2007 and installed that instead.
    • Symantec AntiVirus won’t install on Vista 64bit. I even arranged to get hold of their beta of the next version, but it doesn’t work. Hopefully they’ll come out with a new beta that does work soon. I also tried the beta of Microsoft OneCare, but that doesn’t support 64bit either :-( I’ll just have to rely on Vista’s inbuilt security for now (and be careful with email attachments)
    • I can charge my iPAQ with the USB cable, but the current release of [Windows Mobile Device Center]/2006/10/microsoft-windows-mobile-device-center.html) doesn’t allow it to connect properly. I gather they’re overdue for a newer release so maybe that will be fixed then.

    At the moment, I quite like the Sidebar, but it would be nice to have a weather forecast gadget along the lines of the Firefox ForecastFox extension.

    Otherwise relatively smooth sailing so far.

  • Nov 9, 2006

    Congratulations Rod

    I caught up with the news last night that Rev. Rod Dyson is the new Moderator-Elect for the Uniting Church in South Australia.. Yay :-) He takes over as Moderator next November.

    Another famous person I can say that I know!

  • Nov 9, 2006

    Microsoft Windows Vista is RTM

    Vista build 6000.16386 is RTM. Now to wait and see how long it take to be publicly available!

    I bet lots of people wished that it was 16384 - a lot more geeky.