scotjimland
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well, maybe it's downgrading ... but having had enough of Vista Business I decided to install XP..
I had a copy of XP Professional with SP2.. and after consulting Sony support and downloading the necessary XP drivers and Sony applications ... I bit the bullet ..
Started last night about 8pm and finally got to bet at 2am .. with a bare bones but functioning laptop..
Did the windows updates .. and discovered I had an illegal copy of XP .. I had inadvertently installed Widows spyware that reports back and checks if your software is kosher ..
Anyway, a bit of Googling I found a 'cure' and it's now free of windows spys.
It's like going back in time, but what a difference , the lappy boots up in a few seconds, ok, it's not got all the software yet and i guess it will slow down a bit when I fill it with bloat
Now the long job of recovering docs, pictures and music from the backup , I might be gone some time
I had a copy of XP Professional with SP2.. and after consulting Sony support and downloading the necessary XP drivers and Sony applications ... I bit the bullet ..
Started last night about 8pm and finally got to bet at 2am .. with a bare bones but functioning laptop..
Did the windows updates .. and discovered I had an illegal copy of XP .. I had inadvertently installed Widows spyware that reports back and checks if your software is kosher ..
Anyway, a bit of Googling I found a 'cure' and it's now free of windows spys.
It's like going back in time, but what a difference , the lappy boots up in a few seconds, ok, it's not got all the software yet and i guess it will slow down a bit when I fill it with bloat
Now the long job of recovering docs, pictures and music from the backup , I might be gone some time