Work Machine Hell

So work finally upgraded my desktop to a dual core system with more memory and hard drive space.  Plus I got a 3rd monitor (we still have to install another video card to run it.. we’ll see how that goes).  Triple-head glory hear I come!

We initially tried to run Windows Vista as my desktop, but that was a big mistake (actually, we tried to first run Vista 64, then went back to 32 bit).  Driver issues, software compatibility (Visual studio 2003/2005), issues with group policy, admin privileges, etc.  A huge hassle and 2 days lost.

Now I’m running more or less smoothly on XP Pro.  Well, sort of, waiting for the Visual Studio Service Packs to finish installing…

Lesson learned:  Vista is okay for home, not necessarily the office.

Speaking of home, I am tinkering further with setting up my HTPC as a Linux Box running MythTV.  I like Vista Media Center, but it can be a pain in the ass.  You have issues with running 3rd party codecs (Divx, XVid, MKV, etc), where it doesn’t seem to like me to allow it to fast forward/rewind in the media center consol.  It works fine under Linux.  As well there are HDCP issues in vista I’d rather not deal with.  We’ll see how it goes.  I’m thinking of trying to run Gentoo with KDE/MythTV on top.  I tried Ubuntu, but it does not like my TV (Neither my new Sharp Aquos, or the old Viewsonic).

Anyway, Visual Studio Patches are done.. back to work

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