Windows Longhorn

NETWizz · Posted: 20 Jul 2005 06:15:16 am Post subject:

Check how friendly it is when a program crashes.

It actually does make it easier to end the program. For instance you can click X a few times or click on the baloon. I notice they havein't fixed Paint either. Would it kill them to upgrade Paint? It hasn't been upgraded since Win 95!

Arcane Wizard · Posted: 20 Jul 2005 06:44:27 am Post subject:

At least it's nicer than a pop up popping up on top of everything and demanding focus.

(btw Paint 2.0 is coming soon, you can download the beta already.)

leofox · Posted: 20 Jul 2005 10:45:17 am Post subject:

as far as i know, Paint has been updated a bit. It can handle more picture formats than in 1995.

Arcane Wizard · Posted: 20 Jul 2005 01:49:40 pm Post subject:

The windows 95 version actually had more features than the windows xp version we have today, like setting a transparent colour, saving/loading colour pallettes, and some more.

Brazucs · Posted: 20 Jul 2005 02:33:42 pm Post subject:

Where did u get Longhorn (M8?) from? Are they in the Beta phase already?
All I can find is XP transformation packs

NETWizz · Posted: 20 Jul 2005 04:41:41 pm Post subject:

I have the following versions:

4053
5074
5048
5203

Here is how they test out.

4053 is very very slow built on Widnows Server 2003 Codebase though. Tons of extra fetures like the sidebar, but overall it looks like shit. Hell Add/Remove programs is in the recycle bin..

4074 is the same as 4053 except all the Icons are better, and it won't load unsigned drivers no matter what you do. This version sucks. It does add parental controls though.

5048 is the beta. It is a redo from the XP codebases go figure. It is really quite fast, and doesn't look too awful. They got rid of the sidebar thing too thank god and fixed the Aero them a little. Installer can't initialize a hard drive.

5203 has tranparent effects, yet a new skin. Is very fast, has all the features promised except the WinFS thing. Installer works perfect too. Has IE 7, which is built on a newer codebase, is mroe W3C compliant, has support for most of the Mozilla only tags, and added new proprietary MS Tags into the mix. Overall, it does not break compatiblility with anything. IE 7 renders pages faster even if the page is coded sloppy. Pages made to be viewed in Firefox render okay in IE 7 too.

IE 7 has tabbed browsing, 256-Bit SSL vs only 128-Bit, has re-arranged menus that are finally ordered a bit better, handles printing when over the margin better, has a built in cookie manager sort of like Mozilla, has built in Spell Check for filling out forms.... For IT professionals, MS tweaked the Group Policy templates too. There is not the ability to disable save as Desktop Wallpaper. Thank fucking god!

Using IE 7, I went to the Warez/Cracks/Porn all in one sites and did not pick up any toolbars, did not see any serrious popups, and best of all IE blocked the install of all software. Oh, the Pop-Up blocker works better now too!

wrigley · Advanced Member Joined: 19 May 2004 Posts: 399

in windows XP paint got a nicely updated icon, yaaaaay!!!!

@Jbirk, how would one obtain longhorn? Do you have some sort of msdn subscription?

NETWizz · Posted: 21 Jul 2005 01:47:27 am Post subject:

Yes. That is also where I get XP and 2003 Server, Exchange, Office... and whatever else is offered.

Brazucs · Posted: 21 Jul 2005 02:33:55 am Post subject:

...and is there any way us common citizens can get an msdn subscription?

Another question: how's program compatibility on Longhorn? I heard they were gonna make it uncompatible with everything old so people would be forced to buy it.

NETWizz · Posted: 21 Jul 2005 03:42:13 am Post subject:

NETWizz · Posted: 21 Jul 2005 03:45:46 am Post subject:

Oh, I am back to XP.

If you are currious as to exactly what XP I run it is pretty much standard.

One thing you may notice about it is the amount of memory! I really like that big number. Smile

wrigley · Advanced Member Joined: 19 May 2004 Posts: 399

music in the background:
|: I feel green, nah nanah nanah nanah, and I knew that I would, nah nanah nanah nanah nanah :|

I envy you. Geez, would I like a msdn universal subscription at no additional cost to me!!

msdn universal subscription costs more in a month than I earn in a year Sad

MissingIntellect · Member Joined: 01 Jun 2004 Posts: 227

Paint has been upgraded since Windows 95, in 95 it could only open/save bitmaps, now it does GIFS, JPEGs, and (I think) PNGs.

Arcane Wizard · Posted: 03 Aug 2005 12:32:11 pm Post subject:

That has already been said, but obviously JBirk ment it hasn't been updated in Longhorn.

aforsy · Posted: 03 Aug 2005 02:39:45 pm Post subject:

the longhorn Windows Media Player looked pretty much exactly the same as the XP version i have at home. is it the same other than looks?

NETWizz · Posted: 03 Aug 2005 06:54:19 pm Post subject:

It is Media Player 10 the same as the new XP Version.

There is a Sync Manager though. I don't know what that does. I think it is supposed to sync things like Mp3 players or something.

leofox · Posted: 04 Aug 2005 09:05:02 am Post subject:

I think Sync Manager is something like Activesync, maybe it's used to send stuff to pocketpc's?

shadowing · Posted: 04 Aug 2005 04:45:52 pm Post subject:

Hmm.. I only recognized like one core difference in Longhorn.

There is no more MY in MY Computers!! ALL HAIL LONGHORN!! NO MORE OF THAT MY SHIT!!! :D

Back onto topic... I don't see why it is so much 'better' than XP...

NETWizz · Posted: 04 Aug 2005 07:38:07 pm Post subject:

Neither do I.

wrigley · Advanced Member Joined: 19 May 2004 Posts: 399

I guess that is why it is still a beta

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