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December 2003 - Posts

Win98 being decommissioned
Friday, December 19, 2003 7:51 PM

I find it amusing that anybody would think that it lessons end user security when Win98 is being decommisioned, meaning no more security patches. For starters MS is still supporting Win98SE, secondly, if anybody is still running 98, they're not

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posted by travisowens (Comments Off)

Making 2003 or XP look like Longhorn
Friday, December 19, 2003 7:46 PM

I love the new interface in Longhorn build 4051 PDC so I took my Windows 2003 Server laptop (configured to run as a desktop) to look just like Longhorn, checkout the result.If you want to do it too just download the StyleXP 2.0 (beta 3) then get the Slate

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posted by travisowens (Comments Off)

Bad Santa ... my $.02
Wednesday, December 03, 2003 2:27 PM

If I could come away saying one thing: I'd say that Bernie Mack is the first person to ever make the eating of an orange a morbid affair. Now go watch it and be shocked by an avant garde, dark comedy.

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posted by travisowens (Comments Off)

Only Microsoft...
Wednesday, December 03, 2003 2:11 PM

Shortly after my first blog entry, the lights on my Microsoft Ergonomic keyboard were flashing and the keyboard stopped working. It would figure only a Microsoft keyboard would need rebooting, ha!

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posted by travisowens (Comments Off)

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