Sunday, May 24, 2009

Testing Windows 7 RC1

My nephew Tony, and some others have asked me to post my findings on Windows 7. Here is a log of what I find as I find it. Mostly I am happy with it, having tested an earlier version, I am testing this version to see how stable it is.

Fri 7:45am May 22
Testing Windows 7. Better than Vista at least. Still some minor compatibility issues.
System is a single core (I don't want to hear it) AMD processor with 1.5gb ram.
Sound card is not happy, no sound for now.
Had to replace my ATI video card with a slightly newer Nvidia e-GeoForce 6200. Video must be able to play with Directx 10 to use the Aero feature. Good luck finding an AGP slot video card these days.

Fri 11:28pm May 22
Mahjong Titans Rocks!

10:23am May 22
Sound card is happy again. Must remember to use the Vista drivers when reinstalling things.
Office 2007 installed and working, no problems.
Turned on the new text messaging feature in Outlook and it is working perfectly. Outlook will now text me if Jeri or one of the websites I'm developing send me an email message. Very cool feature, nothing to do with Win7, but still very cool.

11:28pm May 22
Palm Software is playing mostly nice, the status message gives an error after syncing with my phone. Kind of ironic. Sync works fine otherwise
Gadgets are working nicely, I can see weather in Oregon, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah all across top top of my screen.
Aero feature is working nicely.

9:00pm May 23
HP Photoshop 2600 printer is working, had to use the Vista drivers from HP. Cannot see the 7500 printer as it is on a different branch of our home network.
Abobe Reader and Flash install and working with no issues.
Adobe Shockwave would not install - OS not supported.
Borrowed some RAM from my son Patrick and upgraded system to 2.5gb. Like most MS products, Win7 likes the extra RAM. The monitor gadget say's I'm using 42.16% right now with Outlook, IE8, and 11 gadgets running. Not bad will see how it plays tomorrow when I have about 4 - 6 Word docs open for homework.

Obama gets his grade part II

Well as promised I waited to see if the Obamites tweaked the results of the survey from the LA Times, a very left leaning rag. I must admit I am in shock! The numbers have not really changed that much and HRH Obama still has for an overall grade "61.7 % Whatever comes beneath F" with 4176 total responses to that question.

The survey is located at http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/04/obama-100-days-aretha-franklin.html

Since they let you answer the quiz multiple times I would have thought Jug Ears followers would have flooded the thing to make their messiah look good. Guess they are starting to see the light. We can only hope for this change.

Here are the unedited results copied directly from the LA Times website.


Besides the hat, the oath flub, the Cabinet tax problems and cheesy gifts for Britain's leader, how's Barack Obama doing?


5.8 %
Really well
1.7 %
Good
2.5 %
So-so
7.1 %
Disappointing
8.6 %
Bad
74.3 %
Scary bad


4158 total responses
Obama's policies are:


90.1 %
Too liberal
3.0 %
Insufficiently liberal
5.9 %
Just right
1.0 %
Too conservative


4140 total responses
Obama's spending plans and deficits:


2.4 %
Inspire me
0.6 %
Don't matter
3.9 %
Are about right
8.3 %
Worry me
84.8 %
Really scare me


4158 total responses
Slowly withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq for now and sending more to Afghanistan strikes me as:


22.9 %
Just the right thing
9.3 %
Doesn't matter
21.3 %
A betrayal of his anti-war stance
46.6 %
Real trouble later


4117 total responses
Talking with Iran and North Korea about their nuclear weapons programs is:


8.6 %
Appropriate
12.6 %
Naive but necessary
78.8 %
Hopeless


4128 total responses
Watching and listening to Obama speak makes me feel:


5.4 %
Hopeful
2.8 %
Confident
74.4 %
Suspicious
17.4 %
Sleepy


4140 total responses
What I like most about Obama so far is:


7.8 %
His confidence
1.7 %
His speeches
0.6 %
His spending
0.6 %
His Cabinet
5.7 %
His family
83.7 %
His dog


4035 total responses
What I like least about Obama so far is:


30.3 %
His arrogance
2.3 %
His speeches
33.0 %
His spending
16.0 %
His national security plans
18.4 %
His other plans like healthcare reform


4043 total responses
As a vice president who was a senator since Obama was in elementary school, Joe Biden has turned out so far to be:


1.6 %
An inspiration
3.3 %
Better than I expected
5.1 %
OK
58.4 %
An embarrassment
31.6 %
Who cares?


4145 total responses
Overall, so far I'd give the Obama administration an:


2.9 %
A+
2.9 %
A
1.8 %
B
2.7 %
C
12.4 %
D
15.5 %
F
61.7 %
Whatever comes beneath F


4176 total responses

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Obama Gets his Grade

And it is not good for him. Guess he will have to get his disciples to flood this poll like he has all of the others, to make him look good. For now though this is probably a much more accurate score of how American's fee about His highness.

We will chack back on this poll in a few days to watch the MIRACLE change in the vote once the Obamites find out about it and stuff the ballot box again. Gotta give them credit, stuffing ballot boxes is one theing they do really well.


From the LA Times

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/04/obama-100-days-aretha-franklin.html

Besides the hat, the oath flub, the Cabinet tax problems and cheesy gifts for Britain's leader, how's Barack Obama doing?


6.2 %
Really well
1.7 %
Good
2.2 %
So-so
6.5 %
Disappointing
8.6 %
Bad
74.8 %
Scary bad



3623 total responses
Obama's policies are:


90.0 %
Too liberal

2.9 %
Insufficiently liberal
6.0 %
Just right
1.1 %
Too conservative


3607 total responses
Obama's spending plans and deficits:


2.5 %
Inspire me
0.6 %
Don't matter
4.2 %
Are about right
7.9 %
Worry me
84.8 %
Really scare me



3626 total responses
Slowly withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq for now and sending more to Afghanistan strikes me as:


23.3 %
Just the right thing
9.5 %
Doesn't matter
21.1 %
A betrayal of his anti-war stance
46.2 %
Real trouble later


3588 total responses
Talking with Iran and North Korea about their nuclear weapons programs is:


8.8 %
Appropriate
11.4 %
Naive but necessary
79.8 %
Hopeless



3601 total responses
Watching and listening to Obama speak makes me feel:


5.5 %
Hopeful
2.9 %
Confident
73.2 %
Suspicious

18.4 %
Sleepy


3609 total responses
What I like most about Obama so far is:


7.8 %
His confidence
1.5 %
His speeches
0.6 %
His spending
0.7 %
His Cabinet
5.4 %
His family
84.0 %
His dog



3517 total responses
What I like least about Obama so far is:


30.2 %
His arrogance

2.4 %
His speeches
33.0 %
His spending

16.1 %
His national security plans
18.3 %
His other plans like healthcare reform


3524 total responses
As a vice president who was a senator since Obama was in elementary school, Joe Biden has turned out so far to be:


1.7 %
An inspiration
3.4 %
Better than I expected
5.0 %
OK
57.8 %
An embarrassment

32.1 %
Who cares?


3618 total responses
Overall, so far I'd give the Obama administration an:


3.0 %
A+
3.2 %
A
1.8 %
B
2.4 %
C
11.7 %
D
15.6 %
F
62.5 %
Whatever comes beneath F



3638 total responses