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DNS Caching
Lead Head:
Linux has improved VASTLY in the past two years. GAIM (Now Pidgin) easily works with AIM/Yahoo/MSN/IRC, driver support is vastly better now (I was able to easily get a driver for my printer, and I did not have to do anything special to do it. WINE (allows you to run windows applications) is far more compatible with applications now then it was two years ago. The Ubuntu forums are also great for getting advice on how to set things up with easy to follow guides.
While I can't speak for everyone, I personally do not have much knowledge of the inner workings of Windows, or even *Nix for that matter , and this tends to be a more *Nix/OSX based site in terms of knowledge. Our Windows guru has not been around in a long time.
Anyways though, a lot has changed in the Open Source software world, and I suggest you give the latest version of Ubuntu a try, it even has a Live CD so it will run off the CD without actually installing so you can mess around with it. There are now even versions of Ubuntu that run within windows just like a normal application, that way you can play around and experiment without having to make system changes.
http://wubi-installer.org/
davidnix71:
I have more trouble now getting to sites than a year ago. I think the economic slowdown has led to cutbacks on the web, just like everywhere else. Sometimes I just have to go away and come back later. Timing out looking up an IP probably means your ISP is slacking or oversubscribing.
You might try OpenDNS and see if their servers are faster. It's free.
http://www.opendns.com/
worker201:
--- Quote from: RetiredHal on 2 July 2009, 00:56 ---
--- Quote from: worker201 on 2 July 2009, 00:03 ---Spam?
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NO, it is not spam.
It is a genuine question. I found this forum through Hero999 on another forum. If you dont like the question tell me why!
The fact that I may not know as much about windows as you, or that I am not a programmer and that I am basically an end user should not stop me from asking a question, (however stupid the question may seem to you).
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It's not a stupid question. It's the type of question that you should be asking at http://www.microsoft.com/communities/forums/default.mspx If I really thought it was spam, I would have deleted it.
Just to reiterate, this is not a Microsoft help forum. The best way to fix any problem in Windows is by formatting your hard drive and installing something else. If you want advice on getting rid of Windows, or help getting started with a Microsoft replacement, then we can help you out.
RetiredHal:
Geez Worker,
You're a hard man to please , First you tell me where to get help
--- Quote ---....It's the type of question that you should be asking at http://www.microsoft.com/communities/forums/default.mspx ....
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and then you tell me to wipe my Windows.
--- Quote ---...The best way to fix any problem in Windows is by formatting your hard drive and installing something else...
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I think your point is made --- I posted in the wrong forum in good faith …My mistake! So please delete this whole post/thread. There are no answers so it is just a waste of storage.
davidnix71:
HAL, Windows is proprietary, closed source code. That's perfectly legal, but it makes it difficult to diagnose some problems and give a decent answer. Linux is open to review.
You kind of answered your own question in the first post. Decompiling a dll in hexedit or notepad doesn't work very well. Without having the source code, which MS will never provide, we can't really help you well.
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