Thursday, 29 May 2008
"Wireless" Revisited
Finally, after several false starts, a solution that works on Vista and Ubuntu ...
Friday, 23 May 2008
Wireless Problems
Another two hours spent trying to get wireless to work on Vista - another two hours of my life that I will never get back. It appears to connect to the router okay, but then says it has "limited connectivity" even though the signal strength is 'excellent'. A quick search reveals that I'm not the only person who has this problem.
So far, I've tried installing the latest drivers for the network adapter and updating the firmware on the router, but still no joy. I can connect without any problems from WinXP, Ubuntu and even a Sony PSP - Vista is the only one that doesn't work! I'm starting to think I might have to get a new router.
So far, I've tried installing the latest drivers for the network adapter and updating the firmware on the router, but still no joy. I can connect without any problems from WinXP, Ubuntu and even a Sony PSP - Vista is the only one that doesn't work! I'm starting to think I might have to get a new router.
Thursday, 22 May 2008
Vista = Rubbish
My new laptop arrived and after one day of use, I'm very impressed. I installed the latest version of Ubuntu (8.04) without any problems and within about 2 minutes I had a wireless network connection and was able to surf the net and install my dev environment.
Unfortunately, Mrs Royale still insists on using Windows so - in the interests of domestic harmony - I tried to get the wireless network working on that too. Bearing in mind that I'm an experienced Windows user, I thought this would be a simple task. However, Vista had other ideas and one hour later I still hadn't got it working! :-(
In fact, I've now discovered that Vista has made even this simple task vastly more complicated than it needs to be. EIGHT WINDOWS to create a wireless network connection - is this Microsoft's idea of a joke?!
Unfortunately, Mrs Royale still insists on using Windows so - in the interests of domestic harmony - I tried to get the wireless network working on that too. Bearing in mind that I'm an experienced Windows user, I thought this would be a simple task. However, Vista had other ideas and one hour later I still hadn't got it working! :-(
In fact, I've now discovered that Vista has made even this simple task vastly more complicated than it needs to be. EIGHT WINDOWS to create a wireless network connection - is this Microsoft's idea of a joke?!
Thursday, 15 May 2008
An Unexpected Upgrade
For some reason, my insurers have decided to replace my stolen laptop (which cost £450 from PC World around 3 months ago) with a much better one! In fact the replacement model is an Acer and currently retails for around £700 - I should get it some time tomorrow. Looks quite nice too ...
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
Robbed!
Unfortunately, pygame development is temporarily on hold since burglers broke into my flat and stole my laptop! :-(
However, I feel a lot safer knowing that they'll have to get past the Ubuntu login to access any of the information that's on there. :-)
However, I feel a lot safer knowing that they'll have to get past the Ubuntu login to access any of the information that's on there. :-)
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