Installed: XP Pro

Oct 15th, 2004 3:03:38 am - Subscribe
Mood: eager
Current Addiction: www.kevinrose.com

Well the other day, I installed Windows XP Professional onto my home computer. I am finally out of Windows 98 hell, and my system had no driver problems to speak of when I installed XP.

I wish I could say I purchased the OS, but, I actually downloaded from Sharezaa, and burned the .iso to a disk.

I also downloaded and installed SmartBarXP to get an idea what the sidebar on Windows Longhorn will be like, and it's a nice tool for changing desktops, a built in media player, a message center and more, but I can't get used to thesidebar taking up the space it does on my screen. I have my screen resolution very high bc I like a big wrk area for graphics and webdesign and the sidebar was just eating up space, and allthough I could have it on auto hide, every time I went to close a window with the x button, it was so close to that side of the screen that the sidebar would always come up.

It's better than some other sidebars I tried, but I like my desktop just the way it is.

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