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Microsoft Corporation’s new operating system, Windows Longhorn aka Vista is far from just a Vista of goodies, as many have found out. Apparently, they have been in cahoots with Hewlett-Packard (HP) to package only VISTA DRIVERS for the new HP range of Notebooks and Tablet PCs. Forget XP Embedded or Home as most of the drivers don’t work for these motherboards. Poor users, as that means only one thing, poor performance as the need for more memory and faster hard drives will make the system more sluggish.
Basic reasons of why choose XP over Vista?
1) Lower need of Memory
2) Quicker loading
3) Easy driver compatibilities
4) Software compatibilities (Accountants please note)
5) Lower cost
XP requires just basic 32MB RAM and 250MB Hard disk space compared to Vista needing 1GB Ram and 10GB Hard disk space.
Even with XP Home at Vista’s requirements will do excellent in performance as the OS in itself loads up about 200MB of memory in it’s static kernels (kernel32.dll , Explorer, Firefox, Yahoo Messenger, Skype) loaded up.
That is far less than Vista’s 800MB memory (RAM) loaded up in it’s kernel with the need to have a swap file. Heck even at 1 Gigabyte worth of RAM, you don’t need to load any swap file or PageFile.SYS as you won’t need to unless you start doing animations or photo editing (Photoshop,Adobe Illustrator etc) or Video Extraction which is sluggish because it takes ALOT OF PROCESSING POWER (CPU) as to the RAM. Also, the hard disk needs to be fast to read/write/rewrite data to the banks.
Windows XP loads up in less than 45 seconds compared to 3 minutes of Vista Basic as it needs to check if you installed any pirated junk and pornography or pedophile related materials so they can report you.
Windows XP too can be tuned up to run at maximum capacity of 20 simultaneous TCP/IP Connections per stack compared to the rigid 5 connections per application. So much for Multi tasking!
Drivers are not so compatible with Longhorn / Vista as most are written for Win32 aka Windows 2000/2003/ME/XP and they are backward compatible as to Vista which is static for them. Mainly it’s because Vista is written to the core so that it works with Apple MacBook. Yes.. Vista runs Mac! XP Drivers don’t work with Vista and at this edition, ALi, LinkSYS, Asus and some manufacturers older boards and API don’t cal for Vista and HP is evil enough to write only drivers for Vista and not XP as they are too lazy! Dell is as evil too as their proprietary hardware won’t work on Vista as they try to clear off their old stock of Motherboards. This information is up to date for their Desktops and Mini Servers too. A collegue from DELL MALAYSIA which is round the corner confirms this as the compatibility issues makes Vista a problem child.
Software wise, I was told that QUICKBOOKS and many others are not compatible YET on Vista due to the way the network issues are set up. Security tokens don’t work with even SUN Servers. So much for inter-operatability.
Costs? XP Home Stickers can be bought as low as USD25 as they are over the 6mths tie in with the OEM Manufacturer. Vista..is far more. I can’t disclose due to the licensing rules.
For me, if all fails, I just stick to CentOS or Debian Linux. It will sure work at base configs! And it’s free@! Anyway, Microsoft based their kernels on Linux..so what works on XP or Vista MUST work with Linux. Right? Even Apple MacBook Air works on Linux.
Sorry! This is me.. The Geek!
Any updates will be flashed at http://www.azrin.net/?s=helium
Do look out for the privacy issues too@!
I got an email this morning from Loud Launch which says they had some technical and manual issues validating opportunity payments, ie my Blog Payment for the month of November to the Christmas rush, which they were supposed to pay before the new year. So, OK, I got compensated for it, about $172 for the delay in payments.
Then then anti-climax of the sexual sort, the bummer. It’s like you vigorously boning it with the peak in sight and then you remembered that you forgot the rubber sort. The Quantity issue. Of the marketplace, there will be at least 10% of the bloggers who will be kicked out. Or Banned, or given the time out because they took too many opportunities in one day. Google Page Nuke is not helping either with payouts either. Most of everyone doing Paid Posts have had their Page Rank down to NOTHING. I had all except one which stands at a SINGLE VALUE OF ONE. Which don’t deserve it at all because I write crap on it. So how many are we allowed to in a day per blog?
It’s like you trying to give your partner multiple orgasms but not knowing the limit before she gets sore or before you run out of juice and from being a pleasure turning it into an ordeal. With both walking like a huge ball in between the legs for the next few days. Get the drift?
It’s also just like when you trying to figure out how to ‘cheat’ the system by maneuvering your ads into better paying ones like Glitterati and at the same time giving great value for money by placing Adbrite, Text Link Ads and Google Adsense to it. And knowing that the advertisers now will kill any ad spots if they smell any competitor like a paid post or something hurts bad too.
Well, I did promise some graphics and my friend Sya has been kind to forward something from Kak Elle about some graphics which you should read…
It concerns women and you men too… That means going for a mamogram


Had enuff??

And in no particular order actually.
And after all these years.. friends are always there to remind you of something….
Best regards

LOL ROTF…
PS : If you got issues with Nuffnang’s Glitterati and any other questions, please pop it here… Tim reads it often.. (seems he has been sneaking up on me and stalking me for my Espresso Frapracino Venti Triple Shot)
If you upgraded from 2.1 to 2.3.2, please don’t forget this database update:
You will need to add a new table called POST2CAT into your database.
Depending on your setup, it maybe defaulted to WP_ prefix
so make sure you add this to your SQL
-- phpMyAdmin SQL Dump
-- version 2.8.0.1
-- http://www.phpmyadmin.net
--
-- Host: custsql-pow07
-- Generation Time: Jan 10, 2008 at 03:57 PM
-- Server version: 5.0.45
-- PHP Version: 4.4.4
--
-- Database: `azrin_net1`
--
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `wp_IMM-Glossary`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `wp_IMM-Glossary` (
`ID` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
`Title` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
`Definition` text NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`ID`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=4 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=4 ;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `wp_categories`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `wp_categories` (
`cat_ID` bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`cat_name` varchar(55) NOT NULL default '',
`category_nicename` varchar(200) NOT NULL default '',
`category_description` longtext NOT NULL,
`category_parent` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
`category_count` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
`link_count` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
`posts_private` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
`links_private` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`cat_ID`),
KEY `category_nicename` (`category_nicename`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=28 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=28 ;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `wp_comments`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `wp_comments` (
`comment_ID` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
`comment_post_ID` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
`comment_author` tinytext NOT NULL,
`comment_author_email` varchar(100) NOT NULL default '',
`comment_author_url` varchar(200) NOT NULL default '',
`comment_author_IP` varchar(100) NOT NULL default '',
`comment_date` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
`comment_date_gmt` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
`comment_content` text NOT NULL,
`comment_karma` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
`comment_approved` enum('0','1','spam') NOT NULL default '1',
`comment_agent` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
`comment_type` varchar(20) NOT NULL default '',
`comment_parent` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
`user_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`comment_ID`),
KEY `comment_approved` (`comment_approved`),
KEY `comment_post_ID` (`comment_post_ID`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=4187 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=4187 ;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `wp_link2cat`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `wp_link2cat` (
`rel_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`link_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
`category_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`rel_id`),
KEY `link_id` (`link_id`,`category_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=3 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=3 ;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `wp_links`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `wp_links` (
`link_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`link_url` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
`link_name` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
`link_image` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
`link_target` varchar(25) NOT NULL default '',
`link_category` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
`link_description` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
`link_visible` enum('Y','N') NOT NULL default 'Y',
`link_owner` int(11) NOT NULL default '1',
`link_rating` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
`link_updated` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
`link_rel` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
`link_notes` mediumtext NOT NULL,
`link_rss` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
PRIMARY KEY (`link_id`),
KEY `link_category` (`link_category`),
KEY `link_visible` (`link_visible`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=10 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=10 ;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `wp_options`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `wp_options` (
`option_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`blog_id` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
`option_name` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
`option_value` longtext NOT NULL,
`autoload` enum('yes','no') NOT NULL default 'yes',
PRIMARY KEY (`option_id`,`blog_id`,`option_name`),
KEY `option_name` (`option_name`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=936 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=936 ;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `wp_post2cat`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `wp_post2cat` (
`rel_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`post_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
`category_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`rel_id`),
KEY `post_id` (`post_id`,`category_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=829 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=829 ;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `wp_postmeta`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `wp_postmeta` (
`meta_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`post_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
`meta_key` varchar(255) default NULL,
`meta_value` longtext,
PRIMARY KEY (`meta_id`),
KEY `post_id` (`post_id`),
KEY `meta_key` (`meta_key`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=5556 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=5556 ;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `wp_posts`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `wp_posts` (
`ID` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
`post_author` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
`post_date` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
`post_date_gmt` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
`post_content` longtext NOT NULL,
`post_title` text NOT NULL,
`post_category` int(4) NOT NULL default '0',
`post_excerpt` text NOT NULL,
`post_status` enum('publish','draft','private','static','object','attachment','inherit','future','pending') NOT NULL default 'publish',
`comment_status` enum('open','closed','registered_only') NOT NULL default 'open',
`ping_status` enum('open','closed') NOT NULL default 'open',
`post_password` varchar(20) NOT NULL default '',
`post_name` varchar(200) NOT NULL default '',
`to_ping` text NOT NULL,
`pinged` text NOT NULL,
`post_modified` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
`post_modified_gmt` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
`post_content_filtered` text NOT NULL,
`post_parent` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
`guid` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
`menu_order` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
`post_type` varchar(20) NOT NULL default 'post',
`post_mime_type` varchar(100) NOT NULL default '',
`comment_count` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`ID`),
KEY `post_name` (`post_name`),
KEY `post_status` (`post_status`),
KEY `type_status_date` (`post_type`,`post_status`,`post_date`,`ID`),
FULLTEXT KEY `autometa` (`post_content`,`post_title`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=670 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=670 ;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `wp_term_relationships`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `wp_term_relationships` (
`object_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
`term_taxonomy_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`object_id`,`term_taxonomy_id`),
KEY `term_taxonomy_id` (`term_taxonomy_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `wp_term_taxonomy`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `wp_term_taxonomy` (
`term_taxonomy_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`term_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
`taxonomy` varchar(32) NOT NULL default '',
`description` longtext NOT NULL,
`parent` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
`count` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`term_taxonomy_id`),
UNIQUE KEY `term_id_taxonomy` (`term_id`,`taxonomy`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=63 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=63 ;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `wp_terms`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `wp_terms` (
`term_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`name` varchar(55) NOT NULL default '',
`slug` varchar(200) NOT NULL default '',
`term_group` bigint(10) NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`term_id`),
UNIQUE KEY `slug` (`slug`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=63 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=63 ;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `wp_tla_data`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `wp_tla_data` (
`id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
`post_id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`url` text NOT NULL,
`text` text NOT NULL,
`before_text` text NOT NULL,
`after_text` text NOT NULL,
`rss_text` text NOT NULL,
`rss_before_text` text NOT NULL,
`rss_after_text` text NOT NULL,
`rss_prefix` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
KEY `post_id` (`post_id`),
KEY `post_id_2` (`post_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `wp_tla_rss_map`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `wp_tla_rss_map` (
`post_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`advertisement` text NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`post_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `wp_usermeta`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `wp_usermeta` (
`umeta_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`user_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
`meta_key` varchar(255) default NULL,
`meta_value` longtext,
PRIMARY KEY (`umeta_id`),
KEY `user_id` (`user_id`),
KEY `meta_key` (`meta_key`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=14 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=14 ;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `wp_users`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `wp_users` (
`ID` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
`user_login` varchar(60) NOT NULL default '',
`user_pass` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
`user_nicename` varchar(50) NOT NULL default '',
`user_email` varchar(100) NOT NULL default '',
`user_url` varchar(100) NOT NULL default '',
`user_registered` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
`user_activation_key` varchar(60) NOT NULL default '',
`user_status` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
`display_name` varchar(250) NOT NULL default '',
PRIMARY KEY (`ID`),
KEY `user_login_key` (`user_login`),
KEY `user_nicename` (`user_nicename`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=2 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=2 ;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `wpau_active_plugins_info`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `wpau_active_plugins_info` (
`id` int(4) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`plugin_name` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
`plugin_status` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
`plugin_deactive_response` smallint(2) default '0',
`plugin_reactive_response` smallint(2) default '0',
`fatal_plugin` smallint(2) default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
-- --------------------------------------------------------
--
-- Table structure for table `wpau_upgrade_log`
--
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `wpau_upgrade_log` (
`id` int(4) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`task_name` varchar(150) NOT NULL default '',
`task_status` varchar(150) NOT NULL default '',
`task_description` varchar(150) NOT NULL default '',
`task_log` text,
`start_date` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
`end_date` datetime default NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;
You may need to access your MYSQL DB controls thru your control panel (CPANEL / WHM / PLESK / HELM ) and go thru phpmyadmin to access them.
Check your CONFIG.PHP for your database settings.
Then …easily update yr blog using the WP-AUTO-UPGRADE script. Yeah..the post ID is satanic abit.
Well, I had the issue with having to upgrade the files of my blog manually. I placed a wishlist with the 2.5 Dev Team in the wish list to have it auto update as Fantastico is a bit slow in updating it’s files and stuff like that and by the time they updated, you have been hacked.
So, what to do unless you want to upload everything? They have this little plugin that does auto updates. It is a small set of files and if you have many blogs like me (about 72 as of today), updating them manually is a hassle. This plugin auto updates it all for you, your files and stuff like that and backs everything up.
Oh yeah. Pre 2.0 to 2.3.x needs a new database-table called Post2Cat so it does the auto updates , which is somewhat an addon to the Tags and auto save function. You will need to add that table in manually thru your SQL.
Anyway, it’s a cool feature to have in your back end, saves alot of hassle of over writing files and stuff like that. Making sure you don’t accidentally delete the wrong one is a nightmare. So, use it..it’s plain simple.
Chao! (and let me know how U find it)
PS: download the plugin, decompress and upload everything to your wp-content/plugins folder. The need of an FTP software (or even in Explorer) is needed.
I’ve always love people’s websites. But then I am hopeless in Wesite Design so thus I never get my butt to do all those nice graphics, not to mention my lack of equipment and processing power. So, I am always using those simple Content Managed Systems like Joomla, Mambo, Drupal , PostNuke , PHPro and the works.
So, give those guys doing Web Designs a call at 866-437-6670 cos they do the design for me. Only way they make money is like me, off hosting plans commission. Their uRL is http://www.siteproplus.com and I’m not linking since I’m not paid for this
Errgh…can’t explain it right now, but seems my pitstop with our friend got a bit of a tosser.
Yes, my iExplore Asia site integrated with Free Property Listing (UK) and the BBS.NU Community really got into a tangle!
Yikes I said…so I gotta clean this mess up…right?
Don’t say I DID NOT WARN YOU!
I am about to embark on my biggest project ever.
What to expect? Alot of downtime, for sure,cos mainly, I’m the only person doing all these stuff.Basicly, alot of factors made me do this.
1) Powweb Servers rental are due. They are not giving us the great deal as before. $7.77 was the deal, with buy one year, get 6mths free… and I took the 2yr get 2yr free. That is still active on the Perkahwinan.Org server. I’m going to remove all that, and port it to another single entity. I have 3 servers there, and there are are two which is under utilised and nearly to it’s end of the prepaid term. So , in order to renew, it’s $200 each, and it’s not worth it. I better put it to good use and renew the domains instead.
Their servers are getting VERY SLUGGISH nowadays, so I think it’s time to port out!Too much problems.
2)Hostgator Server 51 *(NS101) is on the Pre-Upgraded set. So, I am stuck with 5GB Space…and 75GB Bandwidth, whereas the newbies get 100GB space and 1,000GB *(that’s One Terrabyte!) Bandwidth. I have noticed that this server is getting sluggish and since the time we got banned due to a script error. So I did not want that to happen, and killed ALL of my sites, thus I took on more, with one I got for 1c on the first month. It’s silly, and I can say, it’s a real hassle!
But it works like a wonder! At least I can get things done properly, with PPP giving me a hit on the head for some work!
3)My Photo Galleries software are out of date, and so I took a new licensing for TWO new sites and a Photo based Advertising Gallery. That will be on my Free Property Listings - UK Edition. It’s a EBAY Style listing, and Foruming all in one. I will be working on it abit more, cos the previous marketplace I installed, well…sucked! Open Realty also has ALOT of limitations. I don’t want a vB based Job Marketplace…like Powweb did…..nor I want something on Ruby-on-Rails which I don’t even know head from tail! I will work on this once I learn new tricks and when my Linux machines come back to me. At least I can crash and trash it for all I care.
4)For the time being, it’s a one man show, less Mommy Tia & Co, in the world of Technology.My old operations have cease due to alot of problems I don’t even want to get into details.It sucks, and I hate to part with my friends who are my co-workers. So, if you want to work on this project with me, fine, as it’s quite promising, especially on the advertising aspect of things.
There will be more…but do understand if any of the network sites have an issue, it’s probably me doing something in the back…again!
Best Wishes.
Azrin