I was never a great fan of those mega-monster, dialup-choking service packs from Microsoft anyway, but I guess they were necessary from time to time. Windows XP is just over seven years old now, and Windows is getting eager to dump XP for their Vista and latest OS, Windows 7. I still have quite a number of XP computers around here, so I hate to see them go the way of the dinosaur. There’s nothing wrong with the operating system, sheesh!
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Jul 19
Like the sands of the hourglass, like the political tweaking of the Medicare supplement plan, software updates are ever with us. Two biggies hit the scene this month. Here’s what’s up…
Firstly, if you use the Firefox browser, it is advisable that you update to the latest version, 3.5. The update fixes some serious security bugs. There’s a video explaining more about the update at the Mozilla website. I updated and didn’t notice very much except that two of my favorite AddOns no longer work (one of them being TabMixPlus). 
But I use Opera whenever possible.
Secondly, Microsoft has officially released Vista Service Pack 2, after several months of beta. There’s a great post by PC World Six Things You Should Know About Vista SP2, and another informative article here. Microsoft has their own basic bones explanation (as basic as MS can get, anyway) about the SP2.
I still have Vista SP1. I don’t have any intention of rushing to get SP2, unless it will improve my graphics card performance. I have a Nvidia GeForce 9100… not top of the line by any means, but it should be able to handle my tasks, especially since I have a quad-core machine. But it’s starting to stutter, and I’m wondering if a Vista update may be responsible. (I do have the latest driver for the card). I’m really cautious about Service Packs; a few years ago, XP SP 1 messed with my computer. So download at your own risk, until Microsoft works out the bugs (more).
Another major Wordpress update is on the way! This looks really good, although I am personally tired of updating Wordpress every month or so, across five blogs. I hope this is the last update for a while. I’m really gratified that the Wordpress geeks are so attuned to changes and improvements, but wow… I’ve been feeling somewhat overwhelmed of late.
Anyway, you can read about all the great new features at the Wordpress blog here and here. One goal they have been working toward is making it easier and faster to get to the sub-navigation menus. Hurray for that! Here’s a quick breakdown of some improvements with 2.7:
and more!
I look forward to this update, and I hope this is the last one for a while!
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