Computer Questions Not Worth Their Own Thread II

[innonimatu]

No, it isn't the same, it's actually a rebranded version of Windows Server 2003.

I know that. It still behaves exactly like XP. There are no real differences at all.

It has basically all the compatibility problems that Vista had at launch, except none of them were ever fixed, and it has none of the improvements (other than support for >4GB memory, obviously) that Vista featured over XP.

The sole compatibility problems are with drivers and badly coded apps that check system version before running (and you can fool those). Driver support was not very good at first but it is now excellent, all major manufacturers are releasing XP 64bits drivers. That was one advantage of it having a 2003 64bit kernel! And it does not have some of the compatibility problems of Vista, naming their reorganization of the old folder structure for the sake of "compatibility" with UAC (that pos the put into vista because users were apparently too dumb to use unprivileged accounts). Yes, it works, but that was a pain in the ass for compatibility when it came out.

 

[Zelig]

I basically don't agree with anything you've posted about anything positive about XP 64-bit, so I don't see any need to further break it down on a point-by-point basis, since it's already a dead product, and nobody is actually going to start using it based on your recommendation.

I'll just quote wiki:

"In general, application compatibility of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is far less than the 32-bit version of Windows XP. Most applications may run without any problems owing to the nature of WoW64 however they may be unsupported or untested. Microsoft applications like Microsoft Office 2010 and Zune Software are not officially supported on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, but may run with some workarounds by users."

 

[GoodGame]

Which is better for gaming purpose, 64-bit XP or Windows 7?

I understand some games don't play at all on W/, is it due to the 64-bittiness (that is do they run on 64-bit XP)?

I know there's a possibility to run games in a XP-consol on Win7, but thought more about the performance issue here.

Did you mean Windows 7 64bit?

I do know that with GOG.com games, games had to be patched for Win 7 64, and some haven't yet, so I've heard. I haven't had too many problems, except that the batch files installed by GOG won't work under Steam.

 

[hoplitejoe]

Spoiler :

I guess my question is, huh??!?!?!

(This keeps on happening on CFC, I think it has happened on other websites but it happens mostly here)

 

[Meteor Man]

Spoiler :

I guess my question is, huh??!?!?!

(This keeps on happening on CFC, I think it has happened on other websites but it happens mostly here)

Looks almost like the biomes color in Minecraft.

 

[Cutlass]

Spoiler :

I guess my question is, huh??!?!?!

(This keeps on happening on CFC, I think it has happened on other websites but it happens mostly here)

Is it happening in other programs?

 

[hoplitejoe]

Only Chrome. It goes away if I scroll either all the way up or down.

 

[NickyJ]

Question: I do minor graphic editing for a game, and one of the things I have to do is convert png's to dds's. The only program that can make the correct type of dds is Photoshop. (I use Photoshop Elements 10.) To convert them, I open each png and save it as a dds. Because there are a lot of images I have to convert, it can take a while to do them all.

Is there a way for me to open all the png's at once, and save them all as dds's at once?

 

[Radio Noer]

Question: I do minor graphic editing for a game, and one of the things I have to do is convert png's to dds's. The only program that can make the correct type of dds is Photoshop. (I use Photoshop Elements 10.) To convert them, I open each png and save it as a dds. Because there are a lot of images I have to convert, it can take a while to do them all.

Is there a way for me to open all the png's at once, and save them all as dds's at once?

There's a link to a utility here that should be able to help.

 

[Flying Pig]

Has anybody else noticed that pages on Wikipedia are looking very strange today?

 

[NickyJ]

There's a link to a utility here that should be able to help.

Thanks!

 

[Meteor Man]

Has anybody else noticed that pages on Wikipedia are looking very strange today?

How so? They look fine to me.

 

[GoodGame]

No the English version of Wikipedia looks fine to me. Maybe you changed some of your web browser's default settings, FP?

 

[Zelig]

Wikipedia was broken today for a bit.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I have a zip file. That has a password. I know the password. Is there a way to remove it without recompiling the zip file entirely?

 

[GoodGame]

For USA consumers, think the internet tax breaks will end soon?

I was reading about he BestBuy buy-out offer, and that is the only reason I could think someone would buy into it.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303644004577525070594717752.html

 

[Souron]

I have a zip file. That has a password. I know the password. Is there a way to remove it without recompiling the zip file entirely?

Probably not. Generally for archives encryption and compression would be mixed together in such a way that changing or removing the password would require recompilation. I don't know any specifics about zip archives, but that should apply. However it's possible for an application to hide this fact, and allow you to change or remove a password, doing the recompilation implicitly.

 

[innonimatu]

I basically don't agree with anything you've posted about anything positive about XP 64-bit, so I don't see any need to further break it down on a point-by-point basis, since it's already a dead product, and nobody is actually going to start using it based on your recommendation.

I'm not recommending anything, lest of all proprietary operating systems. The only positive thing I've mentioned above the 32-bit contemporary version is support for more memory. And I couldn't care less for popular opinion posted in wikipedia. I've seen it used by the thousands with no problem. But yes, it's "dead" - in the minds of Microsoft fans who want the latest and greatest just because it's what Microsoft wants to sell now. And it'll lose official support soon enough.

 

[Joecoolyo]

Alright, I have a question about my graphic card's temperature.

I've been trying to play some Crysis 2, but I've run into a snag in that the game runs fine for like, 10 minutes, then it slows down from a comfortable frame rate to like 2 FPS. I have to usually kill it with the task manager, and go back into it.

I can't tell if it's something wrong with the program or my graphics card. If it's my graphics card, I suspect overheating, but I'm not sure.

Anyways, to get to the point, right now with me just running Firefox and Steam, my Radeon HD 5770 has a temperature of 70 degrees celsius (159 degress F), I assume it spikes up more when I play Crysis. Is this temperature normal for a card like mine? Or is it too hot?

 

[Cutlass]

For USA consumers, think the internet tax breaks will end soon?

I was reading about he BestBuy buy-out offer, and that is the only reason I could think someone would buy into it.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303644004577525070594717752.html

States have very limited power to compel the paying of sales tax by online retailers who do not have physical locations in that state. They may be able to bully a couple of the largest, like Amazon. But they will never get to the majority of them. Huge states like Texas have more clout. But it's just not within the realm of the actually possible for all online retail to pay the state sales taxes without the federal government becoming involved.