Re: OS? Home or Pro?

["Stephen Goodman" <spgoodman@earthlight.net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mark sottilaro" <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Friday, 19 May, 2006 18:08 PM
Subject: Re: OS? Home or Pro?


> Thanks kids!
>
> This is exactly the information I was seeking.  My
> networking needs are few and probably very basic.  If
> it can see my LAN to access the web wirelessly, that's
> about all I care about and frankly even that's not all
> that important.
>
> Now if someone could tell me why this old Sony VAIO
> can't see my wireless network I'd be in heaven!

I've had two clients who couldn't get their desktop VAIO (vintage 2003?) 
to 
work with their Buffalo wireless routers.  I was never able to get the 
Buffalos to be recognized by the machines unless I plugged into them, and 
diags wouldn't work - and the clients both gave up on wireless for the 
meantime, eventually replacing their machines.  It left me with the 
impression that something in the BIOS needed to be tweaked, but I wasn't 
interested in making them wait too long for what seemed to them to be a 
simple solution... and so it was, after they replaced the VAIOs and both 
called me to happily say that there wasn't a problem anymore.

I'd say at this point that it's either the BIOS not supporting wireless in 
some way (conflicting module? software revision in need of update?), or 
the 
wireless module onboard.  Try to flash the BIOS - don't forget to Load 
Optimized Defaults for a single boot afterwards, before going in and 
setting 
the BIOS up again - and then if this brings no joy, try replacing the 
LAN/wireless card in the machine.

HTH.
Stephen Goodman
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> --- Jeffrey Larson <jeff@zonemobius.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>  > This of course makes the whole Home vs. Pro
>> debate rather
>> inconsequential.
>>
>> It is inconsequential only if you have ready access
>> to a pirated or
>> 2nd hand copy of XP Pro, or the skills necessary to
>> find one on the
>> web.
>>
>> There is really no debate here.  If you need one of
>> the Pro
>> features, get it.  If you don't then save your
>> money.
>>
>> Those of us in the computer industry have a tendency
>> to want the biggest
>> and best thing.  That's fine, but not necessarily
>> relevant for
>> those looking for a low cost platform to run audio
>> applications.
>>
>> For most people it boils down to this: if you need
>> to connect the
>> computer to a network run by a university or
>> business, then get XP
>> Pro.   If you don't then the chances are good you
>> will never notice
>> the difference.  Read the various feature comparison
>> lists and decide.
>> But don't be afraid that Home is less stable than
>> Pro, it isn't.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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