On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:36:42 +0200, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>
>> As for the start menu and the control panel: use the search bar.
>
> 1. What's that?

http://images.google.com/images?q=vista%20%22start%20menu%22%20%22search%20bar%22


> 2. You need to search for stuff = you haven't organised your stuff  
> correctly.

You will also find that the start menu in Vista expands sub-menus in place  
rather than to the right. Decide for yourself if this is a good idea or a  
horrible disaster.



>> The "measuring performance" is indeed checking things including your  
>> graphics, RAM speed, disk speed, etc.
>
> Why does that take 20 minutes? memtest86 gives me most of those  
> measurements in 0.2 seconds.

1. It does not take 20 minutes. A few minutes at the most.

2. How else would you perform a benchmark other than running tests and  
timing them?



> For some reason, the welcome page automatically opens every time I log  
> in and won't go away.

Uncheck the box marked "Show the Welcome screen every time I log in".



>> eSATA: external SATA. If you have an external drive case that supports  
>> USB and eSATA, use eSATA and it'll be about 4 times as fast to transfer.
>
> Mmm, OK. But... they have the same electrical interface?

Not quite, but close enough to provide basic compatibility.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA#External_SATA




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