network icon - vs XP

[ps56k]

All of our laptops are running XP/SP3 -
Wife is getting a new laptop at school - currently XP - probably will be
Win7.
So grabbed a W7 laptop from ebay to follow along and learn..
Bought a Dell E6400 - 2.8Ghz 4GB 250GB just for ref - running W7 HP -

I don't think I'm going to like W7... too many little things gone or made
more difficult.

ie - the old network icon on the bar - nice, flashed, indicated "getting
IP" - ALL useful
now... the W7 version just sits there - sure, you can click thru to see
what's happening,
but was just wasy to look down and see the "activity" blinking...

 

[Ken1943]

All of our laptops are running XP/SP3 -
Wife is getting a new laptop at school - currently XP - probably will be
Win7.
So grabbed a W7 laptop from ebay to follow along and learn..
Bought a Dell E6400 - 2.8Ghz 4GB 250GB just for ref - running W7 HP -

I don't think I'm going to like W7... too many little things gone or made
more difficult.

ie - the old network icon on the bar - nice, flashed, indicated "getting
IP" - ALL useful
now... the W7 version just sits there - sure, you can click thru to see
what's happening,
but was just wasy to look down and see the "activity" blinking...

A freeware program called> NetworkIndicator <will put the icon back.
Google for it.


KenW

 

[Ken1943]

You can get it at

www.itsamples.com


KenW

 

[Juan Wei]

ps56k has written on 6/5/2013 6:26 PM:

All of our laptops are running XP/SP3 -
Wife is getting a new laptop at school - currently XP - probably will be
Win7.
So grabbed a W7 laptop from ebay to follow along and learn..
Bought a Dell E6400 - 2.8Ghz 4GB 250GB just for ref - running W7 HP -

I don't think I'm going to like W7... too many little things gone or made
more difficult.

In that case, you better pray that she doesn't get Windows EIGHT!!!

 

[philo]

ps56k has written on 6/5/2013 6:26 PM:

In that case, you better pray that she doesn't get Windows EIGHT!!!

No big deal on Win8

Classic Shell (or other similar utilities) will turn it (essentially) to
Win7

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[Juan Wei]

philo has written on 6/5/2013 7:44 PM:

No big deal on Win8

Classic Shell (or other similar utilities) will turn it (essentially) to
Win7

But OP said "I don't think I'm going to like W7..."!

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

philo has written on 6/5/2013 7:44 PM:

But OP said "I don't think I'm going to like W7..."!

I guess W7 could be thought of as the lesser of two evils

Disclosure - I like 7 fine, and I don't even mind 8, since I hardly use
it...

 

[hot-totty]

I don't think I'm going to like W7... too many little things gone or made
more difficult.

Windows 7 Mainstream Support ends January 12, 2015 and Extended Support
on January 14, 2020.

You have enough time to master it.

 

[gufus]

You can get it at

www.itsamples.com

Vcool!

 

[gufus]

Windows 7 Mainstream Support ends January 12, 2015 and Extended Support
on January 14, 2020.

Maybe... VBG

 

[SC Tom]

A freeware program called> NetworkIndicator <will put the icon back.
Google for it.


KenW

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