[dba-Tech] XP SP3 is go!

I'm being made redundant after nearly 10 years working here. Been a good
kick up the bum though, so I've been looking for a new job for the last
couple of weeks. Had a phone interview this morning, and they want to
see me in a couple of weeks time, which is great :-)


Jon

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
Sent: 09 May 2008 14:20
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] XP SP3 is go!



 >and I'm only here for another 3 weeks.

So where are you going?  Curious minds want to know..

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Jon Tydda wrote:
> Well it's my work laptop and I'm only here for another 3 weeks. I'm 
> not putting it on at home for a good while yet :-)
> 
> 
> Jon
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Andy Lacey
> Sent: 09 May 2008 13:19
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] XP SP3 is go!
> 
> 
> Thanks for the feedback Jon. Happy to let you be the guinea-pig!
> 
> -- Andy Lacey
> http://www.minstersystems.co.uk
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda
>> Sent: 09 May 2008 10:18
>> To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com; dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com
>> Subject: [dba-Tech] XP SP3 is go!
>>
>>
>> I've just installed SP3 on my laptop at work (on the grounds that 
>> they're going to reimage it in a couple of weeks when I've left, so 
>> it wouldn't do any harm).
>>
>> Started installing it at 9:20am
>> Finished installing at 9:50am
>> Restarted at 9:55am (was on the phone)
>> Typed in username and password at 9:57am
>> Was able to use Windows at 10:12am
>>
>> Hopefully it'll be a bit quicker to start up next time...
>>
>> For reference, it's a HP NC6400 Core 2 (2*1.86Ghz) with 1GB RAM.
>>
>> Doesn't seem to be any different to use so far, and I've not found 
>> any of the "new" bits they've included, but I'll be having a play 
>> with it later on today. I'll keep you posted if I find anything 
>> hinky. Gah, too much NCIS :-)
>>
>>
>> Jon
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