From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 17 11:38:27 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D46516A498 for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 11:38:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hackmiester@hackmiester.com) Received: from smtpout08-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (smtpout08-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net [64.202.165.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C12BE43D48 for ; Wed, 17 May 2006 11:38:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hackmiester@hackmiester.com) Received: (qmail 17342 invoked from network); 17 May 2006 11:38:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (65.0.171.101) by smtpout08-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (64.202.165.12) with ESMTP; 17 May 2006 11:38:25 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20060516210801.21385787@vixen42.vulpes> References: <44649AFE.20407@daleco.biz> <20060516210801.21385787@vixen42.vulpes> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <2228DB79-EC3B-40FF-B50B-220B5E7886BE@hackmiester.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Hunter Fuller Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 06:38:55 +0000 To: Vulpes Velox X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reason #465132 to Love FBSD.... X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 11:38:29 -0000 On 17 May 2006, at 2:08 AM, Vulpes Velox wrote: > On Tue, 16 May 2006 15:34:04 -0000 > Martin Tournoy wrote: > >> Use windows 2000, works better and faster than XP anyway, has all >> the features XP has, except the teletubby UI, but that's not a >> feature but the work of the anti-christ... >> No troubles with updating, or nagscreens > > Messing with wireless under XP is less of a PITA than 2k. What I would > really love to know is where to find the bloody key is that some ass > hole vendors nuke that forces you to use their broken ass config gui. First you disable their utility from starting at boot. Then you scan for wireless networks, and when it complains about not being able to touch it, click the yellow star at left and enable Windows' managing the card. This is under SP2, if you need < SP2 reply, I'll happily assist. > > What I like about FreeBSD is wireless is not a freaking PITA to mess > with. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >