Day: Friday 7 October 2005
I’m really bad at organising my digital photos. I’m paranoid about losing irreplaceable photos (like the ones of my son as he grows up fast) and end up copying them to a variety of locations, but I’m not as smart about it as I should be.
In this week’s Connected Home Media update, Paul Thurrott writes about getting organised with digital photography using nothing more than the features within Windows XP. Not everyone will agree that this is how to do it (especially those with a commitment to third party applications which work for them) but its an interesting read, and will probably work for anyone who doesn’t have massive requirements for their digital workflow.
I heard a rumour yesterday that Windows XP service pack 3 (SP3) will be released soon. I haven’t been able to substantiate it yet, but it does sound plausible.
It’s been over a year since SP2 was released and, because it was such a massive update, many organisations still haven’t adopted it because they are worried about the impact that the new security features will have on their infrastructure.
I guess because we’ve heard so little about SP3, when it arrives we can expect it to consist basically of a rollup of hotfixes since SP2, plus SP2 itself; but its arrival will mean is that, based on the Microsoft support lifecycle, SP1 will effectively be out of support. Now’s the time to think seriously about SP2/3 adoption!
Although I have Windows Vista beta 1 installed on one of my computers, I haven’t spent as much time looking at it as I would like to (although I will say that I don’t think much of the new Aero interface – it all feels a bit too much like the Linux KDE desktop to me – but I guess many people I know don’t like the Windows XP Lunar interface and elect to run in classic mode so maybe I’m just turning into a dinosaur too…).
For those who don’t have access to the beta, or just anyone who wants an overview of what Windows Vista should bring us next year, Microsoft have a Windows Vista product overview for IT professionals on their website.