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Windows 7(RC): first impressions

Finally there is a release candidate for Windows 7. I had been waiting for it for last few months. My stint with it's predecessor, Vista though spread over just 7 months, had not gone smooth. I had to face a lot of issues as others did. The issue that irritated me the most is the access related confirmation message that often popped up when I had to start any software installation or run some applications like Daemon Tools etc. Vista is slow in starting up, often shows up some unwanted permission related messages when one tries to write/modify anything inside the directories like Progam Files/Windows. The Dreamscene component that runs a video as a desktop background often works for few minutes before generating errors. All these facts were forcing me to think for an alternative like a Windows XP installation in my laptop, but as it is a XPS M1530, Dell does not provide the drivers for XP. There are some unofficial articles available on internet regarding XP installation in XPS M15...

Things terribly wrong in India

Recently, I have been studying a lot about my country, India over internet. Though all the information can't be argued to be genuine, but yes, there are some common topics which would not have been so much discussed hadn't they bore bit of reality. Some of them totally deal with the various loopwholes prevailing in our system. I am continuing my quest for gaining furthur knowledge about those facts. So, in next few posts, I'll try to put my views on such problems.