Windows XP Media Center Sucks. Vista Sucks.
With Vista as the print server (Vista Print Server - aka Vista Sucks) and XP Media Center as the print client the printer I setup on the XP Media Center (henceforth XP Sucks) the printer magically disappears from the list of networked printers and equally magically turns itself into a local printer on LPT1 over and over again. There’s no such thing as magic - but there are nightmares. This is another Microsoft nightmare.
Which OS is at fault? XP Media Center? Vista Sucks? The answer is: Microsoft SUCKS. As a straight platform Win2K was the BEST OS Microsuck ever came out with. Win2k is lightweight, fast and relieble. Configure it once and it stays configured, maintains its connections, doesn’t obfuscate or hide controls and is granular enough to be manageable on a micro level.
As for Microsoft software, well, let’s just say that if the Vatican in Rome programmed a “ROMAN WORLD” Operating System I would not run down to my local vatican software store and load it up with everything “vatican-only” ROMAN WORLD SOFTWARE any more than I would buy everything I own from Mary Kay or Tupperware if I had the choice.
