I'll give some random Windows tips tonight, since it's getting late and I don't really want to think. So here's some stuff I've been putting off. So let's talk utilities and troubleshooting.

I found a search in my log analysis for "disadvantages of windows 3.1," which I found interesting. I can talk about that.

"Windows 2000," I muttered as one of my computers fired up so my girlfriend could use it. "Must mean something about the number of bugs that'll be discovered tomorrow."

Lots of people asked me today what I thought about the IDC study that says Windows is cheaper than Linux. I yawned.

I had e-mail today about running dot-matrix printers in Windows, which confused me at first because fundamentally, getting one type of printer to work in Windows is no different from getting another one to work: You load the right driver and you go.

I got mail at work today. The subject:

I went looking for a lightweight POP3 client last week for Windows so I could do some testing. I found Popcorn. I like it a lot.

Over at Ars Technica, there's a thread expressing horror and dismay that the Navy is using WordStar in some of its departments--or, for that matter, that anyone alive is using WordStar.

I think I have a new most favoritest Web browser of all time for Windows. Or I will soon.

In response to Apple, Microsoft started its own "Switch" campaign featuring a freelance writer who ditched a Mac for a PC that runs Windows.