Wacom drivers?

Windows is just great! When you restart your pc (because you of course have to after it dies for no reason)and you would like to have you Wacom Tablet drivers working immediatly with the start of the system - be prepared that it will not happen, and that you will have to wait another 3 minutes for the drivers to start working.

SO if you only use a Tablet (like many tablet users do) you are screwed - because for those few minutes while WIndows is trying to start working you can't do anything!

Mac is so much worse, the drivers just work automatically and the same with all applications.

Finding files in Windows 7?

OK with this subject Windows 7 crawled out from beneath the rock, and actually gives you an option to browse files when you dont know where they are - or you dont want to waste a whole afternoon trying to find out when is this one file from a million you use in your work. But, because it's Windows nothing can't be easy - if you type in/copy paste the name of the file in the feald above the Windows /start button you might get info that it does not exist. Wat you have to do is open a new Browser window - and than select the partition/usb stick/external disc you want to browse. After this unnecessary time taking step ( what if you have more than one external disc?) you see the file - but not there yet. If you actually want to see where it is - you have to right click, "locate file" and than....

Yes Mac is so much worse, it's so annoying to only have to press "apple+space" and immediatly see the file where it is and have it all nicely visually sorted...

First Windows daily fail!

Today I was working in Illustrator as usual, nicely and peacefully. Suddenly my computer restarts - with no warning. If I would press a short cut by accident - of course why would it give me any warning? Anyway, already accepting the fact that I lost few minutes of work when I did not compulsively press "ctrl + s" and patiently waiting for the system to re-launch it turns out that for some magical ( Windows) reason my tablet settings are suddenly not working - again??

For a reminder, I've already spend hours on technical support with WACOM and ADOBE to make this damn tablet work on Windows 7...

So I restart again..

nope does't work..

ohh but wait 5 min later the tablet drivers and settings suddenly work?

Wow now that is real magic!