Windows Vista

[idrankwhat 0]

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I cannot remember how long it's been since I've actually had a problem with a MS product.
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Congratulations! But realize that you are the exception, not the norm. If you didn't check out Nightingale's post above, you should. Even their own VP's admit the problem. Admittedly though, if MS is working for you without any problem then I wouldn't change a thing.

[lawrocket 3]

My IT guy says that Vista is a wonderful product - for your home personal computer. But the business version is just plain messed up.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[freethefly 6]

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and Norton (which I've dumped and use something else) iincompatible with Vista.

I've had my Dell E1505 with Vista Ultimate since Feb. and have yet to have any problems with Norton.

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HP quickly refunded my cost for Norton and also one program (Roxio) that only gliches in one area (Videowave) but worked great in all the other modules.

I am, however, wondering why Roxio Creator was bundled in with the software package as the driver is not compatible. To date Roxio have not yet offered a solution.
I agree that Vista is more fluff than substance. Setting up programs that worked great with XP was time consuming. I did have to wait for a driver to be developed from Safe-Net to interface with my Sentinal Superpro USB keys. As I was told by a technician from Safe-Net, Microsoft was not so anxious to supply beta copies to programmers so as they could uprade their programs for Vista. I still cannot download from Vista to my embroidery machine and have to operate it using my other laptop that does have XP (glad I kept the old doorstop). I am taking possession of a DTG (direct to garment) printer next week and have been told that there are glitches with the software compatibility when interfacing with Vista and that I should probaly use XP. Again it was due to MS not wanting to supply copies to programmers. I was wanting to go with a Mac but, was told by the programmer of digitizing software I use that it was not compatible with Mac. Nor was the machine compatible with Mac's OS. If not for my software, I would had booted MS a long time ago. And that's another thing, Rebooting. Every freaking time I turn around there is another fix and another reboot. It has gotten to the point where it seem that it will never end. Fix, reboot, fix, reboot... I am rebooting in my sleep. It is a never ending nightmare of fix and reboot... I can't take it much longer....AAAAAUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGG. Oh, the humanity.... I want a Mac.

"...And once you're gone, you can't come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black."
Neil Young

[VincentVL. 0]

I had my first BSOD on a brand new laptop after about 4 days and a few installs.

A lot of things just don't work yet.

[craddock 0]

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I never had a problem like those "everyone" seems to be having with MS products?

Not everyone. I have three PC's in my house. One desktop that I built and two laptops/notebooks. Only one has antivirus software. All three are running 24/7 online via Comcast cable. The only time they get shut down is because of a new software which requires a reboot, loss of power during storms, or my toddler's fascination with power buttons. Even when I travel I use standy mode primarly. Years ago I had a Trojan I had to remove on my Desktop. Took a few minutes of my time to fix that.

btw- they are all XP PRO

That spot isn't bad at all, the winds were strong and that was the issue! It was just on the downwind side.

[kelpdiver 2]

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Ugh, I just get sick of people talking about MS as if they only make devil software that is out to destroy your computer or leave it vulnerable. They are the best at what they do, or else over 80% of household desktops wouldn't be MS-based.

Many of us have just lowered our expectations for what MS can do. Win2000 and XP mostly work, outside of the issues with the WGA package they've tried to sneak in this past year.

But work well? How well do you expect something with 100 million lines of code to perform? And since they were 15 years behind the unix world on thinking about security, it's been very slow going.

You only pointed towards their tendency to write unstable, insecure code. We could also talk about how they have stolen other companies products. Occasionally they get slapped with a billion dollar penalty to those they wronged. Pocket money for MS, and leaves the other company still out of business.

There are lots of valid reasons to bash em. Vista is just the latest.

[ExAFO 0]

Mac. Mac-Mac-Mac.

Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW.