[CTS] Re: Vista
- From: "Eric C. Vogel" <ECVogel@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:00:04 -0500
My issue is IE crashes and restarts sometimes when I close it. Easy Transfer
was a nightmare I had to use save to network share, use a differnt app to move
Outlook data and something else. But the direct over my network I think it was
my old Microsoft MN-500 as it even stopped serving wifi and ethernet too.
Thank you,
Eric Vogel ~Windows Live! MVP~
http://www.msmvps.com/shelluser
http://shelluser.mvps.org
http://msn.mvps.org
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From: Bruce Eddy
To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 10:30 PM
Subject: [CTS] Re: Vista
Hi Hal….
Let me give you a perspective of sorts…
I’ve been on every beta for MS operating systems since windows 98. I’ve
jumped at the first chance to install the very 1st beta they sent me or had me
download, and never looked back…. Every step of the way with Vista it’s been
different. In many ways it’s a lot like having to relearn what you already know
is there or do-able but they’ve moved it? I’ve been in on the very 1st Vista
betas on thru till the end. I’ve had Vista Ultimate final installed here since
it was released. I’ve run it a whopping 6 times at best? I’m constantly finding
myself saying ‘and this is supposed to be easier/better’? To me it’s just not
worth the effort yet? The eye candy is pretty but gets annoying after a while.
When every single window that opens has to start small and ‘grow’ it’s almost
like too much movement or something? The see thru windows etc… trust me after a
while you find yourself being angry that the one you want and can see (kinda
sorta) always has a window in front of it and hard to read?
So then I thought, well if for no other reason than the added security? Well
as you read the news pretty much every day or two some new fallacy comes out
about Vista’s so-called added security. The new firewall that’s supposed to be
so great?? Think again, Oh, it’s miles above XP’s firewall, But ,you know what
happens when you install a firewall? The 1st time it runs you get 17
permissions windows asking if it’s ok for this program or that to log
on…..Well, MS in their infinite wisdom, decided they didn’t want the out of box
experience for a new user to be hit with 15 windows asking for those firewall
permissions, so the outbound blocking is set to allow everything by default?
Ouch….. that’s almost worse than no firewall at all? Worse yet you need a PHD
in Quantum Physics to figure out where and how to reset those permissions.
Do-able, yepper, but definitely Not for the squeamish.
So then I thought well, if nothing else, the AV/Spyware thing should be
synch? Who could possibly know more about ways to break into Windows and how to
block than MS? Wrong again…turns out that MS’s Live One Care utilities failed
worse than many other 3rd party apps? They (VirusBulletin) said it was
something like 99.79% correct in it’s test, but the .21% miss equaled something
like 31 different ‘bad guy’ issues. Now, that .21% doesn’t sound too shabby to
me at 1st site, but the 31 bad guy issues sounds pretty unacceptable to me.
There’s more, but that’d make this a very wordy email? Personally, it’s to
the point where I’m running out of ideas on what’s trustworthy any more. What
to actually recommend. All the big guys keep saying when the ever popular SP1
comes out things will be better? But, that too, could also be a lot of wishful
thinking….
Quite honestly I’m heading to Mac as soon as my finances allow it. It used to
be almost fun to fight the fight and win,
It’s not ‘fun’ any more.
Just my 15 cents….
Bruce
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From: computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hal Brown
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 3:40 PM
To: CTS
Subject: [CTS] Vista
OK, just out of curiosity, who is going to move to Vista? I mean as soon as
possible. Frankly, I haven't even looked at it. I've been through all the
Winders changes from the 3.1 on, and I just don't care. I *may* have a look in
a year or so, after I hear the problems with it.
Thoughts on it if you are using it?
-- Hal Brown
email: hal.brown@xxxxxxxx
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