Vista sucks, I am upgrading to XP

[shrtcrt-cl]

If you have a store bought machine with Vista, yes contact them! I totally agree with Scott. I was sharing how I do it since I build my own machines.

[Biyobe-cl]

ya that machine i have it pretty much self built, i do believe i may have to upgrade to XP after the holidays

[mrgatorman]

Originally Posted by Biyobe

So downgrading back to XP was an awful experience or Vista in general? I'm toying with the notion of going back to XP... but don't want the hassle of uninstalling, formating and reinstalling to do that.

Sorry...using Vista was a monumental headache. It looks really nice, but a bear to deal with. I even considered that the change needs to be looked at in a positive way. I tried for three months using my computer just about every day. I tried with a positive attitude. ut I had one issue after another...Vista is a resource hog and isnt compatable with alot of my software. I eveen upgraded my Office to Office Vista...Outlook sucked. Doesnt work in an a web based email application. Overall very dissappointed.

I moved back to Windows XP Pro. BEST MOVE IVE EVER MADE!!!

Im glad to be back to XP, I do miss the graphics and some of the conveniences of Vista, But WAY underweighed by the headaches.

[FoZzMaN-cl]

Originally Posted by shrtcrt

If you have a store bought machine with Vista, yes contact them! I totally agree with Scott. I was sharing how I do it since I build my own machines.

Never mind.

[coach-cl]

ok the wife bought me a lap top for christmas. a dell with vista...now my ?'s b4 going to dell support:

1- Why can't I sign on to some sites...i.e. Yahoo, C-bid???? I can go to their main pages and look around but cannot sign into my accounts. I get a screen that says i am not connected to the internet when i am???

2- if windows mail replaced outlook express,then why can't/doesnt the process except the configurations that both windows/my dsl carrier have given me to use for immplementation( my dsl is roadrunner)

oh yeah my wife's a vp of networking for a large banking institution and she's totally baffled by this shit.

any :support: would gladly be helpful...you can pm me to.

thx
randy

[slkr4life]

Never used Vista. Thank God the Army is usually years behind!

[shrtcrt-cl]

Originally Posted by coach

ok the wife bought me a lap top for christmas. a dell with vista...now my ?'s b4 going to dell support:

1- Why can't I sign on to some sites...i.e. Yahoo, C-bid???? I can go to their main pages and look around but cannot sign into my accounts. I get a screen that says i am not connected to the internet when i am???

Do you get the generic IE page that says you are not connected? Have you tried FireFox?

Originally Posted by coach

2- if windows mail replaced outlook express,then why can't/doesnt the process except the configurations that both windows/my dsl carrier have given me to use for immplementation( my dsl is roadrunner)

Not sure what you are getting at? Are you trying to enter the mail server, user name and password and it is failing?

[coach-cl]

yes and yes along with the path codes

[BigBuddha76]

I have a feeling this may be the catalyst for the deposing of Micro$oft, maybe allowing PC mfgs to start using other OS's, hell maybe even a MAC OS for PC (but I'd rather have linux)

[shrtcrt-cl]

Originally Posted by coach

yes and yes along with the path codes

Huh? Can you share more?

[cybervee-cl]

Vista does suck right now. Wait about 4 years for them to work out the bugs and issue countless updates and it will be fine.

If you're in the computer industry you know to never run out and get the 'latest' anything, let alone an OS. But when you have to work for a living, and don't make the 'corporate decisions' you have to deal with garbage on a daily basis.

This text is from a Dilbert comic that was printed a few weeks ago - it speaks volumes.

Dilbert: "Why do all the decisions at my company feel like they are being made by drunken monkeys"
Garbage Man: "Because decisions are made by people with time, not people with talent"
Dilbert: "Why aren't the people with talent making the decisions?"
Garbage Man: "Because the people with talent are busy fixing the problems created by the people with time"

:errrr:

[Yesenia-cl]

Vista drove me to buy a MacBook! I still feel dirty about it. I've been a loyal PC user for 10 years. However, it irks me that almost all of the new notebooks come with Vista, and that I have to 'downgrade' to XP just to maintain sanity. From what I've researched, Microsoft will only be supporting XP until 2011. I remember how disappointed I was when I found out that Microsoft was cutting support for Windows '98. Ugh, I don't want to deal with PC nonsense anymore.

[shrtcrt-cl]

Yeah! Welcome to the club. Support to 2011 is not bad. I would hope by then Vista will be better. Actually by then they will have released a new version of Windows. That dirty feeling will go away when you realize how cool owning a Mac is and how easy things are. Now to can understand how computers are suppose to work. Let me know if you have ANY questions.

[coach-cl]

hey the wife finally broke through the bullshit. seems it was with norton and a firewall. i can now get my mail and sign into my other sites....yeah!!!!

[FoZzMaN-cl]

Norton is frequently the culprit, and always a PITA. I've seen it prevent systems from connecting to the web AT ALL.