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Ok! It's a new, week old, HP, top of their line notebook, with every option,
2 hard drives, 384 m video, etc. I put 90G's of stuff including schedulers from 1999, little programs that aren't ready for Vista, all pictures loaded wirelessly from XP laptops and desktops, etc on it. Rebooted after -- ** EACH **-- program install. Yas, its slow, but I will dump ALL Norton stuff next week for non Norton or McAfee stuff to speed it up. Great OS so far. Only one little problem. When I bought it direct from HP, I also got a HP A616 little toy photo printer along with a real full size printer. The A616 little photo printer won't work at all with VISTA, but does perfectly with another new HP notebook I got from uBid / direct from HP; that has Windows XP Media Center 2005. It's on my network so no problem, it just can't work directly hooked to the Vista notebook. No biggie for me. I do believe all this gripe stuff we see is because most are trying to upgrade poor systems, or they load more than one progran at a time before rebooting. Comments!!! |
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Well, you shouldn't need to reboot for most app installs these days unless
instructed to. "Richard" <curtis6317@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:O6TKOk3sHHA.2004@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Ok! It's a new, week old, HP, top of their line notebook, with every > option, 2 hard drives, 384 m video, etc. I put 90G's of stuff including > schedulers from 1999, little programs that aren't ready for Vista, all > pictures loaded wirelessly from XP laptops and desktops, etc on it. > > Rebooted after -- ** EACH **-- program install. Yas, its slow, but I will > dump ALL Norton stuff next week for non Norton or McAfee stuff to speed it > up. Great OS so far. Only one little problem. When I bought it direct from > HP, I also got a HP A616 little toy photo printer along with a real full > size printer. The A616 little photo printer won't work at all with VISTA, > but does perfectly with another new HP notebook I got from uBid / direct > from HP; that has Windows XP Media Center 2005. It's on my network so no > problem, it just can't work directly hooked to the Vista notebook. No > biggie for me. > > I do believe all this gripe stuff we see is because most are trying to > upgrade poor systems, or they load more than one progran at a time before > rebooting. > > Comments!!! > > |
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I think that's true. Most people complain because they have old hardware
and didn't verify that their hardware would work with Vista, they have old programs they want to use, or they do an upgrade, passing along current issues with the new OS. One should never do an upgrade, just a clean install. I don't use Norton or McAfee as they are horrible programs, using system resources, slowing down the computer, causing havoc with programs. They are trouble. Use AVG Free or Avast. You will be happier. I had a few issues with Vista when I first installed it, and now it runs pretty fast, not as fast as XP, but pretty close. I have a high end PC so it's pretty compatable with Vista. If my PC were 2 or 3 years old, I would have stuck with XP. Yes, there are people who have new computers who have problems installing Microsoft products, but that goes with the territory. A service pack should be ready by years end, more printer drivers released, more video drivers released, and even for those Ubuntu zealots, they will probably get an upgrade also. "Richard" <curtis6317@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:O6TKOk3sHHA.2004@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Ok! It's a new, week old, HP, top of their line notebook, with every > option, 2 hard drives, 384 m video, etc. I put 90G's of stuff including > schedulers from 1999, little programs that aren't ready for Vista, all > pictures loaded wirelessly from XP laptops and desktops, etc on it. > > Rebooted after -- ** EACH **-- program install. Yas, its slow, but I will > dump ALL Norton stuff next week for non Norton or McAfee stuff to speed it > up. Great OS so far. Only one little problem. When I bought it direct from > HP, I also got a HP A616 little toy photo printer along with a real full > size printer. The A616 little photo printer won't work at all with VISTA, > but does perfectly with another new HP notebook I got from uBid / direct > from HP; that has Windows XP Media Center 2005. It's on my network so no > problem, it just can't work directly hooked to the Vista notebook. No > biggie for me. > > I do believe all this gripe stuff we see is because most are trying to > upgrade poor systems, or they load more than one progran at a time before > rebooting. > > Comments!!! > > |
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Or, they have old and insufficient hardware and know such. They insist that
Vista should run on their computer (Celeron 1.7 gig with no L2 cache). They come here and when they are told that their system is not sufficient for Vista, they get an attitude. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) "Bill Yanaire" <bill@yanaire.com> wrote in message news:%23D$Ezp3sHHA.4612@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >I think that's true. Most people complain because they have old hardware >and didn't verify that their hardware would work with Vista, they have old >programs they want to use, or they do an upgrade, passing along current >issues with the new OS. One should never do an upgrade, just a clean >install. > > I don't use Norton or McAfee as they are horrible programs, using system > resources, slowing down the computer, causing havoc with programs. They > are trouble. Use AVG Free or Avast. You will be happier. > > I had a few issues with Vista when I first installed it, and now it runs > pretty fast, not as fast as XP, but pretty close. I have a high end PC so > it's pretty compatable with Vista. If my PC were 2 or 3 years old, I > would have stuck with XP. > > Yes, there are people who have new computers who have problems installing > Microsoft products, but that goes with the territory. A service pack > should be ready by years end, more printer drivers released, more video > drivers released, and even for those Ubuntu zealots, they will probably > get an upgrade also. > > > "Richard" <curtis6317@bellsouth.net> wrote in message > news:O6TKOk3sHHA.2004@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> Ok! It's a new, week old, HP, top of their line notebook, with every >> option, 2 hard drives, 384 m video, etc. I put 90G's of stuff including >> schedulers from 1999, little programs that aren't ready for Vista, all >> pictures loaded wirelessly from XP laptops and desktops, etc on it. >> >> Rebooted after -- ** EACH **-- program install. Yas, its slow, but I will >> dump ALL Norton stuff next week for non Norton or McAfee stuff to speed >> it up. Great OS so far. Only one little problem. When I bought it direct >> from HP, I also got a HP A616 little toy photo printer along with a real >> full size printer. The A616 little photo printer won't work at all with >> VISTA, but does perfectly with another new HP notebook I got from uBid / >> direct from HP; that has Windows XP Media Center 2005. It's on my network >> so no problem, it just can't work directly hooked to the Vista notebook. >> No biggie for me. >> >> I do believe all this gripe stuff we see is because most are trying to >> upgrade poor systems, or they load more than one progran at a time before >> rebooting. >> >> Comments!!! >> >> > > |
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I don't think he has to reboot, he just wants to.
"Mac" <mac@nospam.com> wrote in message news:%23$fS0p3sHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Well, you shouldn't need to reboot for most app installs these days unless > instructed to. > > "Richard" <curtis6317@bellsouth.net> wrote in message > news:O6TKOk3sHHA.2004@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> Ok! It's a new, week old, HP, top of their line notebook, with every >> option, 2 hard drives, 384 m video, etc. I put 90G's of stuff including >> schedulers from 1999, little programs that aren't ready for Vista, all >> pictures loaded wirelessly from XP laptops and desktops, etc on it. >> >> Rebooted after -- ** EACH **-- program install. Yas, its slow, but I will >> dump ALL Norton stuff next week for non Norton or McAfee stuff to speed >> it up. Great OS so far. Only one little problem. When I bought it direct >> from HP, I also got a HP A616 little toy photo printer along with a real >> full size printer. The A616 little photo printer won't work at all with >> VISTA, but does perfectly with another new HP notebook I got from uBid / >> direct from HP; that has Windows XP Media Center 2005. It's on my network >> so no problem, it just can't work directly hooked to the Vista notebook. >> No biggie for me. >> >> I do believe all this gripe stuff we see is because most are trying to >> upgrade poor systems, or they load more than one progran at a time before >> rebooting. >> >> Comments!!! >> >> |
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"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:O0ZOww3sHHA.1728@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Or, they have old and insufficient hardware and know such. They insist > that Vista should run on their computer (Celeron 1.7 gig with no L2 > cache). They come here and when they are told that their system is not > sufficient for Vista, they get an attitude. As I have stated earlier, the real problem they are sold these computers from Dell and HP and told they can only use Vista. THIS is destroying the reputation of the OS among the public. Of course the Mac adverts with the comic Duo have capitalized on this...we will see what happens when the final Leopard roars. |
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Going through direct experience with people with "so called" top of the line
Pc with Vista installed and it's hell for lot's of people. HP machines have the most problems while Acer seem to handle it all a lot better. I'm a Mac (G5 Quad) and Windows user and find that Mac is just the best....Microsoft still has a lot to learn on making things User Easy. Andy "Telstar" <none@none> ha scritto nel messaggio news:uj1B223sHHA.4612@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:O0ZOww3sHHA.1728@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Or, they have old and insufficient hardware and know such. They insist >> that Vista should run on their computer (Celeron 1.7 gig with no L2 >> cache). They come here and when they are told that their system is not >> sufficient for Vista, they get an attitude. > > As I have stated earlier, the real problem they are sold these computers > from Dell and HP and told they can only use Vista. THIS is destroying the > reputation of the OS among the public. Of course the Mac adverts with the > comic Duo have capitalized on this...we will see what happens when the > final Leopard roars. > > |
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On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:25:38 -0400, "Richard"
<curtis6317@bellsouth.net> wrote: >Ok! It's a new, week old, HP, top of their line notebook, with every option, >2 hard drives, 384 m video, etc. I put 90G's of stuff including schedulers >from 1999, little programs that aren't ready for Vista, all pictures loaded >wirelessly from XP laptops and desktops, etc on it. > > Rebooted after -- ** EACH **-- program install. Yas, its slow, but I will >dump ALL Norton stuff next week for non Norton or McAfee stuff to speed it >up. Great OS so far. Only one little problem. When I bought it direct from >HP, I also got a HP A616 little toy photo printer along with a real full >size printer. The A616 little photo printer won't work at all with VISTA, >but does perfectly with another new HP notebook I got from uBid / direct >from HP; that has Windows XP Media Center 2005. It's on my network so no >problem, it just can't work directly hooked to the Vista notebook. No biggie >for me. > >I do believe all this gripe stuff we see is because most are trying to >upgrade poor systems, or they load more than one progran at a time before >rebooting. > >Comments!!! I guess you're a technical whiz huh? ROTFLMAO! You put on 90 G's worth of stuff, oh wow, I'm impressed. I put almost 2 TB's worth of stuff, over a million files so I call you and raise the bet, since I did a install in place. Yep, aside from annoying BUILD-In stupidity like UAC, and never fixed Windows Explorer, Media Player bugs and other things Microsoft never really fixes and were broke already in XP, Vista works fine for me too (aside from it being as slow as a snail in file handling) in spite of being having plenty of legacy software vintage Windows 3.1 era. The POINT that zooms over the heads of all the fanboys is Vista does NOT work for a lot of people regardless of hardware being "certified for Vista" and software claimed to be Vista "ready" because deep down in the rat hole of some 50 million lines of code Vista remains buggy as hell and some issues only show up SOMETIME for SOME people under SOME situations using a certain combination of hardware and software. You would think fellow users would have some sympathy. Not here, the boneheads crew rather gloat, snort and act like little kids having endless temper tantrums while they of course engage in non stop pretending they're smarter than everybody else. Damn funny non stop show. |
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On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:47:15 -0400, "Richard Urban"
<richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote: >Or, they have old and insufficient hardware and know such. They insist that >Vista should run on their computer (Celeron 1.7 gig with no L2 cache). They >come here and when they are told that their system is not sufficient for >Vista, they get an attitude. An attitude worse than yours little Richie? |
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Windows Server 2008 Beta 3 Public Beta Works Even Better, Just FYI.
"Richard" <curtis6317@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:O6TKOk3sHHA.2004@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Ok! It's a new, week old, HP, top of their line notebook, with every > option, 2 hard drives, 384 m video, etc. I put 90G's of stuff including > schedulers from 1999, little programs that aren't ready for Vista, all > pictures loaded wirelessly from XP laptops and desktops, etc on it. > > Rebooted after -- ** EACH **-- program install. Yas, its slow, but I will > dump ALL Norton stuff next week for non Norton or McAfee stuff to speed it > up. Great OS so far. Only one little problem. When I bought it direct from > HP, I also got a HP A616 little toy photo printer along with a real full > size printer. The A616 little photo printer won't work at all with VISTA, > but does perfectly with another new HP notebook I got from uBid / direct > from HP; that has Windows XP Media Center 2005. It's on my network so no > problem, it just can't work directly hooked to the Vista notebook. No > biggie for me. > > I do believe all this gripe stuff we see is because most are trying to > upgrade poor systems, or they load more than one progran at a time before > rebooting. > > Comments!!! > > |
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