Customer Preview Impressions

[Guest]

I was very impressed with the nice "eye candy" in Vista. It looks like the
released version will be excellent.

I had a couple problems which will make it necessary for me to remove it
though.

1. Control Panel causes Windows Explorer to restart.
2. Printer driver for my HP PSC 950 is faulty. Plain text from Notepad
prints great, but trying the Windows Test Print page does not come out
correctly. I also tried to print from Publisher and the page started great,
but then garbage after that.
3. I have a 16-bit application, which starts great, but it tries to play
some MIDI files and then bombs out.
4. No support for my company's VPN client by Nortel.
5. Despite having the check in the modem setting that turns on the speaker,
I did not hear any sound.

I guess I had hoped that with all the work that has gone into Vista that the
Beta 2 would have been a bit more stable.

I'll wait for RC1 and hope for better results.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Be sure and file your feedback with MS. This is not a managed newsgroup and
your comments will not reach them from here.

 

[Jonah]

I was very impressed with the nice "eye candy" in Vista. It looks like the
released version will be excellent.

I had a couple problems which will make it necessary for me to remove it
though.

1. Control Panel causes Windows Explorer to restart.
2. Printer driver for my HP PSC 950 is faulty. Plain text from Notepad
prints great, but trying the Windows Test Print page does not come out
correctly. I also tried to print from Publisher and the page started great,
but then garbage after that.
3. I have a 16-bit application, which starts great, but it tries to play
some MIDI files and then bombs out.
4. No support for my company's VPN client by Nortel.
5. Despite having the check in the modem setting that turns on the speaker,
I did not hear any sound.

I guess I had hoped that with all the work that has gone into Vista that the
Beta 2 would have been a bit more stable.

I'll wait for RC1 and hope for better results.

I am interested in Item 5

You still got one of those dial up modems with the warbling and bing
bonging and stuff? Have not seen one in years.

Actually I am just checking out Agent on this Vista install, needed
something to reply to.



Jonah

 

[Guest]

It must have taken a looong time to download with the 'warbling and bing
bonging and stuff'.....

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

That's why he keep fading in and out.

It must have taken a looong time to download with the 'warbling and bing
bonging and stuff'.....

 

[jonah]

It must have taken a looong time to download with the 'warbling and bing
bonging and stuff'.....

Thats the other reason I am interested, 3Gb on a dial up
modem............jeeze!



Jonah

 

[Guest]

People that have modems and 16bit programs may need to stay with XP or Win98.
The hardware has to keep up with the software.
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[Guest]

It's a winmodem, but I like to hear the beeps and warbles. It lets me know
how the dial-up connection is progressing rather than just wating for it to
connect. Also that way I can tell if some program is trying to connect when
I don't want it to.

 

[Guest]

I ordered the DVD. I wouldn't be foolish enough to download that big of a
file, especially since my ISP disconnects automatically after 8 hours even if
the connection is active the entire time.

 

[Guest]

It's the only 16-bit app I have. It plays the music from our church hymnal.
I can't justify getting DSL since I only use my computer at home in the
evenings. If I worked full time from home, then I would definitely get it.
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Mike Polinske
Milwaukee, WI
HP dv1175 laptop
1 GB RAM
100 GB harddrive
Pentium Celeron 1.6 GHz processor