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Been a while since I brought up one of the myriad of Vista problems I've run
into, but this one is so elementary, "WTF" has become almost like a comma in
my speech. Basically, I hit the Start button, and hit the Shutdown button
(the one that looks like the power icon on electronics). Whereas Vista used
to bring up a list of applications running and ask if I'd like to shut down
anyway, all I get is the screen dims to black and after less than a second,
it goes back to my normal desktop as if nothing had happened. There is no
event indicating a problem in the Event Log, and Vista isn't doing squat
outside briefly dimming the screen, so what the hell gives? If there was a
problem with the system, why isn't Vista reporting it? There should either be
an event logged or a <gasp> dialog box telling me what's happening, but it's
just the same half-assed functional nothing that I'm getting used to yet
oh-so-tired of in Vista. That being absent, I'm left with searching Usenet,
and so far, all I've seen on the topic pertains to Vista doing stuff like
restarting instead of shutting down and other stuff indicative of Vista doing
SOMETHING.
BTW: This is attempt number 4 at posting this because in addition to the
aforementioned being broken, Outlook Express (I call it like I see it, and
whatever MS is calling now it is just as terrible as OE was and now is)
decided that it can't sign into Communities so stuck itself in a damn
infinite loop of a message box telling me it can't sign in, so apologies if
this message shows up multiple times...I can't tell if it posted it or not.
So in summary, they can't be bothered to display a message box when the
system fails to respond to a shutdown request, but it can't sign into its own
ID service, it spins off into an INFINITE LOOP. I'm trying to recall the
last time I've even seen an infinite loop in production code...seriously.
into, but this one is so elementary, "WTF" has become almost like a comma in
my speech. Basically, I hit the Start button, and hit the Shutdown button
(the one that looks like the power icon on electronics). Whereas Vista used
to bring up a list of applications running and ask if I'd like to shut down
anyway, all I get is the screen dims to black and after less than a second,
it goes back to my normal desktop as if nothing had happened. There is no
event indicating a problem in the Event Log, and Vista isn't doing squat
outside briefly dimming the screen, so what the hell gives? If there was a
problem with the system, why isn't Vista reporting it? There should either be
an event logged or a <gasp> dialog box telling me what's happening, but it's
just the same half-assed functional nothing that I'm getting used to yet
oh-so-tired of in Vista. That being absent, I'm left with searching Usenet,
and so far, all I've seen on the topic pertains to Vista doing stuff like
restarting instead of shutting down and other stuff indicative of Vista doing
SOMETHING.
BTW: This is attempt number 4 at posting this because in addition to the
aforementioned being broken, Outlook Express (I call it like I see it, and
whatever MS is calling now it is just as terrible as OE was and now is)
decided that it can't sign into Communities so stuck itself in a damn
infinite loop of a message box telling me it can't sign in, so apologies if
this message shows up multiple times...I can't tell if it posted it or not.
So in summary, they can't be bothered to display a message box when the
system fails to respond to a shutdown request, but it can't sign into its own
ID service, it spins off into an INFINITE LOOP. I'm trying to recall the
last time I've even seen an infinite loop in production code...seriously.