MS Vista learning curve

[Carlos Manuel Pires]

Hello, me again, chugging along with my Win Vista laptop, so far it's all
good and dandy but for som minor annoyances:

1. SMC IrDA drivers: Where o where do I find a set of drivers for Vista? Are
they on the CD? If so, what is their location? The XP/2000 drivers _lock_
the OS on boot.

2. Navigation pane: Why o why does it have to _disappear_ every time I
follow a link to a folder! Is there a way to _anchor_ the thing?

3. Permission to execute: Good thing that it's there, but it's sort of
annoying to have to authorize every time a program runs. There should be a
setting to allow aprogram to run without asking permission. The whole idea
gives the OS a nice slave complex that makes you feel like you _are_ the
master of what happens to your computer, but there is a limit to everything,
right?

 

[Andre Da Costa [Extended64]]

1. SMC IrDA drivers: Where o where do I find a set of drivers for Vista? Are
they on the CD? If so, what is their location? The XP/2000 drivers _lock_
the OS on boot.
This looks like a job for.....Device driver manufacturer!

2. Navigation pane: Why o why does it have to _disappear_ every time I
follow a link to a folder! Is there a way to _anchor_ the thing?
? You use the bread crumb menu (address bar) for navigation. The enhanced
address bar features drop down menus along the current navigation path,
enabling you to easily backtrack or navigate forward, anywhere along an
address location in the Explorer.

3. Permission to execute: Good thing that it's there, but it's sort of
annoying to have to authorize every time a program runs. There should be a
setting to allow aprogram to run without asking permission. The whole idea
gives the OS a nice slave complex that makes you feel like you _are_ the
master of what happens to your computer, but there is a limit to everything,
right?

Agree, it is annoying, but it is still being worked on (is called UAP -
User Account Protection), you can currently disable this feature, but this
is not general expected behaviour, since Microsoft is expecting all users
to run with enabled at all times. Click Start > All Programs > Accessories
click launch, restart your system for the changes to take effect. Follow
the same procedures to reenable it if you so choose.

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[Robert Rixx]

Carlos that's an infrared driver for wirless operation for you peripherals.
IE printers , mouse.
the only place to get those driver are from the computer manufacturer. I'd
call who made you laptop and ask them to provide access to the drivers for
your laptop.