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Ashton Crusher
OK, so I just got my first taste of Vista (Ultimate). I was called upon by
an acquaintance to come and help them with their new HP DV9000 laptop (nice
box) loaded with Vista Ultimate. I really disliked what I found in Vista.
Perhaps you may ask why?
The main reason I didn't like it was the Vista GUI. I couldn't find
anything I was looking for. Everything has either moved or changed its name
or both. Nothing is where it has been for at least the last three
generations of Windows.
Oh, yeah, I 'got it' that "Properties" is now "Personalize" but what about
the properties for various objects like individual files, folders, etc. If
I want to know the height and width of a jpg or gif image, I used to be able
to just check the Properties for that object. What now? I don't know yet.
Basically Vista has turned the Windows world on its head, and for no
apparent good reason. I simply cannot understand why Microsoft is so dense
that they cannot understand that many, if not most, veteran users of Windows
are going to find this to be a horrible and confusing experience as did my
friend and as I did also.
Before I get any unhelpful comments, I need to say that I am a very
experienced user and very technically savvy in both hardware and software.
Before I reached age 59 (in 2002) I was employed as an Engineering
Technician III at Intel Corporation where I provided technician support to a
major validation lab and was part of a team of six technicians supporting
about 60 engineers and over 600 computers and about 400 validation
platforms. That was before the big layoff in the Fall of 2002. My
electronics career spans 47 years and I've been heavily involved with
computers ever since 1982 and the days of the original DOS / IBM XT 4.7 MHz
box. I'm the most technically savvy guy that anyone in my circle knows. I
don't even know anyone more technically savvy than me. That's why I am
addressing my question here in this forum where some VERY tech-savvy folks
hang out.
So cutting to the chase --
the question I am asking here is this:
Is there any kind of good book or technical reference out there yet (like
O'Reilly or ...? ) that can help me make the transition from XP to Vista? I
need to understand what's going on "under the hood". For example what
happened to all of the user profile and application data and local settings,
etc. that used to be found under Documents and Settings. And that's just
for starters.
I think everyone here knows what I am talking about and what I am asking.
So I would appreciate any helpful information or suggestions that would aid
my "Vista learning curve".
Thanks.
=Howard Leighty=
Oh, and the email address is my real email address and anyone can send me a
private reply if they wish. I fear no spam because I use MailWasher Pro,
the best email spam defense that I know of.
I didn't find Vista to be all the different then XP. Sure some stuff
in moved or named differently but so far I've found everything without
much problem simply by using the HELP system. Have you tried HELP??