The needing to be a root user is just bring windows into line with linux. THe speech recognition is also aparently good. But yeah, I wouldn't touch vista. At least not yet. Give it a year or so and someone will have figured out how to make vista at least semi ok. At 11:26 a.m. 3/09/2007, you wrote:
>I just wish that I could get to grips with .net, and I wish that Vista >wasn't such a huge pain in the backside. If it wasn't for the fact that IE7 >is buggy with FTP sites, .net isn't all that accessible, too many >restrictions with Vista, including no WaveOutMix, the menus were different, >and that some of the games I play everyday can't be played on Vista, I'd >probably upgrade now, since I've heard it's got better SAPI voices, better >cd writing capabilities, better DVD playing accessibility features, etc, >etc. I mean, the fact that you have to be administrator to install things, >and not just an administrative user. I think that's going way too far, and >the parental control filtering stuff. > >Regards, >Damien Sadler >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 1:57 AM >Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Kitchensinc games in vb6 > > > > Hi Jim, > > Ah, I see. Yes, for XP users that is definately the case. Though, if I > > upgrade to .Net 3.0 the .Net extra installation isn't necessary since > > .Net 3.0 is a core part of Vista. > > Which is really one of the main reasons I picked .Net as my platform. > > The .Net Framework is being included as a core part of Microsoft's new > > technologies, Windows Vista, Windows CE 6, and so on, and it's becoming > > the new standard for application development for Windows. > > Right now XP is the main Windows OS out there, and because it is older > > these dependancies I am using need to be added. However, in a couple of > > years or so when Vista is more widely used requiring to download and > > install the dependancies won't be as big a deal since theywill be > > already included in the OS. > > > > Jim Kitchen wrote: > >> Hi Thomas, > >> > >> Thank you, but my point was that allot of people need to down load and > >> install other software to be able to play your games. Which seems now to > >> be the complaint about vb6 games. > >> > >> BFN > >> > > > > > > --- > > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > > list, > > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >--- >Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.13.2/983 - Release Date: >1/09/2007 4:20 p.m. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.13.2/983 - Release Date: 1/09/2007 4:20 p.m. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
