Well, those are certainly good practices. However, on the Dell PowerWorkStation 380 I had available, there never ever was a point where it worked (to where I could "roll back"). -------------------------------------- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org
"David Lum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/11/2008 11:14:11 AM: > My day-job work laptop is dual-boot XP and Vista Business. I've been > running the Vista side since 8/19/07 and have never had to boot back > to XP. Vista default printer is server-based, tons of the usual > admin apps loaded, etc. No issues. I know this doesn't help your > situation, but... > > Have to tried the restore feature? Maybe rolling it back to a > previous day where you know it worked, having it work, export the > registry, and then when it breaks export that and compare. Dunno. > > What hardware are you running Vista on? I'm on a Dell D600 laptop. > At home I'm running Vista Business on a Dell E521 and a client is > running Vista on Dell Optiplex's although they just had theirs > rolled out two week ago, so they don't quite count yet in the > reliability scoring... > > Hate to hear Vista is a pain in the arse for some. I remember SP2 > for XP not being very fun for me to initially overcome, seems like > same story, different day. Ugh, but that's how we make our money sometimes. > > Dave Lum > Systems Engineer > " When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands." > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: HELP_PC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 8:31 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: R: VISTA, Printers, Bill Gates, and a .50 CAL > > I don't say there are no critics to Windows Vista, but I have some > in production (SBS envs ) and didn't find so many issues! > > > GuidoElia > HELPPC > > -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: Mike Semon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Inviato: martedì 11 dicembre 2007 14.31 > A: NT System Admin Issues > Oggetto: RE: VISTA, Printers, Bill Gates, and a .50 CAL > > Wow, would love to see Vista updated by a .50 cal. I think it is in > the documentation somewhere. This is why I waste as little time with > Vista as possible. > > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 7:17 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: VISTA, Printers, Bill Gates, and a .50 CAL > > I really wish I could answer your question... > > I fought with a Vista Business machine for more than two days, and > there were more quirks than one could have imagined. I asked for > assistance on this forum and on the CounterSpy forum, and none of > the suggestions worked... (Note that I had scrubbed and re-built > this once during this > period.) > > 1. Despite sharing being turned on, and even with "UAC" being > switched off, I could never gain access to any of its shared volumes > (even as a DomainAdmin, who was also a local admin on that box). > > 2. As expected from #1, remote desktop sessions could not even connect. > > 3. We have a mission critical app which could only be run as a local > admin (again, with or without UAC running). > > 4. Finally, come Microsoft Monday (that is, the day after Patch > Tuesday), no updates had been loaded even with Updates set to run > automatically. > Launching WindowsUpdate as an administrator, it refused to check for updates. > > At this point, I decided this piece of crap has no business in a > corporate network. It is now happily running XP. > -------------------------------------- > Richard McClary, Systems Administrator > ASPCA Knowledge Management > 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 > 217-337-9761 > http://www.aspca.org > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/10/2008 06:20:46 PM: > > > Sorry for the long post. > > I am at my wits end with a Vista machine problem that I only saw > > prior to RTM. > > > > Vista clients cannot set a server based default printer. No > > errors, cannot change the default printer, and even in Apps when > > selecting the printer, it will still only print to whatever is the > default. > > > > You can switch the default printer between local printers no > > problem. You can delete the network printer(s) and then add them > > back and set them as default until a spooler reset or reboot. Then > > you lose the ability to set them as default, and the default printer > > has reverted to a local printer. If I manually add the printer > > locally to the IP it works fine and I can set it as default, but at > > that point it's a local printer. > > > > At anytime you are able to print a test page to any printer > > regardless of whether you can set it as default. > > > > Checked registry permissions on HKCU, user is a Domain admin, Local > > Admin of the machine, UAC is off, tried it under the admin account > > as well as user acct. Deleted all print drivers from the machine, > > rebooted, reinstalled, same issue. > > > > No changes to the domain or server in months, has been using Vista > > for at least 3 or 4 months, no updates to Vista in 1 month, and all > > of a sudden it has begun happening. > > > > I am beside myself and google shows a wealth of the same issues > > before RTM, but was reported fixed. This is a Dell OEM version. > > My next step is to delete their profile and start again, which is > > the only post I have seen that seemed to temporarily resolve the > > issue for one guy. Anyone seen a similar issue? Or have a resolution > step? > > > > Close to getting a bunch of Vista boxes, poster sized pictures of > > Gates and sitting on his lawn with a .50 cal and showing him what I > > think of Vista. > > > > Thanks > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
