Carl, Thanks for this post, UAC silent and KB937624 are two things that I would have needed to know about sooner or later, and now I don't have to research them :-)
Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 "When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands" -----Original Message----- From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 1:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: R: Why XP is doomed No, not really, at least not in the Server 2003 environment. Speaking after 1.5 months of everyday Vista use, the more pertinent question is, are there things you can do in XP that don't work on Vista? YES. Top of my list: "encrypted offline files". And yes I'm talking about Vista SP1. I'm way past complaining about UAC and performance - all those things are solved when you have new hardware, TweakUAC, and KB 937624. Try not to think about how many CPU cycles and how much RAM are needed just to keep things secure and maintain DRM. Carl -----Original Message----- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 11:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: R: Why XP is doomed And besides being on the "latest" version of Windows, what are you getting out of your addition investments? Is there something you can do on Vista that you cant on XP? On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 11:50 AM, HELP_PC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think you are right . Windows Xp was sucking a lot on a PentiumIII > 1ghz machine with 256MB RAM, where Win 98 was really "fast". > I am now deploying Q6600 or T9300 machines with Vista and 4GB RAM and I > am quite satisfied. > > > GuidoElia > HELPPC > > -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Inviato: sabato 10 maggio 2008 16.44 > A: NT System Admin Issues > Oggetto: RE: Why XP is doomed > > > MS's earnings were disappointing? Welcome to 2008. They can stand in > line with the other 80% of companies with the same problems. > > As for support, XP has been around since 2001 and mainstream support > goes until Apr. 2009. > That's a damn long life cycle for any software maker. This is the same > whining that went on with Windows 98 and Windows 2000. I don't remember > the world ending in either case. Think about what other software was > released in > 2001 and if it's still support. I wonder if Adobe still supports > Photoshop 6.0? I'll bet Apple still supports OSX 10.0.0, but Apple seems > to be living the rock star life these days. > > Now Ill also say I'm still a HUGE XP fan. I use XP at home on all my > machines. My work machine is Vista and while I don't really dislike it, > it really doesn't do much for me either. But eventually the time will > come to upgrade, and I'm sure my world won't end either. The "Vista > sucks" thing has certainly taken on a life of its own. I would venture > to guess that a very large percentage of the people who say it sucks > have never tried it. > It doesn't totally suck, it's just....slightly sucky. Frankly if they > could just get it to perform better, it would be great. ~ 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> ~
