-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Stirling Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 6:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Vista & USB
Hi Just got this from my ISP, Orange in the UK "If however you are planning on buying a new PC, or upgrading your existing one to Windows Vista, we need to make you aware that it may have an impact on your Orange broadband service, as your USB modem might not work." Oops! -- Andrew Stirling 01250 874580 http://www.calcpay.co.uk HMRC Accredited UK payroll program Andrew: I upgraded a machine to Vista for R&D and to get ready in case one of my customers decides to upgrade. There is a link on the Microsoft site - I tried to find it for you, but couldn't put my finger on it - that will inspect your PC and notify you of anything that needs to be upgraded for Vista. It identified my network card only. Once I upgraded - my modem, my network card and my sound system did not work at all. It did tell me to upgrade my network card before upgrading, but my network card is on the motherboard and there are no new drivers for it. That's no big deal because I will put in a new card. Then I can download drivers for the modem and sound card. Most of my applications are VFP7 and they run and look fine - so far. There are some adjustments that need to be made, but they mainly deal with path issues. Doug Hennig did a nice blog on the Vista paths. My personal opinion - It's pretty and flashy. My wife (a web developer) says the way the windows appear and disappear makes her dizzy. She also has a really nice laptop that uses at work that is only six months old. The compatibility program I mentioned above says her laptop video card, network card and a lot of the software they use for work will not work with Vista. So for her, there won't be an upgrade. For me there won't be an upgrade, either; though I will run all of my applications and software on it to make sure everything works. So far I don't see any compelling reason for the upgrade. I will be interested to hear what others have to say about Vista. Jeff Jeff Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 623-582-0323 Fax 623-869-0675 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/signed text/plain (text body -- kept) application/x-pkcs7-signature --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
