As a matter of fact...... I loaded Vista last summer and find i don't like many of it's 'features' - it's way too protective - can't access many of my own directories - i don't have permission. Vista doesn't talk to my scanner and Limewire won't work. luckily. i kept my laptop on XP so the damage is bearable. so i just keep both set up, close by and ready to go. i like having a hot back up anyway. i also have not had a single virus problem or any other s/w fault during that time, except one self inflicted MSIE problem. be careful what toolbars you download. i also run Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and Google Chrome to avoid MSIE problems. (the Go-Back feature is worth GOLD.)
AZDAVE <-- 25 YEAR PROGRAMMING HISTORY, TIMEX SINCLAIRE, VIC 20, COMMODORE 64, IBM XT, AT PENTIUM............. THINKING OF TRYING AN IMAC. On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 5:34 PM, Lori Michaelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > After installing VISTA on the 23rd - -- nothing but problems. Thought > they'd be workable but it's gotten worse. So my husband MAY overwrite it > with XP (as MS has it so one CAN'T uninstall it!). > > Yesterday & today after trying to open 2 programs used regularly -- we get > the message -- "The application has failed to start because its side-by-side > configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event LOG for more > detail." > > Worked fine yesterday. Did nothing different since yesterday. Today we > get that OBSURE message today twice (so far) without knowing the cause or > how to fix it. > > But VISTA doesn't say how to find this "event log" or what it is. > Grrrrrrrrrrr. > > Being a principal software engineer (my husband) and working with computers > at work (engineering) and at home AND having worked with every operating > system out there for 37 yrs (even Unix/Linux) he's beyond frustrated. > > Seems VISTA takes more managability over one's system away from you. Very > UNCOOL! > > Anyone else having probs? > > Lori > > > -- AZDAVE @ DAVEOCONNELL.COM
