Hey Lori, I got a Dell laptop with vista about 3 months back. Initially I was frustrated. Later when I started getting used to it, I began liking Vista. There are problems, I don't deny. You will have to install all latest programs and hardware, which are specifically compatible with Vista. Try not installing old programs.
Cool thing about vista is it's new start menu and search capability. There is built in "Windows defender' which will save you from spywares etc. I am planning to upgrade my desktop to vista as well. Please take care :-) Shahidul Dhaka, Bangladesh On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 10:07 AM, David O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > 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 >
