Vista crybabies
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OK, I've now installed Vista Enterprise 64-bit on my big system at home...and I'm still waiting to be annoyed at UAC popups. NOT that they don't occur, but I don't get any more messages than I used to get with McAfee security set fairly high. And it's GORGEOUS. I can't believe I listened to all those whiners all these years. Granted, I'm using up-to-date hardware with Vista support, so I've avoided a lot of the real problems - but even so, I wish I'd done this months ago.
I certainly wouldn't go back. I have it on both my desktop and laptop. I think the Windows 'Mojave' commercials are hilarious and prove a good point.
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OK, I've now installed Vista Enterprise 64-bit on my big system at home...and I'm still waiting to be annoyed at UAC popups. NOT that they don't occur, but I don't get any more messages than I used to get with McAfee security set fairly high. And it's GORGEOUS. I can't believe I listened to all those whiners all these years. Granted, I'm using up-to-date hardware with Vista support, so I've avoided a lot of the real problems - but even so, I wish I'd done this months ago.
cpkilekofp wrote:
And it's GORGEOUS
Sure, when set to Classic it looks just like XP. :cool:
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OK, I've now installed Vista Enterprise 64-bit on my big system at home...and I'm still waiting to be annoyed at UAC popups. NOT that they don't occur, but I don't get any more messages than I used to get with McAfee security set fairly high. And it's GORGEOUS. I can't believe I listened to all those whiners all these years. Granted, I'm using up-to-date hardware with Vista support, so I've avoided a lot of the real problems - but even so, I wish I'd done this months ago.
It's the little things: death by a thousand cuts, like the changed shortcut to move one folder up in Explorer, renamed Add/remove programs in Control Panel, etc. I also hate the way it informs me that I will have to confirm actions like restricted folder move operations, and *then* pops up UAC. :wtf: You're going to show the bleeding UAC dialog, how about just showing it? Why make me click through two dialogs? :mad: If you like Vista, fine, whatever floats your boat. You chose not to install it; what are you moaning about? It's not like the Vista haters took away your Vista DVD and prevented you from installing it.
Cheers, Vıkram.
"You idiot British surprise me that your generators which grew up after Mid 50s had no brain at all." - Adnan Siddiqi.
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cpkilekofp wrote:
And it's GORGEOUS
Sure, when set to Classic it looks just like XP. :cool:
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cpkilekofp wrote:
And it's GORGEOUS
Sure, when set to Classic it looks just like XP. :cool:
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OK, I've now installed Vista Enterprise 64-bit on my big system at home...and I'm still waiting to be annoyed at UAC popups. NOT that they don't occur, but I don't get any more messages than I used to get with McAfee security set fairly high. And it's GORGEOUS. I can't believe I listened to all those whiners all these years. Granted, I'm using up-to-date hardware with Vista support, so I've avoided a lot of the real problems - but even so, I wish I'd done this months ago.
Exactly! Vista truly is the greatest work ever wrought by human hands, and everyone who fails to realize this probably still wets their beds at night. Its appearance is sublime, its design revolutionary. Unlike previous versions of Windows, it runs software written to run on Vista! And unlike all of that *nix software that only works for people who know what they're doing, Vista works for people who know what they're doing!
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You're right. These facts that you've laid out totally contradict the wild ramblings that I pulled off the back of cornflakes packets.
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I certainly wouldn't go back. I have it on both my desktop and laptop. I think the Windows 'Mojave' commercials are hilarious and prove a good point.
jchigg2000 wrote:
I certainly wouldn't go back. I have it on both my desktop and laptop. I think the Windows 'Mojave' commercials are hilarious and prove a good point.
:laugh: It was the Mojave Experiment commercials that drove me to do the installation (I have MSDN Professional so I've had Vista since receiving my disks, but installed XP on the new box 'cause the VPN to work wasn't supported on Vista at that time, and still isn't supported on 64bit OSs).
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cpkilekofp wrote:
And it's GORGEOUS
Sure, when set to Classic it looks just like XP. :cool:
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
Sure, when set to Classic it looks just like XP.
Phht, I had XP set to the REAL Classic mode, Win2K :laugh: The Aero interface looks very cool, and I'm looking forward to creating some cool gadgets.
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It's the little things: death by a thousand cuts, like the changed shortcut to move one folder up in Explorer, renamed Add/remove programs in Control Panel, etc. I also hate the way it informs me that I will have to confirm actions like restricted folder move operations, and *then* pops up UAC. :wtf: You're going to show the bleeding UAC dialog, how about just showing it? Why make me click through two dialogs? :mad: If you like Vista, fine, whatever floats your boat. You chose not to install it; what are you moaning about? It's not like the Vista haters took away your Vista DVD and prevented you from installing it.
Cheers, Vıkram.
"You idiot British surprise me that your generators which grew up after Mid 50s had no brain at all." - Adnan Siddiqi.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote:
Sure, when set to Classic it looks just like XP.
Phht, I had XP set to the REAL Classic mode, Win2K :laugh: The Aero interface looks very cool, and I'm looking forward to creating some cool gadgets.
Yes, I should have been clearer... I also have XP set to Classic.
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It's the little things: death by a thousand cuts, like the changed shortcut to move one folder up in Explorer, renamed Add/remove programs in Control Panel, etc. I also hate the way it informs me that I will have to confirm actions like restricted folder move operations, and *then* pops up UAC. :wtf: You're going to show the bleeding UAC dialog, how about just showing it? Why make me click through two dialogs? :mad: If you like Vista, fine, whatever floats your boat. You chose not to install it; what are you moaning about? It's not like the Vista haters took away your Vista DVD and prevented you from installing it.
Cheers, Vıkram.
"You idiot British surprise me that your generators which grew up after Mid 50s had no brain at all." - Adnan Siddiqi.
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
It's the little things: death by a thousand cuts, like the changed shortcut to move one folder up in Explorer, renamed Add/remove programs in Control Panel, etc.
Yeah, well, they've done similar things in the last several upgrades.
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
I also hate the way it informs me that I will have to confirm actions like restricted folder move operations, and *then* pops up UAC. You're going to show the bleeding UAC dialog, how about just showing it? Why make me click through two dialogs?
This is the kind of moaning and groaning I mean. Like, so what?
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
If you like Vista, fine, whatever floats your boat. You chose not to install it; what are you moaning about? It's not like the Vista haters took away your Vista DVD and prevented you from installing it.
Well, Vikram, I listen to everyone in an attempt to save time and avoid pitfalls, just like a professional should. I did choose not to install it because I gave too much credence to people who made statements like the following:
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
also hate the way it informs me that I will have to confirm actions like restricted folder move operations, and *then* pops up UAC. You're going to show the bleeding UAC dialog, how about just showing it? Why make me click through two dialogs?
So, by your apparent recommendation, I should not listen to whiny, bad-tempered people who make statements like this? I think I'll take that advice :-D
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It's the little things: death by a thousand cuts, like the changed shortcut to move one folder up in Explorer, renamed Add/remove programs in Control Panel, etc. I also hate the way it informs me that I will have to confirm actions like restricted folder move operations, and *then* pops up UAC. :wtf: You're going to show the bleeding UAC dialog, how about just showing it? Why make me click through two dialogs? :mad: If you like Vista, fine, whatever floats your boat. You chose not to install it; what are you moaning about? It's not like the Vista haters took away your Vista DVD and prevented you from installing it.
Cheers, Vıkram.
"You idiot British surprise me that your generators which grew up after Mid 50s had no brain at all." - Adnan Siddiqi.
You know Vikram, I was going to sit back and wait until CG shows up, now there's the man to talk to about Vista, he hates it tons more than I do and that is saying something, but its starting to look like I should relinquish the second position to you... Either that or you're really pissed off at something and you're just taking it out on poor old Vista :D
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Exactly! Vista truly is the greatest work ever wrought by human hands, and everyone who fails to realize this probably still wets their beds at night. Its appearance is sublime, its design revolutionary. Unlike previous versions of Windows, it runs software written to run on Vista! And unlike all of that *nix software that only works for people who know what they're doing, Vista works for people who know what they're doing!
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You're right. These facts that you've laid out totally contradict the wild ramblings that I pulled off the back of cornflakes packets.
Shog9 wrote:
Exactly! Vista truly is the greatest work ever wrought by human hands, and everyone who fails to realize this probably still wets their beds at night. Its appearance is sublime, its design revolutionary. Unlike previous versions of Windows, it runs software written to run on Vista! And unlike all of that *nix software that only works for people who know what they're doing, Vista works for people who know what they're doing!
LMAO...all OSs suck, that's a given because we're still a cottage industry, not an engineering discipline (hundreds of craftsmen working on a project doesn't make it engineering). Vista just doens't suck as bad as some have implied. I don't program for Windows because it's the best thing out there, I program for Windows because that's the best way to feed my wife and children. If something comes out that offers more lucrative and secure earnings to me, I'll go learn it, just as I did DOS, OS/2, Unix, and Windows (in all its versions from 3.1 onward).
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Shog9 wrote:
Exactly! Vista truly is the greatest work ever wrought by human hands, and everyone who fails to realize this probably still wets their beds at night. Its appearance is sublime, its design revolutionary. Unlike previous versions of Windows, it runs software written to run on Vista! And unlike all of that *nix software that only works for people who know what they're doing, Vista works for people who know what they're doing!
LMAO...all OSs suck, that's a given because we're still a cottage industry, not an engineering discipline (hundreds of craftsmen working on a project doesn't make it engineering). Vista just doens't suck as bad as some have implied. I don't program for Windows because it's the best thing out there, I program for Windows because that's the best way to feed my wife and children. If something comes out that offers more lucrative and secure earnings to me, I'll go learn it, just as I did DOS, OS/2, Unix, and Windows (in all its versions from 3.1 onward).
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OK, I've now installed Vista Enterprise 64-bit on my big system at home...and I'm still waiting to be annoyed at UAC popups. NOT that they don't occur, but I don't get any more messages than I used to get with McAfee security set fairly high. And it's GORGEOUS. I can't believe I listened to all those whiners all these years. Granted, I'm using up-to-date hardware with Vista support, so I've avoided a lot of the real problems - but even so, I wish I'd done this months ago.
When it comes to Windows, I only use Vista/Server 2008 nowdays.
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
It's the little things: death by a thousand cuts, like the changed shortcut to move one folder up in Explorer, renamed Add/remove programs in Control Panel, etc.
Yeah, well, they've done similar things in the last several upgrades.
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
I also hate the way it informs me that I will have to confirm actions like restricted folder move operations, and *then* pops up UAC. You're going to show the bleeding UAC dialog, how about just showing it? Why make me click through two dialogs?
This is the kind of moaning and groaning I mean. Like, so what?
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
If you like Vista, fine, whatever floats your boat. You chose not to install it; what are you moaning about? It's not like the Vista haters took away your Vista DVD and prevented you from installing it.
Well, Vikram, I listen to everyone in an attempt to save time and avoid pitfalls, just like a professional should. I did choose not to install it because I gave too much credence to people who made statements like the following:
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
also hate the way it informs me that I will have to confirm actions like restricted folder move operations, and *then* pops up UAC. You're going to show the bleeding UAC dialog, how about just showing it? Why make me click through two dialogs?
So, by your apparent recommendation, I should not listen to whiny, bad-tempered people who make statements like this? I think I'll take that advice :-D
cpkilekofp wrote:
Yeah, well, they've done similar things in the last several upgrades.
Not really. Personally I don't care about Vista one way or the other, I have it, but never use it because there's no compelling reason to, but I have noticed that they did change a number of UI elements that had been the same since at *least* NT4, for apparently no good reason. Things like the Add/Remove Programs item in the Control Panel, or the short cut that was mentioned. It's stuff like that that makes it annoying (at best) to use IMHO.
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OK, I've now installed Vista Enterprise 64-bit on my big system at home...and I'm still waiting to be annoyed at UAC popups. NOT that they don't occur, but I don't get any more messages than I used to get with McAfee security set fairly high. And it's GORGEOUS. I can't believe I listened to all those whiners all these years. Granted, I'm using up-to-date hardware with Vista support, so I've avoided a lot of the real problems - but even so, I wish I'd done this months ago.
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vista classic is a 2kish skin. MS doesn't have an XP style one available, afaik.
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Yeah, but my XP looks like 2k, too, so setting vista to look like 2k also sets it to look like XP.
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I had to test Vista Ultimate x64 on a box with 4GB 800MHz ram, 3.3GHz quad core (qx6850 OC) and GeForce 8800GTS 640 It was slow. SP1 didn't exist yet back then, I hope for your sake that it really helps
harold aptroot wrote:
I had to test Vista Ultimate x64 on a box with 4GB 800MHz ram, 3.3GHz quad core (qx6850 OC) and GeForce 8800GTS 640 It was slow. SP1 didn't exist yet back then, I hope for your sake that it really helps
I'm still testing things, so I might run into speed issues yet...however, one valid reason I waited so long to upgrade was that I was waiting for the first service pack (figuring by then any driver issues would also be resolved). I have noted a certain sluggishness, but no more than the amount I noticed after moving from Windows NT 4.0 (SP5, remember the horrors of SP6?) to Windows 2000 (with similar hardware upgrades for that time).
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cpkilekofp wrote:
Yeah, well, they've done similar things in the last several upgrades.
Not really. Personally I don't care about Vista one way or the other, I have it, but never use it because there's no compelling reason to, but I have noticed that they did change a number of UI elements that had been the same since at *least* NT4, for apparently no good reason. Things like the Add/Remove Programs item in the Control Panel, or the short cut that was mentioned. It's stuff like that that makes it annoying (at best) to use IMHO.
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They refactored the whole control panel heavily. All of the changes I've noticed have fallen into the catagory of making it easier for new/non technical users to find something the first time without having extensive training in how MS software engineers thought in the mid90's. Once I got into the mindset of 'where is the most logical place to put X' instead of what would the cakheaded 90's devs have stuffed it into because there was a vague relation to an existing item, I was able to find stuff about as fast as in the classic control panel (slightly slower for stuff I'd memorized the old route, faster when I was had hunting in either). Which at least PreSP1 is something of a misnomer since it only reverts stuff that had dialogs fiddled with instead of being completely replaced. The schizophrenic feel of that was a nightmare since I never knew if I should be in old or new mode when looking for something. That's going to be a pain after I retire my XP desktop and need to write hand hold guides for my mom. :doh:
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