On Nov 12, 1:48 pm, HK wrote:
Gil wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
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Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:

HK wrote:

Mike wrote:

Vista is CRAP... pure and simple. I tested it in alpha and beta,
and when that was done, all of my computers went back to XP.

In my office, we have 7 computers on a peer to peer network...
all running XP except one that was replaced recently, and came
with Vista on it. That vista computer is CONSTANTLY having
problems accessing shares on the network, such as a printer at
another workstation. If you print during one of these episodes,
the thing runs like an old 286 for about 5 minutes until it
finally gives up, displaying an error message. Rebooting usually
cures it for a time. That system will get XP when I have some
time to do it.

--Mike

Sounds like you're the problem. I have no problems running any of
the printers here on my local VISTA network, which includes
machines running VISTA, XP and even Win2k. My wife's office is on
the third floor, where she runs XP and has a Brother laser
printer. I can easily print on that printer from my office, two
floors away, and she can easily print on my HP color laser printer.

There's always Network Magic if you can't figure out simple
Windows networking.

On Saturday, I installed a new printer on a friend's new Vista
laptop. It would never print the last page of her documents. I
thought it was a problem with her formating in Office, but it
seems to only want to print out all pages on a hit or miss basis.
I thought it might be a problem with the wireless, but did not
have the time to correct the problem. She has a contract with Geek
Squad and I told her to have them come over and sort it out.

I had no idea you were a VISTA geek, skilled in connecting printers
via wireless networks.

I am not, but have never had any problems connecting printers to
wireless or wired connections in the past.

If you really need to be a "Vista Geek" to install a printer, what
does it say about Vista?

If you have to advise someone to call the "Geek Squad" to fix a
computer problem what does it say about your knowledge about computers?

She had already paid for the Geek Squad" program to fix any computer
problem for free, and hopefully they would be able to fix and
identify if the problem was a hardware or software problem quicker
than I could. If it really was a software problem, that this would be
the first time in 20 years (and probably more than 20 printers) that I
was not able easily install a printer.

ANYONE should be able to easily install a printer, without any
problems. That fact that this was a problem, verifies why the real
"IT geeks" (those who make their living keeping systems up and
running) have steered clear of Vista.

There is a great deal of learning curve on Vista. I have Vista
Ultimate..and I had to re-install twice. First the Upgrade did not work
due to many special applications running on my computer. Therefore, I
formatted and install freash Vista and no problems installing all my
apps. There was a few kinks, but was easily resolved by understanding
the Vista Security settings.

I love it now...but sooner or later you guys needs to switch to vista,
because Microsoft is coming out with a newer OS updates next year and
possibly the next level OS to replace Vista.

I believe MS is trying to convert people and they hear people saying
they like Windows XP interface and hate Vista, so I can surmise that MS
will blend the two together to give you dual options on the interface
rather than strictly 1 type of interface.

Enjoy..

Gil

You are correct in that "upgrades" from one MS OS to a later one is not
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Not directed to you Harry, just catching up on the posts. I run Vista
and aside from a couple of software packages I had to wait a few weeks
to come up with Vista compatable stuff, I have had few if any
operating system problems, no crashes at all that I have noticed. I
have it as OEM on a Toshiba sattelite pro. Vista home edition...