Thanks, guys. I obviously have some homework to do.

Joe, I read your second post and am about to go to the links.

The main reason I thought 7 might be ready was that they are offering to
automatically send it to users like they do with critical updates.

Butch
"Jim" wrote in message
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:04:12 GMT, "Butch Davis"
wrote:

Am concerned about any bad things that may happen during installation.
Last
time I updated an old browser it managed to put my extensive Favorites
somewhere I couldn't find it. Had to start from scratch and it was time
consuming and annoying.

If Favorites are your main concern, I would export them to a safe
destination before the install.

Go to the "File" pulldown menu and look for "Import and Export".

Follow the directions in the "wizard".

Another way to back up your important files is to use the windows
briefcase.
I haven't tried import/export but I will certainly take a look at it.
Jim

That's the problem described in the links I sent: They're shoving it onto
users' machines while it's still in beta. In reality, it will be a beta
version for probably a year after MS claims it's done.



"Butch Davis" wrote in message
ink.net...
Thanks, guys. I obviously have some homework to do.

Joe, I read your second post and am about to go to the links.

The main reason I thought 7 might be ready was that they are offering to
automatically send it to users like they do with critical updates.

Butch
"Jim" wrote in message
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:04:12 GMT, "Butch Davis"
wrote:

Am concerned about any bad things that may happen during installation.
Last
time I updated an old browser it managed to put my extensive Favorites
somewhere I couldn't find it. Had to start from scratch and it was time
consuming and annoying.

If Favorites are your main concern, I would export them to a safe
destination before the install.

Go to the "File" pulldown menu and look for "Import and Export".

Follow the directions in the "wizard".

Another way to back up your important files is to use the windows
briefcase.
I haven't tried import/export but I will certainly take a look at it.
Jim

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
That's the problem described in the links I sent: They're shoving it onto
users' machines while it's still in beta. In reality, it will be a beta
version for probably a year after MS claims it's done.



"Butch Davis" wrote in message
ink.net...
Thanks, guys. I obviously have some homework to do.

Joe, I read your second post and am about to go to the links.

The main reason I thought 7 might be ready was that they are offering to
automatically send it to users like they do with critical updates.

Butch
"Jim" wrote in message
ink.net...
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:04:12 GMT, "Butch Davis"
wrote:

Am concerned about any bad things that may happen during installation.
Last
time I updated an old browser it managed to put my extensive Favorites
somewhere I couldn't find it. Had to start from scratch and it was time
consuming and annoying.
If Favorites are your main concern, I would export them to a safe
destination before the install.

Go to the "File" pulldown menu and look for "Import and Export".

Follow the directions in the "wizard".

Another way to back up your important files is to use the windows
briefcase.
I haven't tried import/export but I will certainly take a look at it.
Jim




You can set up Windows Update so it will not download IE7. I agree they
are pushing Vista to meet a deadline, and are willing to ship a Beta if
they have to. They plan on correcting problems with service packs.

I won't install any of the "Vista" segments until the complaints post
in the MS NG's are substantially less than they are now. My guess is it
will take MS at least 6 months to correct the majority of the problems.

On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 23:06:26 -0400, Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:


I won't install any of the "Vista" segments until the complaints post
in the MS NG's are substantially less than they are now. My guess is it
will take MS at least 6 months to correct the majority of the problems.

Not wanting to start a religious war, but I just don't get it. Don't you
ever get tired of the same old MS bull****? There are alternatives.

http://distrowatch.com/

thunder wrote:
On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 23:06:26 -0400, Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:


I won't install any of the "Vista" segments until the complaints post
in the MS NG's are substantially less than they are now. My guess is it
will take MS at least 6 months to correct the majority of the problems.

Not wanting to start a religious war, but I just don't get it. Don't you
ever get tired of the same old MS bull****? There are alternatives.

http://distrowatch.com/

I am tired of MS BS, but really don't want to go threw the learning
curve of new software and finding software that will run on Linux

On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 07:03:32 -0400, Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:


I am tired of MS BS, but really don't want to go threw the learning
curve of new software and finding software that will run on Linux

I can understand that, but MS hasn't changed since their beginnings. I
wouldn't expect any change in the near future.

As for the software, there are very few applications that Linux doesn't
have a corresponding program for. True there is a learning curve, but
then Vista might be out in the next year or two, and it will also have a
learning curve.

Hey, I'm a Linux advocate. When I switched, I never looked back. So, just
a suggestion, if you are at all interested. Try a live-cd. It will run
from the CD and won't change anything on your hard drive, but will show
you *some* of the capabilities of Linux.

Try the Desktop CD for your architecture.

http://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux...leases/dapper/

For information on what that CD contains:

http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop

Linux has come a long way.

On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:11:59 -0000, "thunder"
wrote:

Linux has come a long way.

And it has a long way to go.

The problem is that 99.9% of web sites, consumer hardware accessories
and consumer software are designed for the MS/Windows environment. If
it works fine, if not, you are on your own in the wild west.

Linux will always be in catch up mode.

That said, I recently down loaded a Knoppix disk and was pleasantly
surprised in most respects. It didn't support any of my WiFi adapters
however, or my USB thumb drive.