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Article>>>The Full Horror of Vista!!!!
I doubt it will run on my old XP machine, so I'm probably going to wait till I purchase a new computer in a few months from now. but it makes more sense for me to leave them as they are for now. The other pain in the ass it the fact that Creative haven't released a proper set of X-fi drivers. I give Vista 8/10.

Admin account can't access control panel?
Is there any way I can do to recover this, I did not change password nor account for the new laptop with Vista. Regards Annie Sorry, odds not good you can recover. It has to be done BEFORE something bad happens, not after, won't have any effect if you try to make them now, but I haven't tried so who knows.

need new machine: VISTA or XP?
And if I have to worry about it running a bunch of expensive apps I have and don't want to pay to upgrade just so I can use Vista, forget it. but if you open the file with an old DOS (probably UNIX, too) file editor, you can at least get the text info. I also have that thrift store XP box and don't like it.

Snot on MS Vista....
I can learn it. Is it differant? Sure. That's not my issue. I'm trying to run simple business and account management software built in access 2003 DB's and well I tell you what I am hearing: well if I get Vista now I will have to go out and buy a new printer, scanner whatever and new programs because my old

Little time to do anything
Lowered Expectations LoweredExpectati...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows vista general PS to anyone at MS in case they were to email me about this matter: I can't even get to my email account at Netscape.com. They're in some sort of flux, this AOL subsidiary, and now, without my old link to the

Overall Vista Impression
*shakes head in disbelief* You really thing that Vista is just aero and a dodgy shell and new alt-tab UI? Not at all. Vista also encompasses these wonderful new An XP compatibility mode. Yes, now you can run all of your old, outmoded applications on this new, improved OS. Wait, weren't they modern under XP?

WSJ Review of Vista Not So Positive
Furthermore, after going back to check my old XP machine, it's now clear that although I installed the beta and was able to load and even print my boards larger than the freeware version can handle) I did not in fact apply the license on XP, and it wouldn't have worked there any better than it did with Vista.

So who here is going to upgrade to Vista?
It boils down to Vista thinking if any process needs access to the old "administrator" level in XP, ie anything that can access the "system" and thus even if only This is seen as Microsoft bashing by some poor soles that aren't very computer literate. How much Vista nags depends on how your use your computer.

The Vistas seen from Vista
Also, if it is Vista who acted upon myself to encrypt the files, it should be able to decrypt it or open it if I use the same accout under Vista environment, Its too late if you don't already have one. For others with encrypted files right now make a data recovery agent. This is just a second user account.

Vista Upgrade from XP-pro
I can't figure out how to shut this thing up permanently. Vista is a step backwards. It makes my use of the operating system MORE difficult. printer, etc., because Vista thinks the old drivers are poorly written or whatever. I spent 6 hours wiping my drive and re-installing XP. I'm happy now!

Vista migration
"The vast majority of existing Windows PCs won't be able to use all of Vista's features without major hardware upgrades. "On a three-year-old HP desktop, a Vista upgrade installed itself fine. But even though this computer had a full gigabyte of memory and what was once a high-end graphics card, Vista Ultimate

Vista Wins on Looks. As for Lacks ...
Q. If I don't does that mean Vista won't install? A. Again it depends. Best to run the Vista Upgrade advisor from XP and carefully note EVERYTHING it nags old, needed upgrading. Q. Is the upgrade worth the asking price? A. Only you can answer that. Unlike Windows 95 that was a major change again XP, Vista is

OT Windows XP - Vista (long ish).
John L Rice I just bought a new Gateway box with Vista pre-installed. It works very nicely. I don't use it in my studio, just for teaching purposes and such. Do wish to create an MSN account anyway? Vista has noted that you are unable to connect to the Internet. Click "AutoRepair" so that Vista can make note of

Going back to XP
Stealth modding allows the user to just use different drivers when hardware is replaced so the upgrade process is much simpler. .... This means that someone can't just buy an old computer, put a new hard drive in, load an operating system on the old hard drive, and try to recover files that were placed on the old

Cloning Win98FE prior to SE upgrade
Do you see a folder called windows.old on the C: drive? This may be causing your problem. I have had to do this on a couple of PCs and it has worked each time. I upgraded my Vista Home Basic to Vista Home Premium. Now I have duplicate user accounts/profiles showing up on my login screen. As far as I can tell,

Vista: peripherals don't work and I can't confugre -- unacceptab
I now mount my soapbox... I am a fan of Vista, I like it. I would NOT upgrade a box more than a year old with any version of XP to any version of Vista I'm the only home user and won't need additional accounts. IOW, when you perform a Windows XP Pro install you can leave the log in ID and password blank and

My opinion
Use the Vista DVD to do an upgrade in place. That will preserve your settings and should fix the problem, but I would definitely have a backup in place before I created a new Admin account and before renaming the old profile even the new account can't launch Control Panel! Now I'm really baffled (and worried).

Vista: peripherals don't work and I can't confugre -- unacceptab
The closest I ever got ti to running again is to copy the old DB but the Account and/or Contact History portion of the Contacts records it displays only the contents of MSDE is not supported on Vista, so you should remove it at this point. Upgrade to Vista. Run Outlook/BCM. It should just work like it did on Xp.

Tech Tip 123: Introducing... Windows Vista - Part I Can Vista ...
You have such "downgrade rights", however, only if you bought Vista Business or Vista Ultimate. Note that you can't run both Vista and XP using the same But you can use your old XP discs under the "downgrade rights" conditions above. After the Cutoff? After June 30, OEMs can no longer order new licenses of

Is there any way to get Hotmail on Vista?
"But I always run our accounts payable programs this way. Why must I do it differently now? Get that "Vista" thing outta my office. It is however growing on me rapidly, its not as easy to use as Windows but there is not a lot it can't do if you set your mind to it and its strangely satisfying to beat into