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I am having a terrible time trying to fix pictures, get them off of the cd's,
red eye, etc., etc.... I can't open any attachments with pps ... I have
tried downloading it from microsoft with no luck. MANY attachments that are
sent to me I just can't open. I'm not able to send out anything that I put
into "WORD" because people can't open them. HELP!! What can I do?? I have
tried calling Dell and can't understand the technicians with their accents.
You can very clearly understand them when you are putting in an order though!
I tried going the route of talking to them online, and that was a big
bummer. They must be helping 20 people at a time because it takes sooooo
long for them to answer questions, and then the questions are never
answered!! HELP!!
"Noozer" wrote:
> Well... I've had a chance to play with build 5384.4. Thought I'd share my
> thoughts on the next incarnation of Windows.
>
> I've been using PC's since the CP/M days. I've used OS/2. Tried BEOS and
> Linux. I've done desktop support and have been a programmer. Suffices to say
> that I've used MANY different computers and many different operating
> systems.
>
> The system I'm using is an Opteron 165 (dual core @ 1.8Ghz) based system
> with the nVidia nForce4 chipset. 1 gig of memory and an eVGA 7600GT PCIe
> video card.
>
> Here's my list of issues that I have with Vista. It's not a complete list,
> but enough to let you know what to watch for when you switch to Vista.
>
> - "Which window is the active one?" Windows are all the same color. There is
> no way to specify different colours for the active and inactive windows.
>
> - "Where's my program?" The first thing that I did after installing Vista
> was to install the Office 2007 beta. Once the installation completed I
> clicked the Start button (ball?) but didn't see anything new. So I clicked
> All Programs... Not in that list either? After about 20 minutes I realized
> that I had to scroll the program list. There is no way that this new Start
> button is going to work for most people. The text in the list is tiny and
> there STILL isn't enough room for all my programs. Move the "My Computer",
> "Network", etc. list to the left side of the menu and let the right side get
> big enough to hold more programs... and let the groups pop open to show more
> lists.
>
> - There is ***NO*** shutdown button. Click start and you get a STANDBY
> button and a LOCK this computer button. There is a tiny little button next
> to these to get to the Shutdown, but I'm constantly missing it. I will
> ***NEVER*** lock my PC, nor use Standby. There is no way to modify these
> buttons to the more useful Shutdown and Hibernate functions.
>
> - New device detection. All you are told by Windows is that something was
> found - NO indication at all if it's a Network device, soundcard,
> mouse...etc. I've got a few items in my Device Mangler with the wrong
> drivers installed because I didn't know what I was looking for.
>
> - Aero... the new "glassy" interface. What is the point? First of all, being
> able to see through the few pixels around the border of the window isn't
> helpful at all. To make matters worse, everything under your window is
> blurred beyond recognition. Also, the placement of the Minimize, Maximize
> and Close buttons is just plain ugly. Looks like someone goofed. No border
> above and a thick chunk of border below. They are also all different sizes
> as well. UGLY.
>
> - How many Network icons do we need in the Control Panel??? Network Center,
> iSCSI, Firewall, Network Map, Network List, Network File & Printer
> sharing... Why can't these all be within a SINGLE Network icon?
>
> - Drive Mapping... How is it done? I don't have a menu bar on any of my
> Explorer windows. Right clicking on a network resource doesn't give me the
> Map Network Drive option.
>
> - The User Account Control is annoying. I can understand why it's there, but
> the Windows Help doesn't tell you how to disable it.
>
> - You can't specify where you want your Gadgets. Gadgets have to be
> installed on a bar, and they are top/left justified. Move them down and they
> will just slide back up. On my XP system I have a nice clock that runs in
> the bottom right corner of my desktop. There is no way to put the Vista
> clock gadget into the lower right corner of my desktop.
>
>
> ....and some of the things I like about Vista...
>
> - Gadgets. Definately an improvement from XP. They just need to get rid of
> the requirement of installing them onto a "bar". I want to decide where to
> put my gadgets, not have Windows stack them up in a pile.
>
> - Operation seems smoother and more responsive than XP.
>
> - Media Center has improved a bit. I don't have any TV tuners, so I can't
> tell if recording has improved or if multiple sources are supported.
>
>
> ....all in all, I don't see enough improvement to go through the trouble of
> working through the poor user interface changes. I'd suggest that folks
> stick with XP until Vista has been out a year or two.
>
>
>
red eye, etc., etc.... I can't open any attachments with pps ... I have
tried downloading it from microsoft with no luck. MANY attachments that are
sent to me I just can't open. I'm not able to send out anything that I put
into "WORD" because people can't open them. HELP!! What can I do?? I have
tried calling Dell and can't understand the technicians with their accents.
You can very clearly understand them when you are putting in an order though!
I tried going the route of talking to them online, and that was a big
bummer. They must be helping 20 people at a time because it takes sooooo
long for them to answer questions, and then the questions are never
answered!! HELP!!
"Noozer" wrote:
> Well... I've had a chance to play with build 5384.4. Thought I'd share my
> thoughts on the next incarnation of Windows.
>
> I've been using PC's since the CP/M days. I've used OS/2. Tried BEOS and
> Linux. I've done desktop support and have been a programmer. Suffices to say
> that I've used MANY different computers and many different operating
> systems.
>
> The system I'm using is an Opteron 165 (dual core @ 1.8Ghz) based system
> with the nVidia nForce4 chipset. 1 gig of memory and an eVGA 7600GT PCIe
> video card.
>
> Here's my list of issues that I have with Vista. It's not a complete list,
> but enough to let you know what to watch for when you switch to Vista.
>
> - "Which window is the active one?" Windows are all the same color. There is
> no way to specify different colours for the active and inactive windows.
>
> - "Where's my program?" The first thing that I did after installing Vista
> was to install the Office 2007 beta. Once the installation completed I
> clicked the Start button (ball?) but didn't see anything new. So I clicked
> All Programs... Not in that list either? After about 20 minutes I realized
> that I had to scroll the program list. There is no way that this new Start
> button is going to work for most people. The text in the list is tiny and
> there STILL isn't enough room for all my programs. Move the "My Computer",
> "Network", etc. list to the left side of the menu and let the right side get
> big enough to hold more programs... and let the groups pop open to show more
> lists.
>
> - There is ***NO*** shutdown button. Click start and you get a STANDBY
> button and a LOCK this computer button. There is a tiny little button next
> to these to get to the Shutdown, but I'm constantly missing it. I will
> ***NEVER*** lock my PC, nor use Standby. There is no way to modify these
> buttons to the more useful Shutdown and Hibernate functions.
>
> - New device detection. All you are told by Windows is that something was
> found - NO indication at all if it's a Network device, soundcard,
> mouse...etc. I've got a few items in my Device Mangler with the wrong
> drivers installed because I didn't know what I was looking for.
>
> - Aero... the new "glassy" interface. What is the point? First of all, being
> able to see through the few pixels around the border of the window isn't
> helpful at all. To make matters worse, everything under your window is
> blurred beyond recognition. Also, the placement of the Minimize, Maximize
> and Close buttons is just plain ugly. Looks like someone goofed. No border
> above and a thick chunk of border below. They are also all different sizes
> as well. UGLY.
>
> - How many Network icons do we need in the Control Panel??? Network Center,
> iSCSI, Firewall, Network Map, Network List, Network File & Printer
> sharing... Why can't these all be within a SINGLE Network icon?
>
> - Drive Mapping... How is it done? I don't have a menu bar on any of my
> Explorer windows. Right clicking on a network resource doesn't give me the
> Map Network Drive option.
>
> - The User Account Control is annoying. I can understand why it's there, but
> the Windows Help doesn't tell you how to disable it.
>
> - You can't specify where you want your Gadgets. Gadgets have to be
> installed on a bar, and they are top/left justified. Move them down and they
> will just slide back up. On my XP system I have a nice clock that runs in
> the bottom right corner of my desktop. There is no way to put the Vista
> clock gadget into the lower right corner of my desktop.
>
>
> ....and some of the things I like about Vista...
>
> - Gadgets. Definately an improvement from XP. They just need to get rid of
> the requirement of installing them onto a "bar". I want to decide where to
> put my gadgets, not have Windows stack them up in a pile.
>
> - Operation seems smoother and more responsive than XP.
>
> - Media Center has improved a bit. I don't have any TV tuners, so I can't
> tell if recording has improved or if multiple sources are supported.
>
>
> ....all in all, I don't see enough improvement to go through the trouble of
> working through the poor user interface changes. I'd suggest that folks
> stick with XP until Vista has been out a year or two.
>
>
>
