http://www.windowsitpro.com/authors/author/author/5546885/rsscomment/5546885en-USSun, 27 May 2012 06:20:49 GMTSun, 27 May 2012 06:20:49 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/alice-in-vistaland#commentsAnchorSat, 20 Dec 2008 08:00:04 GMT
It’s interesting that the Web site led me here as an "anti-Vista" article, as it’s not, really. What I mostly read here is unhappiness with Office 2007 and in particular with that most benighted of email clients, Outlook -- a feeling that I wholeheartedly echo! -- not the OS. As to the problems with folder deletion, I’ve been living with Vista for two years now and have never seen that, so I’ve got to guess that you are (1) not given full admin control of your box (which is not bad, assuming that your IT staff can assist you) and (2) your system has been misconfigured by someone. If the IT pros "couldn’t find" your system on the network, then my guess is that, again, someone misconfigured it, as Vista has a very nice out-of-the-box feature that causes it to forgo the bandwidth-cluttering Computer Browser service by default. Have the IT folks check that the Computer Browser service is on, AND check that the right ports are open to allow both Computer Browser and Remote Assistance. All of those things can be done easily -- and centrally -- with group policies.]]>MARKSat, 20 Dec 2008 08:00:04 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/alice-in-vistaland#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/alice-in-vistaland#commentsAnchorWed, 21 May 2008 14:29:32 GMT
I often have the problem Anne pointed out, too. After all these years, it just seems to me that the new versions of Windows should be increasingly bulletproof.]]>BarbWed, 21 May 2008 14:29:32 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/alice-in-vistaland#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/alice-in-vistaland#commentsAnchorWed, 21 May 2008 14:26:18 GMT
I wish! Unfortunately, the decision about which desktop OS to use isn’t mine.]]>BarbWed, 21 May 2008 14:26:18 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/alice-in-vistaland#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/alice-in-vistaland#commentsAnchorWed, 21 May 2008 14:17:34 GMT
But the switch over from XP to Vista and Outlook 2007 has been mostly smooth for some (dare I say most?) of our group in Penton. Although I have experienced some fun Vista (or Office 2007) quirkiness--like when I close a doc in Word, then try to reopen it in Explorer or Computer, I get a message saying the document is locked for editing by "another user." What’s up with that?]]>AnneWed, 21 May 2008 14:17:34 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/alice-in-vistaland#commentsAnchorhttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/alice-in-vistaland#commentsAnchorWed, 21 May 2008 13:43:46 GMT
I’d say stick with Win XP. I’m sure a few Linux zealots would say switch to Linux. :-)]]>ebraiter@videotron.ca Wed, 21 May 2008 13:43:46 GMThttp://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/alice-in-vistaland#commentsAnchor