[FARC] Windows Vista FYI

[Joseph M. Durnal]

Hi Kirk,

I'm avoiding Vista as best as I can.  We'll probably be due for a new
computer next fall and will probably need to go to Vista.  Hopefully
there will be a lot more bug fixes released by then.  One thing I
always do when I get a new computer is format the drive and reinstall
Windows :).

73 de Joseph Durnal NE3R

On Feb 1, 2008 11:01 AM, Kirk Talbott <KirkTal7237 at msn.com> wrote:
> Just thought I'd pass along my 3 months of experiences with my new Dell Inspiron 1720 for any potential Windows Vista new computer converts.  I'll provide the all-bad news with bullet points.
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> Right out of the box:
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> - Your new Windows Vista computer will be loaded to the gills with software that you'll never need.
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> - Windows Messenger does not work correctly and will only connect sporadically.  Aborts on its own.
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> - Windows Mail does not work correctly with various in/out box problems; mail you can't ever send or delete.
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> - Windows Sidebar aborts due to DEP a Windows Vista security feature.
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> - Various parts of McAfee Firewall aborts at various times.  Scans are automatic and bog down performance.
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> - McAfee Firewall can't be turned off or disabled.  Let it be, it'll abort on its own in time.
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> - With an Intel 2.5 GHz. Core 2 DUO processor and 3 GB of RAM the computer is slow, very slow.
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> In fact, you can just about count on every time you boot-up there being some new type of error or problem with your system.  And don't even think about putting dirty, quirky, no-uninstaller hamware on Windows Vista.  Hamware won't run right on Windows XP let alone Windows Vista.
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> Now there are those of you that haven't had any problems with computers.......yet.  BEWARE the sky is raining UFO's, there were communist spies and moles in the government in the 1950's, and the glass is always half empty.  By the way, Microsoft has made an unsolicited bid to acquire Yahoo; imperialist dogs!
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> 73
> KB3ONM
> Kirk
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