[OKDXA] I HATE VISTA

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Hi Ross,

I guess I'm just old and dumb.  What is PITA?

Bob k5sit 73

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> I've found that a LOT of programs that work fine on 9X or Win2K won't work
> on Vista.
> Microsoft software runs fine. I wouldn't mess with it but the wife has to
> teach it this
> Fall semester. It's been a PITA all the way. XP device drivers rarely
> work. Vista
> has this thing called UserAccessControl which is yet another PITA I built
> her
> another system with all the goodies, installed Vista. (Install went fine)
> and found
> all the utilities and drivers on the CD for the mobo don't work on Vista.
> Personally,
> I would recommend you swap the hard drive for a new one, save it for a
> year or
> two until Microsquash gets its' act together for drivers & utilities that
> work, stick the
> hard drive from your old system on the new one. The problem there is
> unless you
> UNINSTALL the video driver, you run the risk of blowing up your video card
> unless
> the old and the new mobos have the same video card (or chipset)
>
> It's a PITA no matter how you approach it. Good luck.
>
> Ross K5RH
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> My old desktop's mother board went south after several other repairs had
> previously been made. So with it's replacement came a new
> OS.............Vista.
> Which I absolutely hate, but had no choice. Could not find anything on the
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> market with XP.
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> I've dwnlded the W6EL prop forecast program and DX Telnet but cannot get
> them installed. On Telnet I keep getting msgs which advise the files are
> corrupted and to redownload....................
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> Is anyone familiar with Vista and can tell me how to install these  pgms
> ???????  Mny TNX
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