Comparisons, conjecture, and controversy. Microsoft's new operating system is here, but is it ready for primetime? We spent 30 days with Windows Vista to see if it's worth the leap or if Microsoft should go back to the drawing board.
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Member since:2006-01-10
Actually from what I saw they don't have 1000 more options, they have basically the same options, but they are all split up to make it LOOK like they have more options.
They seriously screwed with everything, and yet it's not really all that more functional than XP.
For example, they changed Add / Remove programs which is probably the most common Control Panel applet for us to use, and now it's under "Programs and Features" (if you switch to Classic View, which obviously isn't very 'classic')
The really funny thing is, in comparison, this is what most people have complained about Gnome, is that the control center applets are becoming too great in number, and that they need to merge a lot of them. Vista went the opposite direction and split everything up even more than before.
Member since:2005-10-11
Member since:2006-04-09
"It did even popup when I just wanted to start regular programs that check for an update during startup, crazy. Eventually I had to edit the registry to disable it!'
No need to edit the registry, just goto Control Panel > Users and click the Turn User Access Control on/off.
"They seperated every freakin setting! Backgroud, theme, style, display etc. you have 1000 more options than Windows XP had (same with the soundcard and network setup btw) only now it's seperated in different control panel applets and this, including that very annoying UAC should make Vista more secure and userfriendly???"
Click the Classic View link in the left pane of the Control Panel. Whew, that was hard work. I need a drink of water after working up that sweat.
For a 7/8 year Citrix Admin, you certainly ar rather clueless. Then again, we can be anyone we want to be on the internet since there is little or no way of verifying facts such as this. I'd wager that many people lie about things like this just to make them sound more credible. If you're a Citrix Admin, I'm the fricking Pope...kiss my ring fool.
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2005-10-11
I helped out a friend buying a new PC.
It had Windows Vista Home Premium installed on it. (I'm a XP user myself most of the time).
Now, before I continue let's say I have a lot of experience with Microsoft Products. I'm a Microsoft/Citrix engineer for about 7/8 years now so I know all the ins and outs of the OS, mostly Windows 2003 and XP but that shouldn't make a very big difference.
I was never interested in trying Vista. I did see some screenshots and read the stories and that alone was enough for me to keep running XP.
Well, this became my first experience with my friend's pc and it wasn't a very good one. First, like the article says I got bloody annoyed by UAC that popped up everytime. It did even popup when I just wanted to start regular programs that check for an update during startup, crazy.
Eventually I had to edit the registry to disable it!
But that wasn't all. He had two LCD screens connected to his Vista PC which I wanted to setup, so I go into the control panel and expect to see a display icon with all the options I need, wrong. They seperated every freakin setting! Backgroud, theme, style, display etc. you have 1000 more options than Windows XP had (same with the soundcard and network setup btw) only now it's seperated in different control panel applets and this, including that very annoying UAC should make Vista more secure and userfriendly???
Man, I wanted to change some things and I needed a lot of time searching for the options to change it, even needed to edit the registry, and these are all things my mom should know how to do if you believe MS?
I like XP, it's good looking, lightning fast, very stable, but what a joke Vista is. I'll stick to XP for the next few years I can tell you that.
Edited 2007-04-05 21:31