"jmathers" <jm********.com> wrote in message
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> Isn't that what Bill said? And who the heck was doing the testing?[/color]

Shane Nokes
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> Must have been the same people that are taking care of most technical
> support issues these daze.
> I can not believe that Visual Studio 2005 SP1 behaves the way it does
> in Vista; its a joke. Yeah, I know, there's a Beta patch for Vista
> users; and why would I apply anything Beta from Microsoft, when the
> production/live stuff doesn't work worth a crap. Currently I am dead
> in the water waiting for the VS patch for Vista, and all because I
> decided to upgrade to Vista.[/color]

You installed a new OS on a production development box without checking the
MSDN newsgroups to see if it would work? Are you familiar with
msdn.microsoft.com? It has been all over there for months.
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>Wish I could get my money back.[/color]

You can
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>Funny
> thing is, I downloaded and ran the Vista upgrade advisor program that
> was supposed to tell me about these issues. Never reported a single
> issue until I actually started the upgrade process, then it told me
> that I needed to uninstall a number of programs. Visual Studio wasn't
> one of them. THe upgrade advisor never told me that the upgrade was
> going to throw away my current printer drivers, because there are no
> supported drivers for a printer I bought 1 year ago. HP has told me
> they will support the printer, it might be a while though. I guess
> everybody was in the dark here about when people might actually need
> this stuff.[/color]

And I cannot imagine that a developer would do an upgrade rather than a
clean install.
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>
> Its great to see all the old problems I used to experience, suddenly
> reappear. Like clicking on the recycle bin, emptying the trash, but
> the list stays there, although it says it emptied the trash.[/color]

Yep. You got 'em on that one. Score: Them 3, you .005[color=blue]
>
> Is the UAC for real? I would imagine 99.9% of the users have turned
> this crap off. Is it OK to do this on virtually everything you try
> and do. I feel like my mother is watching and approving everything I
> do.[/color]

Read the posts. Decide for yourself. You either want security or you
don't. They give you the option.
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>
> Are users expected to debug the few gadgets that are out there? I
> have downloaded several of these and end up with errors when I reboot,
> asking me if I want to debug... Why the heck would I want a Weather
> gadget that never seems to update. What am I supposed to do with this
> debug information; maybe actually fix the Gadget? I know what
> happened; the people who worked on the OS also wrote some Gadgets![/color]

Gadgets aren't critical development tools - at least any gadgets I have seen
so far. *shrug*.. skip them if they don't work. Even on a home pc used for
surfing or whatever else, they're optional. You can disable them.
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>
> I'm not sure how to fix the IE message "The current web page is trying
> to open a site in your trusted sites" message. Jeez, I am on a
> Microsoft web site trying to look at the Gadgets. Love the navigation
> there also. I am looking for the new stuff, so maybe selecting last
> record and working backwards will work; NOT.
>
> I want names and numbers for the people responsible for this atrocity
> called Vista![/color]

1-800-Microsoft. Mr. Bill Gates.