I reported the various problems to the manufacturer and suggested my
computer has a hardware timing problem. I just got an email back that my
hard disk is bad and they will send someone to my house to replace it,
probably within 24 hours.

I'm feeling better.

Keith
<gsx@gsxnet.com> wrote in message
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>I would seriously consider that the problem lies with the computer itself
>or the manufacturer.
> There are just to many Vista users not having those issues. Vista has some
> issues any new OS would have. XP was no different when it was released.
>
> Contact the manufacturer of the PC, or simply return the PC and get a
> different one. I would recommend the HP Vista Laptops/PC's. I have one, I
> dont have any of the issues you are having.
>
> To be exact here is what I have on my Laptop (HP dv6275us).
> I have Visual Studio C++, Visual Studio C#, Microsoft Office 2007,
> Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004, SlingBox Pro, about 10 apps in the
> Sidebar, Direct X SDK, Platform SDK, Microsoft Virtual PC, Virtual Earth
> and much more.
>
> I use my laptop to develope software.
>
> I have very few issues with my Vista Laptop and Desktop. My Vista Desktop
> PC is a game PC, and I have many legacy games on it that run without
> issues.So that is two Vista computers, that do not have issues.
>
> Like I said I have come across a few issues, but nothing major.
>
> Contact the manufacturer of the laptop and have them fix it, you are
> right, the issues you are having a totally unacceptible. If it is new I
> would just return it and get a different model or brand. Vista should work
> very well on a new computer that is sold with it already installed.
>
> I bought my laptop with Vista preinstalled and have a custom built desktop
> that had XP on it and I installed Vista onto it. Both run very well, in
> fact better than XP did. In fact the desktop has been running two weeks
> without a reboot and has had Micrsoft Flight Simulator 2004 running the
> whole time.
>
> G
>
>
> "Keith Eckhardt" <keitheckhardt@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:OZmtwpLkHHA.4248@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>>I bought a laptop with Vista Home installed. What a mistake.
>>
>> 1) I used the MS program to transfer settings and files. Oops, lots of
>> files didn't make it. Had to use other utilities to finish the job.
>> Also, when it copied Outlook Express it copied all my single folders, but
>> not the one that had sub-folders. Now what do I do?
>>
>> 2) Every time I close Windows Mail it crashes. Then every time I start
>> it up again it processes every message in every folder. I'm guessing it
>> is creating the indexes that it doesn't save when it crashes at close
>> time.
>>
>> 3) The sidebar crashed and doesn't come back at re-boot. I don't really
>> miss it, but it's un-nerving to have it crash.
>>
>> Vista seems to have been released more than a bit early.
>>
>> Keith[/color]
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