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"Keith Eckhardt" <keitheckhardt@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>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=darkred]
>>>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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