Misery loves company- so i'll join you in lamenting I've been
operating at home with bellsout.net [now att.net] DSL and with XP as my
operating system- I didn't have any problems browsing the web or getting
e-mail. I bought a new [expensive ]laptop with vista premium and I can get
e-mail but connecting to any webpage is a crap shoot!! It usually takes 2-3
minutes just to find a [or any] website [url] and then once it finds it, it
takes about 2 minutes to fully load the page----then if you click a hyperlink
within that page, it takes an additional 3-4 minutes to load--- often the web
browser [IEX or mozilla} times out when it is unsuccessful--- I used the
networks diagnostics to trouble shoot and it advsd it could not ping the isp
dns server... I went to the "run" command and typed in the exact same ip
address and my machine sent 4 packets but received "zero" back---- I
connected my son's laptop that has XP as the operating system and is
lightning fast---- I went to the command prompt and pinged the same isp dns
server ip address and, withing miliseconds the pings came right back with no
problem--- the att dsl tier II [KID!!] that I talked to [in the Phillipines]
didn't have a clue- att makes purposefully unclear references to
incompatibility issues between dsl and microsoft] that were [supposedly]
cleared up in May 2007-
I think the Dslam shelf [software] in the LEC central ofc and its related
field remote terminal shelf [ cards ] might need some sort of software
upgrade to support the vista operating system. LIke you Gary, "Internet
connectivity is our #1 priority!!!"-- I do tons of researh at home wfor work
and now...... I called att tier II tech support back and suggested that they
check for
a DHCP issue requiring a firmware upgrade [patch] for this particular
regional server and/or the cot and RT dslam controller cards [channel units]

> On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:48:07 -0700, schafferde wrote:
>
> > I don't suppose this will be allowed to stay on here, but I have to
> > vent. I got Vista with my new Dell computer, and so far, I have had to
> > replace 4 programs that don't run on vista, and for which the companies
> > "don't plan any upgrades in the near future". This has cost me a lot of
> > money that I don't have. The computer was a large expense for me, and
> > now it is getting rediculous. I am now looking unsuccessfully for a
> > simple photo editing software program that will run that has the
> > features my old program had, and I am very frustrated. Knowing what I
> > know now, I would have never had Vista, and would have paid extra to
> > have XP put on my new computer. Thank you for letting me vent.
>
> It's no accident that you're being fleeced. Microsoft made conscious
> design choices with Vista to ensure it would be incompatible with older
> hardware and software.
>
> After all, what good does it do Microsoft's shareholders to know that
> people with 5-year-old XP systems are still satisfied with what they've
> got???
>
> I would suggest you contact Dell customer service and ask them if you can
> exchange your Vista license for an XP license. Scuttlebutt has it that
> people who are persistent with such requests eventually get what they
> want. At the very least, you should let Dell know that you are not happy
> with Vista.
>
> Charlie
>