;Yeah, my Vista came with a new compact and it is still buggy
Robert Hale

"ViPeRaY" wrote:

> i really dont agree with you. i install it and work very well. but i install
> in a clean machine, i didnt upgrade. i didnt show me any problem. i install
> office 2007 beta too. both of them working well. i also use bluetooth,
> wireless and so. maybe you did upgrade so that you have these problems. i
> didnt see anythink to say about vista is unstable.
> "Graham" <Graham@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E34102A3-A437-4457-82BB-4C2356D215A4@microsoft.com...
> > Top 10 things I hate about Vista
> >
> > 10 - Dialog boxes keep popping up, even after I click "do not show me this
> > message again"
> >
> > 9 - When I connect my digital camera, Vista automatically opens MS Word
> > (??)
> > and then tells me that "Word doesn't support this device" (!!) XP
> > automatically opened my digital camera software (Zoom Browser) -- now that
> > was smart.
> >
> > 8 - My printer (a Samsung ML-1740) is apparently not supported. At least,
> > it didn't work out of the box. The same printer is automatically
> > configured
> > in LINUX! Jesus! I thought hardware compatibility and ease of use was
> > the
> > main benefit of Windows! I guess I was wrong. Maybe it's greater access
> > to
> > viruses and spyware?
> >
> > 7 - It's a power hog. Despite changing the power settings, it still kills
> > my notebook battery at least 30% faster than XP.
> >
> > 6 - It commonly drops my wireless network connection, which I cannot get
> > back without rebooting. I very rarely lost this connection in XP, and
> > never
> > had to reboot to reconnect.
> >
> > 5 - My hard drive seems to be in use continuously, even when the system is
> > idle. WHY?
> >
> > 4 - My bluetooth, integrated camera and fingerprint reader are recognized
> > by
> > the system and "working properly" according to device manager, but they
> > don't
> > work at all.
> >
> > 3 - Often after resuming, my sound card hangs, producing a continuous
> > "skipping" noise. In order to fix this, I have to reboot.
> >
> > 2 - Vista keeps telling me that it's "blocked some startup programs" but
> > won't let me unblock these programs manually. It also won't let me
> > suppress
> > or ignore this message, it keeps popping up!
> >
> > 1 - MS doesn't offer a way to revert to XP (even though the installation
> > process spends a lot of time copying my old XP files to windows.old --
> > what's
> > the point of backing up old system files if there's no way to undo the
> > upgrade??)
> >
> > I can't believe that MS calls this a "release candidate." It's terrible.
> > If you're thinking of upgrading, think again. Vista is bulky, unstable,
> > and
> > as of yet I haven't discovered any features that make it worth the
> > trouble.
> > Stay away!
> >
> > (In case any developers at MS are reading this, I'm using a Vaio SZ-120
> > P/B
> > notebook, with all of the standard hardware. I hope, for your sake, that
> > you
> > can build a better product.)
>
>

Compact? Isn't that what your wife uses for make-up?

If your new Compaq computer is buggy, then you should be on the phone with
Compaq support exercising the terms of your warranty.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Robert Hale" <RobertHale@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:456BE8CC-2D1A-482B-A63D-A3B53290A91F@microsoft.com...
> ;Yeah, my Vista came with a new compact and it is still buggy
> Robert Hale
>
> "ViPeRaY" wrote:
>
>> i really dont agree with you. i install it and work very well. but i
>> install
>> in a clean machine, i didnt upgrade. i didnt show me any problem. i
>> install
>> office 2007 beta too. both of them working well. i also use bluetooth,
>> wireless and so. maybe you did upgrade so that you have these problems. i
>> didnt see anythink to say about vista is unstable.
>> "Graham" <Graham@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E34102A3-A437-4457-82BB-4C2356D215A4@microsoft.com...
>> > Top 10 things I hate about Vista
>> >
>> > 10 - Dialog boxes keep popping up, even after I click "do not show me
>> > this
>> > message again"
>> >
>> > 9 - When I connect my digital camera, Vista automatically opens MS Word
>> > (??)
>> > and then tells me that "Word doesn't support this device" (!!) XP
>> > automatically opened my digital camera software (Zoom Browser) -- now
>> > that
>> > was smart.
>> >
>> > 8 - My printer (a Samsung ML-1740) is apparently not supported. At
>> > least,
>> > it didn't work out of the box. The same printer is automatically
>> > configured
>> > in LINUX! Jesus! I thought hardware compatibility and ease of use was
>> > the
>> > main benefit of Windows! I guess I was wrong. Maybe it's greater
>> > access
>> > to
>> > viruses and spyware?
>> >
>> > 7 - It's a power hog. Despite changing the power settings, it still
>> > kills
>> > my notebook battery at least 30% faster than XP.
>> >
>> > 6 - It commonly drops my wireless network connection, which I cannot
>> > get
>> > back without rebooting. I very rarely lost this connection in XP, and
>> > never
>> > had to reboot to reconnect.
>> >
>> > 5 - My hard drive seems to be in use continuously, even when the system
>> > is
>> > idle. WHY?
>> >
>> > 4 - My bluetooth, integrated camera and fingerprint reader are
>> > recognized
>> > by
>> > the system and "working properly" according to device manager, but they
>> > don't
>> > work at all.
>> >
>> > 3 - Often after resuming, my sound card hangs, producing a continuous
>> > "skipping" noise. In order to fix this, I have to reboot.
>> >
>> > 2 - Vista keeps telling me that it's "blocked some startup programs"
>> > but
>> > won't let me unblock these programs manually. It also won't let me
>> > suppress
>> > or ignore this message, it keeps popping up!
>> >
>> > 1 - MS doesn't offer a way to revert to XP (even though the
>> > installation
>> > process spends a lot of time copying my old XP files to windows.old --
>> > what's
>> > the point of backing up old system files if there's no way to undo the
>> > upgrade??)
>> >
>> > I can't believe that MS calls this a "release candidate." It's
>> > terrible.
>> > If you're thinking of upgrading, think again. Vista is bulky,
>> > unstable,
>> > and
>> > as of yet I haven't discovered any features that make it worth the
>> > trouble.
>> > Stay away!
>> >
>> > (In case any developers at MS are reading this, I'm using a Vaio SZ-120
>> > P/B
>> > notebook, with all of the standard hardware. I hope, for your sake,
>> > that
>> > you
>> > can build a better product.)
>>
>>

> > 2 - Vista keeps telling me that it's "blocked some startup programs" but
> > won't let me unblock these programs manually. It also won't let me
> > suppress
> > or ignore this message, it keeps popping up!

Check for a solution here:
http://blog.gerke-preussner.de/index...-in-Vista.html