Comments on: Top 10 Windows Vista Annoyances http://www.pcmech.com/article/top-10-windows-vista-annoyances/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:43:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Electronics111 http://www.pcmech.com/article/top-10-windows-vista-annoyances/comment-page-1/#comment-32364 Electronics111 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:07:33 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/wire/2007/07/06/top-10-windows-vista-annoyances/#comment-32364 You can use Ctrl-Shift-Esc to acess task manager instantly. You can use Ctrl-Shift-Esc to acess task manager instantly.

]]> By: *-jester-* http://www.pcmech.com/article/top-10-windows-vista-annoyances/comment-page-1/#comment-15429 *-jester-* Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:47:04 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/wire/2007/07/06/top-10-windows-vista-annoyances/#comment-15429 I got totally fed-up with Vista on my Dell Laptop about 10 months ago now so I wiped it off and installed XP. I'd almost forgotten about all the old glitches I had with Vista until yesterday when I was repairing a friends Dell laptop (with vista home) ...all the memories came flooding back to me. I DON'T MISS VISTA AT ALL! ...may it rest in peace. ...Let's hope Windows 7 is better!??????... I got totally fed-up with Vista on my Dell Laptop about 10 months ago now so I wiped it off and installed XP.
I’d almost forgotten about all the old glitches I had with Vista until yesterday when I was repairing a friends Dell laptop (with vista home) …all the memories came flooding back to me.
I DON’T MISS VISTA AT ALL! …may it rest in peace.
…Let’s hope Windows 7 is better!??????…

]]> By: JudyJudyJudy http://www.pcmech.com/article/top-10-windows-vista-annoyances/comment-page-1/#comment-15411 JudyJudyJudy Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:51:50 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/wire/2007/07/06/top-10-windows-vista-annoyances/#comment-15411 Hey...I did NOT put that pop-up in my comments. It got there all by itself. I guess I should have written "on a disc" instead. Hey…I did NOT put that pop-up in my comments. It got there all by itself. I guess I should have written “on a disc” instead.

]]> By: JudyJudyJudy http://www.pcmech.com/article/top-10-windows-vista-annoyances/comment-page-1/#comment-15410 JudyJudyJudy Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:43:36 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/wire/2007/07/06/top-10-windows-vista-annoyances/#comment-15410 Well here it is October of 2008 and Vista still sucks and the Updates STILL break my computer, excuse me COMPUTER. Updates cause so many problems you have to run system restore, then you get stuck with all the old files FOREVER. Then there is the problem of taking a backup (recommended). Your only choice for backup location is :D or removable media, unless you have a Network. Vista will not replace one backup with the newer one so then you get the big BACKUP FAILED the next time automated (again recommended) backup runs. All of a sudden you realize.. those annoying pop-ups from Gateway offering to store your data for a year for $29.95 are there for a reason. If you don't want to carry your backup discs everywhere you go, you HAVE to use this service. You pay for it, and then it takes 2 days to run the backup. Silverlight is require for everything but Internet Explorer sees it as an Add On and support folks always say "You'll have to remove add-ons" that will fix your problem with Explorer. There's no way to get rid of IE and no way to fix it. Vista is such a hog my fan runs all time. Now the fan has started making a twangy scraping noise when I boot up and occasionally at other time as well. No doubt it will quit working eventually.....no doubt when I'm in the middle of a two day RESTORE..... Are we having fun yet? PS...Here's a raspberry for Microsoft Word 2007 (:>) Well here it is October of 2008 and Vista still sucks and the Updates STILL break my computer, excuse me COMPUTER. Updates cause so many problems you have to run system restore, then you get stuck with all the old files FOREVER. Then there is the problem of taking a backup (recommended). Your only choice for backup location is :D or removable media, unless you have a Network. Vista will not replace one backup with the newer one so then you get the big BACKUP FAILED the next time automated (again recommended) backup runs. All of a sudden you realize.. those annoying pop-ups from Gateway offering to store your data for a year for $29.95 are there for a reason. If you don’t want to carry your backup discs everywhere you go, you HAVE to use this service. You pay for it, and then it takes 2 days to run the backup.

Silverlight is require for everything but Internet Explorer sees it as an Add On and support folks always say “You’ll have to remove add-ons” that will fix your problem with Explorer.

There’s no way to get rid of IE and no way to fix it.

Vista is such a hog my fan runs all time. Now the fan has started making a twangy scraping noise when I boot up and occasionally at other time as well. No doubt it will quit working eventually…..no doubt when I’m in the middle of a two day RESTORE…..

Are we having fun yet?

PS…Here’s a raspberry for Microsoft Word 2007 (:>)

]]> By: Mac User Report: Am I Turning Mactard? » PCMech http://www.pcmech.com/article/top-10-windows-vista-annoyances/comment-page-1/#comment-8048 Mac User Report: Am I Turning Mactard? » PCMech Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:25:14 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/wire/2007/07/06/top-10-windows-vista-annoyances/#comment-8048 [...] I began using Windows Vista, I was disappointed. The computer was just flaky as hell, and I wrote about it quite a bit here at PCMech. While wrestling all the incompatibilities of Vista, I saw the [...] [...] I began using Windows Vista, I was disappointed. The computer was just flaky as hell, and I wrote about it quite a bit here at PCMech. While wrestling all the incompatibilities of Vista, I saw the [...]

]]> By: Windows Vista Turns One Today » PC Mechanic http://www.pcmech.com/article/top-10-windows-vista-annoyances/comment-page-1/#comment-7518 Windows Vista Turns One Today » PC Mechanic Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:28:47 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/wire/2007/07/06/top-10-windows-vista-annoyances/#comment-7518 [...] Vista here at PCMech. I started out by upgrading my PC to Vista several months back. I found some annoyances and then tried to find some things I liked. I, like a lot of people, was waiting for Service Pack 1 [...] [...] Vista here at PCMech. I started out by upgrading my PC to Vista several months back. I found some annoyances and then tried to find some things I liked. I, like a lot of people, was waiting for Service Pack 1 [...]

]]> By: Christopher http://www.pcmech.com/article/top-10-windows-vista-annoyances/comment-page-1/#comment-3513 Christopher Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:12:59 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/wire/2007/07/06/top-10-windows-vista-annoyances/#comment-3513 It surprises me how many people seem to be surprised by this change to Ctrl+Alt+Delete. Every NT-based operating system has always blanked the screen and gone to a Windows Security menu, with the sole exception of Windows XP with the Welcome screen enabled. Since I use XP with the Classic logon, I still get Windows Security. It surprises me how many people seem to be surprised by this change to Ctrl+Alt+Delete. Every NT-based operating system has always blanked the screen and gone to a Windows Security menu, with the sole exception of Windows XP with the Welcome screen enabled. Since I use XP with the Classic logon, I still get Windows Security.

]]> By: *-jester-* http://www.pcmech.com/article/top-10-windows-vista-annoyances/comment-page-1/#comment-3487 *-jester-* Sat, 10 Nov 2007 09:18:32 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/wire/2007/07/06/top-10-windows-vista-annoyances/#comment-3487 RE #6: You can also access Task Manager by right clicking on the taskbar and selecting Task Manager from the drop down list :) RE #8: I was having the same resolution issues in Vista business and I've found a way around it. This only works if you DON'T use dial monitors, and that is to disable 'TMM' in Task Manager [Control Panel - System and Maintenance - Administrative Tools - Task Scheduler] ...seems to work for me. :) RE #6: You can also access Task Manager by right clicking on the taskbar and selecting Task Manager from the drop down list :)

RE #8: I was having the same resolution issues in Vista business and I’ve found a way around it. This only works if you DON’T use dial monitors, and that is to disable ‘TMM’ in Task Manager [Control Panel - System and Maintenance - Administrative Tools - Task Scheduler] …seems to work for me. :)

]]> By: Adrian Miller http://www.pcmech.com/article/top-10-windows-vista-annoyances/comment-page-1/#comment-1818 Adrian Miller Sat, 06 Oct 2007 06:56:54 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/wire/2007/07/06/top-10-windows-vista-annoyances/#comment-1818 Um to access the task manager you can just hit ctrl+shift+escape, still three keys just the last two are different. Um to access the task manager you can just hit ctrl+shift+escape, still three keys just the last two are different.

]]> By: Jose A. Gelpi http://www.pcmech.com/article/top-10-windows-vista-annoyances/comment-page-1/#comment-1089 Jose A. Gelpi Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:54:04 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/wire/2007/07/06/top-10-windows-vista-annoyances/#comment-1089 I am, sort of, running Win Vista Home Premium on an emachine. I say sort of because I was able to do away with most of the annoyances and bloat by doing a full recovery using emachines bare-bones recovery CD. What I have now is almost an XP clone. There are now left just two glitches. One is with PSP 9 - double clicking will get you a typical ridiculous MS error message. This can be avoided by right clicking and using "OPEN WITH". The oher glitch is the bloated fonts folder with several dozen absurdly named ttc and ttf files. They are anchored and many of them defy eviction. If you run across any information on how to do awy with them kick it over to me. I am, sort of, running Win Vista Home Premium on an emachine. I say sort of because I was able to do away with most of the annoyances and bloat by doing a full recovery using emachines bare-bones recovery CD. What I have now is almost an XP clone. There are now left just two glitches. One is with PSP 9 – double clicking will get you a typical ridiculous MS error message. This can be avoided by right clicking and using “OPEN WITH”. The oher glitch is the bloated fonts folder with several dozen absurdly named ttc and ttf files. They are anchored and many of them defy eviction. If you run across any information on how to do awy with them kick it over to me.

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