Originally posted by: TheStu
Listen, what is the point of your Vista machine being completely impervious to attacks (which nothing is, not *nix, not OS X, not Windows) if you can hardly use the thing due to any number of issues. the OP may simply not like how Vista moved things around that didn't need to be moved. Maybe he doesn't like the lack of bang for the buck. Maybe his software doesn't play nice with Vista, even in XP compatibility mode.
Much like how *nix and OS X are not for everyone, Vista is not for everyone either. I personally prefer XP over Vista, even if you do not. Though I do sort of like the new look of Vista actually, but I hate how non-glass aero is hideously ugly as compared to glass aero... they are too different from each other. The close/maximize/minimize buttons aren't even the same WTF?
He could transfer Windows over by cloning and then repairing the installation. Then, he calls Microsoft, and gets a new activation code.
WoW, Stu, baby! Simma down...
You made some good points! However...
The largest "number of issues" ppl complain about is the User Account Control (UAC) - a major security component of Vista. In Windows Vista, UAC and its Admin Approval Mode are enabled by default. From what I've seen & read, most ppl are just too dumb to figure it out (so far)! So, they turn them off...
Example: A co-worker was complaining that he can't connect to his Vista lappy from XP - and Vista sucked!
I asked him if he has the username & password enabled on XP, setup a workgroup, enabled file & printer sharing options on Vista, specified the network type, et cetera (another security hole MS fixed).
He's like, "Huh? Oh... No! Why?"
I said, "Never mind! I gotta run! Talk to you later..."
Sometimes you gotta be careful what you ask for... you know?
On compatibility: The only problem I've run across is poorly written software, like the latest versions of Winamp, CrapCleaner (aka CCleaner), et cetera. The older versions work just fine, including 8 year-old MS Office 2000 (sans Outlook) which isn't even officially supported by MS...
Aesthetics aside, are 'we' to argue that a LACK of security and the ability to run POORLY written software is preferable to learning Vista... which is inevitable anyway? Might as well be an early adopted IMHO and look like a genius to your friends (when they ask for help) rather than telling them to downgrade to XP and do without sound or whatever...
You will be assimilated - guaranteed! They've already forced Apple fanboiz into running Intel processors. Remember all the wailing and gnashing of teeth when that happened?
Besides, ppl made the same argument
for downgrading to Win98SE when XP first came out, no?
Now it's Vista's turn! Give it time... Ppl will figure it out (programmers too) and everyone will love Vista, just like XP!