Windows Vista
Last week I had the privilege of dining with very dear friends Nick & Rob. Rob had recently purchased a computer with Windows Vista, and we were talking about all the problems he was having. Here's a snippet (as best as I can remember it... I'll take a few liberties):
Me: I've been running Vista for over a month now. There are things that I love about it, and things that I hate about it. Which is pretty-much the way I felt about Windows XP when it came out!
Rob: Well I installed the webcam software, and then all my desktop icons changed size. I un-installed the webcam software, but it didn't fix it. Then I went back to a previous System Restore Point, but they still didn't look right.
Mike: Strange.
Rob: And then after I installed my scanner software, things went totally crazy. I couldn't save anything, from any program!
Mike: Indeed that is weird. I think Windows is, well, relatively stable by itself... oftentimes, the blue screens and wacky problems start happening after you install other software. Microsoft is claiming that Vista has a lot better security... and as a result, there are some compatibility issues with older software that wasn't designed for Vista. In the name of security, Microsoft isn't allowing programs to do certain things anymore...
Nick: Like save files?
Needless to say, I was speechless :-)
Me: I've been running Vista for over a month now. There are things that I love about it, and things that I hate about it. Which is pretty-much the way I felt about Windows XP when it came out!
Rob: Well I installed the webcam software, and then all my desktop icons changed size. I un-installed the webcam software, but it didn't fix it. Then I went back to a previous System Restore Point, but they still didn't look right.
Mike: Strange.
Rob: And then after I installed my scanner software, things went totally crazy. I couldn't save anything, from any program!
Mike: Indeed that is weird. I think Windows is, well, relatively stable by itself... oftentimes, the blue screens and wacky problems start happening after you install other software. Microsoft is claiming that Vista has a lot better security... and as a result, there are some compatibility issues with older software that wasn't designed for Vista. In the name of security, Microsoft isn't allowing programs to do certain things anymore...
Nick: Like save files?
Needless to say, I was speechless :-)