Windows VISTA .... really that bad?

On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:49:43 -0500, Ben Myers
<ben_myers_spam_me_not@charter.net> wrote:

>I knew that. I just used your message to launch a tirade against MVPs who think
>they know it all. But I can understand why you might think I pointed both
>barrels at you. Apologies. To you. Not to the MVPs, though... Ben Myers
>


It should be said tho not all registry cleaners/defraggers work well.
Some are over aggressive and can mess up some installed programs and
make them unuseable till repaired. Others seem less aggressive and
miss stuff in the registry. As the installed programs grow, so does
the registry and after a while, the registry can grow and get
confusing making it difficult for some cleaners to work well. So this
may be the reason some including MVP's don't recommend these type
programs. Unfortunately if they try more of them, they will find not
all are created equal and some actually do help.

> >i'll tell you a funny story. years ago, i broke up with a girlfriend,
> >who is pretty much computer illiterate, and she was more sad about
> >losing her computer expert boyfriend than anything else.
> LOL

I was baffled by the recommended installation of Norton though -
either:

a) he wanted to get her back
b) he wanted to completely screw her PC in revenge !

On Dec 13, 9:02 am, "Keith" <keithtu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Part of the problem is that XP is really quite good. So the question I have
> (because my Vista knowledge is incomplete) -is do the new features features
> justify the hardware penalty at this time?
>

By the same token, I recall Win 98 SE as being more stable, popular,
and faster than Win ME and Win XP. And all that changed as 3 years
lapsed after the initial release of XP. By then XP was given more
patch updates and mainstream computers typically exceeded XP's spec
requirements.

lol
yes, she did accuse me of that.... it wasnt intentional.
but actually that was my first time recommending the full norton system
works, and it tainted me forever....
that's why i'm paranoid about such products. i never used it for myself...


Colin Wilson wrote:
>>> i'll tell you a funny story. years ago, i broke up with a girlfriend,
>>> who is pretty much computer illiterate, and she was more sad about
>>> losing her computer expert boyfriend than anything else.
>> LOL
>
> I was baffled by the recommended installation of Norton though -
> either:
>
> a) he wanted to get her back
> b) he wanted to completely screw her PC in revenge !

Symantec/Norton continues to have problems with its products. Like Microsoft,
they have "engineered" incredibly complex software. I can count a fair number
of clients who have attempted on-line upgrades or subscription renewals and been
left with non-working software, but only Symantec's own. Symantec seems to have
left behind the era where their software hoses a system completely... Ben Myers

On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 13:40:01 -0500, Jay B <jayB@audiman.net> wrote:

>lol
>yes, she did accuse me of that.... it wasnt intentional.
>but actually that was my first time recommending the full norton system
>works, and it tainted me forever....
>that's why i'm paranoid about such products. i never used it for myself...
>
>
>Colin Wilson wrote:
>>>> i'll tell you a funny story. years ago, i broke up with a girlfriend,
>>>> who is pretty much computer illiterate, and she was more sad about
>>>> losing her computer expert boyfriend than anything else.
>>> LOL
>>
>> I was baffled by the recommended installation of Norton though -
>> either:
>>
>> a) he wanted to get her back
>> b) he wanted to completely screw her PC in revenge !