http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/vista/ en-us Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:09:40 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395720/posts Windows 7 sales are up and Microsoft is please with the success of its Windows 7 upgrade. While Apple seems to be content with “going negative” when it comes to commercials touting its computing products, Microsoft has taken a different route with Windows 7. Apple has focused more on bashing Windows 7 (and the faults of its predecessors) rather than focus on the main strengths of the OS X platform. Microsoft, on the other hand, has created positive ads which tout the new features in Windows 7. It appears that Microsoft’s positive route — along with relatively positive reviews —... DailyTech http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395720/posts#comment Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:09:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2379240/posts Behind the taskbarComment Much better than Vista, and the best Windows yet. That seems to be the consensus view on Windows 7, and after two and a half months with the final build, I more or less agree - despite the niggling voice that says behind the new taskbar it is not really so different from Windows Vista. Nevertheless, Windows 7 on its launch today is a better experience than Windows Vista was when released in early 2007, thanks to a UI polish, faster hardware, better drivers, and new features that users actually enjoy - Taskbar, Libraries, Aero Peek -... The Register (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2379240/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:58:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2373420/posts I know I need Windows 7. But, I have used xp for years. Just got a laptop with Vista a few weeks ago. My pc died and now I'm stuck temporarily with my vista laptop. Here's my problem that is driving me crazy!! Sometimes copy/paste will work with right click, sometimes not(on web sites/email, never when it used to) Spellcheck will show the misspelled word, but the right click does nothing!! Why??? No right click page reload either! Is this just one of the reasons people hated Vista?? This is insane! me http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2373420/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:56:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2369510/posts Yes, Windows 7 didn't even hit the market until Thursday. But that hasn't stopped a fog of myths from enveloping the newest version of the much loved--and much hated--PC operating system from Microsoft. [Slide Show: The Best of What's New in Windows 7.] The software giant hoped that wide exposure to Windows 7 would help smooth its entry. Microsoft let millions of consumers and professionals download test versions of the operating system. And by a wide margin, testers have found the new system to be the best yet from Microsoft. Version 7 is leaner, more useful, and prettier than past... Yahoo! Finance http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2369510/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:42:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365929/posts XP's long reign over the hearts and minds of corporates will end on October 22 when Windows 7 is launched, predicts analysts Forester. Soothsayers in Forester's tarot reading division have pulled the Death card for Windows XP on the corporate desktop. Forrester’s Benjamin Gray said that businesses needed refresh aging IT infrastructure. There was also a predicted end to XP support and getting copies of the operating system was becoming trickier. Windows 7 had an XP mode which means that most of the software that businesses have will run on the new operating system. This will improve the OS's chance... Fudzilla http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365929/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:45:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2363963/posts I am a Mac user by choice, but my work computer is an HP Pavilion laptop running Vista. I am in NO way trying to bash MS (though I generally am no fan of Gates and his MS beast), but I am seeking real discourse and help. I am a fairly experienced computer users, and have spent a good deal of time over the last few years helping in the technology department at my previous employment. Back in the spring (machine was still under warranty), the HD died (supposedly, I am not convinced) right after a large Windows update (that... microsoft http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2363963/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:27:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2360391/posts My wife was working on a PowerPoint 2002 presentation on her Sony Vaio laptop, using Vista home. She saved the file, then kept working on it. Then, PowerPoint suddenly ended/crashed. When she restarted PowerPoint and attempted to reopon the file, she got the message that the file caused a serious error, and did she want to open it? She answered yes, and PowerPoint simply hung up while trying to open the file. Since that time, I have tried creating a new presentation and inserting slides from the other one, but that method didn't succeed. I also have tried simply double... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2360391/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:14:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2348012/posts This morning I turned on my computer which started fine and I got this message: STservice.exe unable to find Then I got another pop up saying if Windows finds a solution to the matter it would let me know. I have no clue what this is. Running Windows Vista Home Premium http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2348012/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:50:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2336954/posts My windows vista had me download 3 updates today. Told me they where "Important" one was called Vista Service Pack 2. After downloading them I can not get to any web pages except Free Republic. I am guessing its a DNS problem but Free Republic must be a SuperPage. It's faster then a speeding vista problem, able to leap DNS problems with a single bound,etc,etc. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2336954/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:21:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334116/posts Parents do not trust the Educator-in-Chief and his "comrades." You can take Obama from the radicals in Chicago. But you can't take the Chicago radicalism out of Obama. – Michelle Malkin On Tuesday the President of the United States will speak to school children across the nation in a television address. A large number of parents will keep their children home in the belief that this is an inappropriate use of the bully pulpit. But what did they expect from a community organizer whose playbook is Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky? (To understand Rules for Radicals, see my previous... Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334116/posts#comment Mon, 7 Sep 2009 19:51:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332051/posts From a reader: Jonah, The following quote from your column was spot on: "This suggests that the White House still thinks it has a communication problem, and if only it dispels the cloud of “lies” belched up by the opposition, there will be nothing but blue skies ahead. Funny how the people who run the most sophisticated communication operation in the history of the presidency keep concluding that their difficulties stem from their inability to get their message out and never from what their message actually is." Marketers make this mistake all the time, which ensures that marketing consultants like... NRO Corner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332051/posts#comment Fri, 4 Sep 2009 13:50:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2325064/posts [THIS IS A GOOD OLE' FASHIONED VANITY] OK, so my son calls me from Auburn ... Right after downloading and installing the latest updates from our friends in Redmond, the OS crashes into a memory dump/ BSOD. Vista Home Premium 64 bit on an HP notebook duo core 2 quad etc etc. It'll boot and run in safe mode, but something Microsoft sent out conflicts BIG time. I called Geek Squad to set up an appt for him, and the gentleman at Geek Squad said they had been getting a LOT of calls about laptops crashing after a Windows update.... My son's dorm room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2325064/posts#comment Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:04:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2264316/posts OK - so - I do 90% of my work using my Macs - a 12" iBook (last generation) and a PowerMac Dual G5 desktop. The other 10% I spend with an HP Pavilion Laptop (Vista). So - Working with Powerpoint on both platforms - I have found that there is a huge difference in functionality - with the Mac version generally being for more tolerant of media files (both audio and video) With Powerpoint 2008 (Mac), I can throw pretty much any popular format audio file or video file and it just works. Take that same presentation (saved on... None http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2264316/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 02:20:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2243604/posts How long does Microsoft plan to keep selling copies of its Windows Vista operating system after the upcoming launch of Windows 7? The company isn't saying. With previous versions of Windows, Microsoft used a transition period when old and new versions of Windows were available to help corporate customers manage their transition to the new version of the operating system. This time Microsoft aims to put the ghosts of its Vista troubles to rest as soon as possible, and could stop selling Vista as soon as Windows 7 is released. "We are still not sure if [computer makers] will be... pcworld http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2243604/posts#comment Mon, 4 May 2009 06:22:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236544/posts SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its quarterly revenue fell from the previous year for the first time in its 23-year history as a public company, and its profit fell more sharply than Wall Street was expecting. The shortfall illustrated the toll the recession has taken on the world's largest software maker, even though Microsoft remains one of the richest and most profitable companies. In January, Microsoft said it needed to resort to its first mass layoffs, cutting 5,000 jobs, and on Thursday it announced it would do away with merit pay increases for employees in the next fiscal year. KING5 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236544/posts#comment Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:38:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2230237/posts Can any freepers give me some advice on how to get rid of the Rapid Antivirus that appartently has infected my laptop? I am desperate. I have some deadlines and even my Internet Explorer, Firefox won't operate. FRUSTRATING!! Thanks in advance for any advice. vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2230237/posts#comment Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:08:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2228536/posts Several months ago, my computer crashed on me. Wouldn't even get to the beginning stages of boot up. Lights flickered if you hit the button, but beyond that, nothing. So, I took it to Best Buy where I bought it and where it was still under warrantee. They determined it was a fried motherboard. Consistent with the warrantee, the Geek Squad replaced it. Ever since that time, it takes about 2-3 minutes to boot up. Everything else seems to run fine, but boot up is excruciatingly slow. Any ideas why what normally took 30 seconds or so now takes 5... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2228536/posts#comment Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:20:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228492/posts New data shows that the vast majority of corporate IT departments won't touch Microsoft's next OS until at least 2011. Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) may need to keep its Windows XP operating system around a little longer -- at least for its deep-pocketed corporate customers.... The survey, of more than 1,100 IT professionals, is one of the first extensive looks at Windows 7's early sales prospects. It found that a whopping 83% of enterprises plan to skip the OS in its first year. While the business market typically tends toward caution when it comes to new products, the figure is nonetheless... Information Week http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228492/posts#comment Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:00:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2220229/posts AUSTIN — It could be “Hasta la vista, baby” to state agency purchases of Microsoft’s Windows Vista information technology under a proposed state budget provision. The “rider” in the proposed two-year, $182.2 billion state budget — expected to be taken up Wednesday by the Texas Senate — would require state agencies to get written approval from the Legislative Budget Board before buying Vista technology related to an operating system, equipment or licenses. Sen. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, added the provision in committee and said it’s meant to block purchases of the technology, which has been targeted by criticism: “Don’t buy it,... mysanantonio.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2220229/posts#comment Wed, 1 Apr 2009 22:40:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2203953/posts Fidel laments that the Cuban linux variant is named "Nova," but believe it or not, there's an even bigger mistake in the computer world. NOTE: The author of this comic requests that you visit his web site and please refrain from copying the cartoon in this thread. Thanks! Geeks On Caffeine - Cartoons done just RIGHT! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2203953/posts#comment Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:08:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2197619/posts I've used 2 different wireless cards (Linksys and Encore) on my desktop they randomly disconnect... me http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2197619/posts#comment Mon, 2 Mar 2009 23:10:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2196579/posts It's official, Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system gets the prize for being the most overhyped, underperforming information and communication technology (ICT) project. Windows Vista garnered 5,222 of 6,043 votes (86 percent) entered via the Web to snag top honors in the first-ever Fiasco Awards announced in Barcelona, Spain, today, beating out other contenders, including Google's Lively virtual world, the One Laptop per Child computer (developed by the Nicholas Negroponte-chaired One Laptop Per Child Association, Inc.) and Second Life. Second prize went to SAGA, the oft-malfunctioning administration and academic management system developed by Spain's Catalan Education Department for public school teachers... Scientific American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2196579/posts#comment Sun, 1 Mar 2009 07:10:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2177987/posts Microsoft To Kill Vista, XP Upgrade Blockers The software maker is warning customers that tools designed to prevent automatic installation of service packs are nearing expiration. By Paul McDougall, InformationWeek Feb. 2, 2009 Microsoft wants users of its Windows operating systems to move to upgraded versions of the software, so it's killing a tool that prevents upgrades from automatically self-installing. "I have some important information for those of you who have installed the Service Pack Blocker Tool for Windows XP or Windows Vista," wrote Brandon LeBlanc, Microsoft's in-house Windows blogger, in a Friday post. "The Service Pack Blocker Tool temporarily... InfoWeek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2177987/posts#comment Wed, 4 Feb 2009 08:33:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2176764/posts The software maker is warning customers that tools designed to prevent automatic installation of service packs are nearing expiration. Microsoft wants users of its Windows operating systems to move to upgraded versions of the software, so it's killing a tool that prevents upgrades from automatically self-installing. "I have some important information for those of you who have installed the Service Pack Blocker Tool for Windows XP or Windows Vista," wrote Brandon LeBlanc, Microsoft's in-house Windows blogger, in a Friday post. "The Service Pack Blocker Tool temporarily prevents the installation of a service pack through Windows Update, typically for one year... Information Week http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2176764/posts#comment Mon, 2 Feb 2009 17:29:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2176552/posts I jsut yesterday purchased a Dell Studio 17 (S1737) laptop computer with Windows Vista(x64)Home Premium factory installed. Upon starting it for the first time, I went through the usual info entry bits and pieces, and Windows Update wanted to install a bunch of updates... It went through the process quite normally; however, upon restart, Windows BSOD'ed me and the system went through an extensive attempt to do a startup repair... I had to restore Dell factory settings and such and it will now still not allow the updates to work without the BSOD reappearing and having to do the whole... my "fervently seeking for a solution" mind http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2176552/posts#comment Mon, 2 Feb 2009 06:21:40 GMT