On 2/1/08, Dr Skip wrote: > I get settings that go back to original all the time. If I just accept the > defaults on everything, then I guess life would be fine, but that's not what > I've come to expect, and the defaults are not appropriate for me. So, a lot of > wasted time and frustration, just at that level. Throw in the slow file copies > to anywhere (MS admits it), the firewall deficiencies, the services > incompatibilities, the numerous services that do phone home all the time, the > odd API breakages, UAC and having to wrestle ownership of files all the time, > junction points that recurse forever... the list goes on... In this case, I think this has something to do with the fact that you are using Vista Home Premium. I am also dissappointed that some great features in Vista (Business/Ultimate) is not available under Vista Home Premium. For example, group policy settings. And you may have to wait for SP1 or even SP2 to get better user experiences. But take note when Windows XP SP2 came out, a lot of the applications also broke. And if you move to Linux, most Windows application will break. > Is it stable? Perhaps, although IE7 has 'unexpectedly terminated' many times so > far on a vanilla Vista system. Other apps do off and on too. It recovers fine, > maybe better than XP might have for whatever it didn't like, but the session is > still lost (multiple tabs). Life isn't perfect even with the apps it ships with... > That is the norm for the software industry as a whole now. I will say I have more problems with IBM (Lotus notes) and Firefox than Microsoft Outlook/IE. So life is not perfect with the IT industry as a whole. And occassionally SAP still comes out with some error message in German. Even in the automation industry I am in, the hardware (PLC/DCS) is usually great. But I am not convinced that the software is that great. Compared to the software packages I am using now, I will say the Windows built-in programs are very good already. All in all, we may have to lower the expectations when it comes to the commercial software packages. Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist