I Hate Microsoft Vista

sjsoffer · #1 01-23-2009, 11:20 AM

I hate it too. It randomly stopped recognizing my built in webcam as existing, it installs my printer repeatedly (I have 12 printers installed...all the same one) and just all of these problems that my techie friend said aren't uncommon with Vista.

nittanyalum · #2 01-23-2009, 12:13 PM

I've had great luck with Vista and really enjoy the working environment. I was advised, though, to only buy it installed on a brand new machine (with lots of memory b/c it's a memory hog) -- I've never known anyone who tried to install it on an old machine that didn't have a host of problems. I'm a fan though!

KSig RC · #3 01-23-2009, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by nittanyalum

I've had great luck with Vista and really enjoy the working environment. I was advised, though, to only buy it installed on a brand new machine (with lots of memory b/c it's a memory hog) -- I've never known anyone who tried to install it on an old machine that didn't have a host of problems. I'm a fan though!

The current releases of Vista are phenomenal - way more useful than MacOS for the average user. "Power" users or those with rough setups are probably SOL, which is too bad, because it really is a good platform (now).

If MS hadn't performed seppuku releasing it, I don't think you'd hear about "all these problems" - most of it is self-fulfilling, user error or psychosomatic.

KSUViolet06 · #4 01-23-2009, 04:14 PM

I have Vista on my new Dell (it's about 6 months old), and I haven't had any issues with it at all.

Leslie Anne · #5 01-23-2009, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by sjsoffer

I hate it too. It randomly stopped recognizing my built in webcam as existing, it installs my printer repeatedly (I have 12 printers installed...all the same one) and just all of these problems that my techie friend said aren't uncommon with Vista.

I'm on board with "it sucks." And mine does the same thing with installing, or trying to install, my printer repeatedly. It doesn't fully recognize it. I can only use the scanner by scanning to a flash drive then moving it over to the computer. Ridiculous! Internet Explorer stops and restarts several times a day. It's a bit better since I had a techie look at it but it still sucks.

n.b. - I'm starting to blame a lot of it on HP. Every HP product I've had has turned to crap.