[dba-Tech] The 2008 "stuff"

I decided to bite the bullet and install the copy of Vista on my laptop 
(dev machine).  While I was at it I also decided to go whole hog and 
install thunderbird as my email client.

So my day is pretty much wasted trying to figure out how to use thing 
thing.

I have to say, Vista is pretty.  I left everything turned on, including 
the new menu (not the classic).  I have always felt "helpless" when I 
tried to work on someone's computer that didn't use the classic start 
menu, and the "new" (XP style) menu has been around what... 5 years now? 
  So fine, I will learn the new stuff.

It just takes soooo much time to discover where everything went.  For 
example, the old way allowed me to run a little wizard to add a mapped 
drive on another computer to "my network".  While I can MAP these things 
(if I know their \\Servername\Sharename address) I'll be darned if I can 
figure out how to just create a network item - or even where network 
neighborhood disappeared to.  And this after an hour of playing around.

Sigh.

Sometime next week I should be back to getting real work done.

JWColby

Jim Lawrence wrote:
> Hi John:
> 
> Yes, I have. The Server 2008 is now running and I have been working to get
> the Hyper-V (Virtual Server in common eglish) running.
> 
> Jim
> 
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 11:37 AM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'; 'Discussion of
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> Subject: [dba-Tech] The 2008 "stuff"
> 
> I just got back from the intro event and am wondering who is using this
> stuff.  I got released 2008 Visual Studio as well as released Windows
> Enterprise 2008 (x32 and x64).  The SQL Server is not released however with
> a February CTP available (which I am downloading) in x32 and x64.
> 
> So has anyone installed this and using it for real?
> 
> Also does anyone have any knowledge about how this stuff will fit into the
> Action Pack?  At this time SQL Server 2005 and Windows 2003 is the available
> there.
> 
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com 
> 
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