[dba-Tech] The 2008 "stuff"

The search for help works really well for me to find stuff in Vista.

GK

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 11:57 AM, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
> 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
>  >
>  > -----Original Message-----
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>  > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
>  > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 11:37 AM
>  > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'; 'Discussion of
>  > Hardware and Software issues'; dba-sqlserver at databaseadvisors.com
>  > 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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Gary Kjos
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