[dba-Tech] Vista question

Peter Brawley peter.brawley at earthlink.net
Wed May 28 18:49:27 CDT 2008


>It came with the new notebook. 

Ouch.

P.

Arthur Fuller wrote:
> It came with the new notebook. That's the only reason. I may roll it back to
> XP but I thought I'd play with it for a few days, and the eye candy is
> definitely seductive (I acknowledge that that makes me sound like soooo
> trivial) and I just wanted to explore it, but there are so many commands
> that I can't find that I think I have to 'fess up and admit that I'm an old
> fart. Before I give up, however, I'm going to try the VMWare approach and
> maybe back-install XP just so I have some idea where the commands lurk.
>
> I still can't find "Start|Run". Maybe it's different on Vista|Home. I'm also
> frightened that Home version won't support IIS, which is essential for
> Reporting Services. Yikes. What have I got myself into here? I wanted an
> upgrade, but it's beginning to look as if I need a downgrade.
>
> Longing for the times when software was relatively simple.
>
> A.
>
>   
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>> If one has alternatives, is there a good reason to run Vista bloatware?
>>
>>
>> PB
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