OT: Vista update

[Guest Heirloom]

To those interested,

The new notebook with Vista Home Premium is working just fine for my

wife. It took quite a while to remove all of the "trial crap" that came

installed, but, that is almost complete.....I only need to remove a few file

and folder leftovers and do some manual housekeeping in the registry.

Overall, she is impressed with the OS and the system. Personally, I like XP

better (mainly because I am used to it).....Vista seems to be a bit

"AOL'ish" with all the 'eye candy' and has a number of 'nag' messages from

the PC Health feature. i.e., it did not recognize the backup I made from

Acronis to an external USB HD.

Bottom line, the wife likes it.......if the wife is happy, everyone

is happy.

Heirloom, old and now have two machines to

maintain <g>.

[Guest Mike M]

Re: Vista update

 

Re: Vista update

 

Do you have the two machines networked together? If so did you have any

problems doing so?

 

As for the "nag" messages, welcome to the world of UAC, not that I think

that that is a bad feature although perhaps a little "over-done".

--

Mike M

 

 

Heirloom <roland58XX@suddenlink.net> wrote:

> To those interested,

> The new notebook with Vista Home Premium is working just fine

> for my wife. It took quite a while to remove all of the "trial crap"

> that came installed, but, that is almost complete.....I only need to

> remove a few file and folder leftovers and do some manual

> housekeeping in the registry. Overall, she is impressed with the OS

> and the system. Personally, I like XP better (mainly because I am

> used to it).....Vista seems to be a bit "AOL'ish" with all the 'eye

> candy' and has a number of 'nag' messages from the PC Health feature.

> i.e., it did not recognize the backup I made from Acronis to an

> external USB HD. Bottom line, the wife likes it.......if the

> wife is happy, everyone is happy.

> Heirloom, old and now have two machines

> to maintain <g>.

[Guest Heirloom]

Re: Vista update

 

Re: Vista update

 

Hey Mike,

No, I didn't even attempt to network the XP and Vista machines

together. I do have them working off of the same router, a Linksys

ethernet. I was going to set up a wireless network, but, the needs of the

wife were not such to justify it.

I really don't need the two machines 'talking', I recently purchased two 4G

and one 2G pen drives, so, if I need to move anything from one machine to

the other, they are quite handy, plus, the wife can use one to backup all of

her pictures and 'goodies' for safe keeping.

BTW, will the older version of jv16 Power Tools (1.30.195) work

with Vista Home Premium?? I have been told that Spybot S&D is okay and I

am still wondering about Crap Cleaner with Vista.....any info on those?

I agree that the 'nags' are not really a bad thing, especially for a

new user. However, like you said, they are a bit overdone and I would like

to see a way to disable some of them......even the wife finds some of them

annoying and she is not a geek.

Heirloom, old and Vista is okay

 

 

"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message

news:O67ERyj7HHA.1900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Do you have the two machines networked together? If so did you have any

> problems doing so?

>

> As for the "nag" messages, welcome to the world of UAC, not that I think

> that that is a bad feature although perhaps a little "over-done".

> --

> Mike M

>

>

> Heirloom <roland58XX@suddenlink.net> wrote:

>

>> To those interested,

>> The new notebook with Vista Home Premium is working just fine

>> for my wife. It took quite a while to remove all of the "trial crap"

>> that came installed, but, that is almost complete.....I only need to

>> remove a few file and folder leftovers and do some manual

>> housekeeping in the registry. Overall, she is impressed with the OS

>> and the system. Personally, I like XP better (mainly because I am

>> used to it).....Vista seems to be a bit "AOL'ish" with all the 'eye

>> candy' and has a number of 'nag' messages from the PC Health feature.

>> i.e., it did not recognize the backup I made from Acronis to an

>> external USB HD. Bottom line, the wife likes it.......if the

>> wife is happy, everyone is happy.

>> Heirloom, old and now have two machines

>> to maintain <g>.

>

[Guest Mike M]

Re: Vista update

 

Re: Vista update

 

Hi,

> No, I didn't even attempt to network the XP and Vista machines

> together.

 

Coward <vbg>. Personally I've found Vista's networking to be more of a

black art than say XP despite Microsoft's claims to the contrary. Vista

<-> router either wired or wireless isn't a problem but I've had quite a

few problems Vista -> XP (the reverse has been fine) and as for Vista to

my two NAS boxes, well that's another story altogether and despite knowing

what "should" fix the problem it doesn't fix it reliably here and is the

main reason for what follows.

> BTW, will the older version of jv16 Power Tools (1.30.195)

> work with Vista Home Premium??

 

Sorry, I haven't a clue. It's not a tool I use very often, much like

Vista for which I have yet to find a good reason for using although I

appreciate that some seem to love it. I've currently two Vista Ultra

boxes here unopened together with a third Ultimate key I got as a "thank

you" for testing and all three have yet to be activated on any system.

Until now I've run under the 30 day pre-activation period and then when it

has started nagging wiped the system. I think I will probably reinstall

and activate a copy on my laptop to have a reference machine when trying

to help others but at the moment I'm not inclined to install Vista on my

two main production boxes, even as a multi-boot.

 

Cheers,

--

Mike M

 

 

Heirloom <roland58XX@suddenlink.net> wrote:

> Hey Mike,

> No, I didn't even attempt to network the XP and Vista machines

> together. I do have them working off of the same router, a Linksys

> ethernet. I was going to set up a wireless network, but, the needs

> of the wife were not such to justify it.

> I really don't need the two machines 'talking', I recently purchased

> two 4G and one 2G pen drives, so, if I need to move anything from one

> machine to the other, they are quite handy, plus, the wife can use

> one to backup all of her pictures and 'goodies' for safe keeping.

> BTW, will the older version of jv16 Power Tools (1.30.195)

> work with Vista Home Premium?? I have been told that Spybot S&D is

> okay and I am still wondering about Crap Cleaner with Vista.....any

> info on those? I agree that the 'nags' are not really a bad

> thing, especially for a new user. However, like you said, they are a

> bit overdone and I

> would like to see a way to disable some of them......even the wife

> finds some of them annoying and she is not a geek.

> Heirloom, old and Vista is okay

[Guest Delboy]

Re: Vista update

 

Re: Vista update

 

Hi Heirloom

 

Pleased to hear the new Vista box is ok. Be interested to hear how fast

generally (especially file transfers) and how much disk churning goes on.

 

CCleaner 2.00.491 beta (latest) is fine if you run as administrator (r click

the s/cut icon-properties-compatibility-check run as admin box. Then it will

clean properly.

 

--

 

Delboy

 

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely

foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

 

Douglas Adams

"Heirloom" <roland58XX@suddenlink.net> wrote in message

news:OzGiNfk7HHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> Hey Mike,

> No, I didn't even attempt to network the XP and Vista machines

> together. I do have them working off of the same router, a Linksys

> ethernet. I was going to set up a wireless network, but, the needs of the

> wife were not such to justify it.

> I really don't need the two machines 'talking', I recently purchased two

> 4G and one 2G pen drives, so, if I need to move anything from one machine

> to the other, they are quite handy, plus, the wife can use one to backup

> all of her pictures and 'goodies' for safe keeping.

> BTW, will the older version of jv16 Power Tools (1.30.195) work

> with Vista Home Premium?? I have been told that Spybot S&D is okay and I

> am still wondering about Crap Cleaner with Vista.....any info on those?

> I agree that the 'nags' are not really a bad thing, especially for

> a new user. However, like you said, they are a bit overdone and I would

> like to see a way to disable some of them......even the wife finds some of

> them annoying and she is not a geek.

> Heirloom, old and Vista is okay

>

>

> "Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message

> news:O67ERyj7HHA.1900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> Do you have the two machines networked together? If so did you have any

>> problems doing so?

>>

>> As for the "nag" messages, welcome to the world of UAC, not that I think

>> that that is a bad feature although perhaps a little "over-done".

>> --

>> Mike M

>>

>>

>> Heirloom <roland58XX@suddenlink.net> wrote:

>>

>>> To those interested,

>>> The new notebook with Vista Home Premium is working just fine

>>> for my wife. It took quite a while to remove all of the "trial crap"

>>> that came installed, but, that is almost complete.....I only need to

>>> remove a few file and folder leftovers and do some manual

>>> housekeeping in the registry. Overall, she is impressed with the OS

>>> and the system. Personally, I like XP better (mainly because I am

>>> used to it).....Vista seems to be a bit "AOL'ish" with all the 'eye

>>> candy' and has a number of 'nag' messages from the PC Health feature.

>>> i.e., it did not recognize the backup I made from Acronis to an

>>> external USB HD. Bottom line, the wife likes it.......if the

>>> wife is happy, everyone is happy.

>>> Heirloom, old and now have two machines

>>> to maintain <g>.

>>

>

>

[Guest Delboy]

Re: Vista update

 

Re: Vista update

 

ps Don't know about jv16 Power Tools, but jv regcleaner doesn't work.

 

--

 

Delboy

 

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely

foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

 

Douglas Adams

"Delboy" <spamfree.delboy.hoy@btinternet.com> wrote in message

news:QbednbmP8bBKO0HbRVnyiQA@bt.com...

> Hi Heirloom

>

> Pleased to hear the new Vista box is ok. Be interested to hear how fast

> generally (especially file transfers) and how much disk churning goes on.

>

> CCleaner 2.00.491 beta (latest) is fine if you run as administrator (r

> click the s/cut icon-properties-compatibility-check run as admin box. Then

> it will clean properly.

>

> --

>

> Delboy

>

> A common mistake that people make when trying to design something

> completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

>

> Douglas Adams

> "Heirloom" <roland58XX@suddenlink.net> wrote in message

> news:OzGiNfk7HHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> Hey Mike,

>> No, I didn't even attempt to network the XP and Vista machines

>> together. I do have them working off of the same router, a Linksys

>> ethernet. I was going to set up a wireless network, but, the needs of

>> the wife were not such to justify it.

>> I really don't need the two machines 'talking', I recently purchased two

>> 4G and one 2G pen drives, so, if I need to move anything from one machine

>> to the other, they are quite handy, plus, the wife can use one to backup

>> all of her pictures and 'goodies' for safe keeping.

>> BTW, will the older version of jv16 Power Tools (1.30.195) work

>> with Vista Home Premium?? I have been told that Spybot S&D is okay and

>> I am still wondering about Crap Cleaner with Vista.....any info on those?

>> I agree that the 'nags' are not really a bad thing, especially for

>> a new user. However, like you said, they are a bit overdone and I would

>> like to see a way to disable some of them......even the wife finds some

>> of them annoying and she is not a geek.

>> Heirloom, old and Vista is okay

>>

>>

>> "Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message

>> news:O67ERyj7HHA.1900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>> Do you have the two machines networked together? If so did you have any

>>> problems doing so?

>>>

>>> As for the "nag" messages, welcome to the world of UAC, not that I think

>>> that that is a bad feature although perhaps a little "over-done".

>>> --

>>> Mike M

>>>

>>>

>>> Heirloom <roland58XX@suddenlink.net> wrote:

>>>

>>>> To those interested,

>>>> The new notebook with Vista Home Premium is working just fine

>>>> for my wife. It took quite a while to remove all of the "trial crap"

>>>> that came installed, but, that is almost complete.....I only need to

>>>> remove a few file and folder leftovers and do some manual

>>>> housekeeping in the registry. Overall, she is impressed with the OS

>>>> and the system. Personally, I like XP better (mainly because I am

>>>> used to it).....Vista seems to be a bit "AOL'ish" with all the 'eye

>>>> candy' and has a number of 'nag' messages from the PC Health feature.

>>>> i.e., it did not recognize the backup I made from Acronis to an

>>>> external USB HD. Bottom line, the wife likes it.......if the

>>>> wife is happy, everyone is happy.

>>>> Heirloom, old and now have two machines

>>>> to maintain <g>.

>>>

>>

>>

>

[Guest Heirloom]

Re: Vista update

 

Re: Vista update

 

That's good to know about CC, thanks. Also, good to know about the jv

stuff. If the Reg cleaning part of it doesn't work, then the rest probably

won't either. No probs, it takes a little longer, but, I can clean the Reg

myself (end up doing that anyway, for the most part.

 

I'm going to put Spybot on the notebook this evening, it needs another icon

on the desktop <g>.

Heirloom, old and gotta have them icons

 

"Delboy" <spamfree.delboy.hoy@btinternet.com> wrote in message

news:DNudnZ1Gr4BFOkHbnZ2dnUVZ8sGvnZ2d@bt.com...

> ps Don't know about jv16 Power Tools, but jv regcleaner doesn't work.

>

> --

>

> Delboy

>

> A common mistake that people make when trying to design something

> completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

>

> Douglas Adams

> "Delboy" <spamfree.delboy.hoy@btinternet.com> wrote in message

> news:QbednbmP8bBKO0HbRVnyiQA@bt.com...

>> Hi Heirloom

>>

>> Pleased to hear the new Vista box is ok. Be interested to hear how fast

>> generally (especially file transfers) and how much disk churning goes on.

>>

>> CCleaner 2.00.491 beta (latest) is fine if you run as administrator (r

>> click the s/cut icon-properties-compatibility-check run as admin box.

>> Then it will clean properly.

>>

>> --

>>

>> Delboy

>>

>> A common mistake that people make when trying to design something

>> completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

>>

>> Douglas Adams

>> "Heirloom" <roland58XX@suddenlink.net> wrote in message

>> news:OzGiNfk7HHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>> Hey Mike,

>>> No, I didn't even attempt to network the XP and Vista machines

>>> together. I do have them working off of the same router, a Linksys

>>> ethernet. I was going to set up a wireless network, but, the needs of

>>> the wife were not such to justify it.

>>> I really don't need the two machines 'talking', I recently purchased two

>>> 4G and one 2G pen drives, so, if I need to move anything from one

>>> machine to the other, they are quite handy, plus, the wife can use one

>>> to backup all of her pictures and 'goodies' for safe keeping.

>>> BTW, will the older version of jv16 Power Tools (1.30.195) work

>>> with Vista Home Premium?? I have been told that Spybot S&D is okay and

>>> I am still wondering about Crap Cleaner with Vista.....any info on

>>> those?

>>> I agree that the 'nags' are not really a bad thing, especially

>>> for a new user. However, like you said, they are a bit overdone and I

>>> would like to see a way to disable some of them......even the wife finds

>>> some of them annoying and she is not a geek.

>>> Heirloom, old and Vista is okay

>>>

>>>

>>> "Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message

>>> news:O67ERyj7HHA.1900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>> Do you have the two machines networked together? If so did you have

>>>> any problems doing so?

>>>>

>>>> As for the "nag" messages, welcome to the world of UAC, not that I

>>>> think that that is a bad feature although perhaps a little "over-done".

>>>> --

>>>> Mike M

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> Heirloom <roland58XX@suddenlink.net> wrote:

>>>>

>>>>> To those interested,

>>>>> The new notebook with Vista Home Premium is working just fine

>>>>> for my wife. It took quite a while to remove all of the "trial crap"

>>>>> that came installed, but, that is almost complete.....I only need to

>>>>> remove a few file and folder leftovers and do some manual

>>>>> housekeeping in the registry. Overall, she is impressed with the OS

>>>>> and the system. Personally, I like XP better (mainly because I am

>>>>> used to it).....Vista seems to be a bit "AOL'ish" with all the 'eye

>>>>> candy' and has a number of 'nag' messages from the PC Health feature.

>>>>> i.e., it did not recognize the backup I made from Acronis to an

>>>>> external USB HD. Bottom line, the wife likes it.......if the

>>>>> wife is happy, everyone is happy.

>>>>> Heirloom, old and now have two machines

>>>>> to maintain <g>.

>>>>

>>>

>>>

>>

>

[Guest Delboy]

Re: Vista update

 

Re: Vista update

 

Also AdAware 2007 is now Vista proof according to LavaSoft's their web site

 

--

 

Delboy

 

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely

foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

 

Douglas Adams

"Heirloom" <roland58XX@suddenlink.net> wrote in message

news:u62V%23Lp7HHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> That's good to know about CC, thanks. Also, good to know about the jv

> stuff. If the Reg cleaning part of it doesn't work, then the rest

> probably won't either. No probs, it takes a little longer, but, I can

> clean the Reg myself (end up doing that anyway, for the most part.

>

> I'm going to put Spybot on the notebook this evening, it needs another

> icon on the desktop <g>.

> Heirloom, old and gotta have them icons

>

> "Delboy" <spamfree.delboy.hoy@btinternet.com> wrote in message

> news:DNudnZ1Gr4BFOkHbnZ2dnUVZ8sGvnZ2d@bt.com...

>> ps Don't know about jv16 Power Tools, but jv regcleaner doesn't work.

>>

>> --

>>

>> Delboy

>>

>> A common mistake that people make when trying to design something

>> completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

>>

>> Douglas Adams

>> "Delboy" <spamfree.delboy.hoy@btinternet.com> wrote in message

>> news:QbednbmP8bBKO0HbRVnyiQA@bt.com...

>>> Hi Heirloom

>>>

>>> Pleased to hear the new Vista box is ok. Be interested to hear how fast

>>> generally (especially file transfers) and how much disk churning goes

>>> on.

>>>

>>> CCleaner 2.00.491 beta (latest) is fine if you run as administrator (r

>>> click the s/cut icon-properties-compatibility-check run as admin box.

>>> Then it will clean properly.

>>>

>>> --

>>>

>>> Delboy

>>>

>>> A common mistake that people make when trying to design something

>>> completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete

>>> fools.

>>>

>>> Douglas Adams

>>> "Heirloom" <roland58XX@suddenlink.net> wrote in message

>>> news:OzGiNfk7HHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>>> Hey Mike,

>>>> No, I didn't even attempt to network the XP and Vista machines

>>>> together. I do have them working off of the same router, a Linksys

>>>> ethernet. I was going to set up a wireless network, but, the needs of

>>>> the wife were not such to justify it.

>>>> I really don't need the two machines 'talking', I recently purchased

>>>> two 4G and one 2G pen drives, so, if I need to move anything from one

>>>> machine to the other, they are quite handy, plus, the wife can use one

>>>> to backup all of her pictures and 'goodies' for safe keeping.

>>>> BTW, will the older version of jv16 Power Tools (1.30.195) work

>>>> with Vista Home Premium?? I have been told that Spybot S&D is okay

>>>> and I am still wondering about Crap Cleaner with Vista.....any info on

>>>> those?

>>>> I agree that the 'nags' are not really a bad thing, especially

>>>> for a new user. However, like you said, they are a bit overdone and I

>>>> would like to see a way to disable some of them......even the wife

>>>> finds some of them annoying and she is not a geek.

>>>> Heirloom, old and Vista is okay

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> "Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message

>>>> news:O67ERyj7HHA.1900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>>> Do you have the two machines networked together? If so did you have

>>>>> any problems doing so?

>>>>>

>>>>> As for the "nag" messages, welcome to the world of UAC, not that I

>>>>> think that that is a bad feature although perhaps a little

>>>>> "over-done".

>>>>> --

>>>>> Mike M

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> Heirloom <roland58XX@suddenlink.net> wrote:

>>>>>

>>>>>> To those interested,

>>>>>> The new notebook with Vista Home Premium is working just fine

>>>>>> for my wife. It took quite a while to remove all of the "trial crap"

>>>>>> that came installed, but, that is almost complete.....I only need to

>>>>>> remove a few file and folder leftovers and do some manual

>>>>>> housekeeping in the registry. Overall, she is impressed with the OS

>>>>>> and the system. Personally, I like XP better (mainly because I am

>>>>>> used to it).....Vista seems to be a bit "AOL'ish" with all the 'eye

>>>>>> candy' and has a number of 'nag' messages from the PC Health feature.

>>>>>> i.e., it did not recognize the backup I made from Acronis to an

>>>>>> external USB HD. Bottom line, the wife likes it.......if the

>>>>>> wife is happy, everyone is happy.

>>>>>> Heirloom, old and now have two machines

>>>>>> to maintain <g>.

>>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>

>>

>

>

[Guest Heirloom]

Re: Vista update

 

Re: Vista update

 

I've given up on the Adaware 2007 and the rest. I didn't like the prods to

dl'd Adwatch for the free version even though it didn't have it and a

variety of other 'commercial' interests they seemed more interested in.

 

I did find something helpful for Vista this evening....if you get a message

about needind 'Admin rights' to run a proggy, (even though you are logged on

as Admin!!!), you can simply find the .exe file for the proggy in Windows

Explorer, right click it and choose 'run with Admin rights'.....works like a

champ. I was having trouble getting Spybot to run Immunize and a couple of

other items, until I discovered that. Must be what you were talking about

with the CC on the shortcut.??

Heirloom, old and time for bed

 

"Delboy" <spamfree.delboy.hoy@btinternet.com> wrote in message

news:IqednREbNJw9KkHbRVnyvgA@bt.com...

> Also AdAware 2007 is now Vista proof according to LavaSoft's their web

> site

>

> --

>

> Delboy

>

> A common mistake that people make when trying to design something

> completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

>

> Douglas Adams

> "Heirloom" <roland58XX@suddenlink.net> wrote in message

> news:u62V%23Lp7HHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> That's good to know about CC, thanks. Also, good to know about the jv

>> stuff. If the Reg cleaning part of it doesn't work, then the rest

>> probably won't either. No probs, it takes a little longer, but, I can

>> clean the Reg myself (end up doing that anyway, for the most part.

>>

>> I'm going to put Spybot on the notebook this evening, it needs another

>> icon on the desktop <g>.

>> Heirloom, old and gotta have them icons

>>

>> "Delboy" <spamfree.delboy.hoy@btinternet.com> wrote in message

>> news:DNudnZ1Gr4BFOkHbnZ2dnUVZ8sGvnZ2d@bt.com...

>>> ps Don't know about jv16 Power Tools, but jv regcleaner doesn't work.

>>>

>>> --

>>>

>>> Delboy

>>>

>>> A common mistake that people make when trying to design something

>>> completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete

>>> fools.

>>>

>>> Douglas Adams

>>> "Delboy" <spamfree.delboy.hoy@btinternet.com> wrote in message

>>> news:QbednbmP8bBKO0HbRVnyiQA@bt.com...

>>>> Hi Heirloom

>>>>

>>>> Pleased to hear the new Vista box is ok. Be interested to hear how fast

>>>> generally (especially file transfers) and how much disk churning goes

>>>> on.

>>>>

>>>> CCleaner 2.00.491 beta (latest) is fine if you run as administrator (r

>>>> click the s/cut icon-properties-compatibility-check run as admin box.

>>>> Then it will clean properly.

>>>>

>>>> --

>>>>

>>>> Delboy

>>>>

>>>> A common mistake that people make when trying to design something

>>>> completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete

>>>> fools.

>>>>

>>>> Douglas Adams

>>>> "Heirloom" <roland58XX@suddenlink.net> wrote in message

>>>> news:OzGiNfk7HHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>>>> Hey Mike,

>>>>> No, I didn't even attempt to network the XP and Vista machines

>>>>> together. I do have them working off of the same router, a Linksys

>>>>> ethernet. I was going to set up a wireless network, but, the needs of

>>>>> the wife were not such to justify it.

>>>>> I really don't need the two machines 'talking', I recently purchased

>>>>> two 4G and one 2G pen drives, so, if I need to move anything from one

>>>>> machine to the other, they are quite handy, plus, the wife can use one

>>>>> to backup all of her pictures and 'goodies' for safe keeping.

>>>>> BTW, will the older version of jv16 Power Tools (1.30.195)

>>>>> work with Vista Home Premium?? I have been told that Spybot S&D is

>>>>> okay and I am still wondering about Crap Cleaner with Vista.....any

>>>>> info on those?

>>>>> I agree that the 'nags' are not really a bad thing, especially

>>>>> for a new user. However, like you said, they are a bit overdone and I

>>>>> would like to see a way to disable some of them......even the wife

>>>>> finds some of them annoying and she is not a geek.

>>>>> Heirloom, old and Vista is okay

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> "Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message

>>>>> news:O67ERyj7HHA.1900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>>>> Do you have the two machines networked together? If so did you have

>>>>>> any problems doing so?

>>>>>>

>>>>>> As for the "nag" messages, welcome to the world of UAC, not that I

>>>>>> think that that is a bad feature although perhaps a little

>>>>>> "over-done".

>>>>>> --

>>>>>> Mike M

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Heirloom <roland58XX@suddenlink.net> wrote:

>>>>>>

>>>>>>> To those interested,

>>>>>>> The new notebook with Vista Home Premium is working just fine

>>>>>>> for my wife. It took quite a while to remove all of the "trial

>>>>>>> crap"

>>>>>>> that came installed, but, that is almost complete.....I only need to

>>>>>>> remove a few file and folder leftovers and do some manual

>>>>>>> housekeeping in the registry. Overall, she is impressed with the OS

>>>>>>> and the system. Personally, I like XP better (mainly because I am

>>>>>>> used to it).....Vista seems to be a bit "AOL'ish" with all the 'eye

>>>>>>> candy' and has a number of 'nag' messages from the PC Health

>>>>>>> feature.

>>>>>>> i.e., it did not recognize the backup I made from Acronis to an

>>>>>>> external USB HD. Bottom line, the wife likes it.......if the

>>>>>>> wife is happy, everyone is happy.

>>>>>>> Heirloom, old and now have two

>>>>>>> machines

>>>>>>> to maintain <g>.

>>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>

>>>

>>

>>

>

[Guest Joan Archer]

Re: Vista update

 

Re: Vista update

 

I've got three to look after <g>

 

Glad to hear that Charlotte is enjoying Vista, I still want it <g> I think

that the nags finish when it knows how the machine is used, but then again

I could be wrong but I would have assumed that when you have installed all

that you need there would be no need to nag anymore. I'm waffling because

I don't know what I'm talking about so don't listen to me <vbg>

 

I'm busy at the moment sorting out my shopping site having problems when I

want to add anything to the list but I think I've found a workaround <g>

Joan

 

 

 

 

Heirloom wrote:

> Heirloom, old and now have two machines

> to maintain <g>.

[Guest Joan Archer]

Re: Vista update

 

Re: Vista update

 

I gave up on Ad-Aware 2007 and un-installed it and put back a copy of SE.

Like you I don't think it should download stuff that the free version

isn't even allowed to use plus I had a few problems when it updated and

apparently didn't like it so closed down :-(

Joan

 

Heirloom wrote:

> I've given up on the Adaware 2007 and the rest. I didn't like the

> prods to dl'd Adwatch for the free version even though it didn't have

> it and a variety of other 'commercial' interests they seemed more

> interested in.

[Guest MowGreen [MVP]]

Re: Vista update

 

Re: Vista update

 

Be wary of using Immunize and TeaTimer in Vista, 'loom.

Vista still has bugs and there is a MUCH larger percentage of Vista

Users posting to the WU newsgroup about updating issues in relation to

other Window OSes..

A *** MUCH *** larger percentage.

 

Before getting bit in the behind, install this update to BITS :

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939159

 

 

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]

===============

*-343-* FDNY

Never Forgotten

===============

 

 

Heirloom wrote:

> I've given up on the Adaware 2007 and the rest. I didn't like the prods to

> dl'd Adwatch for the free version even though it didn't have it and a

> variety of other 'commercial' interests they seemed more interested in.

>

> I did find something helpful for Vista this evening....if you get a message

> about needind 'Admin rights' to run a proggy, (even though you are logged on

> as Admin!!!), you can simply find the .exe file for the proggy in Windows

> Explorer, right click it and choose 'run with Admin rights'.....works like a

> champ. I was having trouble getting Spybot to run Immunize and a couple of

> other items, until I discovered that. Must be what you were talking about

> with the CC on the shortcut.??

> Heirloom, old and time for bed

>

> "Delboy" <spamfree.delboy.hoy@btinternet.com> wrote in message

> news:IqednREbNJw9KkHbRVnyvgA@bt.com...

>

>>Also AdAware 2007 is now Vista proof according to LavaSoft's their web

>>site

>>

>>--

>>

>>Delboy

>>

>>A common mistake that people make when trying to design something

>>completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

>>

>>Douglas Adams

>>"Heirloom" <roland58XX@suddenlink.net> wrote in message

>>news:u62V%23Lp7HHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>

>>>That's good to know about CC, thanks. Also, good to know about the jv

>>>stuff. If the Reg cleaning part of it doesn't work, then the rest

>>>probably won't either. No probs, it takes a little longer, but, I can

>>>clean the Reg myself (end up doing that anyway, for the most part.

>>>

>>>I'm going to put Spybot on the notebook this evening, it needs another

>>>icon on the desktop <g>.

>>> Heirloom, old and gotta have them icons

>>>

>>>"Delboy" <spamfree.delboy.hoy@btinternet.com> wrote in message

>>>news:DNudnZ1Gr4BFOkHbnZ2dnUVZ8sGvnZ2d@bt.com...

>>>

>>>>ps Don't know about jv16 Power Tools, but jv regcleaner doesn't work.

>>>>

>>>>--

>>>>

>>>>Delboy

>>>>

>>>>A common mistake that people make when trying to design something

>>>>completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete

>>>>fools.

>>>>

>>>>Douglas Adams

>>>>"Delboy" <spamfree.delboy.hoy@btinternet.com> wrote in message

>>>>news:QbednbmP8bBKO0HbRVnyiQA@bt.com...

>>>>

>>>>>Hi Heirloom

>>>>>

>>>>>Pleased to hear the new Vista box is ok. Be interested to hear how fast

>>>>>generally (especially file transfers) and how much disk churning goes

>>>>>on.

>>>>>

>>>>>CCleaner 2.00.491 beta (latest) is fine if you run as administrator (r

>>>>>click the s/cut icon-properties-compatibility-check run as admin box.

>>>>>Then it will clean properly.

>>>>>

>>>>>--

>>>>>

>>>>>Delboy

>>>>>

>>>>>A common mistake that people make when trying to design something

>>>>>completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete

>>>>>fools.

>>>>>

>>>>>Douglas Adams

>>>>>"Heirloom" <roland58XX@suddenlink.net> wrote in message

>>>>>news:OzGiNfk7HHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>>>>

>>>>>>Hey Mike,

>>>>>> No, I didn't even attempt to network the XP and Vista machines

>>>>>>together. I do have them working off of the same router, a Linksys

>>>>>>ethernet. I was going to set up a wireless network, but, the needs of

>>>>>>the wife were not such to justify it.

>>>>>>I really don't need the two machines 'talking', I recently purchased

>>>>>>two 4G and one 2G pen drives, so, if I need to move anything from one

>>>>>>machine to the other, they are quite handy, plus, the wife can use one

>>>>>>to backup all of her pictures and 'goodies' for safe keeping.

>>>>>> BTW, will the older version of jv16 Power Tools (1.30.195)

>>>>>>work with Vista Home Premium?? I have been told that Spybot S&D is

>>>>>>okay and I am still wondering about Crap Cleaner with Vista.....any

>>>>>>info on those?

>>>>>> I agree that the 'nags' are not really a bad thing, especially

>>>>>>for a new user. However, like you said, they are a bit overdone and I

>>>>>>would like to see a way to disable some of them......even the wife

>>>>>>finds some of them annoying and she is not a geek.

>>>>>> Heirloom, old and Vista is okay

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message

>>>>>>news:O67ERyj7HHA.1900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>>>>

>>>>>>>Do you have the two machines networked together? If so did you have

>>>>>>>any problems doing so?

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>As for the "nag" messages, welcome to the world of UAC, not that I

>>>>>>>think that that is a bad feature although perhaps a little

>>>>>>>"over-done".

>>>>>>>--

>>>>>>>Mike M

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>Heirloom <roland58XX@suddenlink.net> wrote:

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>To those interested,

>>>>>>>> The new notebook with Vista Home Premium is working just fine

>>>>>>>>for my wife. It took quite a while to remove all of the "trial

>>>>>>>>crap"

>>>>>>>>that came installed, but, that is almost complete.....I only need to

>>>>>>>>remove a few file and folder leftovers and do some manual

>>>>>>>>housekeeping in the registry. Overall, she is impressed with the OS

>>>>>>>>and the system. Personally, I like XP better (mainly because I am

>>>>>>>>used to it).....Vista seems to be a bit "AOL'ish" with all the 'eye

>>>>>>>>candy' and has a number of 'nag' messages from the PC Health

>>>>>>>>feature.

>>>>>>>>i.e., it did not recognize the backup I made from Acronis to an

>>>>>>>> external USB HD. Bottom line, the wife likes it.......if the

>>>>>>>>wife is happy, everyone is happy.

>>>>>>>> Heirloom, old and now have two

>>>>>>>>machines

>>>>>>>>to maintain <g>.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>

>

>

[Guest canna]

RE: OT: Vista update

 

I'm quite suprised about this post. There's no reply from Alias telling you

to remove Vista and install Ubuntu!!! LOL

 

Canna

 

"Heirloom" wrote:

> To those interested,

> The new notebook with Vista Home Premium is working just fine for my

> wife. It took quite a while to remove all of the "trial crap" that came

> installed, but, that is almost complete.....I only need to remove a few file

> and folder leftovers and do some manual housekeeping in the registry.

> Overall, she is impressed with the OS and the system. Personally, I like XP

> better (mainly because I am used to it).....Vista seems to be a bit

> "AOL'ish" with all the 'eye candy' and has a number of 'nag' messages from

> the PC Health feature. i.e., it did not recognize the backup I made from

> Acronis to an external USB HD.

> Bottom line, the wife likes it.......if the wife is happy, everyone

> is happy.

> Heirloom, old and now have two machines to

> maintain <g>.

>

>

>