On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:20:01 -0700, Dave B <Dave
B@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I have just switched to a brand new Vista computer as the primary computer on
>my network. I even got Ultimate to have the best. Now I can't see the other
>computer on the network because it has been determined to be a "has been",
>what with only having XP on it.
>
>I have searched high and low, talked to people who [should] know, and have
>yet to hear someone explain how it is that MicroSoft, in all of its glory,
>could launch such a major marketing campaign to get us to all sign on to the
>new OS ... they never thought to think that maybe, just maybe ... someone
>somewhere just might want to have an XP computer exist in peace and harmony
>with a Vista computer?????
>
>Now you're saying that I should call tech support ... fabulous idea, in fact
>I did that very thing ... started with HP cuz it's their computer but "That's
>a Microsoft problem, you gotta call them" ... okie dokie, call Microsoft but
>damned if "HP is supposed to troubleshoot it cuz it came on their computer"
>... what fun, so call back HP, get a bit pissy, he tries to help, tells me to
>d/l a patch from Microsoft.com, which I do ... the excitement is building,
>we're gonna resolve the problem with a patch, yeah!!! ... re-boot everything
>and .... and ... nothing, nada, nyet. Then he tells me I can pay $69.99 to
>talk to their networking dudes who may or may not be able to help me. So,
>here we are now ........
>
>I mean, come on now ... let's THINK PEOPLE!!!!!! There needs to be a fix to
>this NOW to let these computers do what they are supposed to do!!! This is a
>step backwards!! This should have been anticipated and worked out PRIOR to
>letting the world buy it and screw up their small network connectivity. I
>doubt if I am the only one that doesn't have the cash to just run out and
>update all my computers and/or operating systems every time MicroSoft decided
>to lauch a new version of Windows!
>
>Undoubtedly, someone will offer apologies, and ineffectual explanations ...
>bottom line is that this isn't an uncommon thing and I can't think of any
>[rational] argument to convince me that it should not have been taken care of
>before the launch. It doesn't matter if it's a cable problem, OS problem,
>security problem, whatever ... We don't care why it isn't working, just get
>it fixed so it does work!!!!!! You had time to spend moving all the buttons
>around so we get to play hide and seek finding them, the least you could do
>is retain the previous networking functionality!!
>
>Anyone out there that can shed some light on this ... and more importantly,
>how to overcome this problem ... all in language that us
>non-brilliant-tecchies can understand?????
I use network magic to network xp and vista.. no problems.. during
install, it takes a couple of reboots that setup forgets to tell you
about.. works great though..
Chuck (in SC)