Dr. Hackenbush

"Dave B" <Dave B@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:351A100D-9C42-4AA8-85A5-BBF574F1EE15@microsoft.com...
>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?????

Seem my post a few posts earlier "Vista & XP Network woes"