Their website description looks promising ... thanks!! Is there anyone else
with experience, good or bad, with the network magic software (or a
comparable third party software)??
I find it absolutely amazing that someone else could come up with a way to
connect XP to Vista before Microsoft could do it??? Heya Bill ... R&D means
Research and Development, the implication being that you use that time and
all the geniuses around the table to actually research the obvious, staring
you in the your face problems!!
Then again, this could just be a way to get us to all run out and buy Vista,
what with all of Microsoft's financial woes of late ... can't you just
imagine them sitting around the table talking about it and some marketing
genius says "well, ah, Boss ... if don't let them talk to each other, then
everyone will just have to go out and buy more Vista ... we'll tell them
we're improving their experience and making them more secure and they'll just
do it out of frustration in trying to get us to stop the doublespeak and fix
it like we shouldda before we released it. I mean, c'mon boss, it's not our
fault if they can't get the right software on all their computers, eh??
"Chuck (in SC)" wrote:
> 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)
>