Saran

lforbes wrote:
> "Saran" wrote:
>> lforbes wrote:
>>> Where is the file located? Is it on the desktop? I found this
>>> happened when the folder was open. I solved this by moving the file
>>> to a empty folder and then deleting the folder (without opening it).
>>>
>>> By the way I have seen this problem in XP as well.
>>
>> Yes a similar problem used to be in XP (though I haven't seen it for
>> quite some time), but it didn't persist between reboots. Again,
>> seeing as this was a known problem in XP (seemingly before an update
>> was released, which would imply there was a solution) I find it
>> inexcusable that it remains, ever worse, in Vista.
>>
>> -saran
>
> It was when the preview pane was open. I can still recreate the error
> in XP so it wasn't fixed.

I haven't run into this problem in well over a year, nor can I reproduce
it like I used to be able, so I can only say this must of come about
from one of the updates.

> I have been a network tech (Mac and PC)
> for almost 20 years so I have seen a lot of changes that are more
> drastic than Vista. Personally the change from Mac's OS 9 to OSX was
> far worse as OSX just didn't let you install any software that wasn't
> written for it and crashed constantly.

That actually does sound like Vista in certain respects; it does have a
habit of crashing on certain softwares... hell it even crashes on some
programs that -are- written for it... go figure. Given how long
Microsoft claiemd thye worked on it, these problems are just
unacceptable imho.

-saran