Saran

lforbes wrote:
> "Saran" wrote:
>> 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
>
> Really - Well in 6 months it hasn't crashed for me yet except with IE
> 7 once in awhile if I have over 20 tabs open.

I've seen IE7 crash randomly and refuse to start for no reason at all.
I'm sorry but I have little faith in that browser, especially when I can
sue something like Maxthon that uses the IE rendering core. On a system
with IE6, I cna have several dozen tabs open with out a problem.

> I run all sorts of old and 3rd party software including tons of older
> children's software and it all runs fine. For everything that isn't
> Vista certified, I just run in compatibility mode and it runs without
> issue.

Most general programs seem to run ok for the most part. Theres many that
don't, however. Like certain Tax and inventory and some AV "suites" for
starters.

> I have a new machine with an OEM copy. I never ever do upgrades as my
> experience is that they are never stable. I always do a clean
> install and migrate settings.

True. I'm glad it's working well for you. Clean install seems to be best
with Vista, but I find it curious, that, given how advanced Vista is
supposed to be, why does it have so many problems with "upgrade"
installs? This was not what Microsoft can't telling us the years leading
to Vista's release.

-saran