Hello,
I know vista is super duper frustrating and the losers in here who tell you
its your fault are stupid.
Now let me try to help you with the problems
1) Indeed this is done on purpose to discourage people from copying music..
very stupid thing..
but here is how you fix it
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/01...ding-in-vista/
3) I suggest you dual boot with XP until the world struggles enough to get
in pace with vista, vista changed things with no good reason causing chaos
in peoples lives.. you have every right to complain.
4) right click on the windows update icon in the start menu and select run
as administrator
5) download firefox and give it a spin
www.getfirefox.com its ALWAYS a good
idea to have 2 browsers in case something strange appears in one of them,
you try the other.
Quote:
> I am very close to donating both of these computers to charity and
> buying a PowerMac. I don't have the technical skills to uninstall
> Vista and install XP. I understand there are driver issues in trying
> to downgrade to XP.
I dont think you should get rid of Vista yet, what would be best would be to
dual boot with XP and Vista on the same machine, OR you could install XP in
a free virtual machine like microsofts virtual PC to run programs in there
(but they will be slower)
If you need asistance.. I will try to guide you on how to dual boot...
I understand your frustration with vista.. I see it in the faces of hundreds
of people I help
You are not alone.. btw SP1 for vista is only a few weeks away.. it may
resolve some of your problems
tell me if this helps
"DennisC" <dennis_crowley@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
>I purchased two new computers in the past six months. A CyberPower
> desktop with Vista Home Premium and an Acer laptop with Vista Home
> Basic. Thank goodness I kept my old Dell with XP Pro. I find I spend
> almost all of my computer time on the Dell. Vista does not seem to do
> anything any better then XP and does many things worse. To wit:
> 1. I can not record a CD from the CD player with out hardwiring the
> audio card headphone out to the audio in.
> 2. I can not use my company Web mail (MS Exchange server) as it does
> not work with Vista.
> 3. Many of my old programs were not compatible with Vista and even
> though I purchased new versions they are still buggy (i.e., Windows
> COM errors).
> 4. Windows Update does not recognize me as the Administrator so I can
> not install Windows update.
> 5. Many web sites (Outback Steakhouse for one) do not display
> graphics. I just get the little box with the red x in the box.
>
> I am very close to donating both of these computers to charity and
> buying a PowerMac. I don't have the technical skills to uninstall
> Vista and install XP. I understand there are driver issues in trying
> to downgrade to XP.
>
> What a mess!!!