siouxkid12 Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 does anyone run microsoft vista on their computer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sioux_Yeah_Yeah Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Yeah I've got... I'm not a huge fan of it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxkid12 Posted April 26, 2008 Author Share Posted April 26, 2008 Yeah I've got... I'm not a huge fan of it though. yea i just got a new computer and it is frustrating! i put my disks in the disk drive and they wont work... then i went to device manager and it says that the device cannot start! WTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sioux_Yeah_Yeah Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 I am so not the person to ask about computers... Sorry!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andtheHomeoftheSIOUX!! Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 We got Vista at work, and there were lots of hassles. For instance, configuring the printers took a long time. Now though most everything works good. I was just over at my friend's tonight, and she has a new computer with Vista on it. Of course, her flash drive didn't work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westsidesioux Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 I've run vista on my toshiba laptop for over a year now with absolutely no problems at all! (knock on wood!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siouxmama Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 I need a new laptop for my sewing machine (embroidery) but I'm afraid that Vista will not be compatable with the embroidery software, or won't recognize all of the designs I already have. I've heard so many bad things about it, I'm just putting it off as long as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sioux-cia Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 After taking my three year old laptop in for repair three times in one month, they finally just gave me a new one. Those extended warrenties are NICE. Anyway, the new one comes with Vista. I had/have problems with it because I don't know how it works. Someone had to show me how to print out my documents. Maybe there's a learners primer somewhere, I just haven't looked for it. I'm busy and just want an visible icon or prompts. Also, I'm at a new facility and brought my laptop in to use on the job but Vista isn't compatible with the system here so I can't use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westsidesioux Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 You can actually save any work you do with Microsoft Word on Vista in a "Word 97-2003" format and then it's usable anywhere. I find myself doing that a lot now when I write papers and then have to have them printed on campus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sioux-cia Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 You can actually save any work you do with Microsoft Word on Vista in a "Word 97-2003" format and then it's usable anywhere. I find myself doing that a lot now when I write papers and then have to have them printed on campus. I'll try that. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westsidesioux Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 I'll try that. Thanks. Anytime! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 After taking my three year old laptop in for repair three times in one month, they finally just gave me a new one. Those extended warrenties are NICE. Anyway, the new one comes with Vista. I had/have problems with it because I don't know how it works. Someone had to show me how to print out my documents. Maybe there's a learners primer somewhere, I just haven't looked for it. I'm busy and just want an visible icon or prompts. Also, I'm at a new facility and brought my laptop in to use on the job but Vista isn't compatible with the system here so I can't use it. Sounds like my geek squad experience, after tap dancing for a very long time they finally gave me a new lap top. I will never buy another computer from them. During that time I got tired of fooling around with them so I went out and bought a new lap top, so now I have two lap tops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxforeverbaby Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 I need a new laptop for my sewing machine (embroidery) but I'm afraid that Vista will not be compatable with the embroidery software, or won't recognize all of the designs I already have. I've heard so many bad things about it, I'm just putting it off as long as possible. November 2009 is when the next new system is suppose to come out and it is suppose to be a lot better than vista. The only problem I have with Vista is that I bought a new Dell to have a computer that worked last June and it hasn't worked since September since Dell doesn't believe me that it doesn't work and they can't get Vista to work on half their machines anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeypat15 Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 November 2009 is when the next new system is suppose to come out and it is suppose to be a lot better than vista. The only problem I have with Vista is that I bought a new Dell to have a computer that worked last June and it hasn't worked since September since Dell doesn't believe me that it doesn't work and they can't get Vista to work on half their machines anyway. I think Microsoft really dug themselves a whole, I still have XP, but have used leopard from Apple on gosh that is nice. Now I know there some Apple haters, but I have talked to a good friends who works IT for a large electronics company (not geek squad) and he gave me a long list of reasons why my next computer is going to be an Apple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sioux_Yeah_Yeah Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 You can actually save any work you do with Microsoft Word on Vista in a "Word 97-2003" format and then it's usable anywhere. I find myself doing that a lot now when I write papers and then have to have them printed on campus. I do that too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxweet Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 I'm ordering a new computer from Dell and have the choice of vista or xp. I will definately be choosing xp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottM Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 I think Microsoft really dug themselves a whole, I still have XP, but have used leopard from Apple on gosh that is nice. Now I know there some Apple haters, but I have talked to a good friends who works IT for a large electronics company (not geek squad) and he gave me a long list of reasons why my next computer is going to be an Apple. The only people who "hate" Apple are the corporate purchasing groups who can't get a good deal compared to the cheaper HP, Dell, etc. and probably gamer geeks who spend their days with their boxes and Cheetos. I switched my home computer from a series of HPs, Compaqs, etc. to Apple last spring and couldn't be happier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sioux-cia Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Sounds like my geek squad experience, after tap dancing for a very long time they finally gave me a new lap top. I will never buy another computer from them. During that time I got tired of fooling around with them so I went out and bought a new lap top, so now I have two lap tops. Me too!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Me too!! Now I have two computers with Vista it takes a while to get the jist of the program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxkid12 Posted April 28, 2008 Author Share Posted April 28, 2008 does anyone have a dvd shrink and decryptor that works with Vista? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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