Oh, I know how to use it just fine. 3 of my 6 computers run VISTA. I just
don't like it. It takes way too many steps to do anything compared to
Windows 2000 or XP. I have to sift through a ton of stuff I don't want or
need, and like I said, I am having to replace many Microsoft standard
programs like Outlook Express that I've used for years and years because they
NO LONGER DO THE JOB!!!!! It isn't that VISTA is hard to learn or anything
like that, it is USELESS! Well, not totally useless, but MS has removed a
ton of the functionality that Windows used to have with 2000, XP and IE6.
Give me functional any day over fat and fluff.

"Richard Urban" wrote:

> Old farts like you - and I - usually have a hard time learning something
> new. I just persevered and got through it all and I now like Vista a lot. Of
> course, I have been using it for over 18 months now - from the beta stage.
>
> Just keep plugging along and you will get it.
>
> If you have "specific" questions - feel free to ask them.
>
> There are much better ways to do things than by using Explorer. If you are
> interested let me know.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
>
>
> "flylake" <flylake@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:01A6500F-885F-4F02-A51A-C978F655AAC6@microsoft.com...
> > OK, I'm an old fart and I've used Windows since 1983 (v1 beta). I've
> > always
> > been a Windows fan, until now. While there are some things I like about
> > VISTA there are a ton that I just cannot stand. For example:
> > 1. Outlook (now Windows mail) no longer supports multiple user accounts.
> > I
> > need to be able to see 5 different email accounts - 2 for work, my
> > personal
> > account, an account I use to be the administrator of a friend's web site,
> > and
> > the account I use to monitor my kid's online activity. Windows Mail
> > doesn't
> > support this so now I need to look for a 3rd party program to do what I
> > need
> > it to do. I'm not going to set up a separate user account for each email.
> > What a stupid move.
> > 2. Photo capture is a royal pain in the arse. It used to be real easy.
> > Plug in the camera, turn it on and capture my photos. Now the new
> > directory
> > structure with tagging is so complex it is ridiculous. I copied 10
> > pictures
> > over from my camera and VISTA returned a page long directory structure
> > when I
> > was done. I couldn't begin to find my pictures after I closed the preveiw
> > screen until I closed everything and used Explorer. And, geez, you guys
> > have even ruined explorer. You've taken a lean directory searching
> > machine
> > and turned it into a fat slob of a program. Give us people that know how
> > to
> > use a directory the ability to bypass all this baloney.
> > 3. IE 7 is also a pain to use. You took all the feartures of IE6 and
> > stripped them off the main page, putting them in drop down menus. IE6 was
> > so
> > much simpler to navigate and use. Give us back menu buttons at the top of
> > the screen. Having to navigate drop down menues for everything is a royal
> > pain.
> >
> > In trying to copy the MAC OS you guys are creating such a complex file
> > structure system where we are forced to use the built in directory tools,
> > which are very complex, slow and add in a ton of garbage 99% of the people
> > on
> > this planet will never need or use. You took effective tools and reduced
> > them to garbage. Your new add-ons are so cumbersome to use I'm finding for
> > the first time in 10 years, I have to replace all the built in Microsoft
> > applications with 3rd party software. The potential for disaster
> > regarding
> > future file compatibility and portability is enormous. Plus the expense
> > is
> > enormous. Why'd you have to go and mess everything up like that?
> >
> > If the functionality of Windows XP Pro and IE6 were a 9, I'd have to rate
> > VISTA and IE7 a 4 or 5 at best. I hate to say it, but you guys are almost
> > forcing me to switch to a MAC. If you're going to go the "point and
> > click"
> > route, then do it right. The new VISTA and IE7 are like a fat man. Tons
> > of
> > features, but all of them are slow, cumbersome and very un-clear
> >
> > Windows 2000 was great, XP even better, but with VISTA you've added a
> > bunch
> > of cool features encumbered by 1000lbs of useless fat.
> >
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