Sunday night...
...trying to get the Vista machine talking to the otherwise XP-dominated network is a RIGHT BASTARD.



( collapsibletank ...is in, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 20:20, archived)

computers are cunts

( mictoboy got uke? http://ukulele.mictoboy.co.uk, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 20:21, archived)

...has certainly been one of my passwords of late.

( collapsibletank ...is in, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 20:22, archived)

aha. It is a bastard.
all user accounts on the other machines must also have a separate account on the vista machine to be able to log in to.

Edit. Also don't bother until you have installed Vista SP1 as the network file transfer glitch in the RTM version will kill your network.
( Pasanonic WARNING - May induce flouncing., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 20:22, archived)

Vista isn't so bad once you're used to it
But it BREAKS EVERYTHING

It's like they've just decided to fuck everything else, this is what we're going with and it's a clean slate. By itself it's a young but fairly decent OS, but it's compatible with pretty much nothing that existed before about 6 months after its launch
( Jessie © isn't surprised, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 20:23, archived)

that's sort of what happened with macosx
it was a bit of a wrench
( mictoboy got uke? http://ukulele.mictoboy.co.uk, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 20:24, archived)

Aye, true
This is the first time I've had a front row seat for the process though
( Jessie © isn't surprised, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 20:29, archived)

Tosh.
I'm using it fine woman. Your girlyness is affecting your abilities ;)
( Pasanonic WARNING - May induce flouncing., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 20:24, archived)

That's entirely possible!

Not even remotely true, but possible ;)
( Jessie © isn't surprised, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 20:28, archived)

and why dont anim. gifs work on the photo gallery? I had to dwnload Irfanview

(Miasmic Gusto <===Warning! May contain nuts. &, erm, other stuff, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 20:31, archived)

Did you try turning it off and back on again?

( Jessie © isn't surprised, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 20:32, archived)

Oh yes. Thats a regular feature of
my current pcs 'experience' (and mine for that matter)(though not necessarily in that order...)
(Miasmic Gusto <===Warning! May contain nuts. &, erm, other stuff, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 20:37, archived)

just set them to open with your internet brouser
simple
( SkUG why did the lion get lost? cos JUNGLE IS MASSIVE!, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 20:45, archived)

I've not used XP for a long time
but was it not the same for that? I thought that gifs had to open in your browser. Mine always have.
( Pasanonic WARNING - May induce flouncing., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 20:49, archived)

It did do animated gifs,
but not necessarily at the same speed as any internet browser.
( Kamikaze Stoat, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 20:52, archived)

Infranview is superior anyway.
Photo Gallery takes an age to start for me.

I should say though, that after nuking Vista from orbit and starting again it's been very nice to me. I had to install Launchy on my XP machine though because I kept trying to type on the start menu...
( Kamikaze Stoat, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 20:50, archived)

You know what...I'd never noticed that 0_0

/how dumb do I feel right now

That's my something new for today learneded!
( Jessie © isn't surprised, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 20:54, archived)

I love Vista now
after a shaky start. I run Ultimate 64 bit on one machine and Ultimate 32 bit on another. The 64 bit still has too many compatibility issues to be perfect but it's getting there. SP1 has been a godsend.
( Pasanonic WARNING - May induce flouncing., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 20:58, archived)

I did try the SP1 RC
and it did fix lots of stuff, like the network buggery you mention above. Unfortunately it killed Hibernation and the whole machine was Proper Shafted soon after.
( Kamikaze Stoat, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 21:01, archived)

I'm up for anything that kills hibernation.
it is the first thing I disable on any M$ OS. Personal choice though.
( Pasanonic WARNING - May induce flouncing., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 21:05, archived)

Hang on . . . a techie
will be right with you . . .
( Valin . . . Screenning Screens . . ., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 20:24, archived)

answer
move the machine back to XP, and all will be glorious again
( executiverocker if you want to destroy my sweater, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 20:25, archived)

I feel like i'm sat in a 1950's Morris Minor
being still on 2000
( Jahled The most heroic gerbil in Guildford, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 20:27, archived)

Heh... "STILL" on 2000.
One of the machines that works a treat on the network Vista hates is Win98.

( collapsibletank ...is in, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 20:34, archived)

Nowt wrong with 2000
My CCTV PC ran XP out-of-the-box, right up to the point where it asked my to accept the EULA. Eject, insert Win2K CD, reboot, rebuild, result!
All PCs at home run 2000. Funnily enough all PCs at home can access each other, no problem whatsoever (whereas my mate with 2 XP laptops and an XP PC can share sod all, I even had to put a network card in his printer). They fucked around with too many things on XP (networking especially) that did NOT need fucking about with. With Vista, they've just fucked about with even more.
(eXOBeX was in your bed, banging your 17-year-old daughter, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 21:02, archived)

The XP networking would depend very much on
running the professional version as opposed to the home version. Networking was pretty much disabled on the home version ( by design ).

I was never a fan of 2000. Initially came with too many comaptibility problems due to a lack of drivers. It was only a stopgap until XP was released and mainly was a cover up for the utter failure that was ME. 2000 server was usable but XP pro rendered it obsolete.
I'm not a fan of any OS that is no longer supported.
( Pasanonic WARNING - May induce flouncing., Sun 2 Mar 2008, 21:10, archived)