customer preview impressions

I was very impressed with the nice "eye candy" in Vista. It looks like the released version will be excellent.
I had a couple problems which will make it necessary for me to remove it though.
1. Control Panel causes Windows Explorer to restart. 2. Printer driver for my HP PSC 950 is faulty. Plain text from Notepad prints great, but trying the Windows Test Print page does not come out correctly. I also tried to print from Publisher and the page started great, but then garbage after that. 3. I have a 16-bit application, which starts great, but it tries to play some MIDI files and then bombs out. 4. No support for my company's VPN client by Nortel. 5. Despite having the check in the modem setting that turns on the speaker, I did not hear any sound.
I guess I had hoped that with all the work that has gone into Vista that the Beta 2 would have been a bit more stable.
I'll wait for RC1 and hope for better results. -- Mike Polinske Milwaukee, WI

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"Mike Polinske" wrote in message

I was very impressed with the nice "eye candy" in Vista. It looks like the released version will be excellent.
I had a couple problems which will make it necessary for me to remove it though.
1. Control Panel causes Windows Explorer to restart. 2. Printer driver for my HP PSC 950 is faulty. Plain text from Notepad prints great, but trying the Windows Test Print page does not come out correctly. I also tried to print from Publisher and the page started great, but then garbage after that. 3. I have a 16-bit application, which starts great, but it tries to play some MIDI files and then bombs out. 4. No support for my company's VPN client by Nortel. 5. Despite having the check in the modem setting that turns on the speaker, I did not hear any sound.
I guess I had hoped that with all the work that has gone into Vista that the Beta 2 would have been a bit more stable.
I'll wait for RC1 and hope for better results. -- Mike Polinske Milwaukee, WI

On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:01:08 -0700, Mike Polinske wrote:

I was very impressed with the nice "eye candy" in Vista. It looks like the released version will be excellent.
I had a couple problems which will make it necessary for me to remove it though.
1. Control Panel causes Windows Explorer to restart. 2. Printer driver for my HP PSC 950 is faulty. Plain text from Notepad prints great, but trying the Windows Test Print page does not come out correctly. I also tried to print from Publisher and the page started great, but then garbage after that. 3. I have a 16-bit application, which starts great, but it tries to play some MIDI files and then bombs out. 4. No support for my company's VPN client by Nortel. 5. Despite having the check in the modem setting that turns on the speaker, I did not hear any sound.
I guess I had hoped that with all the work that has gone into Vista that the Beta 2 would have been a bit more stable.
I'll wait for RC1 and hope for better results.

I am interested in Item 5
You still got one of those dial up modems with the warbling and bing bonging and stuff? Have not seen one in years.
Actually I am just checking out Agent on this Vista install, needed something to reply to.
8-)
Jonah

It must have taken a looong time to download with the 'warbling and bing bonging and stuff'.....

"Jonah" wrote:

On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:01:08 -0700, Mike Polinske mpolinsk@execpc.com> wrote:
I was very impressed with the nice "eye candy" in Vista. It looks like the released version will be excellent.
I had a couple problems which will make it necessary for me to remove it though.
1. Control Panel causes Windows Explorer to restart. 2. Printer driver for my HP PSC 950 is faulty. Plain text from Notepad prints great, but trying the Windows Test Print page does not come out correctly. I also tried to print from Publisher and the page started great, but then garbage after that. 3. I have a 16-bit application, which starts great, but it tries to play some MIDI files and then bombs out. 4. No support for my company's VPN client by Nortel. 5. Despite having the check in the modem setting that turns on the speaker, I did not hear any sound.
I guess I had hoped that with all the work that has gone into Vista that the Beta 2 would have been a bit more stable.
I'll wait for RC1 and hope for better results.
I am interested in Item 5
You still got one of those dial up modems with the warbling and bing bonging and stuff? Have not seen one in years.
Actually I am just checking out Agent on this Vista install, needed something to reply to.
8-)
Jonah

That's why he keep fading in and out. :)
"wselmi" wrote in message

It must have taken a looong time to download with the 'warbling and bing bonging and stuff'.....

"Jonah" wrote:
On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:01:08 -0700, Mike Polinske mpolinsk@execpc.com> wrote:
I was very impressed with the nice "eye candy" in Vista. It looks like the released version will be excellent.
I had a couple problems which will make it necessary for me to remove it though.
1. Control Panel causes Windows Explorer to restart. 2. Printer driver for my HP PSC 950 is faulty. Plain text from Notepad prints great, but trying the Windows Test Print page does not come out correctly. I also tried to print from Publisher and the page started great, but then garbage after that. 3. I have a 16-bit application, which starts great, but it tries to play some MIDI files and then bombs out. 4. No support for my company's VPN client by Nortel. 5. Despite having the check in the modem setting that turns on the speaker, I did not hear any sound.
I guess I had hoped that with all the work that has gone into Vista that the Beta 2 would have been a bit more stable.
I'll wait for RC1 and hope for better results.
I am interested in Item 5
You still got one of those dial up modems with the warbling and bing bonging and stuff? Have not seen one in years.
Actually I am just checking out Agent on this Vista install, needed something to reply to.
8-)
Jonah

On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 15:23:02 -0700, wselmi wrote:

It must have taken a looong time to download with the 'warbling and bing bonging and stuff'.....
Thats the other reason I am interested, 3Gb on a dial up

modem............jeeze!
8-)
Jonah

People that have modems and 16bit programs may need to stay with XP or Win98. The hardware has to keep up with the software. -- AMD-FX-60 2gb OCZ Plat. memory ATI 1800 AIW 2x74gb Raptors in RAID-0 2x400gb WD HDD in RAID-1 Epox Nvidia-4 Ultra M/B Senior Member Overclockers.com
"jonah" wrote:

On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 15:23:02 -0700, wselmi wselmi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
It must have taken a looong time to download with the 'warbling and bing bonging and stuff'.....
Thats the other reason I am interested, 3Gb on a dial up modem............jeeze!
8-)
Jonah

It's a winmodem, but I like to hear the beeps and warbles. It lets me know how the dial-up connection is progressing rather than just wating for it to connect. Also that way I can tell if some program is trying to connect when I don't want it to. -- Mike Polinske Milwaukee, WI
"Jonah" wrote:

I am interested in Item 5
You still got one of those dial up modems with the warbling and bing bonging and stuff? Have not seen one in years.
Actually I am just checking out Agent on this Vista install, needed something to reply to.
8-)
Jonah

I ordered the DVD. I wouldn't be foolish enough to download that big of a file, especially since my ISP disconnects automatically after 8 hours even if the connection is active the entire time.
-- Mike Polinske Milwaukee, WI
"wselmi" wrote:

It must have taken a looong time to download with the 'warbling and bing bonging and stuff'.....

It's the only 16-bit app I have. It plays the music from our church hymnal. I can't justify getting DSL since I only use my computer at home in the evenings. If I worked full time from home, then I would definitely get it. -- Mike Polinske Milwaukee, WI HP dv1175 laptop 1 GB RAM 100 GB harddrive Pentium Celeron 1.6 GHz processor
"Chris S" wrote:

People that have modems and 16bit programs may need to stay with XP or Win98. The hardware has to keep up with the software. -- AMD-FX-60 2gb OCZ Plat. memory ATI 1800 AIW 2x74gb Raptors in RAID-0 2x400gb WD HDD in RAID-1 Epox Nvidia-4 Ultra M/B Senior Member Overclockers.com