DOH!! Microsoft what the hell are you doing.

[darkswordsman17]

lol vista already has SP2? That's nuts, it has not even been out for that long. Shows how crappy it is lol.

And yes I'm in It and we run a proper XP environment, we don't jump on new stuff because it's going to be an issue.

Jumping on Vista was a mistake from day 1. You need to give any new OS enough time to mature before considering it. Now look at everyone that jumped on it, if they had waited they could of just went straight to 7.

Isn't that exactly what happened?

And please, don't turn this into another Vista sucks, Windows 7 is so much better, all while claiming they're the same thing, thread.

 

[Nitemare]

That's a terrible idea. People like this are the ones that get used in DOS attacks. It's better to have critical updates pushed down to you instead of you having to remember to go get them. You can set your computer to "don't automatically reboot", but don't turn off automatic updates.

Now, what happened here is you installed Office 2010, which has a lot of Bing integration. The beta probably changed you settings, and when you reinstalled it it probably reset your browser.

I did not say disable, just prompt you when they become available rather than installing them automatically and rebooting your computer for you.

 

[Snapster]

Even if IE was updated, it would ask to change search provider to bing from google as you have to go through the what's new wizard before it allows you to use it.

Can't say I've seen a single update do that so I smell something else at work.

 

[lxskllr]

lol vista already has SP2? That's nuts, it has not even been out for that long. Shows how crappy it is lol.

So updates are bad? I don't think you want to go there. If that's the route you want to take, Linux is the worst in the biz. I get reams of updates on my Ubuntu machine, probably average 5 per week since I set it up a year or 2 ago ;^)

 

[adairusmc]

lol vista already has SP2? That's nuts, it has not even been out for that long. Shows how crappy it is lol.

And yes I'm in It and we run a proper XP environment, we don't jump on new stuff because it's going to be an issue.

Jumping on Vista was a mistake from day 1. You need to give any new OS enough time to mature before considering it. Now look at everyone that jumped on it, if they had waited they could of just went straight to 7.

I jumped on vista the day it came out, and never had a single issue with it the entire time I ran it.

Sounds like your issues are all pebkac.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

lol vista already has SP2? That's nuts, it has not even been out for that long. Shows how crappy it is lol.

/facepalm

XP released August 2001
XP SP2 release August 2004
Delta = 3 years

Vista released November 2006
Vista SP2 released April 2009
Delta = 2.5 years

 

[OutHouse]

This is why the first thing you do is turn off automatic updates

explain....

 

[Red Squirrel]

I jumped on vista the day it came out, and never had a single issue with it the entire time I ran it.

Sounds like your issues are all pebkac.

I never had issues because I never jumped on it, but if you do a bit of google searching you will see that quite alot of people have tons of issues.

 

[tyler811]

lol vista already has SP2? That's nuts, it has not even been out for that long. Shows how crappy it is lol.

And yes I'm in It and we run a proper XP environment, we don't jump on new stuff because it's going to be an issue.

Jumping on Vista was a mistake from day 1. You need to give any new OS enough time to mature before considering it. Now look at everyone that jumped on it, if they had waited they could of just went straight to 7.

Did not buy it Microsoft sent it to me free because I was beta tester for it. Sent me 32 bit and 64 bit Ultimate

 

[tyler811]

GOSH you people are insane. The OP was not a shit on vista but rather an observation on 2010.

 

[tyler811]

I never had issues because I never jumped on it, but if you do a bit of google searching you will see that quite alot of people have tons of issues.

i still say your avatar looks like an inflamed vagina

 

[Red Squirrel]

So updates are bad? I don't think you want to go there. If that's the route you want to take, Linux is the worst in the biz. I get reams of updates on my Ubuntu machine, probably average 5 per week since I set it up a year or 2 ago ;^)

Difference is, I trust Linux updates more then updates pushed by MS. Not saying I would skip MS updates, just validate them all first and maybe wait to make sure no issues are reported. Even with Linux I would wait a bit to ensure there are no known issues but it happens less often.

 

[Red Squirrel]

i still say your avatar looks like an inflamed vagina

Haha

 

[syrillus]

I never had issues because I never jumped on it, but if you do a bit of google searching you will see that quite alot of people have tons of issues.

I bet if you do a google search of your prized "Windows XP" you'll find the opposite, right?