the more i use vista, the more i get angry

[secretanchitman]

vista sp2 is fine now. however...i dont like 7 because they took out the classic start menu and other things.

http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/ - that apparently fixes the things they took out, so im going to give 7 another go soon.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Reinstalled Win 7 and still get the same damn error message.

 

[rockyct]

Does the "WinKey + D" still work?

Yep, still works.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Yep, still works.

Good. That means there is really one less complaint for Win7, people just need to learn to use the shortcut instead of the icon (and that shortcut has been there for years...).

 

[ElFenix]

vista sp2 is fine now. however...i dont like 7 because they took out the classic start menu and other things.

http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/ - that apparently fixes the things they took out, so im going to give 7 another go soon.

that is exactly what i need, thanks

 

[Muse]

The MS OS itself I can usually live with, although Vista is way more man-at-the-door checking your ID than XP. What concerns me (and you don't know this before you "upgrade") is which of your programs and utilities will continue to work with the next OS. I have a few that worked fine up to and including XP and don't work in Vista. I'm afraid to find out what won't work with Windows 7. That's partly why I haven't used the upgrade disk I have for my Vista laptop yet.

 

[Muse]

it seems to take forever to delete a file using the delete key.

also takes forever to copy sometimes.

I just about never hit the delete key to delete a file or set of files, etc. Don't want to mess with the Recycle Bin. I'm confident enough in myself where I elect to permanently delete whatever by doing a Shift+Delete. A couple of times I deleted something that I decided I wanted back and used a freebie called FreeUndelete:

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,25465-order,1-page,1-c,utilities/description.html

I haven't been aware of issues in copy being slow on my Windows machines.

 

[Muse]

Does the "WinKey + D" still work?

What does that do? I use WinKey + M if I want the desktop and the Show Desktop icon is unavailable to me for some reason (I have a machine that frequently has the entire taskbar + Start key inaccessible, really annoying.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

What does that do? I use WinKey + M if I want the desktop and the Show Desktop icon is unavailable to me for some reason (I have a machine that frequently has the entire taskbar + Start key inaccessible, really annoying.

"WinKey + D" is Show Desktop, where "WinKey + M" is Minimize All Windows. They are essentially the same thing, though you can repeat "WinKey + D" to undo Show Desktop, but you have to use "WinKey + Shift + M" to Maximize All Windows (undo Minimize All Windows).