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Texannie
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 3:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
it came on my new computer. anyone else have it? any tricks, tips, fun stuff to pass along?

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 3:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I've got it. If you've been using Win XP for a long time, I'd take some time to just get used to it. The Start menu is completely different and it takes some getting used to. You can also revert back to "classic" mode if you want.

They've hidden some things, made other things more difficult to find, and a few things easier to get to. I'm still getting used to it. Dunno if I really like it, but I'm stuck with it since I need to take screen shots using the new OS.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 4:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
yep, that start menu is defintely different!

it took 3 of us to find the 'switch user' button! LOL i kept clicking on the 'switch between windows' button determined that was the right one! LOL

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 - 10:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Ok, I've thought about getting it. What are the differences for the screen shots? Any other changes you can tell me in advance? Good or bad?

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 4:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
my former monitor was so old and bad that i have no idea if the improvements i see are from the new monitor or Vista!
LOL


Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 7:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
It's got to do with the look of the dialog boxes. I've got Vista Ultimate running and the Aero feature makes the title bars look pretty cool. And things like rounded corners (more XP style than classic Windows style). Unless you hadda take screen shots for a living, some of the changes you wouldn't even notice! :-)

Aero is cool though! As is the transparency! (You don't get Aero in Vista Home.)

Tera
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08-10-2000

Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 8:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tera a private message Print Post    
A note about Vista... Vista Basic is just a prettied up XP. If you want the true Vista experience, make sure you get Vista Home Premium or better.

I made a $75.00 restocking fee mistake about a month ago when I purchased a laptop. I should have done my research.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 7:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Thanks for the tip, Tera.

Abby7
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07-17-2002

Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 7:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Abby7 a private message Print Post    
there are so many complaints about Vista on the internet. dh is thinking about waiting until the kinks are worked out.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 8:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
I've got transpancies on my desktop icons now with XP. Not that it came with XP...just sayin'. Yeah, my hubby also likes to wait til they work out the kinks, too. LOL

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, April 19, 2007 - 7:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
As a general rule, for my laptops (that are used in my day to day job), I never upgrade the OS until after the first major service pack. There are kinks in Vista, they are being worked out. But it's also fun to install it on a test system and play around.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Thursday, April 19, 2007 - 10:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
My biggest beef with the Vista on my new laptop is that I can't get my home office network to recognize it. It makes transferring files from my desktop to my laptop an annoyance if I can't hook it into the network.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Friday, April 20, 2007 - 3:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
how in the heck do i get all the icons off the sys tray? i right click on them and there is either no exit or cancel button or it tells me if i click on it, it will shut the program down.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Friday, April 20, 2007 - 5:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Which icons are you talking about? In the systray (on the right side of the taskbar)? Or the quick start launch (the left side of the taskbar)?

Sorry... gotta ask. Sometimes people don't realize there are two different groupings of icons! :-)

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Friday, April 20, 2007 - 5:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
hey now, i may have been running a dinosaur computer but i do know the sys tray is on the right!!!!!
love the quick launch, but all the junk on the right is annoying the heck out of me!

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Friday, April 20, 2007 - 7:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Texannie, don't know about Vista, but those are programs that start up when you turn on your computer, and it is not necessary to have many of them running when you start your computer. You can turn them on when you are going to use them.

In XP, you go to Start>Run then type in msconfig. Then select the Startup tab and uncheck things that you know what they are and don't want over in that tray. Be a little careful turning things off because you don't want to turn off your cable connection, for instance.

Then you have to restart your computer.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Friday, April 20, 2007 - 7:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
You can also hide unused icons. I don't have my Vista system on right now, but try right-clicking in the taskbar and seeing if there's an option to customize or auto-hide.

For those icons that do appear, there's not much you can do unless you disable the apps that are starting them up. Somethings (like NIC icons) can be disabled in the NIC properties). Ditto with the power icon. But a lot of the rest of 'em (any IM programs, AV apps, and the like) belong there. And they are there for a reason! :-)

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Friday, April 20, 2007 - 9:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
ok..found it cost, thanks!!
thanks too Juju!!

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, May 03, 2007 - 5:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
ever since we got the new computer, i have trouble viewing photos that have been posted.

i get the following screen

The requested URL was not found

images/blocked.gif

(null)

i have checked my firewall and can't tell if it's blocking anything. in my internet options, 'show pictures' is checked.

what's up?

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Friday, May 04, 2007 - 6:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
anyone???

another question. Vista has it's own mail program 'windows mail'. if i am on my other computer with outlook express, i can't read any emails that have downloaded to windows mail and vice versa.
is there anyone to link them?

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Friday, May 04, 2007 - 7:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Isn't Windows Mail the newest version of Outlook Express? And the reason why you can't read 'em if you've downloaded 'em to the other system is that they are no longer on the server.

I think (and check Windows Mail help on this), that you'll need to export your folders and address book from OE, and then import them into WM. Once you do that, stop using OE to check email. (You should NEVER use two different email programs to check email if your settings are to download mail off the server anyways. If you want to do this, set one of them to be the one that mail gets downloaded to, and set the other one to leave email on the server.)

As for your other question, I don't know what you mean. What photos that got posted? Where?

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Friday, May 04, 2007 - 8:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
if someone posts a picture on a webpage (doesn't happen here), i get that page with that error message.

hmm....so my husband and i can't work on the two different computers and check our email?

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Friday, May 04, 2007 - 9:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Normally when you retrieve email, the program tells the server to delete it. So you can both retrieve it as long as the first person retrieving tells the program to leave the messages on the server for the other to retrieve again later.

Of course, this isn't a problem if you use web based email.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Friday, May 04, 2007 - 9:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Do you have two separate email accounts, Annie? Or do you use one email account for both of you?

Truly, I'd use ONE computer with ONE email client, to use for email. Download all email to that computer. If either of you is away from home, you can use Webmail (your ISP should have this) to check mail. Using Webmail ensures the mail stays on the server, until you get home.

When you receive email using Outlook Express or Windows Mail, the default setting is to download it off of the server.

So if you have one email account, pick one computer, set up one email client, merge everything into the one (export, import). If you do not have two accounts, check with your ISP to see about getting a second one. Most of 'em offer up to five free email addys, or something like that.

If you have two email accounts, you can set up identities in OE (I dunno if this feature is still available in Windows Mail; I've not set up WM to check email).

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Friday, May 04, 2007 - 10:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
we have two accounts. it's not a big deal, he just was looking for an email that he knew was on the old computer. he just emailed it to me, but it did seem silly to have to go through that.