Goodbye Windows Vista!

A little over two weeks ago I gave up using Windows Vista, reformatted my hard drive and reinstalled Windows XP.

For now, this is only a temporary Goodbye while we wait for the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and I’m not quite ready yet to say Goodbye Microsoft.

Why Windows XP instead of Windows Vista?

Quite simply because I got sick and tired of this revolutionary operating system being so slow and of having to wait while it would load up dialog boxes for opening or saving files.

This type of ordinary operation on a regular workday sometimes had me waiting for over half a minute before allowing me to see the contents of the directory I was trying to explore.

In the end, a lot of time wasted every day and therefore a decrease in productivity.

Since the change, everything is great. My PC now runs with clockwork precision and I no longer spend time waiting for my computer’s operating system to finish off some unknown or imaginary task before finally doing what I’m asking it to do.

English translation of the French article “Goodbye Windows Vista !” by Andrew Kovacs, Ph. D.

THANK GOD I AM A VISTA EXTERMINATOR! A VISTABUSTER!

Yes… I get many calls each day from people in dismay pleading
for my expert help.

Just like they call the Ghostbusters, but in my case I am the VistaBuster!

I remove vista from the computer leaving it fast clean with no vistabugs vistaghosts and vistaghouls, and I install the best OS Microsoft has made: XP!

Call 1800-VISTABUSTERS-00

:-)

Get the midi Ghostbusters tune here to sing along with me… !!! WHOOHOOOO!!!!

http://www.ex-designz.net/englishmidis/nowplaying.asp?mid=540

You can Right click on the midi title link on that page and hit “Save Target As” so you can save it on your computer.

Vistabusters…

If there’s somethin’ strange in your network neighborhood
Who ya gonna call (Vistabusters)
If it’s somethin’ weird an it won’t work good
Who ya gonna call (Vistabusters)

I ain’t afraid a no Vista
I ain’t afraid a no Vista
If you’re seein’ things runnin’ thru your OS
Who can you call (Vistabusters)
An’ invisible process sleepin’ in your dll
Oh who ya gonna call (Vistabusters)
I ain’t afraid a no Vista
I ain’t afraid a no Vista
Who ya gonna call (Vistabusters)
If you’re all alone call phone support
An call

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We are pleased to announce the release of the remaining 19 languages packs for Windows Vista Ultimate. This Ultimate Extras release brings the total number of language packs for use with Windows Vista Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI) to 35. Windows Vista Ultimate enables users install multiple languages on their system and quickly switch between them by associating a system language with their login name.

MUI is particularly useful in multilingual homes where multiple people use a single computer and choose different languages for their primary use. People who wish to learn a new language will also find MUI to be a particularly useful feature.  We are aware of a very large number of customers who have purchased Ultimate for this feature specifically and are gratified that these customers can now realize the full benefit of Windows Vista Ultimate. 

The languages we are adding today are as follows:

 

Arabic

Bulgarian

Croatian

Czech

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When chatting with people about the deployment of Windows Vista within their organisation, one of the topics that comes up is software compatibility.  It’s a no brainer that their business applications continue to work whilst they are enjoying the benefits and features of Windows Vista.  Microsoft have worked hard to ensure  we had a large number of software vendors ready to offer their software as “Certified for Windows Vista” or “Works with Windows Vista“.  These certifications mean that either software is designed specifically to take advantage of new features in Windows Vista or is compatible with Windows Vista.

Whilst these certifications go along way to answer questions about software compatibility, there are still bespoke software solutions or legacy applications that might not have been tested by Microsoft to gain the certification.  For businesses in this situation there are a range of tools that will help test the compatibility of applications on Windows Vista.  Microsoft provide a great toolset, for instance, called the Application Compatibility Toolkit which is worth checking out for the analysis of your software portfolio.

Our partners have also taken the initiative when it comes to application compatibility testing and fixing of issues.  ChangeBase,

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