Hello Craig,

 

When it comes to Vista upgrades, run, run far and run fast.  It is always
the case when a new OS comes out.  As a stubborn IT professional, you should
know better than to do an upgrade to a new OS, right when it comes out.
Getting a new PC with Vista installed on it is one thing, upgrading an
existing PC to Vista is something else; don't do it.

 

 

Denys...

From: Craig Lalley [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 12:45 PM
To: Denys Beauchemin; [log in to unmask]
Subject: OT: Office 2007 installation warning

 

Denys and Everyone,

 

I have one machine running Vista and Office 2007,  my comments...

 

Vista:  not ready for prime time... I had two blue screens trying to install
it and it took about 6 hours time to complete (3 attempts were made).  If I
were not a stubborn IT professional, I would have given up.  Bottom line,
wait for the 1st service pack and all the preiphal drivers to be ready (read
NVIDIA).

 

BTW, I upgraded from XP Pro to Vista Business... the is NO upgrade path,
Vista will rename the Window directory from WINDOWS to WINDOWS.old and do a
"fresh" install.

Meaning all programs will need to be reinstalled.   This is a BIG downfall
for most companies.

 

Oh, and the Aero glass, is a lot of marketing hype.  I can use it, but I
don't see what all the fuss is about.

 

Office 2007:  A little bit more mature, but there is still a learning curve
for the new interface.

 

Ahh, life on the bleeding edge.

 

-Craig

 

 



Denys Beauchemin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

I installed the latest version of Office software emanating from Redmond.
To my dismay, it somehow eliminated all my mail rules and that means I
received all messages to 3000-L unfiltered, so I see that Herr Baier is
still actively supporting the terrorists.



I have since reestablished most of my rules, but I am sure I am missing a
few still.



I upgraded from Office 2003. So far, it's been a pretty good experience but
I have to get used to quite a few changes in appearance and command
selection. 



Denys...


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