lifehacker.com — After weeks of test-driving Windows Vista full-time, there are several tips and tweaks I'd wish I'd known before I started. In the spirit of saving you the time when it's your turn, today I've got a selection of useful Vista pointers for power upgraders.
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llbblJan 31, 2007
Vista sucks. Msft should have open sourced it and charged for support. They have enough money and they OWE us for the crappy software (windows ME) they released in the past.
nysusFeb 1, 2007
Tweaking an OS was fun when I was learning computers. Don't really have an interest in spending hours getting all the settings just right anymore. Just give me at tool I don't have to spend any brain cycles thinking about it so I can focus on getting real work done.
grumpyrainFeb 1, 2007
IMO, a better option for UAC that Microsoft didn't do would be something like 'Disable UAC until tomorrow' or 'Disable for n days'That would give you enough time to get everything set up without being bugged with a popup during every install, yet would mean that people would not permanently disable UAC, one of the things lacking in Windows up until now.
wherewithalFeb 1, 2007
Surely you mean "a ton of legacy apps fail on IE7", not "IE7 fails on a ton of legacy apps".
gizzaFeb 1, 2007
"Remember the dialog boxes that XP pops up for ActiveX controls (while browsing) and other little 'warnings' that people mindlessly click through to continue? That's exactly what they'll continue to do."Isnt the point of the UAC that people without proper rights cant just click an ok button to continue? So unless the user is logged in as admin, or a user with enough rights they just simply cant do a lot of things. Hence you can set up ur little bros and parents account to allow them to not do stupid things.
ericsanteFeb 1, 2007
The Best upgrade to windows is Ubuntu!
nataliemainesFeb 5, 2007
I like Windows Vista .
niteflyerFeb 10, 2007
This was my experience the last 2 nights and the results so far.....Still trying.... :-)<a class="user" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVJfuFfpbIU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVJfuFfpbIU</a>