Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-31 Thread William Bowen
> There are a number of things hidden from the user in regards to the > registry. ah okay... -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~| Create Web Applic

RE: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-31 Thread Nick McClure
to the registry. > -Original Message- > From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 2:42 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof... > > > But I think as far as Apps go Vista and XP work ab

Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-31 Thread William Bowen
> But I think as far as Apps go Vista and XP work about the same (although I'm > honestly not sure how System Restore handles things). okies. :-) can someone confirm one way or t'other? -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fis

RE: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-31 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 12:55 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof... > > Aren't truly "Vista approved/certified/AOK" applications

Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-31 Thread William Bowen
Aren't truly "Vista approved/certified/AOK" applications *not* supposed to be able to write to the registry? I thought that was supposed to be the huge big thing that Vista introduced (and part of the issue with getting apps certified). Apps are required to install in a non-registry-writing-to-way

RE: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-31 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 7:15 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof... > > You know I never fully understoood how System Restore works. > > So you in

Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-30 Thread Dinner
On 5/30/07, Nick M wrote: > The system restore isn't really about the registry as much as it is > about the actual driver files. The registry is more related to > applications and system level services. I'm no guru, but I find that statement illogical. =]

RE: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-30 Thread Nick McClure
To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof... You know I never fully understoood how System Restore works. So you install that new driver...and then install say three programs before realising that the new driver is a problem. So you then go and do a System Restore

RE: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-30 Thread Nick McClure
unity Subject: Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof... You guys have had much better luck with System Restore than I have. Of course, when I've used it it hasn't been pre-meditated (like the driver example), it was "oops, my god, how can I fix /this/?!?!"... It has w

Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-30 Thread Vivec
You know I never fully understoood how System Restore works. So you install that new driver...and then install say three programs before realising that the new driver is a problem. So you then go and do a System Restore to roll back the system to before you installed that driver. What happens to

Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-30 Thread Cameron Childress
System repair also requires the installation discs. Don't leave home without them! -Cameron On 5/30/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +) System Repair > > This is a more drastic measure that reverts windows components back to their > original versions but attempts to maintain all your

Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-30 Thread Dinner
You guys have had much better luck with System Restore than I have. Of course, when I've used it it hasn't been pre-meditated (like the driver example), it was "oops, my god, how can I fix /this/?!?!"... It has worked a few time, I won't knock that, but, man, my system never felt the same after.

RE: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-30 Thread Nick McClure
r me a bit. > -Original Message- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 11:22 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof... > > Just so we're clear here on terms. > > Windows (fro

Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-30 Thread Jim Davis
Just so we're clear here on terms. Windows (from XP on) has at least three major recovery options, they are (in order from least to greatest impact): +) System Restore This is essentually change control for the OS. Either automatically or on demand Windows will store configuration information

RE: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-30 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Dave l [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:02 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof... > > "If that doesn't work you might consider system restore as an option.

Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-30 Thread Dave l
"If that doesn't work you might consider system restore as an option." oh yeah, thats is such a great option, gee i wish i had vista.. ~| ColdFusion MX7 by AdobeĀ® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusi

Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-25 Thread Cameron Childress
I agree. The Microsoft support guy I was talking to suggested at one point that I start uninstalling or disabling programs one at a time till I found out what was "incompatible" and just stop using that program. At that point I kinda went off a little, asking him which of the applications that ar

Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-25 Thread Cameron Childress
I don't know and I don't care. I don't like to ask Microsoft's permission before I use my own computer. Verizon said is was Vista Compatible and I installed it. I did reinstall VZAccess first thing after I reinstalled Vista and then reinstalled (almost) everything else I had on there. The syste

RE: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-25 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 8:00 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof... > > Vista just isn't ready for primetime. Whether you say that is the > faul

RE: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-25 Thread Nick McClure
ilto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 8:00 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof... > > Vista just isn't ready for primetime. Whether you say that is the > fault of Vista, or whether you go with it being the hardware and >

Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-25 Thread Vivec
Vista just isn't ready for primetime. Whether you say that is the fault of Vista, or whether you go with it being the hardware and software developers moving too slowly to produce Vista drivers is immaterial when trying to get your system to work with existing software and hardware. I've noted tha

Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-25 Thread Vivec
Was the VZ Access software Vista Certified? On 5/25/07, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In Microsoft's defense, this wireless problem began when I installed a > Verizon Broadband card and it's accompanying software, VZAccess. > However, even after uninstalling the VZAccess, the pr

Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-25 Thread Dana Tierney
ron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 3:19 PM >> > To: CF-Community >> > Subject: Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof... >> > >> > No - I didn't know that existed. Looks like it's just &quo

Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-24 Thread Cameron Childress
appens. -Cameron On 5/23/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 3:19 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump of

Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-24 Thread Erika L. Walker
/me thinks I will renew the service contract on my 4 year old laptop running windows pro xp and be very grateful. ~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adob

Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-24 Thread Andrew Scott
Problem is that this only works on system files, not device drivers or anything else that is 3rd party. On 5/24/07, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No - I didn't know that existed. Looks like it's just "sfc /scannow" > at the command line (as an administrator. Running it now...

RE: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-23 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 3:19 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof... > > No - I didn't know that existed. Looks like it's just

Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-23 Thread Cameron Childress
No - I didn't know that existed. Looks like it's just "sfc /scannow" at the command line (as an administrator. Running it now... -Cameron On 5/23/07, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you tried running through the System File Check utility which > should verify all the windows system file

Re: Why Vista makes me want to jump off the roof...

2007-05-23 Thread Vivec
Have you tried running through the System File Check utility which should verify all the windows system files, and if one is corrupted it should replace it? On 5/23/07, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suspect that some file required for WLan Service is corrupt, but I > don't know