I just got a new Dell laptop a week ago last Friday with Vista.
So far, I've had to reformat the drive b/c System Restore wouldn't roll back for me (got message saying unknown error in Windows). And I have a crappy dial up connection that won't stay up for very long at times.
I've fiddled w/settings and fiddled w/settings in the Network and Connection Center, the modem settings, and Internet Options.
I've taken off Norton, and my brother installed the Avast and Firefox for me while I was at work today.
I think I'm getting used to Vista, but if I could just get the settings right on the dial up to work and by the time that happens, the DSL will probably be turned back on and I won't have to worry about it (hopefully after my next paycheck.)
Somebody needs to tell the folks at Microsoft that there are still folks using dial up - apparently they added the dial up option as an afterthought and concentrated more on the wireless/broadband part of the networking options.
And forget the PDF manual included on the hard drive - I have to use F8 to get to the part where I can reformat the drive - instead of F11 as the manual says to do. Turns out I have to hold my mouth just right to do that - keep tapping on F8 until the screen comes up.
Seems as if the simpler things become, the more complicated they become if something goes wrong.
So far, I've had to reformat the drive b/c System Restore wouldn't roll back for me (got message saying unknown error in Windows). And I have a crappy dial up connection that won't stay up for very long at times.
I've fiddled w/settings and fiddled w/settings in the Network and Connection Center, the modem settings, and Internet Options.
I've taken off Norton, and my brother installed the Avast and Firefox for me while I was at work today.
I think I'm getting used to Vista, but if I could just get the settings right on the dial up to work and by the time that happens, the DSL will probably be turned back on and I won't have to worry about it (hopefully after my next paycheck.)
Somebody needs to tell the folks at Microsoft that there are still folks using dial up - apparently they added the dial up option as an afterthought and concentrated more on the wireless/broadband part of the networking options.
And forget the PDF manual included on the hard drive - I have to use F8 to get to the part where I can reformat the drive - instead of F11 as the manual says to do. Turns out I have to hold my mouth just right to do that - keep tapping on F8 until the screen comes up.
Seems as if the simpler things become, the more complicated they become if something goes wrong.
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