When I first got my computer over a year ago, I was thrilled that it had Windows Vista. Not knowing anything about the progam, I was excited over the fact that I got the new version of wo=indows that I had seen and liked on all my friends' computers. I heard that Vista had certain issues but until recently, I never had any problems.
About a month ago, my computer started acting up and when I took it in, it was supposedly repaired and my virus protection was updated. Yes, the computer works now but my virus protection is outdated and doesn't even work. Trying to uninstall it, Vista keeps telling me that I do not have sufficient access to uninstall the program and to get administrator approval. I am the administrator on my computer, there are no other accounts. After wrestling with my computer all day Saturday and trying to get the administrator access that I should already have, I am quite frustrated. I drove three hours to come home and get my freshly repaired computer and take it back up to school. Now I am out $200 for repairs and I can't go online. I've heard that this is a Vista problem and that quite a few people have had similar problems. I am quite frustrated because if the person that fixed my computer had updated the virus protection like he said, I would not be having this problem and I wouldn't have to try to uninstall my old, defective virus protection to install new protection.
Here are some statistics about Windows Vista. I do not necessarily agree with the positive aspects right now, but it's good to know that people like it.
http://blogs.msdn.com/usisvde/archive/2008/06/06/windows-vista-facts-speak-to-many-advantages.aspx
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
This comment in the blog was right on: "The problem with Vista is this: it usually either works great for you (and then you don't understand why others are so upset), or it feels really broken (and then you don't understand why some people seem to be fine with it)"
ReplyDeleteMy laptop broke after a year or so. HP fixed it, but that caused Vista to not recognize my computer anymore and say that I didn't have a license. After many, many calls to HP and Microsoft, I finally gave up and bought a new copy of Vista.
I was O.K. with Microsoft for 25 plus years. Now I avoid them when possible.