Vista is Growing on Me

I have a new notebook that came with Vista Ultimate installed. In the first few days of owning this notebook, I seriously considered wiping the drive and installing Windows XP Pro. Vista wouldn't let me do what I wanted to do! Vista wouldn't let me open some files or folders!

Humph, this is MY computer and no operating system is going to stop me from opening, looking and/or editing a folder or file if I need to edit it. It isn't as though I was going to go willy nilly changing things that shouldn't be changed.

However, I am persistent and finally figured out how to get to where I wanted and 'take ownership' of those files and folders.

I am beginning to like Vista a lot. I don't use a huge number of programs and so far, every program I think I have to have installed is working just fine. The exception is the firewall I want, Zone Alarm, and ZoneLabs has a working beta for Vista. I don't do betas much, they have caused me to do a comple reinstall of Windows in the past. So I am relying on Vista's firewall and the firewall in my router.

I have tested several virus scanners that work in Vista. I finally went with Nod32. I should have gone with Nod32 years ago. Such a light footprint, not intrusive and does the job. Better than most according to the sites that do security reviews!

A lot of folks don't like the UAC (User Access Control) in Vista. Some of the folks that don't like UAC are also those folks that complain about the lack of security in Windows. I am learning to live with UAC, although there is a way to turn it off, I want the security.

One of the things that Microsoft finally got right in Vista is Search. I am always filing things where I shouldn't, especially if I am in a hurry. Sometimes I give files titles that I don't remember days later. But with Vista search, all I have to do is put a word or phrase in the search field and Vista finds it. I love it! Windows XP is still a great OS, but Search in XP leaves a lot to be desired.

Vista is also pretty! I love my 'eye candy' and see no reason not to have it. I will admit there are still a lot of things in Vista that I still need to get used to, but i am getting there.


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