Category: vista

in which we retract a [Vista] post

So, I was complaining about Vista being really, really, really slow on my Gateway LT3103u, to the point of being non-useable.   After many hours of troubleshooting, I think, possibly, or maybe, the problem was not Vista.  But, indeed, ifolder.I commenced… more »

i haven't whined about Vista for awhile ...

... because I haven't used it.  All my computers originally came with one form of MS Windows or another, and I maintain the O/S installs in case I have something I want to run that won't run in Linux.  Or until, as often happens with my older computers,… more »

gateway vs. acer

I think you are not up-to-date on my gateway netbook revival.  If you care, which you probably don't anyway.  I'm not certain I care.In earlier posts I described how i preferred the gateway Lt3101 to the Acer whatever-it-is that I replaced the [formerly… more »

grudging kudos

I seldom contact tech support for the usual reasons. True also for Microsoft ... but they followed up.True, I got the usual tech support person from another country, slowly working his way through a tech support script and ultimately not being able to h… more »

a day later ...

Vista SP2 all updated. Finally.No, the automatic update system did not start working. Au contraire. I had to tediously search for each separate update by its kb no. to find the official MS download, then download it and open it in the windows standalon… more »