Re: OT: Microsoft extends XP again, sort-of



George Shirley wrote:
I have also had every iteration of Windoze with the exception of
Vista. I've been warned away from that one too many times. I'm
looking at a new computer now and will end up buying either a Dell or
an HP as my guru has retired and I don't trust anyone else around
here to custom build me a new one.

I don't have a problem with Vista. The laptop (HP/Compaq) I left at my
Mom's house runs Vista and I've had no real problems. Having said that, if
you use Mozilla Firefox as your default browser Vista has a problem with it.
If you click on a link, Vista throws errors saying it can't find the page
(even though it finds it perfectly well). You have to edit the system
registry to get around it. The "fix" is on Firefox's web page.

Jill


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