I had vista ultimate on my work laptop (Came on it)

Gave it a chance for a few weeks, removed it as I got sick of hangs and that infuriating spinning cursor every time I tried to browse network shares etc.

First impressions were

where the hell is telnet
what has happened to hyperterm
ffs ethereal isnt working
checkpoint client not working properly
etc etc

Ill give it another go in 1 yr.

Quote from: Markwhere the hell is telnet

You have to install it as an extra windows component.

Quote from: Markwhat has happened to hyperterm

Id like to know this too - but what do you use it for? If its to talk to devices with serial ports instead of telnet then youre better off without it - most annoying prog. ever in this regard!

Quote from: Markffs ethereal isnt working

The newest version does.

Quote from: Markcheckpoint client not working properly

Not got a checkpoint server at home, but will test soon. What bits dont work?

Quote from: Marketc etc

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Quote from: MarkIll give it another go in 1 yr.

I dont think its that bad!

Im a couple of hours away    from installing it, anything I should look out for?

nah not really. just installed nice and easy, even finds drivers automatically in my case.

Since I need a laptop its going to get vista so I will stick with that

Spent about an hour playing with it, not overly impressed. It looks pretty but doesnt do anything that I need that XP doesnt, Ill give it a try again in a few months.

Oh, and my god, what a resource hog!

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Quote from: Markwhere the hell is telnet

You have to install it as an extra windows component.

Quote from: Markwhat has happened to hyperterm

Id like to know this too - but what do you use it for? If its to talk to devices with serial ports instead of telnet then youre better off without it - most annoying prog. ever in this regard!

Quote from: Markffs ethereal isnt working

The newest version does.

Quote from: Markcheckpoint client not working properly

Not got a checkpoint server at home, but will test soon. What bits dont work?

Quote from: Marketc etc

?

Quote from: MarkIll give it another go in 1 yr.

I dont think its that bad!

Ill tell you who uses hyperterm or the likes - me, on a daily basis. Most of the time my laptop is on I have hyperterm open if im in windows. I cant do my job without it.

Hyperterm is an excellent bit of software imo, simple, easy, and quick.

Im sitting right now with a hyperterm window opened setting up a netilla box for a customer that Im putting in tomorrow. Just about every appliance on the market has a COM port for initial config.

You can download the personal edition of hyperterm for windows vista, and other programs still may be beginning to work, but its still too slow, and there are still issues when browsing network shares - the final nail in the coffin for me was when I was sitting for TWENTY minutes waiting for slowsta to open a shared folder on a SAN - it was as if the OS was reading and executing every file in the folder - just like AmigaDOS when you put a disc in - how annoying was that....


in fact, i must compile my list of grievances with the much maligned OS and post them up