Vista Sucks

[Nectar]

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Bought my wife a new notebook from Dell. XP is no longer an option. No understanding the various versions (I think 4 in all) I picked to have Vista 'home premium' included with her new notebook.

On her last Laptop, I have her synchronize her documents folder with a networked drive so that she has a backup of her 15 plus gigs worth of docs, which includes her digital pictures. This was easily done in XP. For some reason, this isn't the case with Vista. I can change the address of her "My Documents" folder to a Networked drive/folder, but apparently there is no synchronization as was part of XP.

Funny thing is there's a "Sync Wizard", bs. But windows wizards tend to be not so helpful...

Any suggestions?

I avoided Vista like the plague when I bought a new desktop (for my wife as well), I am glad Dell offered me the chance to put XP on it.

Welcome to the party, pal.

Vista is a tough pill to swallow, but you get used to it after a while. Not sure about the folder sync thing, haven't done that before.

I'm afraid I've never used that feature before, so I cannot really help you there.

You might want to try SyncToy. It's a free download from Microsoft.

http://www.microsoft.com/prophoto/do...nctoybeta.aspx

Have you enabled Offline Files? If not you will have to do so. it used to be under Folder Options.

Then with My Docs redirected, right click on it and select "Make Available Offline"

That will by default sync at logon and logoff I think.

It will take a while first go though so make sure it is cabled and go to sleep while it happens.

I'll keep an eye out for that.... One of the more frustrating things is that they totally revamped file manager/explorer. But your suggestion seems like a good place to look. If anything, I'll search through the help files...

Thanks!

The synching feature sounds more like a business productivity feature so it's probably in the Business or Ultimate versions of Vista.

Miner's suggestion didn't work.

As Marcus recommended, I went ahead and downloaded SyncToy. I can use "task scheduler" so it syncs everytime I shutdown. So I ran it, but the only problem is some weird file access error I get when trying to access her files. I don't think it's a big deal, but didn't fix it yet, because she was so antsy to play with her new rig.

Very nice notebook BTW... Just wish it ran XP, betcha it would run at twice the speed. Vista seems to be eating resources like crazy. You'd think with a Duo Core 3 ghz with 4gb of RAM this thing would scream. It's ok, but Vista seems to be a resource hog...

MS doesn't learn.

Just a throught... how much crapware is loaded with the system? If you've got anything from Norton on there, that also doesn't help

The Windows 7 beta is awesome and beta code runs much faster than Vista. Only problem is that it expires in August 09 and then you will have to reinstall.

Figures. Gotta love Vista and its multi version goodness.

but the only problem is some weird file access error I get when trying to access her files.

If they are on a share using NTFS file permissions then she won't have access to them, only the ones configured for Everyone - Modify or above.

Even if her username on the new PC is the same as the old one, the account itself will have a new SID (Security Identifier) so you will need to reapply the correct permissions to her documents on the machine she is synching with.

I've honestly seen a lot of issues getting permissions and access "just right" between XP and Vista machines. Seems like it's always a struggle.

[javierdlopez]

So after a month of going back and forth and not getting adequate resolution to my wife's new laptop, Dell sends me a new laptop with a set of new discs. Guess it was a mistake but they included a Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 disc with the set of discs...

Goodbye Vista!

[alexjlopez]

So after a month of going back and forth and not getting adequate resolution to my wife's new laptop, Dell sends me a new laptop with a set of new discs. Guess it was a mistake but they included a Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 disc with the set of discs...

Goodbye Vista!

Doesn't sound like a mistake to me, looks like they took pity on you hehe.

[Womp]

When I first saw this thread pop up all I could think of was "Oh Christ, another Nectar bitchfest."

My bad.

[javierdlopez]

Just finished reinstalling everything. Wow... This notebook is FAST. What a resource hog Vista is. Either way, all my offline syncing issues were resolved in 5 minutes. BluRay player works great, Notebook is screaming fast. I'm a happy camper.

[jellyworld]

When I first saw this thread pop up all I could think of was "Oh Christ, another Nectar bitchfest."

My bad.

HAhahahahahaha!! Sorry Nectar, I thought the same thing

[Nectar]

As soon as I get Vista... (trust me) you won't be disappointed.

[Womp]

We can only hope it supports anime rape games and not canine cruelty - You know, Vista compatibility still has growing pains and all.

[NE146]

When I first saw this thread pop up all I could think of was "Oh Christ, another Nectar bitchfest."

Did you mean quotefest?

Actually I've had a copy of Vista since launch, HOWEVER I only installed it on a brand new box exactly a week ago on March 14th

I'm liking it actually!! It's the 64 bit version because I put in 8 gigs of RAM.. and didnt realize XP & regular vista 32 bit could only use about 3 gigs of RAM. So.. I figured it was time to try something new, and Vista 64 bit it was (I've got a number of other boxes & laptops with XP still).

Anyway I deal with maybe one or two annoyances a day, and then I fix it. So far, it's very fast, and about as fine as XP was really.

[Shane R. Monroe]

Vista is working a treat for me. Lots of hobbling, but it's the way I like it now.