truefusion

Aug 28 2007, 01:20 PM

Although i've never had this problem before during the time when i have used Windows (i don't own Vista, by the way)...

QUOTE(odomike @ Aug 28 2007, 08:29 AM)

I tried to see if it is something which System restore can reset and guess what? my system restore has been automatically disabled. I knew there was nothing I could do to save the situation.

even if you had system restore enabled, its purpose is not to restore any of your personal files, its purpose is to restore system files.

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FLaKes

Aug 30 2007, 09:51 PM

QUOTE(rvalkass @ Aug 28 2007, 08:44 AM)

Wow, I hope you've contacted Microsoft and had a good ol' moan at them. Where on earth did the figure 127GB come from? I've always been amazed at Microsoft's unique take on mathematics after XP informed me it had done 113% of a file upload. I always deleted the temporary files and all that manually on XP just becuase I didn't trust it to get it right.
I'm the same. I have piles of CDs, DVDs, pen drives and virtually every sort of removable storage medium (including a few 3.5" floppies somewhere) with various file backups on them. Its always a good idea to make regular backups, just in case something like this does happen.

Lol, a 113% file upload. It would be really fun to make a webpage or a post where all these sort of funny microsoft things get posted.

It has almost been half a year since the release of vista... not counting all the time it was in beta stages... And it still has not improved. I wonder how long it will take for it to be usable, I guess we are going to have to hope for a year now. Me.... I will stay with xp, maybe until the next windows comes out. Unless I get a new pc and it comes with vista, but that wont happen anytime soon.

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odomike

Sep 13 2007, 10:30 AM

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Just the fact that M$ has lousy support, is the reason enough to run from them... It means they don't care about their customers, just how to get you to pay... Now, I'm not saying that all the companies realy care, but they care in a way, that they provide good support, and quality service...

I'm not going to preach how M$ sucks big time, and how they don't quality test their products, but for such a matter, if you have a legit windows, registered and all, you could sue their a*es off... I'm a software developer, and I know how hard it is to create a bug free application, but this error... This is not a bug, that's a whole bug colony of huuuuge bugs... Only an idiot can create such mistake, and not notice it...

I guess that's another minus for M$, at least in my eyes (not that they need any more minuses, the've got plenty already)

I would wonder a huge company like MS would have that kinda messd up customer care. Yes, I m using a genuine Windows Vista which came with my laptop. Unfortunately, I am in a country quite far away from where I can reach them (Nigeria) and apart from that, I dont wanna go to that lenght.

I am not gonna stop using Vista though as thats what I am using at the moment. Only that I got pisss off by what happened.

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heavensounds

Sep 13 2007, 07:47 AM

Well, I've been using Vista for about half a year and I've never had similar problems! I am also using Vista Ultimate and I am very happy with it, being an experienced Windows user. I think that most problems happen because of the human factor, because we do things that should not be done. In Vista everything you do, you have to confirm it again...and that makes it easier because you can think again before you do something stupid

Well, I hope that accident won't turn you away from Vista...

Best whishes

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Galahad

Sep 12 2007, 09:53 PM

Just the fact that M$ has lousy support, is the reason enough to run from them... It means they don't care about their customers, just how to get you to pay... Now, I'm not saying that all the companies realy care, but they care in a way, that they provide good support, and quality service...

I'm not going to preach how M$ sucks big time, and how they don't quality test their products, but for such a matter, if you have a legit windows, registered and all, you could sue their a*es off... I'm a software developer, and I know how hard it is to create a bug free application, but this error... This is not a bug, that's a whole bug colony of huuuuge bugs... Only an idiot can create such mistake, and not notice it...

I guess that's another minus for M$, at least in my eyes (not that they need any more minuses, the've got plenty already)

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odomike

Sep 12 2007, 03:33 PM

Understood. You know, if not for the hardware requirement of Windows Vista, I personally prefer Windows Vista to Windows XP. My laptop runs Windows Vista very well irrespective of all the Aero graphics and every other thing in there.

You know, vista has more security than XP. I have witnessed it myself in a situation where by my friend tried to hack into my laptop (a test hack though) but was quite unsuccessful. The same thing was done on his desktop that is runing XP but he was able to hack in. Why? Because I am using Windows Vista Ultimate.

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