Vista
Microsoft Vista not quite as stable as expected
10/10/07 10:56 Filed in: Microsoft
Since upgrading from XP Pro to Vista I have lost
count of the times that what I am working on freezes
and a dialog appears saying that Internet Explorer,
Windows Explorer or some other software has "stopped
working". The next step is to close every instance of
that software and restart what I was doing.
On top of that, coming back from hibernation is messy, at least with Microsoft Outlook 2007. The software simply jams. I cannot even use the task manager to kill any instances but have to restart the whole computer to get access to my email.
What makes all of these problems even more evident is that whenever the new User Account Control appears, the entire screen blacks out like it is going to reboot making me nervous and start looking for the blue screen infos. I would have thought that with all of the new graphical look, a message that can appear rather frequently could look a bit less stressful.
So overall, I have not been impressed with the new stability of the Vista system though some of the new features are nice sticking with XP Pro seems to be the surest way to go for me.
On top of that, coming back from hibernation is messy, at least with Microsoft Outlook 2007. The software simply jams. I cannot even use the task manager to kill any instances but have to restart the whole computer to get access to my email.
What makes all of these problems even more evident is that whenever the new User Account Control appears, the entire screen blacks out like it is going to reboot making me nervous and start looking for the blue screen infos. I would have thought that with all of the new graphical look, a message that can appear rather frequently could look a bit less stressful.
So overall, I have not been impressed with the new stability of the Vista system though some of the new features are nice sticking with XP Pro seems to be the surest way to go for me.