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Re: Any chance of returning Vista for XP at Circuit City??
"john" wrote:
> "Otto Normalverbraucher" <Otto@Normalverbraucher.com> wrote in message
> news:mMoWh.134$zI1.60@newsfe2-win.ntli.net...
> > 46erjoe@nospam.com wrote:
> >> Bought a nice Gateway PC with Vista on it at Circuit City. I'm so
> >> utterly lost with Vista I don't think I'll ever climb out of the hole
> >> it put me in. Mostly the filing/folder system, locations, etc. I've
> >> lost so much data I'm going crazy.
> >>
> <snip>
> >
> > The filing & folder locations aren't that different to XP.
> >
>
> They're not?? What about all these??:
>
> XP>> = Windows XP Location
> Vista>> = Windows Vista Location
>
> ===============================
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings
> Vista>> \Users
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\My Documents
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\Documents
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\My Documents\My Music
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\Music
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\My Documents\My Pictures
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\Pictures
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\My Documents\My Videos
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\Videos
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\Application Data
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\Cookie
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\Local Settings
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\AppData\Local
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\NetHood
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\PrintHood
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Printer Shortcuts
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\Recent
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\SendTo
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\Start Menu
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\Templates
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\Local Settings\Application Data
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\AppData\Local
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\Local Settings\History
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
> Files
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\All Users
> Vista>> \ProgramData
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data
> Vista>> \ProgramData
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop
> Vista>> \Users\Public\Desktop
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents
> Vista>> \Users\Public\Documents
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\All Users\Favorites
> Vista>> \Users\Public\Favorites
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu
> Vista>> \ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\All Users\Templates
> Vista>> \ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Templates
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\Default User
> Vista>> \Users\Default
>
> ===============================
>
> Why so many changes? Simple. This is by design.
>
> All the changes, including widespread renaming of "default" folders and
> apps, rearranging of menus with no rhyme or reason, and apparently for no
> real purpose, confusing new graphic interface, are all necessary to make
> Vista look sufficiently different from previous versions of Windows. This
> only serves one purpose; to create the illusion that Vista is a new OS. Dig
> deep enough and you can find dialogs and graphics leftover from Windows
> 3.11.
> What is truly amazing is just how many people continue to fall for this old
> and tired MS sales tactic.
>
> Otherwise, people would see it for what it really is, just another XP
> Service Pack, or as I prefer to call it, Windows 95 v4.0
>
> Consider, no one will ever offer an explanation as to WHY all these
> system-wide changes were implemented, much less needed. This is just another
> example of how the Marketing Dept. is now the driving force at Microsoft.
>
> --
> =======================================
> "Have you ever noticed that it is only drug dealers and computer companies
> that call their clients 'users'?"
> =======================================
>
>
>
"john" wrote:
> "Otto Normalverbraucher" <Otto@Normalverbraucher.com> wrote in message
> news:mMoWh.134$zI1.60@newsfe2-win.ntli.net...
> > 46erjoe@nospam.com wrote:
> >> Bought a nice Gateway PC with Vista on it at Circuit City. I'm so
> >> utterly lost with Vista I don't think I'll ever climb out of the hole
> >> it put me in. Mostly the filing/folder system, locations, etc. I've
> >> lost so much data I'm going crazy.
> >>
> <snip>
> >
> > The filing & folder locations aren't that different to XP.
> >
>
> They're not?? What about all these??:
>
> XP>> = Windows XP Location
> Vista>> = Windows Vista Location
>
> ===============================
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings
> Vista>> \Users
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\My Documents
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\Documents
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\My Documents\My Music
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\Music
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\My Documents\My Pictures
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\Pictures
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\My Documents\My Videos
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\Videos
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\Application Data
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\Cookie
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\Local Settings
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\AppData\Local
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\NetHood
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\PrintHood
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Printer Shortcuts
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\Recent
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\SendTo
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\Start Menu
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\Templates
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\Local Settings\Application Data
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\AppData\Local
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\Local Settings\History
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\$USER$\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
> Vista>> \Users\$USER$\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
> Files
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\All Users
> Vista>> \ProgramData
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data
> Vista>> \ProgramData
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop
> Vista>> \Users\Public\Desktop
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents
> Vista>> \Users\Public\Documents
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\All Users\Favorites
> Vista>> \Users\Public\Favorites
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu
> Vista>> \ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\All Users\Templates
> Vista>> \ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Templates
>
> XP>> \Documents and Settings\Default User
> Vista>> \Users\Default
>
> ===============================
>
> Why so many changes? Simple. This is by design.
>
> All the changes, including widespread renaming of "default" folders and
> apps, rearranging of menus with no rhyme or reason, and apparently for no
> real purpose, confusing new graphic interface, are all necessary to make
> Vista look sufficiently different from previous versions of Windows. This
> only serves one purpose; to create the illusion that Vista is a new OS. Dig
> deep enough and you can find dialogs and graphics leftover from Windows
> 3.11.
> What is truly amazing is just how many people continue to fall for this old
> and tired MS sales tactic.
>
> Otherwise, people would see it for what it really is, just another XP
> Service Pack, or as I prefer to call it, Windows 95 v4.0
>
> Consider, no one will ever offer an explanation as to WHY all these
> system-wide changes were implemented, much less needed. This is just another
> example of how the Marketing Dept. is now the driving force at Microsoft.
>
> --
> =======================================
> "Have you ever noticed that it is only drug dealers and computer companies
> that call their clients 'users'?"
> =======================================
>
>
>