Windows Needs Your Permission to Continue

by   •   Five Minutes in My Head
 
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You hear it all the time. "Vista sucks. Vista sucks." Not many people really give you a reason, but just continue saying, "Vista sucks. Vista sucks." This has made some people hesitant to try Windows Vista, and encouraged them to stick with XP. Unfortunately, even after reading all these horrible reviews and messages of discontent, I still had to try Vista out for myself.After using a Windows Vista Ultimate DVD I had laying around to install my new, shiny, glossy-black operating system, I was pretty content. When I clicked, there were flashy animations and smooth transitions. I felt like I was on top of everything, and ready to accomplish the world. I just couldn’t get enough of it; I fiddled with preferences and settings everywhere I could find them.

Then, I realized that Vista kept asking me for administrative permissions to carry out tasks that I started. I deleted an unnecessary folder in the Program Files folder, and it asked if it could have permission to delete it. I installed a font, and it asked if it could have permission to install it. I even opened an application, and it asked if it could have permission to open it. I started getting slightly annoyed, but I felt as if I could deal with it. I resumed using my new operating system without much further thought.

Not much later, my real problems started rolling in. I had compatibility issues with just about everything. I tried connecting my TI-89 Titanium calculator to my laptop, and Vista kept telling me it couldn’t find the driver, even though I installed it and manually placed the driver in the proper location three times. I tried to open a .jar file in BlueJ for Java programming, and Vista kept telling me it couldn’t create a temporary folder to keep my extracted files in. I went ahead and manually created the folder for it, but Vista still insisted on creating itself, and failed. I tried accessing my website files using Webdisk to add and update pages, but Vista told me my website URL was not a valid location. I went to Microsoft’s downloads page to get the patch for using web folders, installed it five times, restarted three times, and nothing happened. According to Vista, my website didn’t exist.

The above list is just a few out of many problems I’ve experienced. A bunch of people suggested that I run the software in compatibility mode, but that did nothing either. Ultimately, I dug up my old Windows XP installation DVD and upgraded.

Vista sucks.

 

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