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Antivirus for Swine flu

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Antivirus for Swine flue   To improve immunity to have resistance against SWINE Flue infection following remedy is suggested.

Recipe


* One cup of drinking water
* One tea spoon of GUD ( made out of sugarcane juice )
* One tea spoon of Ambla powder
* Half tea spoon of Ginger powder
* 1/3 tea spoon of turmeric powder.
* 2 to 3 leaves of tulsi if available.

The entire mixture to be boiled it should be taken in the morning just like tea.

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StumbleUpon WebToolbar - Reflexology foot map - Dorling Kindersley

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Reflexology foot map
Discover how areas of the feet and hands are approximate to the body’s anatomy with our interactive reflexology maps.

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Network Ports Used by Key Microsoft Server Products


http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/support/articles/ref_net_ports_ms_prod.mspx

Ports and Protocols

The following table summarizes the information from the previous section, but it is sorted by port number rather than service name.

PortProtocolApplication protocolSystem Service Name

n/a

GRE

GRE (IP protocol 47)

Routing and Remote Access

n/a

ESP

IPSec ESP (IP protocol 50)

Routing and Remote Access

n/a

AH

IPSec AH (IP protocol 51)

Routing and Remote Access

7

TCP

Echo

Simple TCP/IP Services

7

UDP

Echo

Simple TCP/IP Services

9

TCP

Discard

Simple TCP/IP Services

9

UDP

Discard

Simple TCP/IP Services

13

TCP

Daytime

Simple TCP/IP Services

13

UDP

Daytime

Simple TCP/IP Services

17

TCP

Quotd

Simple TCP/IP Services

17

UDP

Quotd

Simple TCP/IP Services

19

TCP

Chargen

Simple TCP/IP Services

19

UDP

Chargen

Simple TCP/IP Services

20

TCP

FTP default data

FTP Publishing Service

21

TCP

FTP control

FTP Publishing Service

21

TCP

FTP control

Application Layer Gateway Service

23

TCP

Telnet

Telnet

25

TCP

SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

25

UDP

SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

25

TCP

SMTP

Exchange Server

25

UDP

SMTP

Exchange Server

42

TCP

WINS Replication

Windows Internet Name Service

42

UDP

WINS Replication

Windows Internet Name Service

53

TCP

DNS

DNS Server

53

UDP

DNS

DNS Server

53

TCP

DNS

Internet Connection Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing

67

UDP

DHCP Server

DHCP Server

67

UDP

DHCP Server

Internet Connection Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing

69

UDP

TFTP

Trivial FTP Daemon Service

80

TCP

HTTP

Windows Media Services

80

TCP

HTTP

World Wide Web Publishing Service

80

TCP

HTTP

SharePoint Portal Server

88

TCP

Kerberos

Kerberos Key Distribution Center

88

UDP

Kerberos

Kerberos Key Distribution Center

102

TCP

X.400

Microsoft Exchange MTA Stacks

110

TCP

POP3

Microsoft POP3 Service

110

TCP

POP3

Exchange Server

119

TCP

NNTP

Network News Transfer Protocol

123

UDP

NTP

Windows Time

123

UDP

SNTP

Windows Time

135

TCP

RPC

Message Queuing

135

TCP

RPC

Remote Procedure Call

135

TCP

RPC

Exchange Server

135

TCP

RPC

Certificate Services

135

TCP

RPC

Cluster Service

135

TCP

RPC

Distributed File System

135

TCP

RPC

Distributed Link Tracking

135

TCP

RPC

Distributed Transaction Coordinator

135

TCP

RPC

Event Log

135

TCP

RPC

Fax Service

135

TCP

RPC

File Replication

135

TCP

RPC

Local Security Authority

135

TCP

RPC

Remote Storage Notification

135

TCP

RPC

Remote Storage Server

135

TCP

RPC

Systems Management Server 2.0

135

TCP

RPC

Terminal Services Licensing

135

TCP

RPC

Terminal Services Session Directory

137

UDP

NetBIOS Name Resolution

Computer Browser

137

UDP

NetBIOS Name Resolution

Server

137

UDP

NetBIOS Name Resolution

Windows Internet Name Service

137

UDP

NetBIOS Name Resolution

Net Logon

137

UDP

NetBIOS Name Resolution

Systems Management Server 2.0

138

UDP

NetBIOS Datagram Service

Computer Browser

138

UDP

NetBIOS Datagram Service

Messenger

138

UDP

NetBIOS Datagram Service

Server

138

UDP

NetBIOS Datagram Service

Net Logon

138

UDP

NetBIOS Datagram Service

Distributed File System

138

UDP

NetBIOS Datagram Service

Systems Management Server 2.0

138

UDP

NetBIOS Datagram Service

License Logging Service

139

TCP

NetBIOS Session Service

Computer Browser

139

TCP

NetBIOS Session Service

Fax Service

139

TCP

NetBIOS Session Service

Performance Logs and Alerts

139

TCP

NetBIOS Session Service

Print Spooler

139

TCP

NetBIOS Session Service

Server

139

TCP

NetBIOS Session Service

Net Logon

139

TCP

NetBIOS Session Service

Remote Procedure Call Locator

139

TCP

NetBIOS Session Service

Distributed File System

139

TCP

NetBIOS Session Service

Systems Management Server 2.0

139

TCP

NetBIOS Session Service

License Logging Service

143

TCP

IMAP

Exchange Server

161

UDP

SNMP

SNMP Service

162

UDP

SNMP Traps Outbound

SNMP Trap Service

389

TCP

LDAP Server

Local Security Authority

389

UDP

LDAP Server

Local Security Authority

389

TCP

LDAP Server

Distributed File System

389

UDP

LDAP Server

Distributed File System

443

TCP

HTTPS

HTTP SSL

443

TCP

HTTPS

World Wide Web Publishing Service

443

TCP

HTTPS

SharePoint Portal Server

445

TCP

SMB

Fax Service

445

TCP

SMB

Print Spooler

445

TCP

SMB

Server

445

TCP

SMB

Remote Procedure Call Locator

445

TCP

SMB

Distributed File System

445

TCP

SMB

License Logging Service

445

TCP

SMB

Net Logon

500

UDP

IPSec ISAKMP

Local Security Authority

515

TCP

LPD

TCP/IP Print Server

548

TCP

File Server for Macintosh

File Server for Macintosh

554

TCP

RTSP

Windows Media Services

563

TCP

NNTP over SSL

Network News Transfer Protocol

593

TCP

RPC over HTTP

Remote Procedure Call

593

TCP

RPC over HTTP

Exchange Server

636

TCP

LDAP SSL

Local Security Authority

636

UDP

LDAP SSL

Local Security Authority

993

TCP

IMAP over SSL

Exchange Server

995

TCP

POP3 over SSL

Exchange Server

1270

TCP

MOM-Encrypted

Microsoft Operations Manager 2000

1433

TCP

SQL over TCP

Microsoft SQL Server

1433

TCP

SQL over TCP

MSSQL$UDDI

1434

UDP

SQL Probe

Microsoft SQL Server

1434

UDP

SQL Probe

MSSQL$UDDI

1645

UDP

Legacy RADIUS

Internet Authentication Service

1646

UDP

Legacy RADIUS

Internet Authentication Service

1701

UDP

L2TP

Routing and Remote Access

1723

TCP

PPTP

Routing and Remote Access

1755

TCP

MMS

Windows Media Services

1755

UDP

MMS

Windows Media Services

1801

TCP

MSMQ

Message Queuing

1801

UDP

MSMQ

Message Queuing

1812

UDP

RADIUS Authentication

Internet Authentication Service

1813

UDP

RADIUS Accounting

Internet Authentication Service

1900

UDP

SSDP

SSDP Discovery Service

2101

TCP

MSMQ-DCs

Message Queuing

2103

TCP

MSMQ-RPC

Message Queuing

2105

TCP

MSMQ-RPC

Message Queuing

2107

TCP

MSMQ-Mgmt

Message Queuing

2393

TCP

OLAP Services 7.0

SQL Server: Downlevel OLAP Client Support

2394

TCP

OLAP Services 7.0

SQL Server: Downlevel OLAP Client Support

2460

UDP

MS Theater

Windows Media Services

2535

UDP

MADCAP

DHCP Server

2701

TCP

SMS Remote Control (control)

SMS Remote Control Agent

2701

UDP

SMS Remote Control (control)

SMS Remote Control Agent

2702

TCP

SMS Remote Control (data)

SMS Remote Control Agent

2702

UDP

SMS Remote Control (data)

SMS Remote Control Agent

2703

TCP

SMS Remote Chat

SMS Remote Control Agent

2703

UPD

SMS Remote Chat

SMS Remote Control Agent

2704

TCP

SMS Remote File Transfer

SMS Remote Control Agent

2704

UDP

SMS Remote File Transfer

SMS Remote Control Agent

2725

TCP

SQL Analysis Services

SQL Analysis Server

2869

TCP

UPNP

UPNP Device Host

2869

TCP

SSDP event notification

SSDP Discovery Service

3268

TCP

Global Catalog Server

Local Security Authority

3269

TCP

Global Catalog Server

Local Security Authority

3343

UDP

Cluster Services

Cluster Service

3389

TCP

Terminal Services

NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing

3389

TCP

Terminal Services

Terminal Services

3527

UDP

MSMQ-Ping

Message Queuing

4011

UDP

BINL

Remote Installation

4500

UDP

NAT-T

Local Security Authority

5000

TCP

SSDP legacy event notification

SSDP Discovery Service

5004

UDP

RTP

Windows Media Services

5005

UDP

RTCP

Windows Media Services

42424

TCP

ASP.Net Session State

ASP.NET State Service

51515

TCP

MOM-Clear

Microsoft Operations Manager 2000

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JScreenFix - Fix stuck pixels

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Instructions

To fix a stuck pixel

A stuck pixelIncrease your display resolution setting to the maximum supported by your screen. Launch the JScreenFix applet (below) and position the window over the stuck pixel. After 5 minutes move the window and observe the results. If the pixel remains stuck, repeat. From extensive testing, most stuck pixels are repaired in less than 20 minutes. If a stuck pixel remains after running JScreenFix for 20 minutes it probably can not be fixed by JScreenFix. You might like to try a pixel massage. Sometimes stuck pixels return after a period of time, JScreenFix deluxe can automatically repair reoccurring stuck pixels when you are JScreenFix - Fix stuck pixels
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Top 10 Reasons People Hate Windows Vista

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Since then, what was once one of many possible ideas has built momentum toward becoming the plan dictated by conventional wisdom.

While this bandwagon may have already gained too many passengers and too much speed to stop now, one can’t help but wonder exactly what the problem is with Vista. Ask around and you will get the same answer over and over.

"People hate Vista."

As someone who continues to analyze the question of Vista in the context of the value of doing a workstation OS migration along with a server OS migration (XP to Vista and Server 03 to 08), I know that the success of any project is often determined by the reactions of users. So, what is it exactly, that people hate about Vista. Here are the Top 10 things people hate about Microsoft’s Windows Vista.


Top 10 Things People Hate About Vista

1. We Fear Change

A great deal of the griping about Vista comes from the simple fact that it is different. Users complained bitterly about “losing” files which were simply placed in a different location. Let’s face it, putting anything and everything inside My Documents was starting to wear out its welcome, and while power users may have been well aware that My Documents was under the Documents and Settings folder, not everyone really ever grasped that. The new file locations make sense once you are willing to learn something new.



2. User Account Control (UAC)

The biggest single problem with the image of Vista has been the User Account Control. It may also cause the greatest leap forward in computer security and software quality since the invention of the PC. The truth is that for years now, some vendors have thrown together drivers and programs without much thought to writing good software. The theory was to just get something working and then ship it out the door.

For better or worse, Microsoft had gotten Windows XP to the point where virtually worthless code could still function without adversely affecting too many users or systems. However, there were significant security issues with this model. Virtually every program or driver required Admin privileges to be installed, and with various hooks and processes reaching deep into the core of the OS, stability and security issues were constantly arising.

Unfortunately, the UAC carried the design flaw of asking “Are You Sure,” over and over to the user who eventually gave up reading any of the boxes. Even worse, the UAC grabbed full control of the computer and forced users to interact with it. Users never like to be forced to do anything, even if it is for their own good.


3. Slower Not Faster

Chalk this one up to a corporate blunder. Microsoft was trying to be the good guy to the vendors and companies it works with. Unfortunately, this made it the bad guy to the users of the Vista OS. Systems running anything near the minimum specifications for Vista did see a pretty big performance hit. Still users with more powerful systems complain that XP is faster. Sure it is. It does less. That isn’t rocket science.

However, I think everyone agrees that it is time for Microsoft to spend a little more time optimizing its code, and a little less time “integrating” every new technology into the OS so it can’t be required to remove it.


4. Hogs Memory

When Vista first came out, it was common practice among IT savvy people of all levels to monitor a system’s memory usage. If memory usage spiked up with the installation of a new program, one could assume that program was not well coded and wasted system resources.

However, Vista had a new memory management paradigm. The idea was, why not use all of the memory that is there. Free memory is wasted memory — was the mantra. In fact, this is a great idea and can substantially improve performance. The problem is that people didn’t understand that there was a new memory model in effect, so it looked like Vista was “hogging” all of that memory. This plus #4 equaled more than a few people screaming about bloat and inefficiency.


5. Constant Hard Drive Activity

Whether it’s the constantly blinking hard drive light, or actually being able to hear a high speed drive spin up, it doesn’t take long to notice that Vista is constantly accessing your hard disk. It takes even less time to jump to the conclusion that Vista is too big and inefficient to load itself and run programs without making tremendous use of the swap file and other disk based storage.

In reality, this activity is a byproduct of the new memory model which attempts to always take advantage of all available memory. In order to do this, the OS has to load something into memory to fill the space. It also has to take something out of memory and put it back on the hard drive when a new program or process starts that needs to use some of that “full” memory. If you aren’t aware of what is going on, it does seem like the hard drive is being used too often.


6. Drivers, Drivers, Drivers

If anything did more damage to Vista in user’s minds than the UAC, it was the seemingly nightmarish lack of drivers for various hardware. Microsoft took the blame for this one, when in reality the hardware vendors were to blame.

Vista was never a secret, nor was its new, improved, more stable driver model. Vendors literally had years to build drivers for Vista, but drivers don’t make money, or buzz, or press, so they were ignored until it was too late. The vendors, of course, quickly took to blaming Vista for “breaking” their drivers.


7. Games

There can be debate among reasonable men, the extent to which Microsoft should be held accountable for its operating system’s ability to play video games. With a half-dozen gaming consoles, including Microsoft’s own Xbox, one might consider that it isn’t Vista’s job to play high-end games. The Gamers of the world politely (and not so politely) disagree.

Any true power gamer has long since replaced several components of any computer system from the vendor, even so-called gaming systems. Spend five minutes on any gaming forum and you’ll see posts ranging from over-clocking hardware, to upgrades that require a soldering iron. Over the years, these communities have learned to stretch their gaming power to the limits without breaking XP. That experience, of course, is missing on Vista. Tricks that once produced additional power, now produce crashes.


8. Can’t See The Improvements

Many of Vista’s improvements are under the hood. Better security, improved stability, tighter driver models, better memory usage, automatic hard drive defragmenting, an I/O model that allows for lower priorities for “behind the scenes” tasks — are all leaps forward in OS architecture. But, none of them are really visible to Joe User who has to wonder what they paid extra for when their PC came loaded with Vista.


9. Forced Upgrade

No manufacturer can be expected to sell last year’s model forever, but when Microsoft announced that it would no longer allow people to purchase Windows XP, it seemed like the company was bullying users into using a product that they didn’t want. The problem was exacerbated when Microsoft let loose Service Pack 3 which solidified the idea in many user’s head that XP was still a “current” operating system and the only reason Microsoft wouldn’t let them buy it was dollars.

What many people fail to understand is just how long after a product stops selling that Microsoft must support it. The cut-off for XP was more about starting the clock ticking down on XP support, than about forcing users to buy Vista.


10. Windows XP Was a Really Good OS

Much of Vista’s criticism comes in the form of “XP is better. Whether this is true or not, it shows that users have come to both understand, and respect Windows XP. Over the years, various patches, updates and three service packs have turned it into a solid workhorse that can be counted on by home users and corporations alike who with millions of installed systems, are not surprisingly reluctant to undertake the huge task of replacing that systems.



Windows XP was not universally loved when it was first released either. As a computer consultant at the time, I can remember the multitude of complaints and criticisms then as well. The difference was that Windows XP replaced Windows 95/98 which was never a very good operating system. The migration to XP came with the idea that at least it wasn’t Windows 95. This time, it’s different. People look at Windows XP and see a perfectly good if dated operating system.

Windows 7 is apparently coming as fast as Microsoft can get it here, but as early looks have shown, Windows 7 is the next version of Vista, not the next version of XP. In the end, it seems Vista will be Microsoft’s OS of the future, it just might have a new name.

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Top 10 Reasons People Hate Windows Vista

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Since then, what was once one of many possible ideas has built momentum toward becoming the plan dictated by conventional wisdom.

While this bandwagon may have already gained too many passengers and too much speed to stop now, one can’t help but wonder exactly what the problem is with Vista. Ask around and you will get the same answer over and over.

"People hate Vista."

As someone who continues to analyze the question of Vista in the context of the value of doing a workstation OS migration along with a server OS migration (XP to Vista and Server 03 to 08), I know that the success of any project is often determined by the reactions of users. So, what is it exactly, that people hate about Vista. Here are the Top 10 things people hate about Microsoft’s Windows Vista.


Top 10 Things People Hate About Vista

1. We Fear Change

A great deal of the griping about Vista comes from the simple fact that it is different. Users complained bitterly about “losing” files which were simply placed in a different location. Let’s face it, putting anything and everything inside My Documents was starting to wear out its welcome, and while power users may have been well aware that My Documents was under the Documents and Settings folder, not everyone really ever grasped that. The new file locations make sense once you are willing to learn something new.



2. User Account Control (UAC)

The biggest single problem with the image of Vista has been the User Account Control. It may also cause the greatest leap forward in computer security and software quality since the invention of the PC. The truth is that for years now, some vendors have thrown together drivers and programs without much thought to writing good software. The theory was to just get something working and then ship it out the door.

For better or worse, Microsoft had gotten Windows XP to the point where virtually worthless code could still function without adversely affecting too many users or systems. However, there were significant security issues with this model. Virtually every program or driver required Admin privileges to be installed, and with various hooks and processes reaching deep into the core of the OS, stability and security issues were constantly arising.

Unfortunately, the UAC carried the design flaw of asking “Are You Sure,” over and over to the user who eventually gave up reading any of the boxes. Even worse, the UAC grabbed full control of the computer and forced users to interact with it. Users never like to be forced to do anything, even if it is for their own good.


3. Slower Not Faster

Chalk this one up to a corporate blunder. Microsoft was trying to be the good guy to the vendors and companies it works with. Unfortunately, this made it the bad guy to the users of the Vista OS. Systems running anything near the minimum specifications for Vista did see a pretty big performance hit. Still users with more powerful systems complain that XP is faster. Sure it is. It does less. That isn’t rocket science.

However, I think everyone agrees that it is time for Microsoft to spend a little more time optimizing its code, and a little less time “integrating” every new technology into the OS so it can’t be required to remove it.


4. Hogs Memory

When Vista first came out, it was common practice among IT savvy people of all levels to monitor a system’s memory usage. If memory usage spiked up with the installation of a new program, one could assume that program was not well coded and wasted system resources.

However, Vista had a new memory management paradigm. The idea was, why not use all of the memory that is there. Free memory is wasted memory — was the mantra. In fact, this is a great idea and can substantially improve performance. The problem is that people didn’t understand that there was a new memory model in effect, so it looked like Vista was “hogging” all of that memory. This plus #4 equaled more than a few people screaming about bloat and inefficiency.


5. Constant Hard Drive Activity

Whether it’s the constantly blinking hard drive light, or actually being able to hear a high speed drive spin up, it doesn’t take long to notice that Vista is constantly accessing your hard disk. It takes even less time to jump to the conclusion that Vista is too big and inefficient to load itself and run programs without making tremendous use of the swap file and other disk based storage.

In reality, this activity is a byproduct of the new memory model which attempts to always take advantage of all available memory. In order to do this, the OS has to load something into memory to fill the space. It also has to take something out of memory and put it back on the hard drive when a new program or process starts that needs to use some of that “full” memory. If you aren’t aware of what is going on, it does seem like the hard drive is being used too often.


6. Drivers, Drivers, Drivers

If anything did more damage to Vista in user’s minds than the UAC, it was the seemingly nightmarish lack of drivers for various hardware. Microsoft took the blame for this one, when in reality the hardware vendors were to blame.

Vista was never a secret, nor was its new, improved, more stable driver model. Vendors literally had years to build drivers for Vista, but drivers don’t make money, or buzz, or press, so they were ignored until it was too late. The vendors, of course, quickly took to blaming Vista for “breaking” their drivers.


7. Games

There can be debate among reasonable men, the extent to which Microsoft should be held accountable for its operating system’s ability to play video games. With a half-dozen gaming consoles, including Microsoft’s own Xbox, one might consider that it isn’t Vista’s job to play high-end games. The Gamers of the world politely (and not so politely) disagree.

Any true power gamer has long since replaced several components of any computer system from the vendor, even so-called gaming systems. Spend five minutes on any gaming forum and you’ll see posts ranging from over-clocking hardware, to upgrades that require a soldering iron. Over the years, these communities have learned to stretch their gaming power to the limits without breaking XP. That experience, of course, is missing on Vista. Tricks that once produced additional power, now produce crashes.


8. Can’t See The Improvements

Many of Vista’s improvements are under the hood. Better security, improved stability, tighter driver models, better memory usage, automatic hard drive defragmenting, an I/O model that allows for lower priorities for “behind the scenes” tasks — are all leaps forward in OS architecture. But, none of them are really visible to Joe User who has to wonder what they paid extra for when their PC came loaded with Vista.


9. Forced Upgrade

No manufacturer can be expected to sell last year’s model forever, but when Microsoft announced that it would no longer allow people to purchase Windows XP, it seemed like the company was bullying users into using a product that they didn’t want. The problem was exacerbated when Microsoft let loose Service Pack 3 which solidified the idea in many user’s head that XP was still a “current” operating system and the only reason Microsoft wouldn’t let them buy it was dollars.

What many people fail to understand is just how long after a product stops selling that Microsoft must support it. The cut-off for XP was more about starting the clock ticking down on XP support, than about forcing users to buy Vista.


10. Windows XP Was a Really Good OS

Much of Vista’s criticism comes in the form of “XP is better. Whether this is true or not, it shows that users have come to both understand, and respect Windows XP. Over the years, various patches, updates and three service packs have turned it into a solid workhorse that can be counted on by home users and corporations alike who with millions of installed systems, are not surprisingly reluctant to undertake the huge task of replacing that systems.



Windows XP was not universally loved when it was first released either. As a computer consultant at the time, I can remember the multitude of complaints and criticisms then as well. The difference was that Windows XP replaced Windows 95/98 which was never a very good operating system. The migration to XP came with the idea that at least it wasn’t Windows 95. This time, it’s different. People look at Windows XP and see a perfectly good if dated operating system.

Windows 7 is apparently coming as fast as Microsoft can get it here, but as early looks have shown, Windows 7 is the next version of Vista, not the next version of XP. In the end, it seems Vista will be Microsoft’s OS of the future, it just might have a new name.

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Top 10 Reasons People Hate Windows Vista

kamlesh.sitapara

Since then, what was once one of many possible ideas has built momentum toward becoming the plan dictated by conventional wisdom.

While this bandwagon may have already gained too many passengers and too much speed to stop now, one can’t help but wonder exactly what the problem is with Vista. Ask around and you will get the same answer over and over.

"People hate Vista."

As someone who continues to analyze the question of Vista in the context of the value of doing a workstation OS migration along with a server OS migration (XP to Vista and Server 03 to 08), I know that the success of any project is often determined by the reactions of users. So, what is it exactly, that people hate about Vista. Here are the Top 10 things people hate about Microsoft’s Windows Vista.


Top 10 Things People Hate About Vista

1. We Fear Change

A great deal of the griping about Vista comes from the simple fact that it is different. Users complained bitterly about “losing” files which were simply placed in a different location. Let’s face it, putting anything and everything inside My Documents was starting to wear out its welcome, and while power users may have been well aware that My Documents was under the Documents and Settings folder, not everyone really ever grasped that. The new file locations make sense once you are willing to learn something new.



2. User Account Control (UAC)

The biggest single problem with the image of Vista has been the User Account Control. It may also cause the greatest leap forward in computer security and software quality since the invention of the PC. The truth is that for years now, some vendors have thrown together drivers and programs without much thought to writing good software. The theory was to just get something working and then ship it out the door.

For better or worse, Microsoft had gotten Windows XP to the point where virtually worthless code could still function without adversely affecting too many users or systems. However, there were significant security issues with this model. Virtually every program or driver required Admin privileges to be installed, and with various hooks and processes reaching deep into the core of the OS, stability and security issues were constantly arising.

Unfortunately, the UAC carried the design flaw of asking “Are You Sure,” over and over to the user who eventually gave up reading any of the boxes. Even worse, the UAC grabbed full control of the computer and forced users to interact with it. Users never like to be forced to do anything, even if it is for their own good.


3. Slower Not Faster

Chalk this one up to a corporate blunder. Microsoft was trying to be the good guy to the vendors and companies it works with. Unfortunately, this made it the bad guy to the users of the Vista OS. Systems running anything near the minimum specifications for Vista did see a pretty big performance hit. Still users with more powerful systems complain that XP is faster. Sure it is. It does less. That isn’t rocket science.

However, I think everyone agrees that it is time for Microsoft to spend a little more time optimizing its code, and a little less time “integrating” every new technology into the OS so it can’t be required to remove it.


4. Hogs Memory

When Vista first came out, it was common practice among IT savvy people of all levels to monitor a system’s memory usage. If memory usage spiked up with the installation of a new program, one could assume that program was not well coded and wasted system resources.

However, Vista had a new memory management paradigm. The idea was, why not use all of the memory that is there. Free memory is wasted memory — was the mantra. In fact, this is a great idea and can substantially improve performance. The problem is that people didn’t understand that there was a new memory model in effect, so it looked like Vista was “hogging” all of that memory. This plus #4 equaled more than a few people screaming about bloat and inefficiency.


5. Constant Hard Drive Activity

Whether it’s the constantly blinking hard drive light, or actually being able to hear a high speed drive spin up, it doesn’t take long to notice that Vista is constantly accessing your hard disk. It takes even less time to jump to the conclusion that Vista is too big and inefficient to load itself and run programs without making tremendous use of the swap file and other disk based storage.

In reality, this activity is a byproduct of the new memory model which attempts to always take advantage of all available memory. In order to do this, the OS has to load something into memory to fill the space. It also has to take something out of memory and put it back on the hard drive when a new program or process starts that needs to use some of that “full” memory. If you aren’t aware of what is going on, it does seem like the hard drive is being used too often.


6. Drivers, Drivers, Drivers

If anything did more damage to Vista in user’s minds than the UAC, it was the seemingly nightmarish lack of drivers for various hardware. Microsoft took the blame for this one, when in reality the hardware vendors were to blame.

Vista was never a secret, nor was its new, improved, more stable driver model. Vendors literally had years to build drivers for Vista, but drivers don’t make money, or buzz, or press, so they were ignored until it was too late. The vendors, of course, quickly took to blaming Vista for “breaking” their drivers.


7. Games

There can be debate among reasonable men, the extent to which Microsoft should be held accountable for its operating system’s ability to play video games. With a half-dozen gaming consoles, including Microsoft’s own Xbox, one might consider that it isn’t Vista’s job to play high-end games. The Gamers of the world politely (and not so politely) disagree.

Any true power gamer has long since replaced several components of any computer system from the vendor, even so-called gaming systems. Spend five minutes on any gaming forum and you’ll see posts ranging from over-clocking hardware, to upgrades that require a soldering iron. Over the years, these communities have learned to stretch their gaming power to the limits without breaking XP. That experience, of course, is missing on Vista. Tricks that once produced additional power, now produce crashes.


8. Can’t See The Improvements

Many of Vista’s improvements are under the hood. Better security, improved stability, tighter driver models, better memory usage, automatic hard drive defragmenting, an I/O model that allows for lower priorities for “behind the scenes” tasks — are all leaps forward in OS architecture. But, none of them are really visible to Joe User who has to wonder what they paid extra for when their PC came loaded with Vista.


9. Forced Upgrade

No manufacturer can be expected to sell last year’s model forever, but when Microsoft announced that it would no longer allow people to purchase Windows XP, it seemed like the company was bullying users into using a product that they didn’t want. The problem was exacerbated when Microsoft let loose Service Pack 3 which solidified the idea in many user’s head that XP was still a “current” operating system and the only reason Microsoft wouldn’t let them buy it was dollars.

What many people fail to understand is just how long after a product stops selling that Microsoft must support it. The cut-off for XP was more about starting the clock ticking down on XP support, than about forcing users to buy Vista.


10. Windows XP Was a Really Good OS

Much of Vista’s criticism comes in the form of “XP is better. Whether this is true or not, it shows that users have come to both understand, and respect Windows XP. Over the years, various patches, updates and three service packs have turned it into a solid workhorse that can be counted on by home users and corporations alike who with millions of installed systems, are not surprisingly reluctant to undertake the huge task of replacing that systems.



Windows XP was not universally loved when it was first released either. As a computer consultant at the time, I can remember the multitude of complaints and criticisms then as well. The difference was that Windows XP replaced Windows 95/98 which was never a very good operating system. The migration to XP came with the idea that at least it wasn’t Windows 95. This time, it’s different. People look at Windows XP and see a perfectly good if dated operating system.

Windows 7 is apparently coming as fast as Microsoft can get it here, but as early looks have shown, Windows 7 is the next version of Vista, not the next version of XP. In the end, it seems Vista will be Microsoft’s OS of the future, it just might have a new name.

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A popular Windows blog client for your WordPress, TypePad, Blogger, Drupal, etc. blogs. Get convenience and speed of a native application, and the ability to write posts offline.


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You can make text bold, italics or even change colors and fonts, create numbered and bulleted lists. BlogJet displays text in editor so it looks the same as it will appear in browser. They call it WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get).


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Lipikaar Windows Desktop Application for your Desktop
Get Lipikaar to create Word documents, Presentations, Excel Sheets, Memos, Emails, or simply chat in any messenger in your language.
Supports 17 languages in Windows XP and Vista.
Type in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Sanskrit, Nepali, Konkani, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Arabic and Urdu.

Use Lipikaar Windows Desktop Application with Microsoft Office and other Desktop applications
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Manthan Award, Lipikaar 2008 Winner for E-localization
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