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To: TiberiusClaudius
> I'm going to guess that this thread is full of Microsoft bashing, so I'll throw in my obligatory
I really like Vista.

Yep. More power to ya. I wouldn't presume to talk you out of it if it's working for you -- I have a few users who like it. You're not alone.

> All my various development tools work like a charm. I have no problem w/ UAC. The user interface is great. Every minor problem I've had (eg. connecting to Samba shares on Linux servers) was fairly easily remedied.

Just curious, since we use Linux-hosted Samba shares also -- what minor problems did you run into and solve?

> To top it all off, when I need to switch to the local adminstrator account, whatever is playing on the audio of my main user continues to play while logged in as the local admin. Brilliant!!!

I take it you don't log out the main user. Which mechanism do you use? Fast-switch or RunAs? or something else?

44 posted on 04/13/2008 5:24:17 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: dayglored
I wouldn't presume to talk you out of it if it's working for you

Ha, I'm not easily swayed. I have more or less intimate familiarity w/ all the popular modern OS's, short of the modern Mac (and even there I am a NeXT afficianado), and several esoteric ones.

Just curious, since we use Linux-hosted Samba shares also -- what minor problems did you run into and solve?

How To Enable Network Share Between Visat and Mac OS X or Linux

I take it you don't log out the main user. Which mechanism do you use? Fast-switch or RunAs? or something else?

Right. There's a "Switch User" on the start menu, hidden behing a little right-arrow on my desktop. I'm thinking hard here, and I don't know of any other OS that does this. Does OS X?

45 posted on 04/14/2008 9:48:50 AM PDT by TiberiusClaudius
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