Put more memory in your Vista...it will run fine then.
That simple.
Tony V
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From: shop-talk-bounces+tvacc=lotusowners.com@autox.team.net
[mailto:shop-talk-bounces+tvacc=lotusowners.com@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
Randall
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 12:29 AM
To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] OT: Windows Vista
> If I get a Vista machine, can I plug the Maxtor in
> and drag and drop the My Documents and
> the Program Files folders (or at least the sub folders in
> Program Files that have the apps I normally use, like Office,
> etc) into the new Vista C drive?
You can copy the folders, but don't expect apps like MS Office to work.
There is a huge amount of stuff stored in the registry that won't be copied
over that way.
> If I pull files and applications off my Maxtor drive, am I
> taking a chance that unwanted malicious files could also
> hitchhike?
Yes, there is a chance of that. Not sure how much of one, though.
FWIW, my advice would be to avoid Vista, especially on an entry-level
machine. I know lots of folks that are so disgusted with it that they went
back to XP (even the IT department at work); and we're about ready to take
that plunge on the wife's laptop. Even with as much of the whiz-bang
resource suckers turned off as I can figure out, it still runs like a sick
dog on a hot day.
Randall
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