Don't worry lads, I didn't want to put Stew's post off topic any more than necessary. So I have continued it here.
I did exactly the same thing with Vista, and within a couple of hours, I was up and running XP again.
That proved it's non worth within ten minutes of trying it, and I think my decision not to use it was correct.
But I had the same dilemma when going from 98 to XP, and it was six months before I was shown how to configure it to my satisfaction, before I changed over to it permanently, and XP is now a very respected operating system.
So what are we to do, stay with XP for the rest of time? If you don't dip your finger in and try it, you will never know what it tastes like.
There is too much heresay when a new system comes out, with everyone and his dog saying it will never work, from the mouths of people who have never even tried it.
Please don't go spouting on about other operating systems, and how good they are, they are almost all as bad as each other with software incompatibilities or non existance of software to run on it.
I have a friend who runs Linux (and he is the cheapest cheapskate I have ever met), and has been from it's outset (only because it was free when it all started), and he has struggled ten times as much as myself with my operating system.
If I was him, by now, I would have self inflicted many bullet holes in my head.
My personal view is that Linux is an ideal technical operating system, perfect for technical applications, not one for running every type of software imagineable, which Microsoft software does a reasonable job of, plus almost all software producers support it.
No matter how much you hate Microsoft and it's leader, without it, I am sure we wouldn't be discussing things such as this. We would still be using DOS, or some other horrendous method of using a computer, or even that mass home computers never came into existance.
John
