is it me, my computer or vista that is making things hard work

I have a brand new mid range lap top. Now I'm not the most technically gifted
of people but I spend half the time retrieving my recycle bin which deletes
itself, or looking at messages saying that stuff isn't compatable. When I
plug my phone in to my computer it knows its there (my phone says so) and it
also allows me to remove it safely so why sometimes will it not turn up in
the my computer section so I can actually do something useful with it? Can
anyone help? All this having waited ages for it to start up properly. I have
a reasonable prcessore and memory yet everything is slower than my old
computer

"Twig" <> wrote in message
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>I have a brand new mid range lap top. Now I'm not the most technically
>gifted
> of people but I spend half the time retrieving my recycle bin which
> deletes
> itself, or looking at messages saying that stuff isn't compatable. When I
> plug my phone in to my computer it knows its there (my phone says so) and
> it
> also allows me to remove it safely so why sometimes will it not turn up in
> the my computer section so I can actually do something useful with it? Can
> anyone help? All this having waited ages for it to start up properly. I
> have
> a reasonable prcessore and memory yet everything is slower than my old
> computer

Your recycle bin doesn't delete itself, you do.

I've done it a couple of dozen times already . . . there is an option to
delete it from the desktop when you right click, and for whatever reason,
many people end up clicking the 'delete' option instead of the 'empty'
option.

Google, "Remove delete from recycle bin in vista" and you'll find many pages
that explain how to remove the delete option, thus stopping us from
inadvertently deleting the thing, instead of emptying it.

Mic

Twig wrote:
> I have a brand new mid range lap top. Now I'm not the most technically gifted
> of people but I spend half the time retrieving my recycle bin which deletes
> itself, or looking at messages saying that stuff isn't compatable. When I
> plug my phone in to my computer it knows its there (my phone says so) and it
> also allows me to remove it safely so why sometimes will it not turn up in
> the my computer section so I can actually do something useful with it? Can
> anyone help? All this having waited ages for it to start up properly. I have
> a reasonable prcessore and memory yet everything is slower than my old
> computer

It's you deleting it but the user-interface design is stupid. This
should help:

How to restore the Recycle bin icon that has been accidentally deleted -
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/141/1/
Hide the "Delete" command from Recycle Bin context menu - Ramesh -
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/142/1/


Malke
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"Malke" <> wrote in message
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> It's you deleting it but the user-interface design is stupid.


There are quite a few things in the Vista UI that show that they hadn't
quite finished it when it came out, and other ideas that were stupid to
begin with.

Apart from the asthetics, the XP UI was much better thought out.

ss.

> Apart from the asthetics, the XP UI was much better thought out.


NO, it was/isn't


Rich

"Rich" <> wrote in message
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>> Apart from the asthetics, the XP UI was much better thought out.
>
>
> NO, it was/isn't


Yeah, like you obviously know what you are talking about...

ss.

> Yeah, like you obviously know what you are talking about...


as compared to whom?

You?

Vista runs fine, fast, clean smooth


Rich

"Rich" <> wrote in message
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>> Yeah, like you obviously know what you are talking about...
>
>
> as compared to whom?
>
> You?
>
> Vista runs fine, fast, clean smooth


OK, if you say so, Rich. Your posting history shows that you are a real
power-user, so I'll take your word for it..

ss.

> OK, if you say so, Rich. Your posting history shows that you are a real
> power-user, so I'll take your word for it..

what?

Heh. somehow, I doubt that.


Rich

"Twig" <> wrote in message
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>I have a brand new mid range lap top. Now I'm not the most technically
>gifted
> of people but I spend half the time retrieving my recycle bin which
> deletes
> itself, or looking at messages saying that stuff isn't compatable. When I
> plug my phone in to my computer it knows its there (my phone says so) and
> it
> also allows me to remove it safely so why sometimes will it not turn up in
> the my computer section so I can actually do something useful with it? Can
> anyone help? All this having waited ages for it to start up properly. I
> have
> a reasonable prcessore and memory yet everything is slower than my old
> computer

Slow boot?

1. How much RAM? It's reported that 512MB is not enough [symptoms such as
slow boot] and you need at least 1GB RAM.

2. Also some laptops come with an inordinate number of 2nd and 3rd party
apps that launch at boot. If this is the case you might stop some from
lauching at startup. Use Windows Defender [found in Control Panel] to
prevent programs from lauching at startup (Tools > Software Explorer).

Saucy