Yet another reason to scrap Vista

I have 256,000 windows open and in use (well 7) and I have minimised them
all(show desktop) so I can pop one window up

Cant be done with this useless POS because when you pop one window up it
pops all other windows up too - grrrrr

Vista also has trouble 'paneing' windows

Then Microsoft have the brass gaul to describe Windows 7 window paneing as
some new breakthru "feature" that was standard in XP and before

In actual fact the Windows 7 window paneing can only ever be described as "a
feature" if compared directly to POS Vista that cant perform due to
incompetent programming

There should be a law against deliberately deceiving the public

Sorta reminds me of Vista *New* *Search* *Feature* which cant find it's own
ace with both hands - unlike XP which performed searches with ease

All i want to do is copy a link to my desktop whilst I'm burning a movie to
DVD - but this is impossible with Vista that wont let me see the desktop
with *any* window open

As a result I will have to wait 20 mins (for DVD to finish burning) before I
can make a short cut - It doesn't get worse than that!!!!!!!!

Multi-tasking - i dont think so - Even my 1985 Amiga could do more than one
thing at once

I think MS should refund everyone who bought Vista as not fit for purpose -
because it's sheet


"JethroUK©" <> wrote in message
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> I have 256,000 windows open and in use (well 7) and I have minimised them
> all(show desktop) so I can pop one window up
>
> Cant be done with this useless POS because when you pop one window up it
> pops all other windows up too - grrrrr
>
> Vista also has trouble 'paneing' windows
>
> Then Microsoft have the brass gaul to describe Windows 7 window paneing as
> some new breakthru "feature" that was standard in XP and before
>
> In actual fact the Windows 7 window paneing can only ever be described as
> "a feature" if compared directly to POS Vista that cant perform due to
> incompetent programming
>
> There should be a law against deliberately deceiving the public
>
> Sorta reminds me of Vista *New* *Search* *Feature* which cant find it's
> own ace with both hands - unlike XP which performed searches with ease

JethroUK© wrote:
> All i want to do is copy a link to my desktop whilst I'm burning a
> movie to DVD - but this is impossible with Vista that wont let me
> see the desktop with *any* window open
>
> As a result I will have to wait 20 mins (for DVD to finish burning)
> before I can make a short cut - It doesn't get worse than
> that!!!!!!!!

This complaint sounds like you are unsure of what you can do. ;-)

Why do you need to see your desktop to actually copy anything to it. You
realize it is just a folder - right? If you can explore the drive - you can
copy files to your desktop (or any other place.)

Windows Key + R --> Type in:
"%UserProfile%\Desktop"
--> Click OK.
(Yes - put in the quotation marks.)

There's your desktop.

Could probably do this in several other ways - but I don't know what DVD
burning application you are using and I have not had this issue.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

On 13 Jun 2010, JethroUK© <> wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.vista.general:

> Cant be done with this useless POS because when you pop one window
> up it pops all other windows up too - grrrrr

Doesn't do that to me. I can minimize all windows then restore any or
all independently as I like.

Sounds like your problem, not Vista's.

On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:18:53 +0100, JethroUK© wrote:

> I have 256,000 windows open and in use (well 7) and I have minimised them
> all(show desktop) so I can pop one window up
>
> Cant be done with this useless POS because when you pop one window up it
> pops all other windows up too - grrrrr
>
> Vista also has trouble 'paneing' windows
>
> Then Microsoft have the brass gaul to describe Windows 7 window paneing as
> some new breakthru "feature" that was standard in XP and before
>
> In actual fact the Windows 7 window paneing can only ever be described as "a
> feature" if compared directly to POS Vista that cant perform due to
> incompetent programming
>
> There should be a law against deliberately deceiving the public
>
> Sorta reminds me of Vista *New* *Search* *Feature* which cant find it's own
> ace with both hands - unlike XP which performed searches with ease

I'm not sure why I am telling you this...

You can click on a single icon to open a single window. Did you know that?

As for "deliberately deceiving the public" - some people are easier to
deceive than others.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

MY ****ING DAD SAID THAT I HAVE NO BRAINS AND I AM DELUSIONAL IF I THINK
THAT I CAN CLOSE THREADS! JUST FYI! MY DAD SAID TO GO TO MY ROOM AND STOP
BEING SUCH AN IDIOT. JUST FYI. MY DAD WON'T LET ME USE HIS COMPUTER. JUST
FYI.

MY ****ING DAD SAID THAT I HAVE NO BRAINS AND I AM DELUSIONAL IF I THINK
THAT I CAN CLOSE THREADS! JUST FYI! MY DAD SAID TO GO TO MY ROOM AND STOP
BEING SUCH AN IDIOT. JUST FYI. MY DAD WON'T LET ME USE HIS COMPUTER. JUST
FYI.

"Shenan Stanley" <> wrote in message
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> ... I have not had this issue.
>
> --

Struggling to believe that!

You have not experienced using the 'show desktop' icon (minimise all windows
to task bar in single click) & popping one up only to find Vista pops all
windows up???

JethroUK© wrote:
> All i want to do is copy a link to my desktop whilst I'm burning a
> movie to DVD - but this is impossible with Vista that wont let me
> see the desktop with *any* window open
>
> As a result I will have to wait 20 mins (for DVD to finish burning)
> before I can make a short cut - It doesn't get worse than
> that!!!!!!!!

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> This complaint sounds like you are unsure of what you can do. ;-)
>
> Why do you need to see your desktop to actually copy anything to
> it. You realize it is just a folder - right? If you can explore
> the drive - you can copy files to your desktop (or any other place.)
>
> Windows Key + R --> Type in:
> "%UserProfile%\Desktop"
> --> Click OK.
> (Yes - put in the quotation marks.)
>
> There's your desktop.
>
> Could probably do this in several other ways - but I don't know
> what DVD burning application you are using and I have not had this
> issue.

JethroUK© wrote:
> Struggling to believe that!
>
> You have not experienced using the 'show desktop' icon (minimise
> all windows to task bar in single click) & popping one up only to
> find Vista pops all windows up???

Although you really over-snipped, the answer to your query as now given is,
"No, I have not experienced what you just described." I used Vista x64
Ultimate for about a year on my laptop before I upgraded to Windows 7
Ultimate. I just tried to reproduce it on what I have left (a couple of
Windows XP machines and a couple of Windows 7 x64 systems) and I still
cannot reproduce it.

Doesn't mean it is not happening to you, doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

However - I was referring to the (because it was an entire thought with a
definite reference as seen above before you snipped it) about the fact you
could not get to your desktop to make a shortcut while burning a DVD - thus
the answer I gave you centered around that whole thing. It is *not*
impossible nor have I had the issue where I could not get to my desktop
while burning a DVD.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

"JethroUK©" <> wrote in message
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> "Shenan Stanley" <> wrote in message
> news:...

>> ... I have not had this issue.

> Struggling to believe that!
>
> You have not experienced using the 'show desktop' icon (minimise all
> windows to task bar in single click) & popping one up only to find Vista
> pops all windows up???

I no longer have a 'show desktop' icon; I forget how this disappeared, may
or may not have removed it myself.

I use the Windows icon on my keyboard together with the letter M to minimise
all windows.
I pop one up by clicking on the Taskbar, & don't have Vista popping all
windows up.
--
David Barnett