[itdiscuss] Vista to XP

[Jason Powell]

Most Dell systems should have both XP and Vista drivers listed on the
support.dell.com site - I see both drivers for all the Dell models we
use.

 

FWIW - We've had all our staff on Vista for over a year now ... except
for printing issues it's been a big win.

 

I've been testing Win7beta now on 2 laptops for several weeks ... I LOVE
IT!  Based on how good it's working even just in beta I'm thinking we'll
upgrade all systems to win7 64bit shortly after it's released.

 

We're also testing Vista 64bit on our end user desktops as I'd love to
dump all 32bit OS during our next imaging cycle.

 

Jason

 

Jason Powell
IT Director
Granger Community Church
630 E. University Drive
Granger, IN 46530
574.243.2022 * jpowell at gccwired.com * GCCwired.com
http://jpowell.blogs.com <http://jpowell.blogs.com/>  - yup, I've got a
blog

http://twitter.com/JasonPowell - My twitter feed

and I'm on Facebook
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ile> 

 

 

 

From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org
[mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org] On Behalf Of Thompson, Ken
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 1:03 PM
To: IT Discussion Forum
Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] Vista to XP

 

Nope, that's kind of moving in the wrong direction. All of us in IT know
that change is tough on our users. But, bottom line, there really is no
going back. We've got to deal with the new OS no matter what if we're
going to stick with PC's. We've just moved the majority of our XP users
to Vista and yes, there were complaints. It takes a few months but once
you get past those, things smooth out and everyone gets happy.

 

Are the issues just the OS or are there apps that are not working right
in Vista? Our biggest pain point was not Vista, but instead, was waiting
on several applications to get their act together and redesign their
software to work in Vista. Some of these were very big, global
companies. That's what I found to be most frustrating. We're still
dealing with print driver issues for some of our larger copy / printer /
fax systems. I was very impressed with HP - they had most of their
drivers updated by the time Vista was released to market. Wish others
would get their act together and do the same. 

 

I'm now moving to Windows 7 (hope to install tonight). My goal is that
as an IT team we will keep ahead of the coming changes and know what to
expect before we try to do a roll-out to staff. I think this one will be
much smoother than the XP to Vista change - but, remember, 7 is knocking
at the door (is really Vista R2 - but with some really good improvements
that users like). 

 

Ken Thompson | IT Manager | Mission to the World 

1600 N. Brown Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30043

    Work:  678-823-0004 ext. 2261  |      Fax: 678-823-0027 attn: "Ken
Thompson"

    Mail:  ken.thompson at mtw.org <mailto:Shane.Colling at microsoft.com> 

 

From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org
[mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org] On Behalf Of Ray Tyner
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 12:36 PM
To: IT Discussion Forum
Subject: [itdiscuss] Vista to XP

 

Has anyone attempted to retrograde a Vista install to XP?  I have four
Vista computers that were purchased before Dell offered the "buy
Vista/ship XP" deals.  The users are fed up with Vista.

 

Ray Tyner

Peachtree City UMC

678.642.3362

 

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