Window vista bugs

I own the DVDs, I just don't want to have to swap disks. This is like not being able to play ripped MP3s of CDs you own. Last time I checked Zune lets you play MP3s. Minor bug but I mentioned something about this in my RC2 review. These last two issues I warned about in my RC2 review and they've not been fixed yet.

The "open with" feature is gone. When I use to right click on a data file, you can click "open with" and choose a new program to open the file or pick something on the list of applications you've used before.

That list of recent applications for opening data files is gone which is very frustrating. Power save settings are hidden in a deep mess. Tweaking the settings don't always stick. Default hybrid sleep mode explanation here is very annoying if system crashes because on the next reboot, it takes minutes to reload a gigabyte from hard drive and it stays that way until you shut down properly shut down Vista. I had to struggle with the UI to turn off this feature and change the power button in the start button to off mode and to get my settings to stick.

The fact that my main PC is crashing didn't help the situation, but it would be nice if MS could ask if you want to boot normally instead of trying to recover the previous state. For most desktops, going from watts idle to watts in sleep mode just doesn't make any sense.

I have yet to find a Desktop PC that can go in to sleep state level 3 which only uses a few watts of power. Minor changes in hardware will sometimes prevent Vista from booting up. So much for the great driver independent imaging model I'd been hearing about though I haven't tested Vista deployment tools yet. I had read that Vista was suppose to be able to adapt to different hardware but maybe I just haven't found that feature yet.

IE7 embedded Windows Media Video playback won't support anamorphic video and forces the video to play in mode as oppose to widescreen mode. I had complained about this to Microsoft two months ago under Vista RC2. Example here. While I've read from Jim Allchin that audio features have improved and Polycom is telling me about the new multiple Mic feature that allows you to pin point voice out of a noisy room, some things seem to be missing that shouldn't be missing.

That means voice applications like Skype will use one set of speakers and microphone while games will spit out sound from a different sound card. You don't have to upgrade until you are ready and you avoid running into any issues later on down the road trying to redeem it. The voucher has to be redeemed pretty soon as far as I know. I think they expire in March.

You can always redeem and get the copy of Vista then upgrade later on if you choose. I doubt that Vista itself will be any more "bug-free" after two months than it is today. After all, the first major service pack is probably many months away. What probably will change in the next 3 or 4 months is better driver support for various peripherals and application updates from software vendors. But that has nothing to do with Vista itself being buggy.

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