Vista Question

[den]

Okay, all you clever geeks, I have a problem.


New Toshiba laptop with Vista. Want to connect it to the office network (LAN And/Or Wireless) Can see the network, can't connect. Any idea how to do this? How do I change the Workgroup? In XP there is an option to connect to the Internet via a connection that is always on. Where is that in VISTA?

How the hell do you OPERATE Vista, anyway. It seems to work on a need-to-know system that the user doesn't need to know.

Comments

[kuangning]

I hate to say this, but all the clever geeks avoided Vista like the plague it is. :( I'm sorry you have to deal with it. My best advice is wiping it and going back to XP. Vista is *not* an upgrade.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Not an option, unfortunately. It's a new laptop that came is Vista, so there is no going back. 8(

[kuangning]

There's always an option if you have or can get a copy of XP. When the day comes that I can't get around having Vista on the machine I buy, it will not survive the day with it in place.

[dragonpearl.livejournal.com]

I have a copy of XP with an Open License... for example: can be installed on thousands of machines if needed. Want a copy?

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Oh yes please!

How did you get an open license? If it's not legal I can't use it on the company machines for legal reasons, but I can certainly use it at home. email with address on the way.

[dragonpearl.livejournal.com]

perfectly legal. Mom works for the county and it's a copy she uses to intall on the work machines.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

I wonder how legal it is to send out of the country 8)

[dragonpearl.livejournal.com]

send to drgnprl at Gmail.com

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Got the cd! Ta!

[dragonpearl.livejournal.com]

Awesome.