Ed,

As you say, Vista's appearance can be tamed as necessary by switching to
Classic mode just as can XP. As for the UAC (User Access Control) popping
up I don't really find this as troublesome as others. It's most obvious
and perhaps annoying during the initial stages when one is still
installing applications and the like but I don't find it particularly
intrusive thereafter. Whilst it can readily be disabled I prefer to leave
it on as it is a great safety mechanism. What one shouldn't do is simply
click yes every time without thinking about or better knowing why it is
popping up, well not once you've populated your system and had it running
some time.

If you haven't already, and it is still relatively early days, I'm fairly
confident you'll come to appreciate Vista and realise how feature rich it
is when compared to its somewhat elderly relative Win Me.
--
Mike M


Ed Meza wrote:

Hi good ole Heirloom,
I was aware that your wife was running Vista on her laptop. I agree
with you, it's too much eye candy at the beginning, but you can
customize it as you please. There are a couple of obnoxious things,
like little windows that come up to ask you to continue, yet with
practice I'll get rid of that feature. I just visited the Vista NG
once and found an answer right away -- maybe I just got lucky.

Yeah, this NG is much friendlier and one is never left out in left
field. Write to Mart about the chili recipe, he also has an original.
As far as Ike, I would not bother looking out for him -- unless
*Tina* shows up!

Thanks for the kind words and cheers from Seattle!