2013-05-24T04:49:31ZJoe Reidjoe@joereid.comurn:uuid:60a76c80-d399-11d9-b91C-0003939e0af6Comments on Joe Reid's Post: Virtually Worthlesshttp://jrc.comment.338/2007-11-05T20:43:56Z2007-11-05T20:43:56Z2007-11-05T20:43:56ZI suggested to her to go get a book on Vista. So s...I suggested to her to go get a book on Vista. So she got Vista for dummies! And it helped her solve a problem with her email viewing so far! Dummy book to the rescue!Cherylnoemail@joereid.comhttp://jrc.comment.335/2007-11-05T06:46:57Z2007-11-05T06:46:57Z2007-11-05T06:46:57ZI haven't really used Vista much myself either. I'...I haven't really used Vista much myself either. I've fixed a few student laptops at school that had it. With such as big jump (98 to anything current) I guess Vista isn't a bad place to start. Joenoemail@joereid.comhttp://jrc.comment.332/2007-11-03T17:18:54Z2007-11-03T17:18:54Z2007-11-03T17:18:54ZSpeaking of computers....my sister just got her ne...Speaking of computers....my sister just got her new Dell computer and I hooked it up today for her. Windows Vista. Never seen it before, but it is very interesting. I bought her a new printer to go with it, (early birthday/xmas present). Got it all up and running for her. Even her email, which was tricky at first, but I figured it out with no problem. So I left her to learn the new stuff. At least I did all the hard parts for her. So now she has to not only learn all the features of Vista (moving up from 98), but she has a new printer that copies, scans, prints and does photos. That'll keep her busy for awhile. But I know my cell phone will be ringing with questions.Cherylnoemail@joereid.comhttp://jrc.comment.331/2007-11-02T06:43:39Z2007-11-02T06:43:39Z2007-11-02T06:43:39ZYeah, I'm cheap and use the free VMWare Server ver...Yeah, I'm cheap and use the free VMWare Server version. I'm using that for an Oracle AS that the teachers use to input grades and comments. It works pretty well except for the occasional dropping of the network connection. But just leaving the VMWare console open on a disconnected remote desktop session seems to keep it active. Go figure. Maybe MS' free Virtual Server works better than VMW's free Server version. Joenoemail@joereid.comhttp://jrc.comment.330/2007-11-01T18:19:11Z2007-11-01T18:19:11Z2007-11-01T18:19:11ZI haven't tried the disk conversion. We went the ...I haven't tried the disk conversion. We went the ghost route from the start so I've never had a need to do the disk conversion. I know that our server team does disk conversion all the time but they use VMWare's ESX server.JRnoemail@joereid.com