Another lame aspect of Vista..... the hidden display control

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I get a new and improved LCD monitor for the
Vista Computer and I need to adjust the
setting. So I logically go to Control Panel and look
for the Display Icon and it not there. So instead
I am compelled to go to the Help section which
contains the only apparent internal link to the
display adjustment.

What does Microsoft think the Control
Panel is for if not the Display control?

Trig....I am having the "Vista experience."
 
I get a new and improved LCD monitor for the
Vista Computer and I need to adjust the
setting. So I logically go to Control Panel and look
for the Display Icon and it not there. So instead
I am compelled to go to the Help section which
contains the only apparent internal link to the
display adjustment.

What does Microsoft think the Control
Panel is for if not the Display control?

Trig....I am having the "Vista experience."
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Control panel/personalization

Or just right click on your desktop/personalize.
 
I get a new and improved LCD monitor for the
Vista Computer and I need to adjust the
setting. So I logically go to Control Panel and look
for the Display Icon and it not there. So instead
I am compelled to go to the Help section which
contains the only apparent internal link to the
display adjustment.

What does Microsoft think the Control
Panel is for if not the Display control?
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Right-click the desktop and choose Personalize.

You will find what you need in there.

Same thing in the Control Panel
 
Control Panel => Appearance and Personalization

or very much like previous versions of Windows right click on the desktop
and pick Personalize, which was Properties in previous versions.

or go to the Control Panel and type Display in the search box at the top
right of the Window.
 
Control Panel => Appearance and Personalization

or very much like previous versions of Windows right click on the desktop
and pick Personalize, which was Properties in previous versions.

or go to the Control Panel and type Display in the search box at the top
right of the Window.
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Thanks folks. Understand my previous OS was Windows 98 SE
on my old computer and I only adjusted it a few times early on.
 
Control Panel => Appearance and Personalization

or very much like previous versions of Windows right click on the desktop
and pick Personalize, which was Properties in previous versions.

or go to the Control Panel and type Display in the search box at the top
right of the Window.
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Thanks folks. Understand my previous OS was Windows 98 SE
on my old computer and I only adjusted it a few times early on.
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It is completely astonishing that neophytes with illogical stupidity crtique
Vista because of mind-numbing media hype!
 
Telstar said:
Thanks folks. Understand my previous OS was Windows 98 SE
on my old computer and I only adjusted it a few times early on.
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It is completely astonishing that neophytes with illogical stupidity
crtique Vista because of mind-numbing media hype!
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You do with Vista what you did with 98SE. Click on stuff to see what it
does.


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You're welcome. That's a big jump from win98 to Vista. It'll be a steep
learning curve to start with. I recommend you right click on things and see
what pops up in the menus. Another very useful feature in Vista that takes a
while to get used to is the powerful search feature. In the Start Menu
you'll see a box labeled Start Search. Just start typing in this box and a
list will build above it. When you see the item you want click on it, or if
it's at the top of the list press the Enter key. When you have an Explorer
window open (e.g. Control Panel) there is a search box in the top right
corner of the window. This searches the current location. It sounds counter
intuitive to type things in as we're all used to point and click. Once you
get used to it however you'll find yourself doing it more and more. After
two years of using Vista I'm very frustrated when I have to use a different
OS that doesn't have a powerful, well integrated search feature.

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/



Thanks folks. Understand my previous OS was Windows 98 SE
on my old computer and I only adjusted it a few times early on.
 
You're welcome. That's a big jump from win98 to Vista. It'll be a steep
learning curve to start with. I recommend you right click on things and see
what pops up in the menus. Another very useful feature in Vista that takes a
while to get used to is the powerful search feature.
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I think you mis=typed. You probably meant to type "the absolute worst
feature in Vista is the incredibly poorly designed search tool. MS
could not have produced a more convoluted interface if that had been
their specific intent."
After
two years of using Vista I'm very frustrated when I have to use a different
OS that doesn't have a powerful, well integrated search feature.
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I can agree that after two years of training, that interface might
actually start to make sense. :-)
 
+Bob+ said:
I think you mis=typed. You probably meant to type "the absolute worst
feature in Vista is the incredibly poorly designed search tool. MS
could not have produced a more convoluted interface if that had been
their specific intent."
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Well put!
I can agree that after two years of training, that interface might
actually start to make sense. :-)
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ROFL! I'm just thinking that with my own current difficulties in retaining
knowledge, that two years could stretch to twenty, <g>.
 
I was very serious. It took about six months of using Vista before I got
around to using the search feature. Search was so useless in previous
versions of Windows I assumed Vista would be the same. Once I started using
it I switched all of my XP computers to Vista within a week. I find XP very
frustrating to use now. With Vista I press the Windows key and start typing.
I rarely have to type more than four or five letters before what I want is
in the results list. The integration with Outlook 2007 makes Outlook so much
more useful I switched to Outlook as my PIM. Previously I'd avoided Outlook
like the plague.

If you want to fine tune it and used the advanced features here's a good
link.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=466
 
I was very serious. It took about six months of using Vista before I got
around to using the search feature. Search was so useless in previous
versions of Windows I assumed Vista would be the same.
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I'll give you some agreement that the XP search hand holding as bad. I
tweaked it back to the Win2K search - which was a very useful and
logical interface. Vista is the worst of all.
Once I started using
it I switched all of my XP computers to Vista within a week. I find XP very
frustrating to use now. With Vista I press the Windows key and start typing.
I rarely have to type more than four or five letters before what I want is
in the results list.
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Maybe it works well in a one drive environment. I work selectively
across about six network drives and it's useless to me. I need a tool
that will let me easily and quickly specify file types, dates, and
locations to search. That ain't Vista.
The integration with Outlook 2007 makes Outlook so much
more useful I switched to Outlook as my PIM. Previously I'd avoided Outlook
like the plague.
Click to expand...

I'll agree with avoiding Outlook!
 
Thanks folks. Understand my previous OS was Windows 98 SE
on my old computer and I only adjusted it a few times early on.
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Is this sarcasm? Why shouldn't there be a visible display icon in the
control folder? The lack is extremely illogical. Why should
I have to find it by a left click of a mouse or clicking on
a link in the help section. And as to the search mode, it maybe
it is powerful in its way but why isn't there an advance search mode
that is directly up front? What would it have taken a couple of
lines of code? This smacks of change without reason at best or
perhaps malice at worest. I'll grant this is a more stable
OS than Windows 98 SE but with a decade of supposed improvements
you'd hope something would improve. The whole point of
keeping in an OS family is to avoid relearning stuff, otherwise we all
should
rotate thru Windows, the Apple OS, the variuos flavors of Linux,
Unix, and then back again. If change is so good lets rotate into
Openoffice instead on MS Office which misbehaves or even fails to
work
due to MS desire for more money. I am in the process of doing that.

I appreciate the help, the "neophyte" that I am. A neophyte in that
I didn't buy a new computer every three years with software
"upgrades", LOL.
 
+Bob+ said:
I'll give you some agreement that the XP search hand holding as bad. I
tweaked it back to the Win2K search - which was a very useful and
logical interface. Vista is the worst of all.


Maybe it works well in a one drive environment. I work selectively
across about six network drives and it's useless to me. I need a tool
that will let me easily and quickly specify file types, dates, and
locations to search. That ain't Vista.
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I found the search tool better in Vista RTM than in Vista SP1. They
deliberately botched it for the sake of Google's legal threats. It worked
better before .. so I thank Google's interference for the current
configuration.

Saucy
 
Saucy said:
I found the search tool better in Vista RTM than in Vista SP1. They
deliberately botched it for the sake of Google's legal threats. It worked
better before .. so I thank Google's interference for the current
configuration.
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You mean it's even worse now? Heh.

Lucky I have relegated Vista to HTPC use only. It is pretty good at that.

ss.
 
I found the search tool better in Vista RTM than in Vista SP1. They
deliberately botched it for the sake of Google's legal threats. It worked
better before .. so I thank Google's interference for the current
configuration.
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I can't agree. Google doesn't have a patent on logic or intelligent,
user driven, design.
 
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