Vista advantages

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In Win 7 I can copy and paste text into a cmd window. Can't drag text.
And dragging an image file into a cmd window does what Charlie described.
 
2.No drag and drop to command prompt
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Drag and dropping to get a path still works in the Command Prompt, it just
won't work in an elevated Command Prompt for security reasons.
4 Eating more than 1GB ram
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Better to use RAM than to leave it unused, why pay for something you're not
going to use?
Can any of you tell me why should I stay with Vista? It is your last
chance to convinced me.
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Use whatever you want. Makes no difference to me, well unless of course
that XP machine of yours gets incorporated into a botnet and starts sending
out spam.
 
+Bob+ said:
Fact remains that Vista requires twice the CPU and memory to equal the
performance of XP - and even then the I/O to disk, network, or USB in
Vista still sucks.
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What about Win 9'x to XP? XP would suck then wouldn't it? You are so
mental, and you don't have a leg to stand on with your babbling.
 
Gordon said:
So just HOW do you "drag and drop" to a COMMAND LINE?
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With the left mouse button, click and hold a folder in Windows
Explorer, drag it to a command prompt window, release the left mouse
button. The fully-qualified directory name appears at the prompt.
Similarly, with the left mouse button, click and hold a file in
Windows Explorer, drag it to a command prompt window, release the left
mouse button. The fully-qualified file name including full drive and
directory path appears at the prompt.

Works fine in XP. Not in Vista.

--
Zaphod

Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster: A cocktail based on Janx Spirit.
The effect of one is like having your brain smashed out
by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick.
 
I booted into my Vista Home Premium..
Can copy and paste text into a cmd window, but can't drag an image file
there, like in Win 7.
 
***MORON ALERT***
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Hmmm... so, you consider people who know about things that you don't to
be "morons", eh? Interesting point of view - I would think that would
hold you back in life, but I hope you've found a way to compensate.
 
Drag and dropping to get a path still works in the Command Prompt,
it just won't work in an elevated Command Prompt for security
reasons.
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Not on my Vista laptop. Dragging to a command prompt doesn't work at
any security level.
 
Yes the same can be said in moving from DOS 4.0 to Win
3.1

I say lets stay with DOS!
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The difference is that each prior Windows upgrade added functionality.
Vista reduced it.
 
Charlie Tame said:
Do we mean copy and paste here... I just did that with "drag and drop"
from your reply in a command window (And right here) and that for sure
works in XP Pro, I do not have a Vista machine handy here at work.

I also was able to drag a picture from the desktop and the command window
translated that to the path to the actual picture and return opened it
using the default program. Again I cannot try this on Vista. So yes, it
could be useful.
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Can't see why or when......
 
Charlie Tame said:
Do we mean copy and paste here... I just did that with "drag and drop"
from your reply in a command window (And right here) and that for sure
works in XP Pro, I do not have a Vista machine handy here at work.

I also was able to drag a picture from the desktop and the command window
translated that to the path to the actual picture and return opened it
using the default program. Again I cannot try this on Vista. So yes, it
could be useful.
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Can't see why or when......
 
Dave said:
I booted into my Vista Home Premium..
Can copy and paste text into a cmd window, but can't drag an image file
there, like in Win 7.
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Err why would you want to drag an IMAGE into a TEXT function like command
line?
 
Nil said:
Not on my Vista laptop. Dragging to a command prompt doesn't work at
any security level.
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I still, after 30 years working with computers, from DOS through all
flavours of windows to Vista, UNIX, Linux, C/PM and everything WHY anyone
would even attempt to "drag" anything to a command line!!!!
 
More to explain. I was testing not only for myself. I am IT
administrator and we have 120 computers at our department. I was looking
for good arguments to move to the Vista. For the last 2 years we was
downgrading all new bought computers to Windows XP. I need to have
arguments to move to Vista and I have to have arguments to stay with XP.
I was testing Vista on new Fujitsu-Siemens Computers with 3.3 Ghz CPU
with 4GB RAM. For myself I was testing on new i7 CPU.
Besides better firewall I did not found any arguments for staying with
Vista. More argument I have than better.
All our computers are connected to the Active directory and all users
are loging to the domain. People are using a lot of different software.
From very text based dos programs to the very advanced windows
applications. They also use programming software like Visial Studio,
Matlab, Satistical software etc.. and standard office and mail client
software.

MarcusB
 
avoid typing the file name

Gordon said:
Err why would you want to drag an IMAGE into a TEXT function like command
line?

--
Asking a question?
Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about,
your OS, Service Pack level
and the FULL contents of any error message(s)
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MarcusB said:
I was testing Vista for one year and at the end I am going back to the XP.

I not interested in appearance. The system should work and I do not care
if it have transparent windows or not. It have to be fast and have all
function I had in former System (Windows XP in my case)

What am I lacking in Vista:

1.No search i context menu
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Context menus in Windows (be it Vista, XP or earlier versions) have been
customizable for ages. You can put whatever option you want in there.

IIRC, Microsoft had to remove the search functionality because of legal
issues. You can add it again if you want it. Just follow the steps described
in
http://www.petri.co.il/add-context-menu-search-back-to-windows-vista-sp1.htm
2.No drag and drop to command prompt
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A simple google search showed "DropCommand" as being a free tool for doing
that.
3.No folder backup (ntbackup)
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NTBackup has been replaced by a new backup utility in Vista. You can find
the new program under 'Control Panel', 'Backup and Restore Center'. It has
basic functionality in the Home version and more extended functionality in
the other versions where you can use 'Shadow Volume Copies' to get access to
previous versions of your files/folders.

Alternatively, you might want to use SyncToy
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...36-98E0-4EE9-A7C5-98D0592D8C52&displaylang=en)
for synchronizing your data with your external harddrives every once in a
while.

If you are really addicted to ntbackup (or miss its flexibility), you can
copy the program from an XP installation to Vista. It will work there. For
more information on doing so, see
http://www.petri.co.il/installing_windows_xp_ntbackup_on_windows_vista.htm
4 Eating more than 1GB ram
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Cut down on unwanted services, turn off the fancy eye candy (or use Home
Basic). 1 GB will be enough in those cases. But yes, to use all features, I
would suggest at least 2GB of RAM.
5 More clicking to get to the same properties
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For some yes, for others it is less clicking. But once your computer is
'tweaked', how often do you actually need to access those properties anyway?
Can any of you tell me why should I stay with Vista? It is your last
chance to convinced me.


MarcusB
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If you don't run a production machine, you might consider switching to the
beta (or soon RC) of Windows 7 as it comes with solutions to some of your
requests:

2)You can drag and drop to the command prompt
(http://www.petri.co.il/drag-and-drop-to-command-prompt-its-back-in-windows-7.htm)

3)You can backup single folders once again
(http://lifehacker.com/5144757/first-look-at-windows-7s-backup-and-restore-center)

4)Memory requirements are slightly lower, but it once again depends on how
good you are at tweaking your machine.

Note that for your point 1, the same trick can be used in Windows 7 as in
Vista.

Yves
 
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