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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Nope, that’s kind of moving in the wrong direction. All of us in
IT know that change is tough on our users. But, bottom line, there really is no
going back. We’ve got to deal with the new OS no matter what if we’re going to
stick with PC’s. We’ve just moved the majority of our XP users to Vista and
yes, there were complaints. It takes a few months but once you get past those,
things smooth out and everyone gets happy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Are the issues just the OS or are there apps that are not working
right in Vista? Our biggest pain point was not Vista, but instead, was waiting
on several applications to get their act together and redesign their software
to work in Vista. Some of these were very big, global companies. That’s what I found
to be most frustrating. We’re still dealing with print driver issues for some
of our larger copy / printer / fax systems. I was very impressed with HP – they
had most of their drivers updated by the time Vista was released to market. Wish
others would get their act together and do the same. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I’m now moving to Windows 7 (hope to install tonight). My goal
is that as an IT team we will keep ahead of the coming changes and know what to
expect before we try to do a roll-out to staff. I think this one will be much
smoother than the XP to Vista change – but, remember, 7 is knocking at the door
(is really Vista R2 – but with some really good improvements that users like). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#17365D'>Ken
Thompson | IT Manager | </span><span lang=FR style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#17365D'>Mission to
the World <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>1600 N. Brown
Road, Lawrenceville, GA 30043<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#363FF2'><img
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alt="cid:image003.gif@01C70E0D.258A41D0"></span><span lang=FR style='font-size:
9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> Work:
678-823-0004 ext. 2261 | </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#363FF2'><img
width=16 height=16 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.gif@01C98792.0944D250"
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11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span
lang=DE style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Fax: 678-823-0027 attn: "Ken Thompson"</span><span
lang=DE style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Mail: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a
href="mailto:Shane.Colling@microsoft.com"><span lang=FR style='font-size:9.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>ken.thompson@mtw.org</span></a></span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> discuss-bounces@itdiscuss.org
[mailto:discuss-bounces@itdiscuss.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ray Tyner<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 05, 2009 12:36 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> IT Discussion Forum<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [itdiscuss] Vista to XP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Has anyone attempted to retrograde a Vista install to XP? I
have four Vista computers that were purchased before Dell offered the “buy
Vista/ship XP” deals. The users are fed up with Vista.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Ray Tyner</span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Peachtree City UMC</span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>678.642.3362</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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