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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Most Dell systems should have both XP and Vista drivers listed on
the support.dell.com site – I see both drivers for all the Dell models we
use.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>FWIW - We’ve had all our staff on Vista for over a year
now … except for printing issues it’s been a big win.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
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’ve been testing Win7beta now on 2 laptops for several
weeks … I LOVE IT! Based on how good it’s working even just
in beta I’m thinking we’ll upgrade all systems to win7 64bit shortly
after it’s released.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>We’re also testing Vista 64bit on our end user desktops as
I’d love to dump all 32bit OS during our next imaging cycle.<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'>Jason<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>Jason</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'> Powell<br>
IT Director<br>
Granger Community Church<br>
</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>630 E. University Drive</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><br>
</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>Granger, IN 46530<br>
574.243.2022 • jpowell@gccwired.com • GCCwired.com<br>
<a href="http://jpowell.blogs.com/" title="http://jpowell.blogs.com/">http://jpowell.blogs.com</a>
- yup, I've got a blog<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:black'><a href="http://twitter.com/JasonPowell">http://twitter.com/JasonPowell</a>
- My twitter feed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:black'>and I'm on <a
href="http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=781826353&ref=profile">Facebook</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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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>Thompson, Ken<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 05, 2009 1:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> IT Discussion Forum<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [itdiscuss] Vista to XP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
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>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
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>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><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>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#363FF2'><img
border=0 width=16 height=16 id="Picture_x0020_1"
src="cid:image001.gif@01C98793.09EF74C0"
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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
border=0 width=16 height=16 id="Picture_x0020_2"
src="cid:image002.gif@01C98793.09EF74C0"
alt="cid:image005.gif@01C70E0D.258A41D0"></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:
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>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#363FF2'><img
border=0 width=16 height=16 id="Picture_x0020_3"
src="cid:image003.gif@01C98793.09EF74C0"
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9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>
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><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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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