Comments on: Windows Vista

By: Pete

Pete — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:01:36 +0000

Type in your web browser %AppData% !

By: rarestone

rarestone — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:03:56 +0000

This folder is the now the AppData. Click Start, Run, enter AppData and there you will find it, in three subfolders local, locallow and roaming. Good luck!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:52:42 +0000

Brain, I still cannot access my Application Data Folder. If anyone could help, that’d be nice :]

By: John Scott

John Scott — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 15:14:46 +0000

I too am beta testing Vista. I am both a Mac user and Windows user. I think windows has given up trying to patch all the holes in its system. Frankly I dont think that is possible in any OS.So Microsoft has gone the direction of trying to warn users of impending doom if they allow certain changes. Of course this can be anoying! But so can viruses and malware.
Im sure OS X would be doing similar prompts if they had more targets aimed at that OS. My only complaint about Vista is that it is a HD hog.
Talk about a huge OS!! Can we not just build ONE OS Microsoft?? Why do we need choices? Does this not only create problems for Microsoft but for the consumer? People had enough trouble choosing between XP home and Pro. Yes, they later added Media center, but that really only added media type applications which could have been offered as a separate upgrade.
Consumers will only be confused and will probably delay any new OS until they can understand what they really need.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 23:22:32 +0000

Wulf: same way the newspapers keep the columns full, spacing is relative to the amount of text in the line. Can be odd at some times .

By: Wulf

Wulf — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 19:37:32 +0000

Lol, I wonder how did I manage that spacing…

By: Wulf

Wulf — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 19:36:17 +0000

Whoops, link didn't show... Here ya go: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=151250154&size=o

By: Wulf

Wulf — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 19:35:23 +0000

There is a hilarious example of the endless confirmation dialogs over at flickr:

By: Brian Irelan

Brian Irelan — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:05:37 +0000

Just wanted to make a note that you can get into your Application Data directory, only the name and format were changed.

The folder:
F:\Users\[UserName]\AppData
is split up into 3 subfolders that should house what was in the Application Data folder.

For example, my Firefox cache was in the ‘Local’ directory and my profiles in the ‘Roaming’ directory.

I assume the ‘Application Data’ folder is only there for backwards compatability.

By: jim

jim — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 04:12:04 +0000

I had similar feelings that Vista’s going to be a pain in the *** to use with its default security model. When I installed my company’s software product, I was prompted *three times* before it would let me do the installation. Later, I needed to edit my config file and couldn’t. I’m still not sure how to do this.

The security change is so far past the point of usefulness people will likely try to circumvent it. In contrast, Linux rarely asks for extra access when deleting files or checking system things like IP address. And when it does need root access, there’s provisions like the “sudo” command — prompting once. Similarly, YaST prompts once then runs its updates. But more to the point, I can use the system without having to repeatedly request privileged access.

The one thing I really liked about Vista was the revamped start menu that let me find a program without hunting around for which group it was in.

The look and feel is a nice improvement over the bling-feel of XP (which I usually revert to “classic mode”), but dang does it take so much of my system’s resources.

Oh, and I agree with you about Ubuntu. I’m waiting for my 6.x discs…