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Posted by John Pollard on April 17, 2007, 9:02 pm
Please log in for more thread options Margaret wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> I've played a little with QP2007 on Vista Home Premium
> 32-bit. Here's what I have found so far:
>
> John Pollard wrote:
>> 1.) Does Vista have Windows Explorer? If not, what is
>> the Vista equivalent?
> Yes.
>> 2.) Does the Vista Windows Explorer (equivalent) default
>> to hiding the XP equivalent of "protected operating
>> system files"?
>
> IIRC, yes, and I believe that I promptly edited the
> folder settings to show all system files, extensions,
> etc., very similar to what I've done with XP.
>> 3.) Does the Vista Windows Explorer (equivalent) have a
>> Search feature? Is there any appreciable difference in
>> the Vista Search feature from the XP Search feature.
> Yes. It's much more thorough than the XP Search feature.
> There's a search window at the bottom of the Start menu,
> where you can type your query, quite similar to Google
> Desktop. However, I've been using Google Desktop
> (advanced features turned off), and it seems to be faster
> and more lightweight resource-wise. What I'd like to do
> with Vista is install fewer utility apps and stick with
> major applications. We'll see how Vista's built-in
> utilities fair over time....
>> 4.) Does Vista have a "Documents and Settings" folder? If
>> not, is there an equivalent and what is its name?
> There's a folder called this, but it's really a shortcut
> to the C:users folder. Each user has a subfolder within
> C:users, and containing (by default), both user files
> and profile configuration. It's possible to move most of
> these folders to an alternate location, but there's
> currently no free TweakUI for Vista, so you must edit the
> registry to change the locations. (There's TweakVI, but
> the pay version has most of the important tweaks, and
> IIRC, not the ability to move these folders.)
>> 5.) Does Quicken install folders in the Vista "Documents
>> and Settings" folder? In both the "All Users" folder
>> and the folder for each specific Windows user?
> This I'm still figuring out. There are shortcuts w/in
> C:Users for "All Users" and "Default User". The
> shortcut for "Default User" opens C:usersdefault. I
> can't see what "All Users" points to, and the properties
> isn't telling....
>> 6.) Does Quicken install a file named qw.cfg anywhere on
>> your hard drive for Vista users? If yes, where?
> Yes, it's in C:Program DataIntuitQuicken
Interesting. "Program Data" as opposed to "Program Files"? Do
the executible programs generally get installed in "Program
Files"? If so, what is the realationship between "Program
Files" and "Program Data"? Is "Data" a subfolder to "Files" or
are they at the same folder level? Or ... ?
>> 7.) Do any of the answers to the questions above differ
>> if you are using different flavors of Vista: are the
>> answers different for users of Vista Home Basic, Vista
>> Home Premium, or Vista Ultimate?
> This I can't answer, having only hand my hands on Home
> Premium. From what I've read about the different
> flavors, I would think not. But ya never know.... I'm
> hoping this will get you started, and that someone who's
> been using Vista longer can provide more detail.
> By this time after XP came out, I think I was probably
> using it as my main OS. Having recently gotten my hands
> on Vista, I'm feeling a bit unfamiliar, and I find a
> number of strange things going on like the disappearance
> of my Recycle Bin. So I've resigned myself to using this
> installation for learning, figuring it's going to get
> good and messed up. Hopefully by then I'll have figured
> out enough of Vista's idiosyncrasies that I can do a
> fresh install after a while and be able to switch to
> Vista full-time. For what I've seen, though, QP2007 runs
> just fine on Vista. I did finally disable UAC, because
> it was just too annoying. I'm hoping MS tweaks this
> feature to be less so, since I would prefer to keep all
> security measures turned on.
> Anyway, my 2 cents, hope it helps some....
Many thanks Margaret; you always provide good answers.
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John Pollard
First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
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