So you finally get your Microsoft Partner Program's Windows Vista Business Edition disc in the mail the same day as its official release. You notice that instead of the three (3) licenses you got last year for Microsoft Windows XP Professional, this time you only got one! This means Microsoft must think the other two computers need to keep running Windows Office XP?
Aghh forget it, your so happy you can have at least one PC running Windows Vista, nothing else matters. So far so good. You put in the Windows Vista disc to do an upgrade because like me, you don't want to do major computer surgery like the Apple commercials claim!
So far so good. Your thinking, all this stuff I am hearing about how Windows Vista Sucks is all hype from Linux guys and Apple whimps. The disc is running, your hear the hard drive spinning. You see the message, no compatability problems detected to do a Windows Vista Upgrade. You begin the install.
You notice that the install takes about 4 hours and it is keeping you from working on your personal injury cases and other civil litigation matters. You figure, ok, so I lose $1,200.00 in billable hours, but I get Bill Gates' blessing with the New Vista from Windows in my PC.
You see the PC is restarting. But wait! Oh no. There is an error message. Windows has detected a corrupted file and other incompatability problems preventing Windows Vista Upgrade. But didn't it already run a scan and say there were no compatability problems? This would probably piss you off enough to write a blog. Wouldn't it?
In all events, you just waited about an hour for your Dell Pentium D dual core processor to rollback. You notice you can't receive faxes on your Brother PC fax anymore and are losing valuable information from clients and insurance adjustors. What the Hell?
So you call Windows and speak to Pallavi in India. A nice girl and she speaks o.k. English. Of course this is after getting transferred several times by some Indian dude who does not speak very good English who keeps sending you back to the same switchboard. TEMPERATURES RISING!
So Pallavi calms you down and says she "understands" (now you feel like your in line at the DMV being patronized by a lazy government worker) needs you to go to go online the Windows Vista Upgrade advisor. Of course that does not work either, so after wasting about an hour on the phone to India, she says she'll have to get back with you later.
Later on that night, you see the Upgrade advisor works and you run it. It too says no compatability problems with Microsoft Windows Vista Upgrade. So you try and install it again . . . and Guess what, this time you get the blue screen of death!! Now you are bona fide pissed off!
You speak with Pallavi at Microsoft India the next day and she does an online microsoft support center program and takes control of your PC. She says you need to stay on the phone with her. So after about six (6) hours, you say, "hey I have a job and need to work and I am losing money" Her response is "Don't worry Microsoft is not charging you" You are like, "are you joking?" "Microsoft should be paying me. They obviously released the Vista Program way too early!" She laughs. She removes a few programs and has you restart. When it restarts, you can't do a live session again, so you need to rollback again, which takes about 40 minutes.
Finally, you have to go and you agree to work with Microsoft support tomorrow. Another wasted day with Microsoft Support Center. $4,800.00 in lost billable hours. You can't sleep, thinking about all the calls and faxes you missed!!
You get a call at like 7:00 a.m. - exhausted - the next day from Pallavi at Microsoft Support in India and repeat the same exact process. Finaly, she trys to blame your computer and says we need to run a virus scan. No viruses detected. A few registry problems were detected. She says that was probably it but she needs to go. So you try running the install again. Same problem. Windows has detected compatability problems . . . again. But I thought it was those registry problems on my Dell? Guess not?
You lost another day of work. You are completely livid! You lost thousands of dollars in time and now your fax doesn't even work.
So the next day, you do it all over again. This time you speak with a guy at Microsoft support. He also does a live session and looks at all your PANTHER files. He said Vista Upgrade will work NOW!!
So you run Windows Vista upgrade again, only to discover . . . Yes you guessed it . . . Windows Vista sucks. Now the guy in India says you really need to do a fresh install. You are like, is Bill Gates gonna pay? The guy in India laughs. Conclusion Windows Vista sucks!!
