[akhare]

cardsharp, on Nov 22 2008, 06:12 AM, said:

jkljkl, on Nov 22 2008, 10:13 AM, said:

[The truth is that you get at the same time to see the lin fies in
C:\Program Files\Bridge Base Online\hands\
and!
c:\Users\stefan\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Bridge Base Online\hands\
as if they are in one.

Now if you want to open a lin file for instance with the double dummy solver you have to guess where the files are and face the fact the AppData folder is a hidden folder that you will not see. And so on.

No I am not happy with Vista,

I'm rarely the first to defend Microsoft but I think what they have done here is sensible and it should really be regarded as a minor issue/bug/feature with the BBO Windows client.

Also, applications weren't really supposed to write per-user configuration information to the "Program Files" anyway. This was poorly documented and wasn't enforced until Vista.

On Vista, writes to the directory now require Admin privileges. Since most programs execute with limited privileges by default (which is a very good thing BTW), the VirtualStore allows non-conforming legacy applications to work transparently.

[keylime]

Vista is a resource hog, and there's still some lingering compatibility issues with hardware and software.

The User Account Control on the surface makes sense, but it is very hard to administer and we often have the users disable it.

Service Pack 1 makes it ok, but XP runs this Dell laptop (Latitude D630) much, much better.