Windows Vista Update

WINDOWS VISTA 64 ERRORS AND DYSFUNCTIONAL ACTIVITIES

by MARTHA
(CALIFORNIA)

I HAVE VISTA 64 AND MY COMPUTER CRASHES, WINDOWS EXPLORER CLOSES ARBITRARILY, WORD STOPS WORKING AND CLOSES WITHOUT SAVING WHAT I AM WORKING ON, EVEN IF I HAVE HIT SAVE DURING THE PROCESS BUT HAVE NOT FINALIZED THE DOCUMENT WHILE CUTTING AND PASTING FROM OTHER DOCUMENTS, CLOSES DOWN OUTLOOK WHILE I AM COMPOSING MESSAGES, AND OCCASIONALLY FREEZES TO THE POINT THAT THE TASK MANAGER WON'T WORK,AND THE ON/OFF BUTTON WON'T WORK REQUIRING THAT I UNPLUG THE BEAST.

I HAVE BEEN RUNNING A PROGRAM THAT LINKS THIS COMPUTER WITH 4 OTHERS, SYNCING CHANGES IN THE SPECIFIED FOLDERS CONSTANTLY OVER THE WEB, CALLED SUGARSYNC, WHICH IS A PRETTY COOL PROGRAM.

I CONTACTED THE SUPPORT PEOPLE THERE AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WILL NOT RUN ON VISTA 64.

NOW, I AM TRYING TO TURN OFF SUGARSYNC WHILE I AM USING THE MACHINE AND TURN IT ON TO SYNC AT NIGHT AND IT IS DEFINITELY BETTER, BUT STILL CLOSING DOWN APPROXIMATELY 5 TIMES A DAY.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS. WHO CAME UP WITH AN O/S THAT IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH MANY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE WANT TO USE IN ORDER TO MAKE THE OPTIMAL USE OF THESE COMPUTERS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

I DON'T EXPECT ANSWER. I HAVE PAID 4 "EXPERTS" TO FIX THIS THING, AND THE ONLY THING THEY COULD AGREE ON IS THAT VISTA 64 IS USELESS AND THAT I SHOULD BUY ANOTHER COMPUTER WITH VISTA 32.

THEY ALSO AGREE THAT WINDOWS 7 IS POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE AN EQUAL DISASTER AND NOT TO TRY THAT FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS TO A YEAR. IS EACH NEW "IMPROVEMENT" GOING TO BE WORSE AND WORSE?