Does Any Hate Microsoft Vista as Much as Me?

It's not just that it is super slow, that many of my applications don't work so I have to keep my old PC going, or that what used to be 2 clicks is now many clicks, blah blah blah. No it's Vistas disappearing tricks, my Control Panel which won't open, and applications that have their icons which appear in the the little panel next to the clock have their icons disappear even though the app is still working.

I often see people moaning about Vista but do they really hate it like I do?

Vista : I can see in Color!

After a year or so I can see natural colors on my Vista PC, there has been an upgrade of the driver!

Pity I can't load the Control Panel though. Hmm must read the FAQ on fixing problems with Control Panel, ah here it is "First Open the Control Panel"

Setting up ODBC DSN when Control Panel doesn't work on Vista

Since one of the automatic Vista upgrades my Control Panel will only open briefly then shuts down ; thanks very much Microsoft.

Fortunately you can access the components of the control panel directly if you know their names.

c:\windows\system32\Odbcad32.exe

Will allow you set up a DSN. Found this out by trial and error.