MSN problematic

>I would like to upgrade to vista beta 2 but have heard that you cannot use
> Msn Premium in Vista?! Is this going to be a permanent thing as i pay my
> £6.99 a month, but what good will that be if I cannot get into Premium?
>
> Also I have a lot saved in my MSN browser, favourites, links etc.... and
> would like to keep all.... any advice and help would be GREATLY
> appreciated

> However this should not be a problem because you should not be
> using Vista on a primary home computer anyway.

> Colin Barnhorst wrote:
>

>> However this should not be a problem because you should not be
>> using Vista on a primary home computer anyway.

>
> On the other hand, when you've run it for a few weeks and nothing
> drastic has gone wrong, and you're impressed with the look and feel
> of the vista system, everyday things like news clients, browsers and
> email tend to move to the new system!
>
> --
> Chris Game
>
> "Ignorance is Strength" - George Orwell, 1984.

> Colin Barnhorst wrote:

>> Why? If you've got a perfectly well functioning primary computer
>> whatever you move to Vista is just more testing anyway.
>>

>
>
> I'm sure there's a version of Murphy's Law that applies here somewhere. I
> had absolutely no problems with Vista at all until I decided to make it my
> primary O/S. Then I lost my partition tables, lost networking, and now
> every time I close down Firefox with the option of clearing out the cache
> the machine decides to reboot and corrupts the cache instead.
>
> It is officially beta and when that comes from Microsoft you can bet the
> farm it means the software is unpredictable at best. Even when it is
> officially released as a saleable product you might be well advised to
> consider it beta until at least the first service pack.

> Why? If you've got a perfectly well functioning primary computer whatever
> you move to Vista is just more testing anyway.
>

> Beta is a much misused word. Windows always will be moving along a
> continuum of development and improvement. RTM is just a milestone in its
> progress.
>
> "Bernie" <bernie@nospam.org> wrote in message
> news:OfV8j%23LwGHA.3372@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> > Colin Barnhorst wrote:

> >> Why? If you've got a perfectly well functioning primary computer
> >> whatever you move to Vista is just more testing anyway.
> >>

> >
> >
> > I'm sure there's a version of Murphy's Law that applies here somewhere. I
> > had absolutely no problems with Vista at all until I decided to make it my
> > primary O/S. Then I lost my partition tables, lost networking, and now
> > every time I close down Firefox with the option of clearing out the cache
> > the machine decides to reboot and corrupts the cache instead.
> >
> > It is officially beta and when that comes from Microsoft you can bet the
> > farm it means the software is unpredictable at best. Even when it is
> > officially released as a saleable product you might be well advised to
> > consider it beta until at least the first service pack.

>
>
>

> Beta is a much misused word. Windows always will be moving along
> a continuum of development and improvement. RTM is just a
> milestone in its progress.

> Ron Rector wrote:

>> Sorry to shout but sometimes you have to..
>>
>> DO NOT INSTALL VISTA BETA ON ANY PRIMARY PRODUCTION MACHINE AS
>> DATA LOSS AND PROGRAM/HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY MAY BECOME AN
>> ISSUE...ITS IS BETA...NOT A FINISHED PRODUCT....
>>

>
> And your point is...