Vista Installation freeze up issue a major problem for Microsoft..

> The CAT wrote:

>> If you google around, you'll see this issue is very widespread. I don't
>> understand why Microsoft has not provided the solution to this issue yet
>> as
>> it is costing them licenses.
>>
>> I did a Vista demo during a board meeting for my Executive staff that was
>> interested in seeing Vista in action. The install froze during the final
>> steps as most users have seen when "finalizing installation" is
>> highlighted.
>> Unfortunately the board members saw it as well and scrapped the whole
>> Vista
>> upgrade plan. Our consultant also told us that he, like many other
>> admins,
>> have suggested companies steer clear from Vista. In a nutshell, I write
>> this
>> to let you know, if you already didn't, that Microsoft is in big trouble
>> on
>> Vista. I do appreciate all the hard work MIcrosoft has made on Vista,
>> though
>> I feel in the end Microsoft will take a bath on Vista and it will be less
>> successful than XP by any measure.......

>
> The rule of thumb in companies I'm familiar with is: Don't install MS
> software in a production environment until SP1. The huge corporation
> where I work is still running Win2000 desktops -- dunno about servers.
>
> Sadly for the rest of us, this attitude means that MS is deprived of
> important feedback from expert IT departments which could actually help
> MS fix critical bugs *earlier*. "Why should I risk my business helping
> MS debug their products? That's what I pay them for!"
>
> So -- I'm willing to help MS fix bugs, but they won't listen to me even
> when I'm right. Just like my wife.