Since I'm not in Windows support, and the only Windows machines I'm responsible for are either due to be phased out or for testing purposes only, I haven't paid a whole lot of attention. But as I recall there are two different classes of problems: 1. Upgraded machines no longer working properly because some device no longer has a working driver included. Maybe that driver can be downloaded, or maybe the device needs to be replaced. In one case the "device" was the motherboard. 2. New or upgraded machines not talking properly to other machines on the network, using Microsoft's own file-sharing protocols, whether the other machines are running XP, OS X, or Linux.
And in the interest of fairness, I'll mention that I recently upgraded my laptop from Ubuntu Dapper (6.06) to Ubuntu Feisty (7.04), and had two problems: the text-console login was strangely broken until I fixed it, and my wireless card no longer worked with my old settings. I was able to dig in and fix both (something much easier in Linux than Windows), but I admit that most people would not be able to do that as easily.
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Re: OS upgrading is a bad idea.
Date: 2007-06-04 10:15 pm (UTC)1. Upgraded machines no longer working properly because some device no longer has a working driver included. Maybe that driver can be downloaded, or maybe the device needs to be replaced. In one case the "device" was the motherboard.
2. New or upgraded machines not talking properly to other machines on the network, using Microsoft's own file-sharing protocols, whether the other machines are running XP, OS X, or Linux.
And in the interest of fairness, I'll mention that I recently upgraded my laptop from Ubuntu Dapper (6.06) to Ubuntu Feisty (7.04), and had two problems: the text-console login was strangely broken until I fixed it, and my wireless card no longer worked with my old settings. I was able to dig in and fix both (something much easier in Linux than Windows), but I admit that most people would not be able to do that as easily.