Vista wierdness...

[alexpgp]

A PowerPoint file on an external drive that checks out clean as a whistle, and which opens without complaint on webster, my XT machine, will not allow itself to be copied from said drive onto hammer, my new machine that runs, unavoidably, Vista. Nor will Vista allow the copy operation to be terminated without leaving something(s) undone, nor will Vista thereupon allow the task manager to be run, nor will the keyboard respond after attempting to run the task manager.

Isn't it grand that Vista machines come with a physical switch that will shut down the operating system by cutting power to the hardware? I'm finding this switch to be an indispensable part of the Vista experience.

Cheers...