A link to the article:

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/05/15/vistas_long_goodbye_continues/

An excerpt:

Seven weeks ago, when we first reported Vista was causing many machines
to stall indefinitely while deleting, copying and moving files, we were
sure the problem was caused by a bug that would be fixed relatively
quickly. After all, Vista is Microsoft's flagship product. It's also an
operating system. And everyone knows deleting, copying and moving files
are among the most basic tasks any operating system can set out to do.

Now we don't know what to think. Vista's Long Goodbye, as we've come to
call this bizarre phenomenon, continues unabated. No amount of
diagnosing by the untold number of confounded sysadmins sheds any light
on the problem's cause, and Microsoft has yet to acknowledge its full
extent.

Microsoft's inability to fix a defect in such a basic feature has led to
its share of conspiracy theories ... The top contender: The inability to
copy files without stalling isn't a bug at all, but rather the result of
a digital rights management feature designed to protect Hollywood (even
if the rest of us have to cuss our way through four hours deleting a few
gigs worth of crap).

Right you are Mass. I posted a link in another post awhile back about
this whole DRM thing. Losing our digital rights. I figured that it would
have gotten more attention than it did. I guess that people won't gripe
untill all of thier rights are gone. By then it will be too late.
How to fix the problem now?
Go install a fresh new gnu/linx OS.

its tempting ...

I was looking at buying a new laptop, but two things put me off,
firstly, would I be able to get rid of Vista, and secondly should I buy
a Mac?

I solved the issue by completely wiping my current laptop and
reinstalling everything from scratch.

Net ... what is your opinion of Ubuntu? (or whatever it is called)

Oh, I forgot to note that the second posting above is not my words - its
also copied from elsewhere.

Belushi, I used a previous version of Ubuntu about a year ago, and was
completely satisfied with it. The latest version is supposedly much
better. Its very easy to give it a test drive, just download an ISO
from the link below, burn it to a CD, and run it as a live CD. This
will -not- install anything on your computer nor effect your system in
any way (unless you tell it to).

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

Thanks MT ... I might just do that

yeah, ubuntu is kinda cool. Also does this interesting windowing thing
where they shake like jello when you move them. It's really really
cool...for like 2 minutes. Luckily it can be turned off (very
easily...unlike annoying ms features which linger forever).

Unbuntu is a great starter linux os. Pretty user friendly. What makes
that possible is a great .RPM packet selection for easy installation of
progs. Of course the best installs are from source, but if the RPMs are
for your linux distro then there are no problems. Mandrake mandrivia is
also pretty good for begainners.

>> It's really really cool...for like 2 minutes.



So true!

We'll see if the beryl and compiz people do something more pleasing or
useful, down the line.

Yea the jello window is cool. Have you seen the cube desktop? It's neat
also. There are also the 3D window desktop in Linux, where you can even
fold your window like a piece of paper.Cool.

While I work with Solaris Unix Servers, I am also burdened by Microsoft
servers. However, I do like Windows Vista Ultimate and I haven't had
any problems with it. People make it out to be a piece of trash and
that isn't the case. It's the best os Microsoft has released. Okay,
okay, it's stolen. What hasn't Bill stolen?