Backup Software Does Not Work Properly, Burning DVD-ROMs
Mar 23, 2008
Paid a lot for hardware (plenty of disk space and memory) and Windows Vista Ultimate but got very bad experience:
(1) Backup software does not work properly. Always failed with error after burning many DVD-ROMs.
(2) Whenever there is a problem, Vista tries to find solution online, but 10 out of 10 times it found no solution (The function is completely useless but make user more frustrated).
(3) It lags when playing online game (WoW) and have to log out every 5 to 10 minutes. Tried the performance tools to boost the Experience Index Base Score but nothing change. No recommendation or improvement..............................
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Feb 16, 2009
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o Universal Serial Bus controllers: Sony Ericsson Device 115
o Modems: Sony Ericsson Device 115 USB WMC Data Modem
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o Ports (COM & LPT): Sony Ericsson Device 115 USB WMC OBEX Interface (COM6)
o Ports (COM & LPT): Sony Ericsson Device 115 USB WMC Device Management (COM7)
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