Rogue_Zero
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why would anyone downgrade to Vista? I think Vista is just Beta version of Windows 7 to make money
Windows Vista: Choosing the right one for you
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Tmagic650
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drjulian,
make sure you have installed all the Vista updates including Service Pack 1. UAC still comes up once in a while, but I am used to it now. Also, I use Windows Live OneCare in Vista for spyware and virus protection. Make sure you use utilities like Glarysoft's Utilities or CCleaner once in a while. Check for updated Vista drivers for sound and other hardware on your system
make sure you have installed all the Vista updates including Service Pack 1. UAC still comes up once in a while, but I am used to it now. Also, I use Windows Live OneCare in Vista for spyware and virus protection. Make sure you use utilities like Glarysoft's Utilities or CCleaner once in a while. Check for updated Vista drivers for sound and other hardware on your system
Too Late!.........I did it again!
Thanks tmagic,using Glarysoft,CC Cleaner,Comodo Firewall,Boclean(Comodo),Threatfire A/V. Best program I've found lately is Auslogics Disk Defrag,really fast,free. Updates OK,but I keep bunging things up myself.The other problems I posted were nuisances (that nobody answers!) now I've lost my sound. Oh well,maybe if I post elsewhere,I'll get answer. Thanks again....Don
Thanks tmagic,using Glarysoft,CC Cleaner,Comodo Firewall,Boclean(Comodo),Threatfire A/V. Best program I've found lately is Auslogics Disk Defrag,really fast,free. Updates OK,but I keep bunging things up myself.The other problems I posted were nuisances (that nobody answers!) now I've lost my sound. Oh well,maybe if I post elsewhere,I'll get answer. Thanks again....Don
rikkigrysko
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instead of vista i use windows 95
spkenny
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I do computer repair and have had several customers very unsatisfied with vista. I think I've wiped vista and installed xp on at least 30 machines these customers bought from best buy, wal-mart, etc. Seeing vista and using it myself as a test run, seems the only thing it really has going for it is the cool looks. But in the process I've found Brickopack Vista, which will make over your xp with a vista type look. Not only is it free, but it has satisfied hundreds of my customers since all they really wanted was the cool look of vista in the first place
pyromaster114
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I just hate vista's bloated theme...takes up too many resources... shut it off on all of mine... put my old custom XP theme back on.spkenny said:
ThaMaestro
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Vista doesnt do it for me. Slow as sh1t, takes up to 1 - 1,5 GB after start-up .... and kills my laptop and instance 
Tmagic650
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ThaMaestro,
it would be nice if you people that dis Vista would bother to do a little research before you try to go to Vista. I realize that some laptop manufacturers jumped to putting Vista on their laptops without making sure the hardware was good enough to run Vista, and this is not your fault. Vista SP1 has been released. Vista hardware drivers are much better now. Take a look at my specs. Vista runs very fast and stable on my system. The multitasking is great! Game playing is wonderful!
it would be nice if you people that dis Vista would bother to do a little research before you try to go to Vista. I realize that some laptop manufacturers jumped to putting Vista on their laptops without making sure the hardware was good enough to run Vista, and this is not your fault. Vista SP1 has been released. Vista hardware drivers are much better now. Take a look at my specs. Vista runs very fast and stable on my system. The multitasking is great! Game playing is wonderful!
ThaMaestro
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Tmagic650 said:
You're right, i guess, but one might assume that when you buy a new laptop (or pc), which has an OS pre-installed by one of the biggest companies in the world, things should work proper. Ofcourse we all kow MS, and thus know that this isnt the case with (most of) their products. So yes, a little bit research in advance might be good. Then again, it took my 3 weeks to find out which laptop i could/wanted to buy for my budget. As a student, you cant take more time then that to sort out things. You need to make decisions, and you cant find out everything in advance; some things need to be experienced (which however, in this case, isnt the best thing for me).
Because, what if i were to scream n shout on this forum that Vista isnt any good (based on what ive read), while i didnt even used it in reality?
I see your point of view, and agree to it on some way. But you must understand that for me, its quite a big bug that my Laptop (which has quite good specs, for a cheap 700 euro's, which is very cheap here) doesnt work stable and proper/fast. All that, while I only used it for 2 or 3 months (AND, in the meanwhile, already needed to re-install my complete laptop, i.e. format C:\ and re-install everyting new again, simply because IE7 was having very strange errors ...).
For example, when i bought my laptop, booted it for the first ime, it used, after it was completely booted, more then 1 GB RAM. That's freaking awfully much. Ofcourse, there are some builtin programmes, which can be removed from the startup procedure ... but still, its too much!
I really like to know which programmes i can turn off, if I put my laptop back to factory defaults (which i will probably do, since the problem im having now really troubles me (see my post in the Security and the Web subforum)
ThaMaestro
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tipstir said:
No, my laptop (HP Compaq 6820s (vendorcode GR713EA#ABH) standard has 2 GB RAM; i upgraded it to 3 GB RAM when i bought the laptop.
And yes, the very first time I booted the laptop, it used ~1 GB RAM. Of course, as i said in my previous post, there are some programmes running which arent windows built-in; some HP programmes etc.... But still, those progs together will never manage to be more than 500 MB i think.
tipstir
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Tmagic650 said:
Oh then your desktop is running Vista well.. I thought you were saying your laptop, but you don't own one. Vista will have a short life in service by 2010. For now it's the only one that loads everything I have on my HP laptop plus it looks nice on Ultra Bright screens. XP huge jump over 2000 as NT, 98, 95, 3.1 DOS/EGA/CGA was..
Still some users have problems with Vista...
In China,these vista copy cheaper than other countries.
syllovesyou
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I think dual booting is the way to go right now.
conradodav
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Vista
i think bussines is the best
i think bussines is the best
I'm getting ready to build my new system tonight and have been going back and forth about whether to stick with XP or go to Vista. I assume most of Vista's driver issues would have been corrected by now (I'm not running anything unusual anyway), and my new hardware is more than capable of handling it.
The thing is, I already have a copy of XP and don't feel like I'm missing anything with it. I prefer a lean software environment and would rather not have all the 3D bells and whistles. I'm going to do a dual-boot with Ubuntu and hope to have it become my primary OS, so I don't see a reason to give more money to MS when XP works fine and will, last I read, be supported until 2014. By then, hopefully Ubuntu or another Linux distro will be my only OS.
I'm not happy about Vista's EULA tying each copy to a specific motherboard. I understand they're not currently enforcing it, but the potential exists. Yet another reason to make XP my last MS OS.
The thing is, I already have a copy of XP and don't feel like I'm missing anything with it. I prefer a lean software environment and would rather not have all the 3D bells and whistles. I'm going to do a dual-boot with Ubuntu and hope to have it become my primary OS, so I don't see a reason to give more money to MS when XP works fine and will, last I read, be supported until 2014. By then, hopefully Ubuntu or another Linux distro will be my only OS.
I'm not happy about Vista's EULA tying each copy to a specific motherboard. I understand they're not currently enforcing it, but the potential exists. Yet another reason to make XP my last MS OS.
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