Do Not get Vista for Microsoft

Post by Ry » Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:38 am

Vista BLOWS

I cannot use Firefox on it it at all and it asked you too many cancle or allow junk wont let me rename files its just Terrible. I dont have it I am in the US this is not my CPU I can't get anything to work everything is incompatable.

Post by Ry » Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:17 am

Post by Ry » Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:26 am

http://www.bitsofnews.com/content/view/5890/

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41115

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19747743/

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/15/1641254

http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/05/30/ ... ity.vs.xp/

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=405

can anyone tell how pissed I am about Vista?

Post by Ry » Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:34 am

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,13025 ... ticle.html

http://reseller.co.nz/reseller.nsf/news ... B900762FF7

http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/entdev ... hp/3669701

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD= ... =461&rfi=9

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/ ... source=rss

http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/fo ... ead=100489

Post by **Xed** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:21 am

yea i had problems with vista too..many applications i couldnt run with it and also it has a problem running in 64bit mode for me ! alll flash look but no long term stability ! back to XP now!

Post by **Xed** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:22 am

infact every person i know that has had vista has gone back 2 XP!

Post by **ledskof** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:45 am

I use kubuntu linux.

I used to use gentoo linux but finally got sick of recompiling all the time. I'll probably go back to it at some point.

Post by **Ian** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:19 am

:scratches head:

Hmmm. So anyone else still using Windows 95?

No? Just me?

Oh, yeah. That was just a joke, anyway.

Post by **Omega Pi** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:34 pm

I have vista on this lab top. I have firefox working fine, but many other programs don't work or don't work well (like PG guardian). The user account control is the dumbest idea ever made. That commercial with mac vs. pc does not exaggerate. It asks you if you want to open the program and then asks you again if you want continue? Like I wasn't sure the first time... Least you can turn that off through control panel>User accounts and family safety>user accounts>turn user account control on or off. But I'm going to stick with vista for now even though I can change to xp anytime.

Post by **nesNYC** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 2:49 pm

I have Vista Ultimate on my new HP media center PC. It works fine. However, it did take a lot of getting used to. For those of us familiar with XP and try the same tweaks and methods used there, you're going to run into problems.

I have had to to about 3 clean installs to successfully effect my tweaks and configure it the way I want it to work. It was all a learning process.

A tip to new users, do not disable UAC and DO install programs under YOUR login, not 'Run as Administrator.' Installing programs as Administrator elevates the program privileges and requires permission to run under any circumstances. If a program is installed under your login, it won't require the dreaded pop-up prompt and work smoothly.

I also advise you NOT install any program not designed for Vista as certain parts of a program might require XP compatibility and have UAC conflicts (what everybody is complaining about).

At the end of the day, it's just another OS that needs one to get used to. Worries about DRM and all other concerns, IMO, are overblown. You can get Vista go work effectively, well, if you're a power user. I think this round of the OS might be a bit too complicated for the average user and M$ might iron out the kinks in the successive versions, hopefully.

DP-OP wrote:I have vista on this lab top. I have firefox working fine, but many other programs don't work or don't work well (like PG guardian). The user account control is the dumbest idea ever made. That commercial with mac vs. pc does not exaggerate. It asks you if you want to open the program and then asks you again if you want continue? Like I wasn't sure the first time... Least you can turn that off through control panel>User accounts and family safety>user accounts>turn user account control on or off. But I'm going to stick with vista for now even though I can change to xp anytime.