Bye bye Vista!

[Aηdy]

For whatever reason, I installed Vista on my desktop again.. 6 weeks later it's fucked. Very slow.. programs not working.. can't create new folders or anything.

Back to XP I go :)

[Requin]

I've just got a new computer with vista on it. It seems fine.
What's the spec on your computer?
It could be that.

[OMGitsDAVE]

I have one laptop with Vista, and i must say i do not prefer it from this computer. This computer has XP Home Edition, and it is a LOT easier, and well, it's more my kind of thing.

[Aηdy]

I've just got a new computer with vista on it. It seems fine.
What's the spec on your computer?
It could be that.

Intel C2D E8400 3.00GHz 6mb cache
Corsair 2gb 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Ram
MSI Neo-Platinum P5 Motherboard
XFX nVidia 8800GT 512mb Factory overclocked
Total of 1TB HDD Space.

It's not my computer.. XP runs fine.

[Falk 'Ace' Flyer]

What version of Vista are you running?

[Aηdy]

Ultimate, SP1.

[Requin]

Strange...maybe your pc isn't compatable with Vista?
Just thinking outloud.

EDIT: Ah...my Vista is home premium, the basic one, maybe your vista version is too powerful? Just thinking outloud again.

[Aηdy]

It was fine when I first installed it, after a couple of weeks it slows down and fucks up.

I hate how much ram it uses too. On a fresh intall XP uses around 100mb. On Vista it uses about 800-900mb.

[Requin]

That doesn't sound good. If mine does that in a few weeks i'll tell you...i've only had it for about a week.

[Aηdy]

Our Compaq computer downstairs that came with Vista wont run it at all now, only XP will work on it.

[Requin]

I've got a Dell. There a better make aren't they?

[Falk 'Ace' Flyer]

If you're using Ultimate, 2 gb of RAM won't cut it. That's the minimum requirement, and it's barely recommended for Vista basic/premium. Therefore, I'd say it's yoru system.

Also, HP tends to make better units, because of the parts they use. But it's all about opinion.

[Requin]

True and that would explain his problem.

[The Batman]

I've had Vista home basic and Vista Home premium on my computer and both of them have worked fine. Maybe your computer hates Vista.

[Requin]

Or maybe it's throwing a strop?

[The Batman]

Another thing is Vista does have a bunch of background software running and a lot of it is useless you should download http://www.yamicsoft.com/vistamanager/ this or buy it and it'll let you customize it and get rid of useless shit.

[Requin]

I didn't know that, what useless shit?

[Mzor203]

It's the weirdest thing, some people have no problems with vista, some people have a ton. My step dad is a computer programmer, so he had to buy a PC with Vista just to have it for compatability things, and I must say it is the worst computer I have ever seen. It wasn't one of the cheaper ones either. One time it completely deleted a couple important drivers and we couldn't get them back on, so we had to re-install vista which took hours for whatever reason. And now it suddenly just started running slower than molasses.

My whole family hates Vista with a passion.

[Aηdy]

I didn't come here for some of your 'I know it all comments'. I posted this just as a small vent. I don't need any of you telling me my computer isn't good enough.

[Aηdy]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a102/muckingfuppet/newinstall.jpg

Much better :)

[Jesse]

Fine then. Here I go telling you that your computer is plenty good enough to run Vista.

1. Do you have a good, strong, security suite? I know there are several viruses floating around that target Vista specifically, and bog it down.
2. Do you have a lot of start up programs? If so, it might not even be Vista at all, but the amount of programs that are trying to run at once.
3. Have you tried turning off some visiual styles? Windows Aero uses an insane amount of RAM.
4. Another thing that uses quite a bit of RAM is UAC (User Account Control). Have you tried disabling that?

Really, Vista should be able to run on your computer. Hell, I had it running on an old P3, 1gb of ram rig. And it ran fine. (Vista Ultimate that is)

Hope this helps you. (If you havn't already re-installed XP :P )

Edit: Aww damn. You have re-installed XP :(

[Sugaree]

Windows XP has always been great for me. I don't think ever going to change it. If I get a laptop I might go to Vista just for a while to see how it is. But, for the most part I'm staying with XP.

[Maverick]

I didn't come here for some of your 'I know it all comments'. I posted this just as a small vent. I don't need any of you telling me my computer isn't good enough.We all know your comp sucks though. You and I both know macs pwn. :P:P:P

[Aηdy]

We all know your comp sucks though. You and I both know macs pwn. :P:P:P


Fuck sake you got me there :(

[The Batman]

Fuck Macs Linux pwns them all.

[Aηdy]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a102/muckingfuppet/e1669bd5.jpg

I'm getting there now lol.. most major programs installed.. restored all the files I need.. customised a few things and settings :)

[Blahages]

Vista 32-Bit is a POS.

Vista x64 isn't half bad.

I couldn't go 2 seconds without the 32-Bit version killing itself, or anything else it touched. The 64-Bit version has run very nicely, for the most part.

RAM isn't an issue for me, as I have 8GB in this machine.

I'm using about 3.7GB of RAM Right now, but that's because I'm running two Virtual Machines, in VirtualBox, 1 XP MCE, 1 Server 2003, besides the several other applications I'm running.

EDIT: Jesse, how does UAC use a lot of RAM? That makes absolutely no sense.

And, I would not recommend disabling it. It's there for your protection, even if you know what you're doing. Things happen, and having it there preventing things from running that shouldn't be is a good thing.

I've heard of a few things that have happened that have massively screwed up systems after someone has turned UAC off. One of which is compatibility issues with AIM and disabling UAC. You install AIM with UAC off, and it can corrupt a lot of system permissions, and give you a LOt of issues.

I had to help someone on another forum through that problem a few weeks ago. Besides that, there's less chance of random unwanted things executing with it on.

You can make it less annoying, and tell it not to prompt you on certain applications. But, turning it off is generally a bad idea.

If anyone wants a way to cut some of the garbage out of Vista, they can try vLite. Google it. It lets you remove components that you don't need from the installation media. Same goes with nLite for XP.

[stotty]

I have an Vista Home Premium on a HP laptop with 1gb of ram and it works perfectly fine.
I've had it since Janurary this year

[DaretoFallup]

huh strange i got this laptop with vista and i love it
was unsure at first though.

[Aηdy]

I ran Vista on my laptop. It came with XP but was "Vista Premium Ready". I upgraded it to 2gb ram. It was fine at first, then after a while it bogged down and just became unuseable.

It's been running XP for months without a problem now.

[DaretoFallup]

hmm, that is interesting

[LoneWanderer]

Leopard OS X is the way forward:D

[Aηdy]

At the moment I don't like any OS.