What don't you like about vista?

[MinisterofDOOM]

There are only three things I don't like about Vista:

The priceThe fact that my computer is too crappy to run it wellAnd the fact that it's not a solution for instantaneous intergalactic transport

Aside from that, I like it.

[Red coupe]

There are only three things I don't like about Vista:

And the fact that it's not a solution for instantaneous intergalactic transport

Aside from that, I like it.

Actually there is an option in the control panel...

I think I am gonna try linux on my vista laptop... Noob240 and others any tips/recommended reading/words of wisdom/asian p0rn/links to software?

Edit: lol, was it ment to be? My appartment has terrible internet that I have never seen download speeds of greater then 114kb/s on.... Right now I am downloading ubuntu at up to 1219kb/s...
Modified by Red coupe at 2:51 AM 5/19/2008

[n00b240]

Actually there is an option in the control panel...

I think I am gonna try linux on my vista laptop... Noob240 and others any tips/recommended reading/words of wisdom/asian p0rn/links to software?

Edit: lol, was it ment to be? My appartment has terrible internet that I have never seen download speeds of greater then 114kb/s on.... Right now I am downloading ubuntu at up to 1219kb/s...

Hmm, I saw mika tan this morning. Good stuff. Ive got a main link I use. Um. Yeah tips for multiboot.

Ubuntu is pretty straightforward. The newest one is fairly good. Be sure to check out http://www.ubuntuforums.org. Register there, or just lurk around. Also to get all the cool effects, you will want to get the compiz manager.

Im just studying right now. Also Im a big fan of the vista bootloader. EasyBCD makes it easy to set up your loader real nice so you can choose between ubuntu and vista. It is definitely better to run with ubuntu and maybe later osx.

I learned alot of ubuntu through the ubuntuforums. Check out peoples desktop screenshots. Let me know, and good luck. Feel free to ask anytime

[BippuBoss]

Vista is the retarded brother of the mac OS. People that have PC's are running XP. They refuse to get a new computer and just upgrade what they have, it's cheaper and you won't have the problems that vista comes with.

[Red coupe]

Vista is the retarded brother of the mac OS. People that have PC's are running XP. They refuse to get a new computer and just upgrade what they have, it's cheaper and you won't have the problems that vista comes with.

You sound like the retarded bother of an XP fanboy...Again, can you list specific problems that you personally have had? Or are you just repeating what you have read? So far there hasn't been a single legitimate complaint in this thread...

I got linux running fine, other then having low resolution and no drivers for my printer and not recognizing my sound card

Its not bad, but I cant see wanting to use it instead of windows. I don't have any problems with windows, and the small ones I come across I can fix reasonably easy. I haven't had problems with viruses and what not since I was a kid and click on what ever free p0rn link I could find... Linux does offer a ton of customization, but wall paper is enough for me and I don't really even like bothering with themes... I'm gonna play with it more but I have a feeling it will just get ignored in favor of windows.

I would have no problems switching to vista as my sole OS though...

[n00b240]

Congrats on getting linux running fine. Try searching those ubuntuforums to see if there are any specific fixes you can do for your sound card.

I have no complaints about vista, in fact, Im no longer a fan of XP. If I had to include it in order of preference, it would be Vista, Leopard, Ubuntu, XP. With Vista only barely edging out Leopard.

Because Im so used to using vista I like it alot. But the leopard, moving around, doing things/ installing things, is literally "so easy a caveman could do it"

Ubuntu is nice, because, once you mess with it, "it just works"

XP, im no longer a fan of, cause things always get broken. And always need fixing

Vista, just works, everything works. Ive got the 64bit, no problems whatsoever. So much easier to use than XP ever was. And if something goes wrong, after a quick google, problem is solved and will never be a problem...ever

[Red coupe]

I got the resolution fixed just now, that was a big complaints and a fairly easy fix...though I am not a big fan of the random "type this in" fixed....Its like, what the hell did I just do?

I found one for sound, will try it out tonight...and searched a bit about printer and most fixes wont let me use it as a scanner

Nothing to do with OSs at all but my network connection just went from being under 1000kb/s to this I dunno if its just that no one is using it, but they were supposed to have fixed something that was causing traffic on the school network (I am on the school network too) so I am just praying this is how it is from now on...

[p455w0rd]

I've only had one problem with Vista. It would just use up hard drive space after i booted it up. At one point it took up 5 GB in an hour just sitting there so i just formatted and went back to XP. Now im runnin Ubuntu after getting tired of not being able to customize XP and i have to say Compiz is one of the most awsome things ive seen in a while. Gotta love the water effect

[Red coupe]

I've only had one problem with Vista. It would just use up hard drive space after i booted it up. At one point it took up 5 GB in an hour just sitting there so i just formatted and went back to XP. Now im runnin Ubuntu after getting tired of not being able to customize XP and i have to say Compiz is one of the most awsome things ive seen in a while. Gotta love the water effect

uhhh what was it taking up the disk space with? Thats definitely something you did with it...

[brizanden]

^ i agree with this man 100% if your machine is capable vista is 100 times better then xp. More features as mentioned and any annoying things can simple be changed. I dont know why someone was complaing about 360 problems with vista my computer trys to connect to my roomates on a daily basis and im always saying ignore.

[mmm240]

I just tried to scan with my dell printer to no avail. vista tells me how to do so, but it won't recognize my printer properly. It actually tells me how to get to the "all in one center" but vista apparently didn't download that driver when I installed it. So I cannot scan. there is no all in one center. There was when the printer was hooked up to my XP computer though.

Maybe I don't know how to use vista properly, but XP was idiot proof. I never had a problem figuring out how to do simple tasks

[Red coupe]

Have you downloaded the most recent vista drivers from dells webpage?

[mmm240]

No, I know nothing of that. I just went to the dell website and had no idea how to find the latest drivers.XP has always done that for me.It just seems like I need a degree to take advantage of vista

[Red coupe]

No, I know nothing of that. I just went to the dell website and had no idea how to find the latest drivers.XP has always done that for me.It just seems like I need a degree to take advantage of vista

Does the case of the printer have a name/model number on it?

Go here http://support.dell.com/suppor...cs=19"Select model" then follow through the menu. It should have an .exe file that you will need to download and run.

How did you install the printer in the first place? The disk didn't work? I have never had a printer just work after hooking it up to XP (though vista did automatically install it, but I dunno if it just copied the drivers from my desktop since I was using printersharing and adding it as a network printer_

[mmm240]

Does the case of the printer have a name/model number on it?

Go here http://support.dell.com/suppor...cs=19"Select model" then follow through the menu. It should have an .exe file that you will need to download and run.

How did you install the printer in the first place? The disk didn't work? I have never had a printer just work after hooking it up to XP (though vista did automatically install it, but I dunno if it just copied the drivers from my desktop since I was using printersharing and adding it as a network printer_

When I hooked it up to vista it recognized it and downloaded some updates. The 'all in one center' where you choose functions isn't on the cpu though. There is a scan button on the printer, but that doesn't work. Thanks for the link, I'll check it out.

[p455w0rd]

uhhh what was it taking up the disk space with? Thats definitely something you did with it...

I didnt have it doing anything, it was just sitting there using hard drive space. It took up a total of 60 GB before i got tired of watching all my space disappear for no reason. Not saying i hate Vista, that was just an annoying problem i didnt want to mess with at the time. Eventually I will probably reinstall it and see if it happens again. Chances are it wont.

[Red coupe]

I didnt have it doing anything, it was just sitting there using hard drive space. It took up a total of 60 GB before i got tired of watching all my space disappear for no reason. Not saying i hate Vista, that was just an annoying problem i didnt want to mess with at the time. Eventually I will probably reinstall it and see if it happens again. Chances are it wont.

What was the disk space being filled with?

[p455w0rd]

What was the disk space being filled with?

I have no idea and i couldnt find anything, not even hidden files.

[Red coupe]

I have no idea and i couldnt find anything, not even hidden files.

That is really strange...

Well, I promise that's not a feature sounds more like a virus or something...though I don't know how you would get a virus from a fresh install

(unless your using a cracked version and some one put something mean in it)

[p455w0rd]

I'm pretty sure it wasn't a cracked version but it was Vista Ultimate 64-bit in case your curious. My brothers running it and hasn't had a problem. Maybe someone just wanted to mess with me and hacked my computer hiding 60 GB of crap in a place they knew i would never find it.

[Beancooker]

I just tried to scan with my dell printer to no avail. vista tells me how to do so, but it won't recognize my printer properly. It actually tells me how to get to the "all in one center" but vista apparently didn't download that driver when I installed it. So I cannot scan. there is no all in one center. There was when the printer was hooked up to my XP computer though.

Maybe I don't know how to use vista properly, but XP was idiot proof. I never had a problem figuring out how to do simple tasks

As long as the scanner has the proper drivers, I found an easy way of scanning.

Start button> All programs> Windows Photo Gallery

Click file> impport from camera or scanner> select your device> click import> click scan (or preview)> tag picture> click import.

It will be saved in your "My Pictures" folder. It sounds like a lot of steps, but it's really just a click through.

[PoorManQ45]

Honestly, Vista is fine.

It has its early teething problems just like XP had. The only real problems I see are some compatability issues with certain computer configurations and certain external hardware parts such as modems and routers, USB addon devices, printers, etc...

[positron1]

I got a stack of computer games yay high and I buy a new computer with Vista and can't play half of them...that's the only thing, so far, that I don't like about Vista. My Sim was just starting to make the big bucks when my old computer conked out on me!!!