upgrading to vista

[The Captain]

but the mac commercial says that vista sucks. ( as I post from my iPod )

[Scapegoat]

i love how people diss vista... i doubt many of you that are dissing it, and most people in general that are doing so, haven't lived with the most recent release w/ service pack.

i'm going to live with it and see how it is before making up my mind...

wonder if my xp version of Photoshop CS2 will work... i'd hate to have to buy more crap... maybe I'll get Fireworks.

[lagos]

Originally Posted by The Captain

U do know what you can go into the bios and turn that off.

edit: I'll even tell you how. click on the Windows Vista logo at the bottom left of the screen. Then click on your little avatar picture which opens up user accounts, you should see it there, you get 6 different options the very last one called Turn User Account Control on or off.

Dont turn that off. Its a major security feature that protects you from viruses installing or modifying apps like spyware.

The way vista implemented the feature is actually pretty subtle compared to other OS's. In liunx you have to actually TYPE in your password any time you want to install or change something. Same goes for osx. Thats why those operating systems are considered to be so secure.

[dnasty2g]

Originally Posted by lagos

Dont turn that off. Its a major security feature that protects you from viruses installing or modifying apps like spyware.

The way vista implemented the feature is actually pretty subtle compared to other OS's. In liunx you have to actually TYPE in your password any time you want to install or change something. Same goes for osx. Thats why those operating systems are considered to be so secure.

Yea I dont know too much about computers but my lil brother knows even less. He'll dl/allow anything to run. So I figured just leave it. Better safe then sorry lol.

Thanks for the help though Captain

[ScoobyNubieToo!]

Originally Posted by dnasty2g

Yea I've had Vista since I bought my new pc and haven't had one problem with it yet. My only complaint is that it asks me to approve alot of stuff before it opens. Which im used to now and doesnt really affect me.

I actually prefer to use my pc now over my laptop which is running xp.

As previously stated, this is a major security feature of Vista.....don't turn it off. I also agree that most people who say that Vista sucks probably don't have enough juice in their systems to run it at it fullest potential. I've got 4gigs of ram and a 512mb graphics card so I'm pretty set there.

[JKrome]

Vista is ok... but does anyone have a problem with their screen going out at random times ??? i dunno if its just a HP thing or what.... i think it only does it when it gets to hot... bet then again.. thats an everyday thing here

[ilovecoupes]

Originally Posted by JKrome

Vista is ok... but does anyone have a problem with their screen going out at random times ???

my HP does that from time to time

ive had vista for a few months its not that bad. The only thing is that i can't connect to VPN client through it. Cistco networking still doesn't support it.

[05GT]

Originally Posted by The Captain

U do know what you can go into the bios and turn that off.

edit: I'll even tell you how. click on the Windows Vista logo at the bottom left of the screen. Then click on your little avatar picture which opens up user accounts, you should see it there, you get 6 different options the very last one called Turn User Account Control on or off.

Has anyone else not noticed this? The BIOS is the software part of the motherboard's interface that you can access before the system boots.

Turning off UAC is on no way related to the BIOS lol.

As far as turning it off, it's the 1st thing I did. Yes, it's a security feature, but for those that work with computers, it's very annoying. Not to mention, if you have an active antivirus, you are still protected with it turned off.

[sean3]

UAC is a complete waste to have on.

Anyone who still bashes vista is either super stubborn or has a terrible computer. I gave in about a year ago. It works just as well as XP. SP1 was a massive help as well.

[Scapegoat]

I'm going to love having dual monitors and the aero "diagonal" window selection thing-a-ma-bob once I get the computer built.

My 5 year old Medion PC w/ upgraded video card and 3gb ram, intel pentium 4 and VIA motherboard were holding up just fine under playing LoTR online for half an hour this morning (free trial to hold me over while I wait on my Warhammer Online Beta code...)

[pearl]

oops!!@~!

[lagos]

Originally Posted by JKrome

but does anyone have a problem with their screen going out at random times ??? i dunno if its just a HP thing or what.... i think it only does it when it gets to hot... bet then again.. thats an everyday thing here

Kind of having the same issue with mine. I noticed that it seems to be a voltage drop issue from having to many things plugged into one socket. I disconnected my printer and it solved the problem.

[Xavier]

Originally Posted by Scapegoat

i love how people diss vista... i doubt many of you that are dissing it, and most people in general that are doing so, haven't lived with the most recent release w/ service pack.

i'm going to live with it and see how it is before making up my mind...

wonder if my xp version of Photoshop CS2 will work... i'd hate to have to buy more crap... maybe I'll get Fireworks.

I dealt with its BS for a year on my Acer Ferrari 5000, which can more than handle Vista, before finally giving up on it after having to re-install it twice and then installing a program managed to FUBAR the OS. Went back to XP and have been fine ever since.

[walkman2001]

Don;t do it man...

[Scapegoat]

Originally Posted by walkman2001

Don;t do it man...

welcome to the party... you may have noticed that it is already done.

and I'm enjoying it thus far.

[~Brian~]

I am giving serious consideration to switching to Mac.