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[Faken]

I can't take it anymore... there is just not enough support for Vista and I am going insane. I still can't convert to DIVX movies because the Divs converter doesn't have Vista support, the video suport still sucks and I can't watch movies fullscreen without chop and I've still got crap on my laptop that I can't find drivers for. Now my Corel app won't work properly and my registry appears to be pooched because when I load up the application list (the place in cpanel where you go to uninstall applications), half the apps don't show up, and those that do have no icons. I've got some weird crashing, and I still geta BSD any time I try to run Symantec's liveupdate. And the icing on the cake... Winamp has suddenly decided to stop playing shoutcast feeds.

So that's it, I'm done... Cyas in a couple hours with XP.

Dan

[CrazedLlama]

I agree im a big fan of XP only thing vista has is a better apearence.

[Will0wz]

ive never even used vista and from reading the reviews of it i don't think i even guna try! someone should make XP with a vista interface

[Av-]

Been there, done that. Believe me, you won't regret it

[l3lueMage]

just make XP look like vista and your good

[Donna]

I can't take it anymore... there is just not enough support for Vista and I am going insane.

lol Dan you were already insane before Vista


Probably too late but have a read of http://forum.videohe...opic323373.html dunno if that's of any help to you.


I'm using Ultimate and able to watch full screen movies so you could have a setting wrong, what player are you using?

Try Vista manager as it has a kewl registry cleaner http://www.yamicsoft...ager/index.html

you can also Disable Automatic Restart to Read Blue Screen Messages, I've had a couple and don't even get to see what they say lol

http://vistasupport....en_messages.htm

[CAMILLUS]

ha... i wanted to upgrade my xp to vista.. but now u guys have mentioned that.. it doesnt really support DIVx... well i think ill stay on xp.. .. have been using xp for 7 years

[CrazedLlama]

ha... i wanted to upgrade my xp to vista.. but now u guys have mentioned that.. it doesnt really support DIVx... well i think ill stay on xp.. .. have been using xp for 7 years

im pretty sure XP hasen't been out there for 7years maybe 4 but not 7. Might be wrong.

[Matthew.]

Can't blame you. I don't hate vista, but im not exactly gagging for it. I like something to work and work fast which the graphic options do prevent (i know they can be disabled).

My problem is when buying a new laptop, do i look for good specifications and hope that what's good by my standards to run more demanding software under xp is still the same, or do i downgrade. Mmmm decisions decisions

edit: XP has been out just under 6 years.


Matt

Edited by Matthew., 30 May 2007 - 03:57 PM.

[xXx-Treme]

Well... I'm also a fan of XP... Yeah vista has got all these shiny GUI and stuf... But it is actually a waste of resources. IMHO opsys needs to be simple and use as low resources as possible, so it is possible to but more on applications. I tried vista on my bro's pc, as it needed a format anyway, he used it for about 2 days and then nearly begged me to but XP on again. Most of pople I know who started using vista as a first impression, that it is new and stuff, they just hate it...
So I'll stay on XP until it is possbile

[Donna]

Can't blame you. I don't hate vista, but im not exactly gagging for it. I like something to work and work fast which the graphic options do prevent (i know they can be disabled).

My problem is when buying a new laptop, do i look for good specifications and hope that what's good by my standards to run more demanding software under xp is still the same, or do i downgrade. Mmmm decisions decisions

edit: XP has been out just under 6 years.


Matt

I got a new PC 2wks ago it came pre installed with premium had it upgraded to Ultimate, I've had no probs except ones caused by myself by putting old software back on and forgetting to update drivers which will cause those lovely blue screens.

Yeah it looks nice and all that.. but that is as far as it goes.. unlike Mac Vista just doesn't work. MS has done some stupid things in the past, but this has got to be the biggest blunder ever.

Strange mine works quite well, people using old XP applications are just asking for problems they already pre warned us not everything is Vista compatable.

[Bug]

Yeah it looks nice and all that.. but that is as far as it goes.. unlike Mac Vista just doesn't work. MS has done some stupid things in the past, but this has got to be the biggest blunder ever.

Strange mine works quite well, people using old XP applications are just asking for problems they already pre warned us not everything is Vista compatable.

Thank you, Donna!! I was waiting for someone to step up and say that!

I love Vista, too. I turned quite a bit of the useless system resources off and it runs heaps fast ( Start >> Run >> type 'msconfig' ). I'm also dual booting Vista and XP - so, I still have both lovely OSs

Oh, and so far, I haven't had any problems with Vista either.

Edited by Bug, 30 May 2007 - 05:18 PM.

[Matthew.]

Yeah it looks nice and all that.. but that is as far as it goes.. unlike Mac Vista just doesn't work. MS has done some stupid things in the past, but this has got to be the biggest blunder ever.

Have you seen Microsoft's profits from vista recently? It is certainly not a mistake for them.

I''ll probably keep Vista on anything i get, because it is quite nice if nothing more than a visual change, just might go for something a little higher spec

Matt

Edited by Matthew., 30 May 2007 - 05:20 PM.

[Matthew.]

Mmm i don't agree. I don't think it's cheap, but considering the amount of time that undeniably does go into development and the fact we rely on Windows so much we would pay through the nose for it...I think they could be charging more.

I'm not completely denying the fact it is expensive though.

Matt

Edited by Matthew., 30 May 2007 - 05:39 PM.

[α∂αмяoss]

Vista looks nice but i´ll wait before i get it ... xp is doing just fine

[Hayden]

Have you ever tried xVid?

Originally a DivX plugin for linux, later ported over for use in windows. Last I used it, it's just a good as the one from divx.com but no spyware.

you'll also notice xVid is divx backwards. lol

[Stu]

im with donna on this one... i am yet to have a problem on vista.