QUOTE For those that are not planning to install Windows Vista anytime soon, and want the styles
and feel Vista has to offer when it comes to eyecandy and functionality, there are a few ways you
can do this which can change not only the skins to Vista, but also icons, menus and your bootup
screens. The most popular aspect of Vista is its Aero - Transparency and 3D Flip. To get opaque
windows on Windows XP, you can try out a various software packages. Forget WindowsBlinds, thats not
a true enablement of the Vista experience, what you really need is the BricoPack Vis...

I love vista. the look of it is awesome. i was a lil scared at first to buy computer with it but now
that i have it i'm glad I do. VISTA ROCKS!!! /biggrin.gif"
style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />...

I have a copy of vista home premium, i have put it on one of my computers however my other computer
has only 64 mb of ram with vista hp requires 128, will vista still legaly run on my computer or will
it fail to install 2.0 ghz prossessor 1 gb of ram 60 gb hdd 64 mb ram ...

I like windows vista, It has a unique design and security system...Although it's just another
copy of WindowsXP, Except different design and some new features, Here are my overall ratings:
Design Rating : 8/10 - I think i give it 8/10 because i like the design but even sometimes i find
design faults/bugs in them. System Rating : 7/10 - I give this 7/10 because the system is unique
but also sometimes very fustrating to use. New Features : 8/10 - I'm giving the new features
8/10, Simpy because there are some bugs i've found in lots of new features that Vist...

I wanted to install Vista without getting rid of my XP installation, so I left Xp on my C drive, and
installed Vista on another physical disk. I started running into problems with the dual booting when
i would switch from one OS to the next, and after a while Xp would start hanging on boot, and only
after several cold reboots would it load properly. So i was planning on uninstalling Vista, but the
hard drive i had it on got formatted by a friend of mine who thought he was doing me a favor. Now
when i switch on the computer i get the OS choice menu, typical Vista pre-sele...

Will vista work on the computer im using since windows xp profession edittion works and i never get
lags or freezes running the internet since there are no games i like that this computer can run here
are the specs PIII 550mhz Nvidia riva tnt II pro some kind of foxxcon motherboard 20gb hard drive
and 10gb 320 soething ram 2x128 1x64 i think it will run fine but i dont know about compadibility...

QUOTE Steve Ballmer has admitted that Vista is "a work in progress", and admitted the company
has to learn lessons from its release. Speaking at the Most Valuable Professional Global Summit in
Seattle, Ballmer resisted calls for a slimmed down Windows 7: "Vista is bigger than XP and it's
gonna stay bigger than XP. We have to make sure it doesn't get bigger still." However, Ballmer
went on to admit that it had taken too long to get Vista out the door and admitted it had caused
problems: "Vista is a very important piece of work, and I think we did a lot of th...

Today, I fired up my laptop to check the email, usual morning stuff and got the Windows Update
reminder in the taskbar. No worries, I’ll just update this and be on my way. Small couple of
kB Windows Defender update - easy! A few moments later it was done, the successful update
balloon popped up. Moments later, another update appeared, strange… I opened Windows Update
and it reported that this one update had a size of a few MB up to a few hundred! Could it
be… Well it was, Windows Vista SP1 is ready for all. As I write this, I am currently downl...

Microsoft announced in a site what are the minium requests to be able to run without problems o
WindowsVista. According to Microsoft any modern CPU from Intel AMD and Via will do, 512 Mb Minium
memories, a graphics card with DirectX 9 are more than enough to run the new operative System.
Visit site : MICROSOFT VISTA : HARDWARE REQUESTS ...

Im wondering what your views are on Windows Vista and Windows XP! Which do YOU think is the
better operating system? Personaly, i thikn windows XP. Lets see why...... Windows XP upsides:
Doesnt need much RAM Less file space (More space free!) Ability to install every previous
windows program Stylable Unique Many other features which i cant list Windows XP downsides: Not as
attractive as Vista Sometimes runs very slow Security breaches (Most have been patched) Should be
coded in C/C++ Windows Vista upsides: Stylish Attractive Nicer looking windows and butto...

Im really mad at my Windows Vista Home Premium. Below are a list of problems i encounter: - Security
question for ever dang thing i open - Doesnt Auto Run CD - Windows Media Centre is the worst - Half
my games barley work - Security update every 5 mins - Takes ages for my computer to acutally close
down - takes up alot of computer useage for just one document Granted that some of those are not
related to Vista but there must something that can help me. Thanks...

Wow /ohmy.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":o" border="0" alt="ohmy.gif" /> I can't
believe that Microsoft Vista, even at it's release, has many bugs. Even though the features--
nice start logo, great sidebar, cool effects, nice IE 7, awesome Windows Media Player, improved
Policies, a start search, indexing,(do you want me to name them all) ReadyBoost, new & improved
bootscreen, Microsoft Aero(I think Windows Aero), and many more--are very great, I recently faced
many bugs:(Note that these bugs are in Windows Vista) Some programs I can't access fr...

Recently, I have received an "Exploring Windows" email from Microsoft, which led me to an
interesting link called 100 Reasons You'll be speechless. Thought it was related to Windows
Vista, and it was. Here are some of my opinions: 1. It makes using your PC a breeze, if Windows is
responding most of the time. Also, many users have complained about User Account Control, which say
that it makes using the PC not a breeze. I haven't tried it yet, but from others' point of
view, it seems to be intrusive and annoying. 2. Your music may be a click away from your re...

I am gonna use Vista Ultimate on a TOSHIBA Equium A100-147, my system specs are below: Intel Core
Duo Socket M T2050 1.6GHz (Dual Core) 1GB of DDR2 RAM DVD-RAM Drive 4X USB 2.0 Ports 2 speakers
connected to Realtek HD Audio 5-in-1 Card Reader (SD, MMC eg) PC Card slot (PCMCIA)(CardBus)
ExpressCard slot Intel 945GM Current OS: Windows XP MCE 2005 w/ Rollup 2 Intel 3945ABG Wireless
TOSHIBA Software Modem Intel PRO/100 VE Network Connection IEEE1394 Using the upgrade adviser, it
recommends me to Home Premium. I will sort the software out. Please can you comment on the OS ...

I was wondering about the pro's and con's about windows vista, and if it was worth buying or
not?...

You can watch videos on YouTube, but you may want to save them off-line for later viewing, this is
not possible by default. Although there is a free program that allows you to download videos from
YouTube. The name of this program is YouTube downloader, download it from here >
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Down...onwloader.shtml Some sites will give you a direct
link to download the video, but this program just needs the video's URL in YouTube then it will
save the video in either FLV, MPEG, or AVI file format for you. You may watch the videos downloaded
i...

This thread contains a list of all software that has been found to be compatible with Vista 64-bit.
Note this is software only, not hardware/drivers! All suggestions can be edited into this Wiki
and new categories created if necessary. Please add your forum username to additions to this list.
Hopefully this will be a great resource for Vista x64 users! All changes need to be approved
before they become active. Once you have made revisions to this document, a member of staff will
receive a PM asking for approval. System Utilities Arconis True Image 10 (64-bit) - ...

QUOTE This was a tough one, but I managed to prove my theory that XP can be installed last and
still added to the bootloader. It was simple to do with two cmd lines, but damn hard to find and
figure out. My first problem getting Vista off of XP (I didn't want to use VistaBootPro in
solving this puzzle) so I could add XP after the Vista install without any traces of it left from
the bootloader. I could have reinstalled XP and cleaned it up, but a little research revealed a much
quicker way with bootsect.exe. The syntax is: E:\boot\bootsect.exe /nt52 AL...

I just read How To Login To An Expired Windows Xp System . This gave me a nice Windows Vista
mini-tutorial. Notice!!! I'm not advertising piracy!! It's just
a matter of having the rights to access your files, and it doesn't approve that it restores the
full function of Windows Vista, and besides How To Login To An Expired Windows Vista System 1)
Login until you go unto the windows where it says that the Windows has expired. 2) Click on the
purchase new serial key. (yehey!!! /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:midd...

Hi, this is my opinion about Vista, first. The machine that I'm testing it on is a TOSHIBA
Equium A100-147: 1.6Ghz Intel Core Duo (Centrino) T2050 1GB of RAM Intel GMA950 (Intel Mobile 945GM
w/ 128MB of Video RAM) Wi-Fi (Intel PRO/Wireless 3945abg) Realtek HD Audio Now, I have upgraded
from XP MCE 2005 to Vista Ultimate, I'll tell some things. Pro's The Aero UI is awesome I
have used 60% of physical memory with IEXPLORE.EXE (IE) running The Windows Ultimate Extras!
Compatibility with XP devices Con's Had to update drivers/software Installation t...

Everytime I connect my usb stick to my laptop (vista), a pop-up appear asking whether I want to scan
and repair my usb stick. It does this because I don't use the "safely remove device" thingy in
the taskbar /rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0"
alt="rolleyes.gif" /> . I've never had any problems with the usb key before so I'm not going
to waste my time to check it for errors. Is there a way to disable this annoying popup ?...

I don't know what the difference between Vista and XP is. I just see Vista as a glorified XP.
Does anyone have any other opinions?...

To speed things up a bit, windows caches all the thumbnails it has created in a series of
thumbnailcaches. After an extent period of time, these files get huge (before re-installing Vista,
my thumbnailcaches had a total size of 900Mb) and big files slow down your system so it's a good
things to clean them up. Where ? The caches are located in:
C:\Users\your_name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\
. How ? You'll see 6 files in the folder previously mentioned, select them all and delete
them. Explorer will compl...

ATTENTION ALL READERS! WINDOWS VISTA IS AWESOME - I REPEAT - WINDOWS VISTA IS AWESOME! I
think Windows Vista is an incredibly good operating system which allows you to do so much more than
XP. The new look, design, simplicity, controls and layout are all fantastic. I've got a clock
and a calendar on the right hand side of my desktop and all my icons easier and clearer to
recognise. It takes under 5 seconds to log in and the graphics are just great. I've got Windows
Vista Home Premium and as long as I install the compatible drivers, all the software works...

Hey, A friend of mine has just purchased a new 1gb SD card to use on his vista computer. When the
card is inserted, the options come up (where you can choose what you want to do, view pics, print
pics etc) and the last item on the list is use this device for readyboost. But when he clicks on it
- nothing happens. If you look in the properties window, there is no readyboost tab, even though it
was found as readyboost compatible before. Any ideas whats happening? Thanks...

Microsoft released the famous Windows Vista with plenty of eye candy for users. I thought about
getting Vista in the future - after all, I would be getting Vista with any new PC I buy, since
they're all coming equipped with Vista already - but the revelation that there were six
versions of Vista stopped me in my tracks. These versions would be: Windows Vista Starter Windows
Vista Home Basic Windows Vista Home Premium Windows Vista Business Windows Vista Enterprise
Windows Vista Ultimate Surely they didn't have to divide Vista into so many versions? (Oh...

Is it realy worth me going out and spending a ton of money on windows vista? I just wanna know
because ive heard there are glitches and stuff. But then ive also heard that its worth it. Well plz
help me here. ty Topic title modified. ...

This is an article from a guy with an obviously very inquisitive mind who isn't afraid to dive
deep into the registry and uncover funny / scary internals.
http://apcmag.com/6929/vista_sp1_in_depth A couple of things caught my attention: - less drive
thrashing. Huh? What does this say about Vista to a person who has never used it? Do you mean to
tell me that a vanilla installation of Vista is grinding away at your hard drive by default? - the
new option to create a recovery disk. QUOTE This isn’t the same thing as creating a backup of
the system to DVD - inste...