Vista = fail

[3800SoloWing]

So it seemed like my motherboard failed...until I ran the boot disk. Thankfully, I saved myself about another $600 in a laptop at the cost of alot of time. It took forever to find the files to reinstall my wireless receiver. What happened is Vista updated itself, like usual, but rewrote a system .dll file. That .dll file got picked up by AVG7 anti-virus and got deleted. When I tried to reboot my computer, it looked for the file, couldnt find it, and didnt boot at all. So I spent all afternoon finding all the drivers and ****. Now Vista is as slow as a *****...much worse than ME ans 2000 combined. Help on getting the system back up to speed?

[HokieBird]

Re: Vista = fail

taha! I don't plan on ever using vista. By the time XP is no longer supported there will be new versions of windows.

I currently dual boot XP and unbuntu and I have to tell you the majority of the time I'm in unbuntu.

[firebird19_99]

Re: Vista = fail

i hate vista, notin but problems....cant u just install xp?? vistas too much of a hassle

[ArticRider]

Re: Vista = fail

Many of the new computers that are being sold now with Vista don't have drivers for XP for some of the hardware components, so if you install XP, be ready to hunt for some XP compatible drivers for those devices.

[zerofailure]

Re: Vista = fail

taha! I don't plan on ever using vista. By the time XP is no longer supported there will be new versions of windows.

Bingo.. Vista = windows ME to hold us over to the god like windows 2000. The next Microsoft OS shouldn't disappoint. I will never switch to vista, way to much of a resource hog for my likings. You should really downgrade to xp again!:rock:

[firebird19_99]

Re: Vista = fail

Bingo.. Vista = windows ME to hold us over to the god like windows 2000. The next Microsoft OS shouldn't disappoint. I will never switch to vista, way to much of a resource hog for my likings. You should really downgrade to xp again!:rock:

downgrade? its more like upgrade compared to vista

[SpeedingFirebird]

Re: Vista = fail

So it seemed like my motherboard failed...until I ran the boot disk. Thankfully, I saved myself about another $600 in a laptop at the cost of alot of time. It took forever to find the files to reinstall my wireless receiver. What happened is Vista updated itself, like usual, but rewrote a system .dll file. That .dll file got picked up by AVG7 anti-virus and got deleted. When I tried to reboot my computer, it looked for the file, couldnt find it, and didnt boot at all. So I spent all afternoon finding all the drivers and ****. Now Vista is as slow as a *****...much worse than ME ans 2000 combined. Help on getting the system back up to speed?

Isn't that a fail for ACG7? Windows 2000 is by far the best version of Windows to date. I still run it on two of my machines.

[jeff_h]

Re: Vista = fail

I've been working on computers since before there was windows. Go back to Win2K. I have a laptop with XP and a desktop with 2K. When I get the time I'll put 2K on the laptop. Win 2K is stable and not as much of a memory hog. Just my opinion. DOS and Windows for Workgroups was SO much faster...

[firebird19_99]

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anyone here knows y my browser freezes up...have to close it and open it so it can go back to normal...and firefox failed on me..have to click reload like 5-8 times till it opens a website..go to the error console and it gives me all these errors but have no clue how to fix them...plus reinstalling it doesnt work either or playing wit my network or browser settings...any help?

[3800SoloWing]

Re: Vista = fail

schedule a check disk, and defrag the system. If it doesn't work then, you might have to totally remove firefox and reinstall it from the website.

[firebird19_99]

Re: Vista = fail

schedule a check disk, and defrag the system. If it doesn't work then, you might have to totally remove firefox and reinstall it from the website.

yea i did all that but it stays the same....just gives me errors idk y...might just reboot and reinstall xp....that always does it when things go really bad.lol tho i hate having to re-update everything and reinstalling everything but oh well...my comp sucks *** i hate it...sooo slow

[SpeedingFirebird]

Re: Vista = fail

I've been working on computers since before there was windows. Go back to Win2K. I have a laptop with XP and a desktop with 2K. When I get the time I'll put 2K on the laptop. Win 2K is stable and not as much of a memory hog. Just my opinion. DOS and Windows for Workgroups was SO much faster...

no **** DOS was faster. But it had so little capablility, limited use of memory, no protection from apps corrupting the OS, limited API for drivers the list goes on. WfW was just an app on top of DOS. 95/98/ME were crap. NT/2000 were the first real kernels out of MS with some real engineering behind them. Slower, of course, but much, much better. I like 2K because it is stable and lacks all the junk whiz bang crap that wastes cycles.

[IwannaCamarosoBad]

Re: Vista = fail

yea i did all that but it stays the same....just gives me errors idk y...might just reboot and reinstall xp....that always does it when things go really bad.lol tho i hate having to re-update everything and reinstalling everything but oh well...my comp sucks *** i hate it...sooo slow

You guys are guinea pigs for microsoft I think they have some big f*** up OS planned and this is just the begining, I've had no troubles out of XP or 95 before that

[firebird19_99]

Re: Vista = fail

You guys are guinea pigs for microsoft I think they have some big f*** up OS planned and this is just the begining, I've had no troubles out of XP or 95 before that

dude i do have xp....and its giving me network problems...maybe its just my old computer

[IwannaCamarosoBad]

Re: Vista = fail

dude i do have xp....and its giving me network problems...maybe its just my old computer

Im not sayin XP doesnt have problems, I just havent had any with it that I didnt cause myself