Windows Vista... 2 thumbs down

[MC]

BF...I bet it has conflicts with some of the crappy bundled software pc's ship with nowadays. I did a fresh install with no laptop "bundled" garbage and had no issues at all.

That's my thought anyhow.

[brownsfan019]

	Quote:	mcichocki_
	BF...I bet it has conflicts with some of the crappy bundled software pc's ship with nowadays. I did a fresh install with no laptop "bundled" garbage and had no issues at all. That's my thought anyhow.

Here's the problem MC with that - I did not receive actual Vista disks with the computer. What they offered was the ability to create a backup copy of Windows after I customized it. I deleted as much garbage as I could, but... So the best I have right now is an image of what it looked like after I cleaned it up the best I could.

Is there a way around this to get a fresh Vista Install w/o all this trash on it? I believe I can order a recovery disk from Compaq, but not sure if that will just have all the same junk on it like it has now...

What do you think?

[MC]

	Quote:	brownsfan019
	Here's the problem MC with that - I did not receive actual Vista disks with the computer. What they offered was the ability to create a backup copy of Windows after I customized it. I deleted as much garbage as I could, but... So the best I have right now is an image of what it looked like after I cleaned it up the best I could. Is there a way around this to get a fresh Vista Install w/o all this trash on it? I believe I can order a recovery disk from Compaq, but not sure if that will just have all the same junk on it like it has now... What do you think?

You can order a restore dvd. I did so for my HP laptop just to have, but I also had 3 copies of Vista ultimate from quizzes at work (about the only perk to my job...LOL). So if I were to use the HP restore it will put all the software back on like when I first opened the box. I used the microsoft disc so I had no added crap.

Short of buying a full vista you have to install the added crap.

[MC]

http://neosmart.net/blog/2006/vistas...akeup-support/
Try these patches and see if it helps any.

Also go to the computers vendor site and look to see if there are any driver updates for the notebook...bios or firmware especially.

[brownsfan019]

Thanks MC!

Our resident computer guru!

[MC]

	Quote:	brownsfan019
	Thanks MC! Our resident computer guru!

Too bad I'm not a people person...I could make a crapload doing private computer consultant work. I work in the industry but on the phone for reseller support...so I can make faces and flip off the customer. LOL

[Lugopt]

Hi.

This thread started almost a year ago and I hope people solved their problems with Windows Vista (without changing back to Windows XP).

I've Windows Vista Ultimate on the computer I used for Trading. If you have a recent computer or buy a new one I would recomend you use Windows Vista as long the software from your broker is compatible with Windows Vista.

Regarding Office 2007 I'm using it since Beta 2 and I've had to admit that in the first coupple days I was a little bit lost. But it was only two days. After that it seems pretty intuitive and I can't miss the Conditional formatting on Excel 2007 to analyse my trades.

For the people new to Office 2007, Microsoft has Interactive: Excel 2003 to Excel 2007 command reference guide that will show where are the old commands in the new Ribbon UI (in an Flash interactive guide). Please take a look at them. There are Interactive help guides for all the new 2007 versions.

Interactive: Word 2003 to Word 2007 command reference guide
Interactive: PowerPoint 2003 to PowerPoint 2007 command reference guide

By the way, if you install Windows Vista, please install the Service Pack 1 Release Candidate (RC) as it speed your machine a lot.

If you need any help on Windows or Office, please just say so.

Thanks,

[brownsfan019]

	Quote:	Lugopt
	By the way, if you install Windows Vista, please install the Service Pack 1 Release Candidate (RC) as it speed your machine a lot. If you need any help on Windows or Office, please just say so.

Lug - is it ok for the normal person to download the 'RC' of SP1? I'm not looking for a beta or anything like that, so not sure if I should be downloading RC or not.

Thanks.

[Lugopt]

Hi Brownsfan.

That's a good question. It really depends on the user. If someone has only the basic IT knowledge and doesn't want to try new thing, don't try the RC stuff. Is much more stable than a typical Beta release (I've been using it for several weeks) but it's not final.

Otherwise, take a look at Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC Refresh Public Availability Program.

Thanks,

[james_gsx]

Alright I got a new computer and it came with Vista premium. Here are the specs before I go into my review.

AMD 9500 Quad Core Processor
3gb of ram
500gb hard drive

So far... I like it. I couldn't stand it on the laptop because it was too slow, but on this machine I do like it. I like the layout better, and aesthetically everything looks better IMO. So far I haven't had any issues with it, but if I do I will post them in here. Like Brownsfan, I won't go out switching everything to Vista but I will get Vista with any machines if they are fast enough to handle it.