Vista - Vista Microsoft's Failure!

Whizxp,

I have used all kinds of operating systems: Commodore, Apple (DOS 3.3, ProDOS, SOS, Lisa, Mac OS, MAC OS X), Microsoft (all of them), CP/M, Unix, etc. I have been doing tech support since 1980.

Vista certainly is not the most troublesome. In fact, Vista works just fine. I now like it much better than Windows XP.

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That's all I needed to know...

No zip file handler? My vista installation opens zipfiles per default, and unlike XP it hasn't stopped working a single time... Get original installation media atleast before you come here whining... After I got myself a LEGIT licence of vista, most of the trouble I had while running a hacked version disappeared... I wonder why that is....

Try running OSX on a few years old Mac and see where that gets you... You can't be too experienced if you get this agitated over the simple fact that a new OS require better hardware... The only thing I can say is: "No Sh*t Sherlock"....

can't play games in dx10 on xp nuff said

look to the future

While the rhetoric in this post is pretty much vitriolic, and the response have been just as acerbic, let me chime in.

I don't give a rat's arse just how long you've been using computers, but the fact of the matter remains that Vista is more secure then XP, *with a default* installation of both. As for XP running faster than Vista on modern hardware, really? You expect faster machines to run XP slower? I'll bet you never ran XP on a Pentium 200 MHz machine with 96 MB - compare that to Vista on a P4 2.0 GHz machine with 1 GB of RAM - and tell me XP is faster.

You have to learn to compare apples to apples.

FWIW, many of the Pros here have been running computers for a long time - I myself started in home computing on a TI 99-4/A myself. I have seen things change and I know how to keep up with Microsoft and their releases. Go back and check the average machine being sold by OEMs 1.5 years after XP was released (that would make it about April 2003) and compare the power of the machines with XP running to the average machine being sold today with Vista running - if you still think XP is faster then you are simply here to complain.

These are help forums - if you don't want help, don't bother posting.

And how many of those complainers are using default installations, without messing around using Registry cleaners, service tweaking, optimization techniques and the like? I'll bet that number of *true* problems with Office products starts to dwindle as soon as those are taken into account. Furthermore, my sister runs *XP Media Center 2005* on her Dell Laptop (not even 2 years old yet) and *it* has send / receive problems. Even more interesting, this problem has started getting *smaller* with Office 2007 and Vista - but is still showing up regularly on the OS that you say "runs better and faster on the same hardware than Vista."

It helps to do your research.

Anymore flaming or complaining and this thread gets locked.

I have a question for you John.

I never use regisry cleaners or tweaking programs. I do tweak the system a little but generaly leave most of the default settings alone.

My question being...Why do all 10 of my systems run perfectly, and why do my wife and children have no problems with Vista as well?

We all run Vista ultimate. But my system is the lone x64 in the bunch workstation wise. I'm not counting the server, which runs 2008 standard edition x64.

My lack of problems with Vista combind with minimal effort, and the fact that small children (ages 6, 8 and 17) use Vista everyday with no problems. Not even an ocasional BSOD.

Am I just blessed?

No - you have more technical skills and if something minor were to occur, you'd be on top of it in a flash. That combined with the fact that your kids probably run limited accounts, either using Parental controls or else you monitor them like a good parent should, meaning they don't get a chance to screw things up.

Finally, most people who have problems don't realize that Vista is not XP - and they cannot treat Vista like they did XP. There is no need for 15 different AV / AM products running on your system, there is no need to clean the registry, there is no need to do all the things you had to in XP to keep it squeaky clean.

I only have issues with Vista when I force it to have issue, or when I have failing hardware. After about 40+ installs, I'd say I am doing great as well.