Hi there. I was a previous windows7 user, switched to vista because a.)I own a legal copy, b.)I was encountering problems with windows 7.

problem I had encountered was gpu (hd6570) related, whenever the default native resolution of my monitor is set at 1440x900, lines/distortions would appear on the screen. on my old gpu (9400gt) no problems have been encountered. To make matters worse the distortions would only frequently appear on the desktop, not in games, but later on it affected my gameplay. People at sevenforums Encountering this on a newly reformatted windows 7 PC. - Page 2 - Windows 7 Forums
suggested that it might be software-related, so I uninstalled comodo, the catalyst drivers, tuneup utilities, I also did a reformat but the problem continued to persist.
I tried Vista, same problem also persisted. as a last resort lowering the resolution to 1280x720,etc, or 1366x768, significantly reduced the appearing lines, if not totally removed them,, but as of now I'm still observing them.

Thanks to that problem I encountered, I found out that programs like TuneUp Utilities are causing problems with Windows 7.. Do they as well cause problems with Windows Vista?



any safe, recommendable programs? right now, I'm using security essentials, and the default firewall as my security..

Thanks. I have installed ccleaner, and Malwarebytes. with Malwarebytes, am I to go with the free version? because it might conflict when I purchase the full version, since it runs in real time.

Another question, with Tuneup Utilities I used to get free space by disabling hibernation, removing old images and restore points. How do I do this without a tweaking utility?

Thanks.

+rep.