Underwhelmed by SP1

All the problems you face are part of Vista. You can't properly run Vista on
laptops yet. I suggest getting XP or Linux.

"Hank" wrote:

"GT" <GT@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:5CA07868-E17A-46F2-9180-3ADB016B54B2@xxxxxx I have a Vista laptop doing quite well actually. I did set
Vista to maximum performance which got rid of much of
the overhead realted ot the GUI. But I also did that
on my desktop. both run about as well as XP did.
Took some doing early on, but SP1 and patches
have made a real difference.

GT wrote: What are you talking about? I have been running Vista on a HP dv9000
Vista certified laptop for over a year and a half, with IIS7, SQL Server
2005, VS 2008 and a whole host of other application solutions running in
the background with no problems *none*, and it runs just fine.

"Paul MontGumDropped" <"Paul "@MontGumDropped.com> wrote in message
news:Ol6hK0NLJHA.6000@xxxxxx
Why do you think you're PC is just fine and other people run into constant
problems with the UAs, crashes, freezes etc?

news.microsoft.com wrote: Well, I did an upgrade of the O/S over the pre-installed OEM version of
Vista Home Premium to the retail version of Vista Ultimate, because of
something I needed in IIS on Ultimate that HP didn't have in it. So it
may have corrected some problems of a possible bad OEM install.

I don't install anything on the computer that is not Vista compliant,
like software that is dedicated to run on XP. It is nothing but trouble
on Vista. You see, DLL(s) can come from an install package, and those
DLL(s) are dedicated to running on the XP platform. You have common
named DLL(s) that are on both platforms.

So, if a common named DLL from the XP platform supplants a common named
DLL on the Vista platform, then it can, does and will lead to trouble on
the Vista platform, as it not only breaks the software that was
installed, but it can lead to existing software that is Vista compliant
or Vista itself to start having trouble or start breaking, because many
programs are interfacing and using those common named DLL(s) on the
system. Software developers call it DLL H-E-L-L issues.

http://www.bestvistadownloads.com/

"GT" <GT@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:5CA07868-E17A-46F2-9180-3ADB016B54B2@xxxxxx Vista Home Premium runs fine on our laptop because it's only used to get
email when on the road, and to do a little surfing. Apparently Vista wasn't
designed to use for work or by those with kids who like the games PCs come
with these days, or who want to ad games or work ap's. Vista is only for
surfing and email... at least that's the impression I'm getting from the
regulars here. We can use our old W98 machines for that. ;-)

"Keith B. Rosenberg" <enii@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23PbacVNLJHA.740@xxxxxx What "patches" did you get?

"Paul MontGumDropped" <"Paul "@MontGumDropped.com> wrote in message
news:eisDzPPLJHA.1308@xxxxxx I understood that and it makes sense. Why then does MS claim older programs
will run on Vista? Why weren't people warned they'd have to replace all
their peripherals and software when buying a machine with Vista as the OS?
You're talking about a considerable amount of money to replace hardware and
software when someone is using their machine for business and kids want to
add their favorite games. And no, no one uses this PC but myself but I have
friends and co-workers who must share their PC with others in the home.
Everyone has their own favorite software to add.

"GT" <GT@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:5CA07868-E17A-46F2-9180-3ADB016B54B2@xxxxxx Uttter nonsense. I run media mastering programs on an HP laptop. No
crashes, ever.

news.microsoft.com wrote: You are a TWIT aren't you? There are many thousands doing WORK on Vista
machines using Office applications....like me. And I get NO crashes.