Comments on: Solving Vista Problems Sometimes Creates More Problems

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:30:24 +0000

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By: Robert Harvey

Robert Harvey — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 05:33:48 +0000

Folks many vista errors can be corrected just by adding more memory.
Many of my customers go for the cheap computers.
They don’t have enough memory.
It takes 1 gig just to run vista.
Then you need memory to run your programs correctly.
I recommend a min. of 3 gig for running vista.
You will be surprised at the results.
Lockups will go away, pauses, errors, and many other annoying things will clear up.
Now I am not saying memory will fix every thing.
It will how ever go along way toward getting your Vista to run
correctly.

By: Marc

Marc — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:34:02 +0000

Well, it’s 2008 now and Vista isn’t straightened out, not by a long chalk. Only a fool would say it doesn’t look pretty, but s that really enough? What’s the use of clever glass borders and shadowed windows if it takes 5-8 minutes to load a ton of back ground progs in before you can get there? Microsoft still even ‘advises’ users experiencing RAM problems to switch it off.

I wouldn’t go back to XP because that OS had problems too, but I expected these (and more) NOT to recure in Vista, which is getting on for two years old .

The best thing to come from purchasing a new machine with Vista, was that I installed Linux (Compiz Fusion) on my laptop. The fantastic GUI whacks VIsta’s and uses a fraction of the resources. It starts in about 7-10 seconds, purrs like a cat and shuts down in 10 seconds. THAT’S what a modern OS should be doing by now, not struggling to perform simple tasks to the point of freezing.

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:35:45 +0000

Jim, I bought vista just to experience the pain. ha

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:23:10 +0000

I’m thinking about going to Windows Vista just to experience all of the problems I’ve read about it. XP’s stability has really been a very boring experience for me. I’ve actually thought of going back to the good old days of Windows 98 incessant troubleshooting problems. Maybe going forward to Windows Vista would be the better solution. Hmmmm whadayathink?

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:53:57 +0000

What is the truth about Vista? I have been reading the Pros & Cons and it is very confusing. I’m thinking of getting a new OS but have my doubts about which way to go? I have windows Me right now.

By: kevin smith

kevin smith — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:28:56 +0000

i was a vista user as of two months ago after i decided to change operating systems fro xp to vista home edition everything seemed fine at first until it started to slow down and windows explorer window came up saying it had to close due to a problem.i couldn’t bring my picture,music or documents up at all. decided to take my machine to a service tech here in the area where i live so he might could find the problem but ended up with a operating system that became unresponsive and was a pain to remove the tech tried to reinstall xp but the machine wouldn’t do it .the machine is a dell 2400 and he told me to contact dell but dell couldn’t come up with a answer . so in the end i ended up going with a different os that the tech gave me which was a Linux os Ubuntu and kubuntu 2 disks and told me to decide which one to use and my machine has been running like new ever since.so in the case of vista and Microsoft better off saving your money and get something that will work in the long run.

By: Craig

Craig — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 02:54:24 +0000

For those who some how seem to think that there is no way a person could not have any problems with Vista, try to keep in mind that your experience isn’t necessarily going to be the same as someone else’s.

My own Vista experience so far hasn’t been too bad. A few annoyances, and a what not here and there (and a reinstall due to an incompatible antivirus product), but nothing that has turned me off the operating system so far. Having said that, I’m sure there have been and still are any number of issues with Vista itself, and also with a great deal of software that is available to be run on Vista, regardless of whether it is ‘compatible’.

The Vista experience is going to run from ‘perfect, no issues’, through to ‘I think I would rather be dead that use this operating system’, and everything in between those two extremes. The can also be applied to people using OS X or Linux.

The fact is there are so many potential variables involved, including the people using the operating system and software, that making any kind of blanket statement means making a number of assumptions, most of which probably shouldn’t be made.

By: Harold

Harold — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:16:53 +0000

Vista Ugh I found a good place for it in the trash can thats where mine would be If I hadn’t paid so much for it Xp rocks,,,,,,

By: Rick Hogan

Rick Hogan — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:55:25 +0000

Oscar said:

“These guys who respond to people who are having problems with Vista by saying, “I’ve used Vista for a year without any problems.” are, as far as I’m concerned being less than honest. ”

And those of who really are using Vista without any problems think people who can’t get Vista to work just don’t know what they’re doing. Just because you don’t know how to install/use Vista doesn’t mean Vista is the problem. Vista is not to blame when you try to run it on incompatible hardware or when you try to install incompatible software on it.

Rick

By: ted whitford

ted whitford — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:33:25 +0000

I have been running Vista Business full bore on a 3 year old computer I built, 754 ecs motherboard, sempron64 3000, 80 gb wd hd, soundblaster live soundcard, invida geforce 6200 256mb agp vidoe card, avg free, windows defender, pc tools free firewall, spyblaster, and I run scan disc once in awhile and use ccleaner with virtually no problems with drivers, instalations or anything, actually much less than i had with xp. But in an answer to your question, if you are using crud like aol, systems suite windoctor and other symantec/norton crud you really have no business messing with the registry. I suppose if you put a Chrysler engine with a
General Motors fuel and ignition system and a Ford transmission in a Mazda you would probably blame Mazda for your problems.

By: Ted Terrebonne

Ted Terrebonne — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:10:22 +0000

I really like Uniblue’s RegistryBooster2 for keeping the registry up to snuff. I’ve been running Vista Premium since it came out and I’ve had very few problems. Norton is too resource hungry for me.

By: Oscar Easler

Oscar Easler — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:14:35 +0000

These guys who respond to people who are having problems with Vista by saying, “I’ve used Vista for a year without any problems.” are, as far as I’m concerned being less than honest. I had Vista on my new Acer Aspire 5100 for about a month. I switched back to XP and all my problems are solved. I am using XP and Ubuntu 7.10 side by side and am very happy.

With Vista, I could not even download and install updates without getting the message, “Updates failed to install”. I would try over and over again – NO LUCK! Some of my software would just quit working without so much as a warning message. I tried several times to install Office 2003, with no success. I contacted MS, but they never were able to solve any of my problems, and believe me, there were more than what I have just mentioned.

On start up my duals were both pegged 100% for the three minutes it took for everything to load. After loading they were 45% and 55% and I have no idea what was going on in the background. Transferring files was a nightmare. It took forever.

I am pretty much fed up with MS and plan to divorce her as soon as I get up to speed on Linux. A company that continually spies on its customers is a no-no. A company that has brow beat, intimadated and forced software manufacturers, computer manufacturers and makers of of hardware and firmware to bow to its demands is pretty rediculous.

I retired from Duke Power Company and a friend of mine that worked there stated they had switched to Vista on a few of their computers but were having so much touble, they called a halt to the proceeding. Is MS not concerned that businesses are not switching ot Vista? When they are forced to do so, the doo-doo will surely hit the fans and maybe Bill Gates will finally recall this defective piece of junk.

By: Dolly

Dolly — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:48:50 +0000

I have had Vista on a new Dell XPS 410 since February and I absolutely would not go back to XP if given the choice. This OS has not crashed once since I’ve had it and I use it every day all day, it boots fast and has not given me any problems in contrast to the XP on my old machine. The XP crashed all the time along with freezes and hangs, mail problems, printer problems, software problems and connection problems. It got to the point where I couldn’t stand it and could hardly wait to try Vista on a new machine to see if it would be better and it is! This comes from a 70 year old Great Grandmother who has been using a PC since 2001.

By: John

John — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:16:23 +0000

I have some of the Vista issues mentioned, please keep me boned up on any future fixes.

Keep up the good work!!

John