99% of all Vista Questions answered here...

benjo plz. · 24 Jan 2007 at 08:58

jrodga2k5 said:
MY question is actually on the fact every time you try to open a program it tends to ask you to allow it! There isnt an option that I can see easily to just say Allow always but is there anyway to prevent this happening, it is getting a bit annoyin tbh!

Goto the user options and disable User Access Control.

Nismo · 24 Jan 2007 at 09:00

jrodga2k5 said:
MY question is actually on the fact every time you try to open a program it tends to ask you to allow it! There isnt an option that I can see easily to just say Allow always but is there anyway to prevent this happening, it is getting a bit annoyin tbh!

You can turn UAC (User Access Control) off in Security Centre, if that's what you mean?

By biggest annoyance so far is maximised Windows not having the glass effect, some people say that its a good thing but I would have loved to have been given the choice :/

chrislusty · 24 Jan 2007 at 09:15

mpledge52 said:
So if I were to get business and use vlc to play all videos, winamp to play music, and picasa2 to view my photos, i'm sorted? Nothing else i'm missing out on right? (over Home Premium)

Yes, i have vista business, and i view all pics in picasa, vlc for movies and i use windows media player for music.

jrodga2k5 · 24 Jan 2007 at 09:52

Phnom_Penh said:
Goto the user options and disable User Access Control.

thanks il try that when i get home

Johnz0r · 24 Jan 2007 at 09:56

jrodga2k5 said:
thanks il try that when i get home

Aye, after about 20 minutes of annoyance it quickly got turned off. Christ, it even asks for permission for the control panel

MRBARKER · 24 Jan 2007 at 11:02

Great Thread

not sure about 4Gb of RAM with Vista , seems a waste of money to me

dirtydog · 24 Jan 2007 at 11:14

Phnom_Penh said:
Goto the user options and disable User Access Control.

Doesn't doing that rather negate Vista's (supposed) superior security compared to XP?

I think the UAC is a good idea, similar to Linux/OSX etc, but in Vista it is simply too intrusive, which just means that people will turn it off entirely. Didn't Microsoft think of that?

REDD555 · 24 Jan 2007 at 12:49

I hope my motherboard doesn't die in the next couple of years :eek:

benjo plz. · 24 Jan 2007 at 13:01

dirtydog said:
Doesn't doing that rather negate Vista's (supposed) superior security compared to XP?

It's a pain in the ass.

NathanE · 24 Jan 2007 at 13:05

dirtydog said:
Doesn't doing that rather negate Vista's (supposed) superior security compared to XP?

I think the UAC is a good idea, similar to Linux/OSX etc, but in Vista it is simply too intrusive, which just means that people will turn it off entirely. Didn't Microsoft think of that?

UAC isn't intrusive at all really. The best thing to do is to turn it off during the "first week" of your new install. After things have settled down then you can turn it back on. It's only a pain really during the initial setup phase of a new Windows install.

Nismo said:
By biggest annoyance so far is maximised Windows not having the glass effect, some people say that its a good thing but I would have loved to have been given the choice :/

There will almost certainly be a registry hack to change that.

Nismo · 24 Jan 2007 at 13:08

NathanE said:
There will almost certainly be a registry hack to change that.

\o/

tezcat · 24 Jan 2007 at 13:21

Great Post. Thanks.

REDD555 said:
I hope my motherboard doesn't die in the next couple of years

lol I was thinking the same, but if that should happen and you need a new oem licence, at 211 versus 72 it is still cheaper to buy 2 oem than retail.

Tombo · 24 Jan 2007 at 13:24

You could buy OEM thrice for the price of one retail.

bledd · 24 Jan 2007 at 14:44

sticky vote, and a permaban for any questions asked which are covered in this thread

Jimbo · 24 Jan 2007 at 14:51

Christ I've changed my mind again. :rolleyes:

Now Im gonna buy Vista home premium Retail. Im pretty sure I wouldnt use all the extras of ultimate and I can upgrade my pc without having to shell out. Also I will install x64, with x86 as back up, just in case.

Sounds like a cunning plan to me.

roakes · 24 Jan 2007 at 15:01

Tombo said:
You could buy OEM thrice for the price of one retail.

I never thought of it this way, I think I'll definitely be getting OEM now

REDD555 · 24 Jan 2007 at 16:36

tezcat said:
Great Post. Thanks.

lol I was thinking the same, but if that should happen and you need a new oem licence, at 211 versus 72 it is still cheaper to buy 2 oem than retail.

LOL. I think a lot of people are in the same boat, suppose you're right though, I bought the 64bit Ultimate and the retails one of those is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy more expensive

vintage-x · 24 Jan 2007 at 16:47

I can conferm (sp?) that the OEM copy allows one motherboard change.
My Motherboard died last night bought a new one today and it activated after a fresh install no problems what so ever

Burnsy2023 · 24 Jan 2007 at 16:48

vintage-x said:
I can conferm (sp?) that the OEM copy allows one motherboard change.
My Motherboard died last night bought a new one today and it activated after a fresh install no problems what so ever

*Parrott Mode*

OEM has NEVER allowed a motherboard change in the licencing terms, unless in a warrenty replacement.

If MS will allow you to activate is another thing. They shoudln't but they might.

Burnsy

REDD555 · 24 Jan 2007 at 16:59

Was it exactly the same model as the dead one you replaced? That might have been it?