anyone still using vista?

I work regularly on all 3 - my desk machine and laptop are Win7, I have a machine I use Vista on for bits and pieces and teach using XP. Vista, I find, is the most sluggish of the 3 (on 3 very similar machines too) and just the least intuitive.

I didn't believe the hype of Win7 until I got it. But, if you're happy with Vista, why change.
 
I was on Vista 32 bit and have to say I hated every minute (wished I had stayed on xp) Have now switched to 7 and it is so much better. Quicker and causes less issues with games
 
I'm on Vista Ultimate x64, have plenty of licenses for Windows 7 and really want to upgrade to it on the main pc (both tablets are running it), but can't.

I have my documents/music/pictures folders on a separate HDD, and due to this I cannot perform an upgrade install, and I flat out refuse to spend the days and days and days it would take for me to reinstall the programs I have, and get everything back into a working and stable state again.
However much I love Windows 7 and find it a lot easier and quicker to work with, it's just not worse the hassle.

On the other hand, if anyone knows a workaround to be able to do an upgrade install with personal folders on a separate drive please let me know!!
 
Might as well wait until Windows8 and get your moneys worth out of your Vista license. I upgraded when it (Windows7) was £45 which wasn't so bad. Windows7 is undeniably better than Vista but if you're just using it as a platform to play games then spend your money elsewhere.
 
I use 7 on my Desktop and Vista on my laptop and both are fine. Personally I think 7 runs a little slower than Vista x64 did on my desktop but I kept the upgrade because it only cost me £30 and the home network system is far better than Vista.

Haven't seen the need to upgrade my laptop though as there really is very little difference between the two, a couple of tweaks maybe but that's about it.
 
I prefer vista, 7 does too much stuff without asking me first and vista has a lot more useful tweaks/configuration etc

regardless of vista or 7, everyone should use x64 :)
 
thepeganator said:
I'm on Vista Ultimate x64, have plenty of licenses for Windows 7 and really want to upgrade to it on the main pc (both tablets are running it), but can't.

I have my documents/music/pictures folders on a separate HDD, and due to this I cannot perform an upgrade install, and I flat out refuse to spend the days and days and days it would take for me to reinstall the programs I have, and get everything back into a working and stable state again.
However much I love Windows 7 and find it a lot easier and quicker to work with, it's just not worse the hassle.

On the other hand, if anyone knows a workaround to be able to do an upgrade install with personal folders on a separate drive please let me know!!
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Found a workaround!

Months of annoyance have been overcome!
 
I'm still using vista on my laptop, I see no reason to change it since I am more than happy and it has honestly never crashed once and it's been over a year since I have had it and it is still running fast enough for me.
 
still using vista 64 with 8gb of ram and really cant see the point in going to windows 7 as my machine is still very quick and does me fine.
 
gsic said:
what was the workaround if you don't mind me asking??? could be useful too know :)

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Open regedit, and browse to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

In all the subfolders (I had 5), check that all data values (mostly under the name "ProfileImagePath") are on your C:\ drive, if any aren't, change them, and move/merge the corresponding folder.

Then restart, and you should be able to upgrade!

Literally months of effort to find that fix!

To make this searchable for other people on the net, the error code was:

To upgrade Windows, the Users, Program Files, and Windows directories need to be on the same partition. Upgrading when these directories are not on the same partition is not supported. Moving these directories so that they are on the same partition is also not supported. You can choose to install a new copy of Windows 7 Ultimate instead, but this is different from an upgrade, and does not keep your files, settings, and programs. You’ll need to reinstall any programs using the original installation discs or files. To save your files before installing Windows, back them up to an external location such as a CD, DVD, or external hard drive. To install a new copy of Windows 7 Ultimate, click the Back button in the upper left-hand corner, and select “Custom (advanced)”.

So happy to be on Windows 7 on all computers :D
 
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