seriously thinking going back to vista

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Since going over to win7 ive had problems which i never had with vista.

-internet connection constantly dropping and turning off network adaptor.
-long pauses/glitches/restarting on its own and intermittent no sound when playing music with media player/quicktime/winamp and even foobar.
-programs wont close down even after ending process in process manager

I never had any of these problems with vista 64 or xp when i had them.
the hardware hasnt change and neither has the overclock so i dont care how much people say win7 is the most stable and that it must be hardware problem or my overclock.

i simply dont beleive its my hardware or overclock as previous installs with other os with same setup has been fine.

im glad it was only the student version and i paid £30 cos i would be even more annoyed if i paid full price.

ive only got 1 question that is is my vista copy still ok to use or will it be void now as win7 was an upgrade?
 
Did you do a clean install?

Your copy of Vista will be fine to use.

edit - you must have done if you went from 64 to 32 bit. Is there anything listed in the event viewer? Got the latest drivers etc?
 
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theheyes said:
Did you do a clean install?

Your copy of Vista will be fine to use.

edit - you must have done if you went from 64 to 32 bit. Is there anything listed in the event viewer? Got the latest drivers etc?
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yup, full clean install with latest drivers, yes there is in events viewer.

but to be honest im gonna go back to vista anyway
 
I was a bit reluctant to go to w7 incase I ran into problems. As it is, it's been the best OS i've ever ran so far, and the memory management etc is incredible. Saying that though if I had run into problems I absolutely loved Vista for the previous 12 months. Windows is a weird beast, it can be perfect for one person, and give nothing but problems for someone else with an identical setup. I would say go for it if Vista was more stable and a better OS for you, either way I think they are both fantastic despite the naysayers against Vista.
 
Going back to Vista is a step backwards and not solving the underlying problem which is your hardware and/or choice of configuration.

Lose situation really :/
 
You're clearly doing something wrong, you can't take it out on Windows 7, it's a better OS than Vista.
 
willhub said:
You're clearly doing something wrong, you can't take it out on Windows 7, it's a better OS than Vista.
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agreed. there has to be some sort of underlaying issue on the OP's machine.

as a matter of elimination id try disabling the overclock for starters. the wireless dropping out does sound like a driver issue also.
 
adbp1 said:
but to be honest im gonna go back to vista anyway
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why w7 is far superior. Why not sort out the underlying issue.

Why don't you post up your problem viewer.

Control panel > system and security > Action centre > problem reports
 
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AcidHell2 said:
why w7 is far superior. Why not sort out the underlying issue.

Why don't you post up your problem viewer.

Control panel > system and security > Action centre > problem reports
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there are no problem reports.
the issue is NOT my hardware or my overclock bcos if it was surely i would have had these underlying issues with vista.

im not going to change anything with hardware or overclock and go back to vista if no problems then it must be something to do with win7.
 
neil_g said:
agreed. there has to be some sort of underlaying issue on the OP's machine.

as a matter of elimination id try disabling the overclock for starters. the wireless dropping out does sound like a driver issue also.
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its not wireless its ethernet direct, tried as people suggested here doing all sorts with new and old drivers and the problem still there
 
Oh for the love of...

It is not Windows 7 that is the problem, it is your choice of software and or drivers that have brought on the instability. As you said yourself, it is unlikely to be your hardware configuration if it worked fine with the other operating systems, but jumping to the conclusion that the actual OS itself is to blame is, quite honestly, foolish and ignorant.

I won't go so far as to blame your ability to build the OS, however dumping it to go back to Vista would just be moronic.

Finding the cause of the instability would be a far more worthwhile excercise.
 
Hi

I don't know if this will fix your network problems (it's a solution for nVidia 5xx/6xx chipsets) but it might help

The only real issue I had with Windows 7 was problems with my on board network card. After a bit of hunting a found a solution - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18078738

ajgoodfellow said:
Hi

Did a quick search but I couldn't find anything related to this!

When I was downloading a large file, streaming lots of data or generally using the internet intensely I would loose the internet connection. Using the built in Windows 7 troubleshooting wizard would fix the problem temporarily but it would soon return - worst case was loosing the connection every five minutes or so!

I had a search on the net and found references to the problem but no fixes - most people had bought another network card! That was until I found this page - http://social.technet.microsoft.com...g/thread/14c7ee8f-f287-4948-adea-f598b7d18c48

This fix appears to have solved the problem, touch wood, so I thought I'd post it in case anyone else experiences it!

The description isn't that clear so I've rewritten a description below:

1. Click on the Start button, right click on "Computer" and click "Manage"

2. Select "Device Manager" from the left hand side

3. Double click on "Network adapters" in the window on the right

4. Double click on "NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet"

5. Click on the "Advanced" tab

6. Select "Receive Side Scaling" from the list under "Property" and change the Value to Disabled.

7. Click "OK". This will reset your connection and hopefully fix the problem!
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You could always boot from a Linux Live CD, that will prove the hardware one way or another....
 
You could at least try resetting your OC. It might be stable with Vista but not with 7. In any case, it'd take all of five minutes to rule the OC out, so it's worth doing before you bother reinstalling Windows.
 
I m still running 64bit vista here, only the intel mini hangs, and odd memory leakage at times
 
Only problem I have with windows 7 is I get really bad DPC latency spikes
when EIST is enabled and I really don't understand why because I never got this
With problem with XP, (cause's audio pops and clicks in sound and ASIO)

other than this I think windows 7 is great and I wouldn't go back.

my GF's dell 1720 laptop was on vista till a few weeks ago and all
she did was complain about the wireless connection dropping out
and random crashes even just after a reinstall.

put 7 on it and she hasn't moaned about her laptop once in weeks
I even hear her saying how great it is to people on the phone...makes a change from vista rantings.



I would remove you OC re-download it re-burn it on different media and clean install again and see how it goes
 
OP your system is nealry identical to mine more or less and my Win 7 Is flawless, you have something not right... go back to stock everything. Start again..

Driver issue somewhere.

but then i re read your post and you probably already are back in vista :O
 
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