That's It

Olly · 12 Sep 2007 at 23:08

I've had enought of vista.

Buying the 64 bit ultimate edition is the worst thing ive done.

3dmark doesnt work unless you get different openAL drivers
none of my folders remember their settings
cant get into device manager anymore
cant get into control panel anymore.
sick of lack of driver support
Sick of the fact you need to hack it to bits to get things to appear in context menus

should I go back to XP ? i've just backed all my stuff up.
Or do you think a 32-bit version of vista would be better ?

and as im writing this my D drive with all my games on it has just dissapeared.

Olly · 12 Sep 2007 at 23:19

yep, installing XP as we speak.
gonna be a long night.

Olly · 12 Sep 2007 at 23:21

i would quite happily loose 2 of the 4gb of ram I have for a stable working system, I know people who've had worse experiences than me with vista, and although I've not had as many problems as them, I can see their point now

Olly · 12 Sep 2007 at 23:23

ah its so good to see the windows xp splash screen again

Olly · 12 Sep 2007 at 23:26

looks like xp pro DOES support 4gb of ram anyway:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555223

Olly · 12 Sep 2007 at 23:29

Hen_Dawg said:
I'll consider Vista when they bring out a service pack

indeed, and Im gonna buy a bloody upgrade version this time not a clean install one !

Olly · 12 Sep 2007 at 23:45

i've tried to like it, ive tried to get on with it, really.

but have to use ******* cmd prompts with about 50 chars to disable hibernate just seems mad.

it has some really nice features, i can see it's potential, but for me at this moment in time I need a PC i can rely on to encode, game, and doing exactly what I need it to.

EDIT

and all that hassle with UAC is just mind boggling. great for home users, not good for power users

Fully star your swearing.
Tolien