to all vista users please help asap

dannywaugh1

dannywaugh1

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ok i am goin to build my pc and i am not sure weather to go for vista or xp, yes i have put a post up about this already but i still connot decide. i keep changing my mind! aaauuuuugggghhhh! god i withi cold decide.

if i was goin to stick with xp witch one? home or pro

if i was goin onto vista witch one? home premiun 32/64bit?

do all 32bit programs work on 64bit os? have yopu vista uses had any problems with vista? please help me.
 
if you don't use the features of xp pro, then use xp home (networking stuff mainly)

go for vista home premium if you want media centre and aero, or vista home basic if you don't care about them

go for either xp 32bit, or vista 64bit

xp64bit is good, but only with driver support
 
ok read the post its between xp and vista not max os or windows 2000. soory i hate trying to decide with one to go for. why did they make vista then i would not have this problem lol!
 
dannywaugh1 said:
ok read the post its between xp and vista not max os or windows 2000.
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i wasn't being entirely serious..... ;)

i'm just fed up of seing the same old crap being posted everyday. you have another thread just half way down the page ffs...... :rolleyes:
 
I have XP Pro and Vista 64 in dual boot.

Trying to get XP Pro to run inside a virtual machine in Vista.

If you want a great OS, but with some hardware driver issues get Vista. If you want a good OS get XP.
 
If you decide on Vista 64 make sure before purchasing it that you can get all the drivers needed for your current hardware or the stuff you have already works with 64bit Save you some heartache later if you find support for a particular item will not be getting supported.
 
Anyone know how to install Vista 64bit on a pc with 4 gig of ram without removing 2 gig , then applying the 4 gig patch , then putting the ram back in


680i mb for info
 
lazarus said:
If you decide on Vista 64 make sure before purchasing it that you can get all the drivers needed for your current hardware or the stuff you have already works with 64bit Save you some heartache later if you find support for a particular item will not be getting supported.
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Good advice.
I had nothing but trouble with Vista 64 RC2 when I tried that, so I decided to go with Vista 32 Home Premium when I did eventerly upgrade the OS.

Funnily enough the only reason I did change to Vista from XP was that I was getting terrible game performance in XP :o

Nothing seemed stable, even on a clean install. I was at my wits end and I decided to try Vista and it has been 90% rock solid since, and imo although I will be in a minority, game performace has incressed significently in vista. I certainly would'nt go back to XP now. While Vista is not perfect, I see it as the lesser of two evils, and having DX10 support for the upcomming games is nice too.
 
marc2003 said:
i wasn't being entirely serious..... ;)

i'm just fed up of seing the same old crap being posted everyday. you have another thread just half way down the page ffs...... :rolleyes:
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then don't click on the thread and reply then. :rolleyes:

go for vista as you are building a new system. go for vista home preimum 32bit. 64 bit drivers takes abit of digging and searching.

have fun with your new system.
 
hittman said:
then don't click on the thread and reply then. :rolleyes:
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i'll reply to any thread i like thank you. :)

i don't see why the OP had to start another thread asking this.....

dannywaugh1 said:
ok i am goin to build my pc and i am not sure weather to go for vista or xp, yes i have put a post up about this already but i still connot decide. i keep changing my mind! aaauuuuugggghhhh! god i withi cold decide.

if i was goin to stick with xp witch one? home or pro

if i was goin onto vista witch one? home premiun 32/64bit?

do all 32bit programs work on 64bit os? have yopu vista uses had any problems with vista? please help me.
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when he already had started this thread a few posts down.....

dannywaugh1 said:
ok i am in a bit of a wall here i am not sure weather to go for windows xp32 again or 64 or just get windows vista altogether. i have said that i will go for xp again because i know that all my programs will work on here but i am still not sure if that is my final decission, i have doen a lottle searhcing about to try and find what programs will and will not work and at the moment it looks like most of my program will work with only a couple that will not i have also downloaded the vista adviser program and again it seems that most will work with only a couple that do not. The spec of my computer is:


OK FORGET ABOUT THE COMPUTER SPEC.
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if i you want to ask for advice/help on the exact same subject, i think 1 thread is enough, don't you? especially when the first thread was just a few posts down when this was started...... :rolleyes:
 
marc2003 said:
i'll reply to any thread i like thank you. :)

i don't see why the OP had to start another thread asking this.....



when he already had started this thread a few posts down.....



if i you want to ask for advice/help on the exact same subject, i think 1 thread is enough, don't you? especially when the first thread was just a few posts down when this was started...... :rolleyes:
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fair enough but let the mods worry about it. ;)

@dannywaugh1

if you already posted about this and still can't decide, use the same thread as it keeps the forum tidy. Also does not make some members cry/moan as well.
 
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Thanks its a bit poor 64 bit can address lots of ram but cannot install on it


I am lead to belive that Dell have modded their install DVD to get round this problem ?
 
Vista x64 is way to go if you have all the drivers,not hard to check and I had all my drivers by February ,driver support is pretty good.


32 bit software compatibility is very good,I use a lot of normal 32 bit programs like Firefox,CCleaner.,Printmaster 16,Spybot,Spywareblaster,Nero 7,Adobe 8,Quicktime etc...all work fine,gaming wise got about 30 games installed so far all run great.

No reason not to go Vista x64 unless you got some specialized software( very old 16 bit software wont run in Vista x64) or lack of important driver you need.
 
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