What has Vista done for you?

Final8y said:
In fact its both & thats my point & they turn it off & then cry when they got infected in the first place even tho they installed 3rd party protection.
The firefox example is much easier todo with UAC turned off & a virus would not need to do changes at memory level to do it, ok the format part was a little far fetched
as there would be no point as in most cases it all about making money from you in someway.
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“The main goal of User Account Control is to reduce the exposure and attack surface of the operating system by requiring that all users run in standard user mode. This limitation minimizes the ability for users to make changes that could destabilize their computers or inadvertently expose the network to viruses through undetected malware that has infected their computer.”
 
Vista has done nothing but **** me off!!! and It's probably gonna kill me when all the PC's at my office have to upgrade. I mean my ears can only stand so many complaints before I either:
A. Go Deaf
B. Go Postal
C. All Of the Above
D. As above however my scuicide will shortly follow
 
Hamish said:
IMO vista is terrible, the core is a step forward from XP but the rest is annoying:

Same with Flip 3D, I cannot see a single practical use.
Same with taskbar picture preview.
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Those are two of my favorite functions.

When you are working with upwards of 10-15 open windows the difference it makes being able to quickly visually recognise which is which and bring it to the front is fantastic. I couldn't live without it now.

As a 'User' who doesn't really know much about how the system operates behind the scenes I've found Vista 64 much more user friendly. Everything seems more intuitive than XP so that even when you are trying to follow a tutorial written by a techy for techies I can manage to follow it and acomplish what I want to.
 
Zap said:
“The main goal of User Account Control is to reduce the exposure and attack surface of the operating system by requiring that all users run in standard user mode. This limitation minimizes the ability for users to make changes that could destabilize their computers or inadvertently expose the network to viruses through undetected malware that has infected their computer.”
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Yes i already know that :)
But its the "inadvertently expose the network to viruses through undetected malware that has infected their computer" part i find the most important.
I care less for people messing up there own OS through there own actions which still can be done with UAC than because of viruses doing stuff in the background & poping up adds & getting important info from your computer like bank & credit details.
The thing is tho that this forum is full of higher than avg computer knowledge users so the part of UAC to stop doing harm to them selfs is almost useless & just slows thing down so it gets turned off but then lose some of the first line defense protection from viruses.
 
Top of my head
I love the quicker install, love the way my music folder looks :) display driver reloading is pretty nifty.
sidebar, gadgets & snipping tool also get the thumbs up :)
 
Kezmo said:
Top of my head
I love the quicker install, love the way my music folder looks :) display driver reloading is pretty nifty.
sidebar, gadgets & snipping tool also get the thumbs up :)
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What the music icon?

Whats display driver reloading?

Yer love the snipping tool :D
 
If i could stretch a game window (specifically FS9) across 2 monitors I would stick with Vista.

However, MS decided there was no need for either a 'Span' mode in a multi-monitor environment, nor a need to tweak WDDM to allow stretching across more than one monitor.

So back to XP :)
 
Final8y said:
The thing is tho that this forum is full of higher than avg computer knowledge users so the part of UAC to stop doing harm to them selfs is almost useless & just slows thing down so it gets turned off but then lose some of the first line defense protection from viruses.
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Yes, this was what i said in my first post. Loads of people will turn it off because of the annoying and over the top UAC prompt mean that you lose everything that UAC has to offer (running applications in standard mode)
 
andyp said:
If i could stretch a game window (specifically FS9) across 2 monitors I would stick with Vista.

However, MS decided there was no need for either a 'Span' mode in a multi-monitor environment, nor a need to tweak WDDM to allow stretching across more than one monitor.

So back to XP :)
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So your ran a game in Windowed mode & them pull it across both screens ?
And vista atm wont let that happen.
 
Zap said:
Yes, this was what i said in my first post. Loads of people will turn it off because of the annoying and over the top UAC prompt mean that you lose everything that UAC has to offer (running applications in standard mode)
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And the point is that they don't know about what else they have turned off by doing so, they only think that they have turned off the annoying prompts & don't want to hear anything else about it.
 
Well I've just taken the plunge to upgrade one of my pc's to 64 bit vista (kept one xp for the time being as I use them for work and want a fully stable system just in case), apart from a canon scanner not having 64 bit drivers (annoying means I need to buy a new scanner - oh well wanted a new one) I haven't come across any major software issues so far.

Main benefits for me are 64bit program access for my 3d work, apart from that windows xp was fine and with the extra little programs you pick up over time could rival vista in most respects. I've now got to get to grips with vista and its differences - shouldn't take too long.
 
lsg1r said:
Well I've just taken the plunge to upgrade one of my pc's to 64 bit vista (kept one xp for the time being as I use them for work and want a fully stable system just in case), apart from a canon scanner not having 64 bit drivers (annoying means I need to buy a new scanner - oh well wanted a new one) I haven't come across any major software issues so far.
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The 2 main problems I had with Vista64 were:

Canon LiDE30 scanner wouldn't work at all.
Epson R265 prints on paper, but not on discs.

Canon LiDE30: I found a program called VueScan which has built in drivers for loads of scanners, works great in Vista64 with the LiDE30. There's a free trial to test it, but it's about £20 if you need to pay for it.

Epson R265: As Epson are too lame to create a working driver, I'm using Acoustica CD Label Maker instead. Works a treat. :)
 
Finally!! Ive actually found something useful with this operating system following a blackberry client software install it blue screened then rebooted and told that there was a compatibility issue with said software and pointed me to the appropriate download page for updates....

The cheeky bugger is still getting rebuilt to Xp no matter how helpful it is...!
 
I bought Vista Ultimate OEM for £115 on release month. I did not try a BETA, I did not read many reviews in detail. I bought it after seeing the videos of it in action and reading positive and negative user reviews.

I needed to sample some for myself.

I'm glad I bought it because it's the best OS I have ever used. It aids my daily usage nicely, never crashes, is fast, friendly, looks nicer than XP out the box and has a more intelligent and logical interface.
 
Zap said:
Non of my hardware is out of the ordinary, everything is up to date, i'm careful about that kind of thing. I'm using vista 64 so i can't have unsigned drivers so that should mean i won't get a BSOD due to driver problems.

None of our work vista machines have those issues but just because they don't doens't mean there isn't a problem
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Your last sentence states no other Vista you use has the same problems. Wouldn't that quite clearly point to a hardware problem with your machine. I don't get why you are blindly blaming Vista
 
Vista has given me better audio quality. For some reason in XP I had a constant background hiss. I tried muting anything and everything, changed drivers but the hiss was always there. Never had it with Vista.

The previous version/ghost copy (whatever you call it) has prevented me losing a few files too.
 
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