For all the Vista haters out there

[Alpha-Critik]

Before you bitch at me, I used to be a hater too, until I realised that Vista has FAR more potential for power, and looks nicer...

Vista is not bad, at all. In fact, I'd go as far to say that Vista is one of the most reliable OS's I've ever used. It never, ever crashes (unless you poke it with a big, RAMHOG-shaped stick), and the potential for customisation is far better than XP. Even if you have the magic 3GB RAM that is required for Vista to run smoothly, you can still use this to further speed up your system. Anyway, Vista is great, IF you know how to handle it well. Here are some pointers as to how to make your Vista rig run reliably and quickly:

1. Get rid of your crap
Yes, it takes time, but dear god, this helps... Every time you see something that you do not use any more, get rid of it. Whenever your hard drive start to fill up, delete some of your crap, or put it on a memory stick or something... You can also use the Disk Cleanup tool to get rid of excess crap. Make sure to get rid of thumbnails.

2. Tweak your appearance
Even if you install a custom theme, you can still turn down some of the SFX, and it'll still look sexy. When you do, click "Effects", and turn off as much as you can.

3. Keep your crap up to date
This is stuff like drivers and updates. Install regularly.

4. Tweaking your registry
Make sure to Google some Vista registry tweaks, these are awesome.

5. Basic maintenance
Keep your system up to speed by doing the following, in this order -

a. Clean up un-used crap
b. Use Disk Cleanup
c. Defragment your system drive

This will keep your system running like a dream. Make sure to re-boot afterwards.

6. Turning off un-neccessary start-up programs and services
This will speed up your boot-times. Click the start orb, and type "msconfig", without quotes. Click the program at the top of the list. When it appears, click the Startup tab. Disable unused programs. Exit without restart. Click the start orb again, then type "services.msc" without quotes. Disable any servies that are un-needed. Doing this dramatocally increases performance.

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OK? This will keep Vista running just as bug-free and just as quick(if not quicker) than XP.

Let me know if this improved your system performance.

[HandsomePete]

It doesn't really matter, because they'll have the next OS out soon enough. No need to worry about hating Vista, because it'll be obsolete before you know it.

[TobascoSauce]

Hmm...I really couldn't care less.

[IMonkeyIlol]

NVIDIA blocks allot of softwares and i had to delete it.What that did was screw up my laptop and made it super slow.The things that make it a high definition and fast are also the things that make your internet connections crooked.
Vista is for the loose on every part of my book it's full of BS

[RedCoin]

I've had vista since shortly after it came out, and I've yet to notice any big noticable difference, apart from the theme.

[lilcheeselad]

Don't forget about CCleaner.

[cHunter]

At 4/6/09 12:34 PM, RedCoin wrote: I've had vista since shortly after it came out, and I've yet to notice any big noticable difference, apart from the theme.

I use the search built into the start menu quite a bit and watch some stocks in the sidebar, but that's about it. It runs nicely and looks pretty so I really can't complain.

[CrowCuervo]

The problem with Vista, is that it's not compatible with anything
At least anything cool
You can't play nice games or run cool programs, because it keeps bitching about compatibility

[RedCoin]

At 4/6/09 12:37 PM, cHunter wrote: I use the search built into the start menu quite a bit and watch some stocks in the sidebar, but that's about it. It runs nicely and looks pretty so I really can't complain.

Yeah actually, i forgot about the search.
Search is cool.

[fuzzum111]

STOP TELLING ME TO HATE MY OWN OS!!!!

O.o;; Vista is just fine you just need to work around it sometimes ^^;;

[andhination]

I haven't heard anyone bitch about Vista in ages.
Like, when it first came out.

But back then, it froze every time you clicked on something, so they had right to.

It's just fine now.

Though a Windows 98 that didn't freeze would be the best OS ever.

[Robotchk12]

I enjoy Vista better than XP, but I just don't like having a random program crash on me... randomly.
Firefox crashes all the time, like when I'm in the middle of the Wilderness (know what that is?).

It's still better than Macintosh though. There's a total lack of software for that piece of crap.

[MonkeyV]

At 4/6/09 01:08 PM, Robotchk12 wrote: Firefox crashes all the time, like when I'm in the middle of the Wilderness (know what that is?).

We used to, but we forgot because we realized that Runescape gets boring very quickly.

[Figter]

At 4/6/09 12:32 PM, TobascoSauce wrote: Hmm...I really couldn't care less.

Yeah seriusly i hated vista first but now i dont care, i just use xp

[andhination]

At 4/6/09 01:08 PM, Robotchk12 wrote: Firefox crashes all the time, like when I'm in the middle of the Wilderness (know what that is?).

Godamnit runeshite.

[cHunter]

At 4/6/09 12:38 PM, RedCoin wrote:

At 4/6/09 12:37 PM, cHunter wrote: I use the search built into the start menu quite a bit and watch some stocks in the sidebar, but that's about it. It runs nicely and looks pretty so I really can't complain.

Yeah actually, i forgot about the search.
Search is cool.

Don't forget about DirectX 10. I haven't noticed any difference yet...but we still have it, mother fuckers.

[Rohedin]

6 days after buying it, I uninstalled it and sold it off to a friend. The entire thing was too bloated, one piece of hardware was causing BSODs , but there was bugger all info as to what hardware it was. Even before that, a lot of my applications weren't compatible.

I'm sure it's got better now, but I'm happy using Linux Mint now (and sometimes XP).

[evilfluffmonger]

I know this may sound crazy, but I got Vista for my laptop, and i've had it for two years and it hasn't crashed. Not once. I think all those reports of Vista crashing constantly are rumors.

[X8X]

At 4/6/09 12:38 PM, CrowCuervo wrote: The problem with Vista, is that it's not compatible with anything
At least anything cool
You can't play nice games or run cool programs, because it keeps bitching about compatibility

www.dosbox.com

If you run the newer games and it gives you compatibility problems, buy a new PC.

[Ozcar]

At 4/6/09 12:36 PM, KevnSevn wrote: My hard drive.

I really need to run a disk clean-up.

I bet 90% of that crap is porn...

[aquaticmole]

Vista is pretty shitty, I don't remember having as much trouble with X as I do with Vista, I heard the New Microsoft OS is supposed to be really good though.

[LDAF]

Guys, I have Vista, IT GIVES YOU SO MANY MORE PROBLEMS THAT XP. Though it's more technologically advanced, you really are best off just sticking to XP or whatever else you use.

[Mz-frost95-fr]

Well I never used Vista, but I'm sure it's just wonderful =]

[Pink-Ninja]

Vista is good but Windows gold is even better, trust me.

[Robotchk12]

At 4/6/09 01:17 PM, MonkeyV wrote:

At 4/6/09 01:08 PM, Robotchk12 wrote: Firefox crashes all the time, like when I'm in the middle of the Wilderness (know what that is?).

We used to, but we forgot because we realized that Runescape gets boring very quickly.

So, you're assuming that everyone hates RuneScape? How judgmental.

[CompleteDouche]

I dont know y people bitch about Vista. I have it, and i only have....511 mb of RAM.... i runs very smooth and i have had 0 problems since it came out.

[catd77]

But XP and OSX do all that crap for you. And already have toned down effects (and OSX still looks sexy).

Hi, I'm Jeff and I'm a Mac, deal with it.

[MrKickyourbutt]

I've had Vista for a year and a half, and I have gotten no trouble from it, besides Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory not working. It's so much more convenient than Vista.

That's not to say it's without problems. It basically treats you like a kid, and doesn't allow you to see the inner workings. For example, when you want to defragment the hard drive, it does not give you that fragmentation graph that XP does, nor does it tell you which files are the most fragmented. All it says is "You (do not) need to defragment this hard drive."

Also, I run Vista on full settings just fine with 2 gigs of ram.