1 question...i've been using vista for more than a month now.....wanna ask why is the installation of programs is so much slower than XP?? issit because of the new indexing stuff?? any1 disabled it?

NewsFlash:

Latest Creative X-FI BETA(still BETA!!! WTF!!) drivers has been released on 15th March 2007.

U know where to download.

anyone knows how to make vista desktop icon smaller?
the existing icon is too big for my liking.

right click on the desktop...
click view...
large, medium or classic icons

there u go...

Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services
Disable Volume Shadow Copy, Windows Backup, Windows Search

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This post has been edited by slacker: Mar 17 2007, 02:58 PM

I still have this problem. HOpe MS fix it soon. When changing media (say like changing next song while i am playing a song) it took me about 5-7 seconds b4 it change..ANyone with this problem?>?

Anyone here has problems downlading updates for Vista? I'm using home premium . the error msg i get when checking for updates is that i'm behind a proxy, which i'm not . I'm using the linksys wireless g ADSL gateway btw. Just got vista installed today , working out the isssues

i have a few questions which hope can be answered.

1. on xp i have Intel PROSet/Wireless to control my wifi. in vista i only have the built in windows app, thus i cant on/off my wifi.i couldnt find PROSet/Wireless for vista,anyone knows where?
2. sometimes i'm prompted that i dont have enough access and stuff, but on my vista only got 1 acc which is the admin one,so whats the prob?
3. what bluetooth sw u guys using? u built in one cant detect my external bt dongle, bluesoleil cant be *ahemed* yet.
4. i'm on a home wifi network. on xp i have folders in "My Network Places" but in vista in "Network" i dont have those folders, anyone know how to find it?

thanks thanks.

actually vista and xp hv any different? except the interface

for me vista running much more smoother than xp..

what is your pc spec? smoother mean faster or more stable?

for me its also alot smoother, just that startup takes alot longer, around 7mins to be ready. after that smooth sailing all the way.dreamscene takes up quite alot cpu usage and ram usage is normally high ( >60%) even without doing anything.

my specs is 1.66 dual core, 1gb ram, and some lousy graphic card (the reason for slowing down).on ultimate.

I find the performance is quite satisfying for early experience in Vista

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Yeah for me Vista also smoother than XP but the loading seems to be a bit slower, and copying files takes forever

Even though I got my copy last year, I just managed to get around to installing this last week. So after a week of trying Vista (Ultimate 32-bit), here is what I want to comment:-

1. About drivers:-
Detects all of my hardware except the soundcard, Bluetooth dongle and wireless USB dongle. The soundcards is a SB Live 5.1 card, and I have to use hacked drivers for it. Amazingly, the wireless USB will work with Windows XP drivers from the install CD, so no problem there. The Bluetooth dongle is another problem altogether, still not fixed as of today.

Another problem is that I can't set my display resolution higher than 1024x768. This is despite having used the ATI official drivers (the one with CCC) and my monitor is a 21" CRT. Anyone knows how to force Vista to use display higher than 1024 resolution?

2. Installation and performance.
The install process, I must admit, is faster than WinXP setup. The performance, even with all those Aero thingy turned on is quite slick and they reminds me a lot of the OS X Aqua thingy. IE7 in Vista is also faster than IE7 on WinXP on the same machine. I do not have problems with transferring/deleting files, with the exception of that annoying UAC prompts.

3. Software compatibility.
All software that I used frequently are Vista-compliant, so no problem there.

4. The UAC.
Too many needless UAC prompts for me, Even when deleting folders with files in it, a prompt will appear. Moving shortcuts from Desktop to QuickLaunch, another prompt. And it go on and on. Microsoft need to eliminate UAC for trivial tasks.

lol, I turned off UAC the other day and an hour after that my sis managed to install a trojan in mah Vista. fortunately i just reverted to an ealier time and problem solved

if you have good anti virus and firewall with windows defender actively ON, there's no need to have UAC. Unless you re a noob, or there's some other people using your computer.

Anyone with a similar specs as my PC can tell how is the Vista experience ? How much hard disk space does Vista takes for you all ?

This post has been edited by hardyboyz888: Mar 18 2007, 06:17 PM