Guys.. my cousin somehow have received a free Vista Ultimate (dunno how he get it.. something to do with MMU or so he said)...


So since he already have Vista in his PC.. he gives it to me after I.. well.. beg him for it.


Currenly my PC is running Windows XP (ofcourse larr.. ). So I wanted to test Vista out.. but someone else here recommended me to do dual-booting instead.


I always have the impression that Dual-Booting is bad for PC and gaming (might be a myth inside my brain though)... so here I wanted clarification... first... will dual-boot my PC (both Vista and XP) have any side effect like lag or whatever to my PC and particularly.. gaming.

And second... how to perform the dual-boot??

Cheh.. no wonder he gives it to me without thinking at all... worth RM1xxx LOL... he really got it for free...

Cheh again... aye~... nevermind la... Business is ok too LOL


As long as it is original and most important... FREE... well.. at least until the deadline...




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Can we buy OEM Vista?? I'm quite blur about this OEM thingy... so I figure if can... I might as well get an OEM Vista Ultimate rather than retail Home Premium.

Becoz I heard OEM is only supplied with a new computer like DELL, ASUS and so on...

Means that... if I change my motherboard... the OEM is useless already... right??


Dmn... that means the right option is still retail... and that really cost a bomb...

Just wondering though... might be a stupid question... but I never tested and try it so I didn't know.

When I change my proc and motherboard... is it okay if I didn't reformat my Vista. And just boot in like that??? Or it is necessary to reformat everything again.

This is getting annoying...



I want to save multiple wallpapers from the internet.

In XP if I save from 10 pictures from the same website... say My Picture\Allure\Wallie.. then for the first picture I will navigate it from My Picture to Allure to Wallie using browse option and save it there.

The when I click save for the next 9 pictures.. it will straight away open in My Picture\Allure\Wallie so I can save pictures a lot faster.


However in Vista... even when I browse to Pictures\Allure\Wallie and save my picture there... I still have to navigate to Pictures\Allure\Wallie through browse option for the next 9 pictures which really annoys me.


Any possible solution for this?? I don't like the idea of navigating to each folder in Pictures folder one by one even if I'm saving pictures from the same websites.

I always wonder.. what is you PC spec?? Using Dreamscene and still can play CnC without lag ..

My PC... just use the Dreamscene and suddenly browsing pictures in ACDsee feels kinda laggy already...


Can... try searching somewhere in "Desktop and Customization" topic. There is a thread inside there teaching how to do it...

I forgot the fact that DS shut it self down when open games... you told me that one before..

And yup.. you also told me you are using Laptop but didn't tell me the spec except the ram which is in the windows vista experience thread...

Or.. em.. maybe I missed that one..

em.. did DreamScene really pause while gaming??

I try and notice that when DreamScene is set as my wallie... my CnC3 has a very noticeable lag...

I think my Vista screw up on me again... just like what it did before I reformat...

oh well.. it's not like I'm dying to use the DreamScene anyway... still waiting for the more astonishing wallie as my DC.


Yup... my rig do gives me lots of trouble in Vista... at first I'm thinking of upgrading my ram to 2GB -> RM300 onli... but suddenly decided to upgrade my whole system to C2D... now already spend RM4500 for it. Still waiting some stuff before can fully assemble it though...


Let see... while I am at it.. why not upgrade to 4GB rite??

Tell me... using Vista 32-bit... will I really benefitted from using 4GB RAM?? Coz if I'm not mistaken.. onli 64-bit has support of more than 2GB... anyone can clarify me on this??

like that no use larr... better stick with 2GB...

I think my Vista installation do have something to contribute to this. First time install... some program didn't work as hoped and I can't connect to any mIcrosoft site. Then I reformat and up until now no problem except the DreamScene thingy which I wasn't sure whether it is becoz of whether my Vista has some problem or DreamScene is intended to act like that... but there is nothing wrong with anything else in my Vista for now...

This post has been edited by Phoenixwunin: Jun 3 2007, 02:06 PM

Hm?? Not really... I would rather consider it as an investment for Core 2 Duo. At any rate I'm getting 8800GTS anyway and as you can see from my signature... using a 8800GTS on that kind of setup isn't... that good. The bottleneck thingy and everything... so I didn't see it as a waste of money as I do enjoy the rig even on XP (yeah.. S.T.A.L.K.E.R and F.E.A.R. on its highest setting do sound delicious to me)

weih guys. I'm dual booting now... but suddenly don't feel like to have the Vista anymore... how to uninstall Vista and just leave XP in my machine arr??


Oh.. one more. How to make my XP as a default boot order through bcdedit.exe command line??