Vista OS??

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chili5 Posts: 424 Joined: 5th Jul 2008 Location: Canada	quotePosted at 13:55 on 21st August 2008 Yeah XP Os disks are expensive sometimes, but mine came with my PC. :D I really like XP sorta :) Best windows version I've seen so far. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Peter Evans Posts: 3863 Joined: 20th Aug 2006 Location: UK	quotePosted at 14:39 on 21st August 2008 On 21st August 2008 13:55, chili5 wrote: Yeah XP Os disks are expensive sometimes, but mine came with my PC. :D I really like XP sorta :) Best windows version I've seen so far. Thats the point, if it comes with the computor its cheap. But you try to buy the disks seperately and they cost the earth. It can work out cheaper to buy a new computor. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Roses Posts: 470 Joined: 9th Mar 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 14:48 on 21st August 2008 we, problem now sorted by way of elimination. i had only put 2 programs on here....PSP and google toolbar. when i eliminated google toolbar, problem went away! I CANNOT stand vista....... My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Peter Evans Posts: 3863 Joined: 20th Aug 2006 Location: UK	quotePosted at 15:25 on 21st August 2008 Well done Roses. But does that mean you can no longer google for info? My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
poe Posts: 1132 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England	quotePosted at 15:32 on 21st August 2008 We use Vista and had nothing but continuous problems with it early on, so much so that we were considering going back to XP. However, after downloading the Vista Service Pack which Microsoft released for it, all the initial problems that we were experiencing (constant crashes, freezes, programs not opening properly etc) seem to have been fixed, and for us it now runs completely problem free. We use the Google toolbar too, and it's never caused a problem for us. Perhaps it was a bad install of the toolbar you experienced, and it may be worth trying it again? My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Peter Evans Posts: 3863 Joined: 20th Aug 2006 Location: UK	quotePosted at 16:25 on 21st August 2008 Do you find that it is slower than XP though POE?. My wifes laptop ran almost as fast as my 3mghz desktop untill she started to install programs. Then it ran out of steam and runs like a snail now, even after cleaning all the rubbish and temp files out. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
poe Posts: 1132 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England	quotePosted at 16:34 on 21st August 2008 No I don't Peter. Though that may be because I upgraded the CPU, RAM and a few other major components at the same time as I installed Vista. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
John Ravenscroft Posts: 321 Joined: 21st Sep 2007 Location: UK	quotePosted at 16:38 on 21st August 2008 On 21st August 2008 16:25, Peter Evans wrote: Do you find that it is slower than XP though POE?. My wifes laptop ran almost as fast as my 3mghz desktop untill she started to install programs. Then it ran out of steam and runs like a snail now, even after cleaning all the rubbish and temp files out. Peter, I had the same problem a while back. I invested in something called Optimize 2. http://www.pcpitstop.com/store/optimize2.asp Not free (costs about £15 per year) - but I've used it on the three computers I own and been amazed at how much faster they run. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Roses Posts: 470 Joined: 9th Mar 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 01:39 on 22nd August 2008 peter, not really sure...on the top, to the right there is a place to type for google (not the google toolbar). i always liked google : ( My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Alan Marron Posts: 726 Joined: 14th Jul 2008 Location: UK	quotePosted at 11:59 on 24th August 2008 On 20th August 2008 12:51, Peter Evans wrote: My wife has a lap top. It has the dreaded Vista. I hate it. One day they may get it sorted but when? She mainly uses it for games, but even games that are vista compatible dont work properly on it. According to a friend of mine, in the trade, Vista is so unpopular that Microsfties are looking for ways to make it look more like XP. If you have XP there are lots of free downloads you can get that emulate parts of Vista. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions