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03-02-2007, 09:23 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: C:\Windows\System32 Posts: 25,383
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Quote: Originally posted by rokza
My advice to all you people is:
Stick with XP SP2 for a few months till all the bugs are resolved and then buy the Vista. By that time I suppose atleast 95% of the software that works on XP will work on Vista. | 95% of the applications already work on Vista. M$ has released a list of all Vista Compatable and Vista working apps.
This has been beat to death already. People should switch when they are ready. There is only 1 major bug in Vista which is being addressed in a upcomaing patch. But really how many people use System Restore more than 1 a year?
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03-02-2007, 09:45 AM
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PowerQuest / Opera Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Netherlands Posts: 10,101
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I don't see why you should wait for service packs. I am running XP without service packs, but I have the hotfixes installed, and everything is running fine.
I'm not switching to Vista because I don't need it yet, and I don't want to bother with drivers. That's the reason why many people wait.
As far as security is concerned, there's no need to wait for service packs either. Most vulnerabilities have not yet been discovered, and SP1 or SP2 barely prevent spyware/adware at all. I never have spyware or adware, or a virus, but other people who don't know how to use a computer have tons of them, even though they are running SP2 and anti-virus.
Just use a proper browser and you'll be fine. Also use AV.
I haven't used any firewall in almost 2 years and nothing happend (afaik, lol)
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03-02-2007, 09:56 AM
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The Bulldog Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In an empty Ramen packet Posts: 4,360
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Quote: Originally posted by TheMajor
I don't see why you should wait for service packs. I am running XP without service packs, but I have the hotfixes installed, and everything is running fine.
I'm not switching to Vista because I don't need it yet, and I don't want to bother with drivers. That's the reason why many people wait.
As far as security is concerned, there's no need to wait for service packs either. Most vulnerabilities have not yet been discovered, and SP1 or SP2 barely prevent spyware/adware at all. I never have spyware or adware, or a virus, but other people who don't know how to use a computer have tons of them, even though they are running SP2 and anti-virus.
Just use a proper browser and you'll be fine. Also use AV.
I haven't used any firewall in almost 2 years and nothing happend (afaik, lol) | actually XP without service packs has a 137gig hard drive limit. SP2 fixes that, so in a way you are crippled if you have a big hard drive. when i made my latest rig i had to use partition magic to find the rest fo the drive and format and then merge ,not fun. | |
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03-02-2007, 10:31 AM
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PowerQuest / Opera Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Netherlands Posts: 10,101
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Quote: Originally posted by zmatt
actually XP without service packs has a 137gig hard drive limit. SP2 fixes that, so in a way you are crippled if you have a big hard drive. when i made my latest rig i had to use partition magic to find the rest fo the drive and format and then merge ,not fun. | A simple registry modification fixes that. You can do that with X-Setup or manually. No need for service packs.
EDIT: ****. Just noticed I didn't format my old Vista partition on disk 3, lol. I could use the space 
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03-02-2007, 10:47 AM
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Hard Core Techie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 11,632
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Quote: Originally posted by TheMajor
A simple registry modification fixes that. You can do that with X-Setup or manually. No need for service packs.
EDIT: ****. Just noticed I didn't format my old Vista partition on disk 3, lol. I could use the space
| the major is the master of figuring out stuff like that. he taught me a lot of the stuff that I know now
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03-02-2007, 11:06 AM
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PowerQuest / Opera Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Netherlands Posts: 10,101
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Quote: Originally posted by EricB
the major is the master of figuring out stuff like that. he taught me a lot of the stuff that I know now | :o
My computer keeps booting faster for some reason. Sometimes the blue loading bar doesn't even get to the end of the bar, if you know what I mean. I should record it.
EDIT: http://youtube.com/watch?v=BSRuo8W6GK8
The PCI/IDE controller takes quite long.
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03-02-2007, 04:23 PM
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Banned Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 22
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Quote: Originally posted by TheMajor
A simple registry modification fixes that. You can do that with X-Setup or manually. No need for service packs. |
Thank god for Partition Magic.
I'll need to use it when I pick up my 320GB Hard drive tomorrow, would like to partition it for different things like videos, music, etc. | |
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03-02-2007, 09:17 PM
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The Bulldog Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In an empty Ramen packet Posts: 4,360
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wow nice one general. that is one of the more useful hacks out there.
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03-07-2007, 07:10 PM
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Super Techie Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 260
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To give everyone with asus mobo a heads-up
when you run vista update, dont install one of the asus utility updates, it creates a flickering blue screen of death preventing you to go into your OS. if it happens, do a system restore when in safe mode(vista should've created a restore point while updating). and dont touch the asus update.
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