[Jayce]

Riddle me this...

The only things I have starting up in my taskbar are my volume icon, wireless connectivity icon, and some other light duty garbage such as that thing always telling me that windows blocked some startup programs.

I have no anti virus that starts.
I have no firewall that starts.
I have no spyware scanner that starts.
No, Steam for CS 1.6 doesn't start.
Nor does Google Earth or anything of that nature.

Yet on a good day I'll boot @ 2 minutes. I just did a fresh install 3 days ago.

[Dell Boi]

I don't think the drives are dying lol, they are brand new, less then 48 Hours old

Maybe i'm just being too critical...just sounds they are louder than supposed to be.

[Tech-man]

Can I ask for something here ?
I really liked the Chess Titans in Vista.. I don't have vista anymore.. I miss that game..
Is there any way to get same game for XP ??
thanks

[madcat75]

When is SP1 available for vista?

[Jayce]

Along with the previous question about when SP1 will be released, is there anything significant that SP1 is supposed to accomplish?

[krazyq]

Originally Posted by madcat75

When is SP1 available for vista?

should around Jan-feb or 08.

Sp is suppose to have better security, performance and ...umm, idk the rest.

[Jayce]

Originally Posted by krazyq

should around Jan-feb or 08.

Sp is suppose to have better security, performance and ...umm, idk the rest.

Is there anything significant about the performance aspect? I need to read up on MS's site I guess...

[Mak213]

Originally Posted by Jayce

Riddle me this...

The only things I have starting up in my taskbar are my volume icon, wireless connectivity icon, and some other light duty garbage such as that thing always telling me that windows blocked some startup programs.

I have no anti virus that starts.
I have no firewall that starts.
I have no spyware scanner that starts.
No, Steam for CS 1.6 doesn't start.
Nor does Google Earth or anything of that nature.

Yet on a good day I'll boot @ 2 minutes. I just did a fresh install 3 days ago.

Start>Run>msconfig>Boot or startup tab. You would be surprized how much is really starting up upon boot. Steam does start. Just not the client. It has background processes. Along with Adobe, WMP, Zune and quite a few others.

Originally Posted by Tech-man

Can I ask for something here ?
I really liked the Chess Titans in Vista.. I don't have vista anymore.. I miss that game..
Is there any way to get same game for XP ??
thanks

You will have to google for ported games. Since that is technically illegla we cant discuss it here.

Originally Posted by madcat75

When is SP1 available for vista?

1st Quater 2008. So from Jan-March.

Originally Posted by Jayce

Along with the previous question about when SP1 will be released, is there anything significant that SP1 is supposed to accomplish?

Yes all sorts of stuff. Every hotfix from RTM to now will be included, the search function removed from the start menu and the kernel updated to match that of Server 2008.

Originally Posted by Jayce

Is there anything significant about the performance aspect? I need to read up on MS's site I guess...

Yes read up on M$'s site because there are plenty of stories about this around. Some claim performance boost while others dont. But those stories also test XP SP3 with super high standards for XP yet barely minimal for Vista.

[krazyq]

i actually like that search bar....

[Mak213]

Not the search bar. Just the word search is removed. Like the Run command that isnt there by default. The Search command is now removed to conform to the Google lawsuit.

The Search Bar is still there and fully functional.