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"upgrading" to Vista from XP was the worst mistake I could have made. There
was nothing wrong with XP.. I just thought Vista looked cool and would be
fun! Wrong!! Not only did I have to buy another stick of ram (2 512's), it
was the wrong kind. So I had to exchange it for the right RAM. Then I
installed Vista on top of XP (not the clean install but the upgrade). Nothing
but problems. The upgrade advisor said everything was hunky dory and ready to
go with Vista, yay! But, no. So I re-installed Vista, CLEAN, this time,
wiping everything out on the C drive (all my music and pics and stuff are on
D which I unplugged just in case). Still having issues. Mostly the screen
freezing up, usually in patterns of purple and yellow lines. Or blue screen
of death every 15-20 minutes. I'd have to reboot at least 40 times a day. I
kid you not. Microsoft technical support was not very helpful (yeah, called
them 6 times, they said they didn't know what to do for me). Finally went on
here and found some useful info (my video card sucks so thats why it kept
freezing up and giving me blue screen errors). Now, evresince decreasing my
video card hardware acceleration, its been better but I still get at least
one blue screen a day. Maybe I will get a better video card soon if I have
money. I have bills to pay, ya know? But for now I guess this will do. Then
comes the problem with aero. Thats why I frickin BOUGHT Vista. It looked rad.
But then I find out, after MUCh searching, that the reason why there is only
the 'basic' vista theme, is because my hardware sucks and my videocard can't
handle the aero theme. Well that is just fine and frickin dandy. So how about
lets install some third party .msstyles to spice this party up? OH NO NOT
VISTA!! Now they are .theme files, not .msstyles files, and you can't find
..Theme files anywhere on the internet. So I am stuck with one, basic, drab,
crappy Vista theme all because the upgrade advisor never told me that my
hardware would suck and prevent me from having an enjoyable vista experience.
Vista, I hereby pronounce you as the worst operating system peice of crap
*ever*. I wish I could go back to XP but all I have is the recovery disc that
came with my computer. The computer already had XP installed. Crap. Well
maybe I'll spend the $100 and get a new copy of XP. I bet I'll be 100%
happier. Vista has been nothing but a nightmare and I *HATE* it with a
passion.
Thanks for letting me rant. The end.
was nothing wrong with XP.. I just thought Vista looked cool and would be
fun! Wrong!! Not only did I have to buy another stick of ram (2 512's), it
was the wrong kind. So I had to exchange it for the right RAM. Then I
installed Vista on top of XP (not the clean install but the upgrade). Nothing
but problems. The upgrade advisor said everything was hunky dory and ready to
go with Vista, yay! But, no. So I re-installed Vista, CLEAN, this time,
wiping everything out on the C drive (all my music and pics and stuff are on
D which I unplugged just in case). Still having issues. Mostly the screen
freezing up, usually in patterns of purple and yellow lines. Or blue screen
of death every 15-20 minutes. I'd have to reboot at least 40 times a day. I
kid you not. Microsoft technical support was not very helpful (yeah, called
them 6 times, they said they didn't know what to do for me). Finally went on
here and found some useful info (my video card sucks so thats why it kept
freezing up and giving me blue screen errors). Now, evresince decreasing my
video card hardware acceleration, its been better but I still get at least
one blue screen a day. Maybe I will get a better video card soon if I have
money. I have bills to pay, ya know? But for now I guess this will do. Then
comes the problem with aero. Thats why I frickin BOUGHT Vista. It looked rad.
But then I find out, after MUCh searching, that the reason why there is only
the 'basic' vista theme, is because my hardware sucks and my videocard can't
handle the aero theme. Well that is just fine and frickin dandy. So how about
lets install some third party .msstyles to spice this party up? OH NO NOT
VISTA!! Now they are .theme files, not .msstyles files, and you can't find
..Theme files anywhere on the internet. So I am stuck with one, basic, drab,
crappy Vista theme all because the upgrade advisor never told me that my
hardware would suck and prevent me from having an enjoyable vista experience.
Vista, I hereby pronounce you as the worst operating system peice of crap
*ever*. I wish I could go back to XP but all I have is the recovery disc that
came with my computer. The computer already had XP installed. Crap. Well
maybe I'll spend the $100 and get a new copy of XP. I bet I'll be 100%
happier. Vista has been nothing but a nightmare and I *HATE* it with a
passion.
Thanks for letting me rant. The end.