downside of vista

[darth vader]

i recently installed vista on my pc, and to my annoyment, there are a few
things i dont like about it,
1- everytime you install or uninstall anything, make changes to the desktop,
files and folders etc etc etc, you get a pop up asking for permission,
EVERYTIME, its getting annoying
2- takes up too much space on c drive, nearly 10 times the space for xp
3- defrag takes too long , especially when its analysing the drive
4- sometimes hard to find compatable software for periferals etc

now for the good bits
1- quite easy to use
2- great sounds
3- graphics ok

im not a winger, by no means, maybe its because ive been using xp for soo
long, i have just got so used to it, but hey, with technology getting better
and better, and hackers too, vista is more safety concious for the user

 

[SG]

1- every you install or uninstall anything, make changes to the desktop,EVERYTIME, its getting annoying<<<<

That is UAC doing it's job and I'd advise to not disable it no matter what
others may say or think.

10 times? well maybe not that much but System Restore and Shadow Copy is
probably what is doing this. Their both great features in Vista and with
today's prizes on huge hard drives it's a no brainier.

What defrag are you running?

Well it's hard to blame MS for that IMO, out with the old and in with the
new.
Surely one wouldn't expect to put a 1998 carburetor on a 2008 engine would
they?

I think giving yourself time to learn the system you will indeed enjoy it.
It's a big change from XP, but just like all Windows before it one must
learn and no doubt I'm sure you will.

All the best,
SG

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

i recently installed vista on my pc, and to my annoyment, there are a few
things i dont like about it,
1- everytime you install or uninstall anything, make changes to the desktop,
files and folders etc etc etc, you get a pop up asking for permission,
EVERYTIME, its getting annoying

Although I can understand why that annoys you, it's the price we pay
for the additional security of making sure that it's something *you*
want to do, and not initiated by malware.

2- takes up too much space on c drive, nearly 10 times the space for xp

I think that's a much less legitimate complaint. Every version of
Windows does more than its predecessor, and therefore takes more disk
space. But at the same time, the cost of disk space has dropped
dramatically. Measure the amount of disk space Vista takes, not in
gigabytes but in dollars, and it turns out that it's almost
insignificant.

The cost of enough disk space to hold Vista is probably less today
than the cost of enough disk space to hold XP when it first came out.

3- defrag takes too long , especially when its analysing the drive

Three points here:

a. Degragging takes place automatically in the background all the
time, and hardly needs to be done as a separate function.

b. You can always run defrag overnight. As long as it's done by the
time you get up in the morning, it hardly matters how long it took.

c. Windows defrag has always been a poor performer in any version of
Windows. Use a third-party program, such as the excellent Perfect
Disk, if you want better performance.

4- sometimes hard to find compatable software for periferals etc

The issue of finding drivers for all your hardware, especially if it's
a few years old, exists *for *all* new versions of Windows. Writing
drivers is the responsibility of the hardware manufacturers, not
Microsoft, and those manufacturers are often reluctant to write them
for older hardware, since they derive no revenue from doing so.

now for the good bits
1- quite easy to use
2- great sounds
3- graphics ok

im not a winger,

?? Sorry, what's a "winger"?

 

[Bob]

To disable UAC prompts:

Run Regedit and navigate to

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]

Change the value of ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin from "2" to "0".

 

[SG]

Great, just what he needed to know. Vader please take my advise and leave
UAC on. You will get use to a few clicks now and then, but rest assure it
will save you butt more than you know.

--
All the best,
SG

ALEX NICHOL
(1935-2005)
http://www.aumha.org/alex.htm
You will never be forgotten my friend

To disable UAC prompts:

Run Regedit and navigate to

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]

Change the value of ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin from "2" to "0".

 

[Michael Jennings]

Wing nut - right wing nut, left wing nut.

 

[occam]

?? Sorry, what's a "winger"?

a whinger - is a 'whiner' who lives in the UK

 

[thetruthhurts]

Although I can understand why that annoys you, it's the price we pay
for the additional security of making sure that it's something *you*
want to do, and not initiated by malware.

There has got to be a better way.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

a whinger - is a 'whiner' who lives in the UK

Thanks. Even here in the US, I know the word "whinger." I just didn't
realize that's what he meant.

 

[DanS]

thetruthhurts @homail.com wrote in

There has got to be a better way.

There could be, but it was too simple for MS. They could have just add prompts when the IExplore.exe
process tries to write to those parts of the registry or system folders that malware typically do. But again,
too easy.

 

[DS]

The portal for running and/or installation of malware is hardly limited
to Internet Explorer. If Microsoft liited UAC to only Internet Eplorer
then UAC would not have been as effective as it is.

I'd have to disagree with that. Other than adware being loaded along with
some form of shareware, IE is/was responsible for *nearly* all malware/
adware installation via a browse-by install.

Another way I can think of being infected is thru HTML mail while using
Outlook, but that is rendered by the same HTML engine, so that may be
considered as IE also.

What other ways are there ? (Other than someone lame enough to open
attachments from unknown sources.)

 

[NoStop]

As I said, Internet Explorer is hardly the only portal for the
introduction of malware on a computer. In order to remain neutral, I've
genralized the list:

- Internet browsers
- E-Mail clients
- No Firewalls
- Pirated software
- Peer-to-Peer software
- Flash media
- CD/DVD media
- LAN connections
- -User Ignorance-I think we'll all agree on the last item being the
worst source of malware?

- all running on a Microsoft O/S.

Cheers.

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Frank, hard at work on his Vista computer all day:
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