I can't download anything, Vista is driving me nuts!

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Yangky_5

I just got an Asus Lamborghini notebook and it's got some Pentium thing in it
that is not compatible with XP. I've been dying to downgrade my PC to XP
because whenever I try to download Adobe Flash Player, my computer refuses to
shut off. I shut it down, it says shutting down, then the screen goes off
but the buttons on my notebook are still on. I have to force shut it down
and when I turn the computer on again it says unexpected shutdown detected.
I used an I SPY disk on the notebook when my brother came over and when I
tried to turn the computer on later that evening, Windows wouldn't even open
anymore.
I've had to run my recovery disk 5 times in 1 month! I can't even watch
anything on YouTube because I don't have Flash Player!
Can anyone help? Is it the Notebook that's messed up or Vista?
 
that was rude.

anyway, try contacting asus technical support in ur region and tell them ur
problem.
i suspect something wrong with the flash player version.

Neerav
 
Is English your second language or were you just really frustrated when
you wrote your message?

Frankly it is not very clear. You say you are trying to downgrade to XP
and they you say Pentium is not compatible with XP (so why would you want to
change to what is not compatible? I don't know I SPY but I am going to
guess that it never heard of Vista (if that is what you are now running) and
that it screwed up your system. However it is rather difficult to guess
what you are really trying to tell us.
 
Is English your second language or were you just really
frustrated when
you wrote your message?

Frankly it is not very clear. You say you are trying to
downgrade to XP
and they you say Pentium is not compatible with XP (so why would
you want to change to what is not compatible? I don't know I SPY
but I am going to guess that it never heard of Vista (if that is
what you are now running) and that it screwed up your system.
However it is rather difficult to guess what you are really trying
to tell us.
Click to expand...

I Spy (the one I know of) is a childs game.....designed for XP but
works flawless in Vista (My children and I play it all the time).

But yes I do agree his post isn't very clear at all. My suggestion is
the OP take his notebook to someone who knows more about computers
then he does.....with all due respect to the OP sometimes it's easier
and more helpful to suggest that then try and walk a novice through
an issue.

Anyone who has had to try and talk someone through an issue via
email or phone knows exactly what I am talking about.
 
Yangky_5 said:
I just got an Asus Lamborghini notebook and it's got some Pentium thing in
it
that is not compatible with XP. I've been dying to downgrade my PC to XP
because whenever I try to download Adobe Flash Player, my computer refuses
to
shut off. I shut it down, it says shutting down, then the screen goes off
but the buttons on my notebook are still on. I have to force shut it down
and when I turn the computer on again it says unexpected shutdown
detected.
I used an I SPY disk on the notebook when my brother came over and when I
tried to turn the computer on later that evening, Windows wouldn't even
open
anymore.
I've had to run my recovery disk 5 times in 1 month! I can't even watch
anything on YouTube because I don't have Flash Player!
Can anyone help? Is it the Notebook that's messed up or Vista?
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Download and save the flash player utility from this web site..

http://www.softwarepatch.com/software/flash-uninstaller-program.html

Run it, and then re-install Flash Player from the Adobe web site. If you
have problems with Adobe Flash Player in the future, rerun the same
process..
 
I SPY is a kid's game.
I am using Vista now, but I never had a problem with XP even if I knew even
less about computers then.
And for your information, I have downloaded Flash player 3 times after a
system recovery and gotten help from people who have computers as their
living. Even the help line has not heard of this problem before. I got on
this site to see if anyone has had the same problems, not to get sarcastic
comments from people who can't even think of a solution to the problem.
 
Sorry about that, yes English is my first language. I live in the
Philippines though, not in the US so we use some words and idioms
differently. I was pretty frustrated when I typed in the original post.
I've had to use the recovery disk 4 times and I just found out that I can't
downgrade my laptop's OS to XP.

Here are the details:
-- I am using Vista Ultimate as my OS
-- There are certain things I've downloaded (the one I remember most is
Adobe Flash Player, I think the Google toolbar did the same thing also) that
cause the computer to do this: When I shut it down, the screen goes black
but the computer doesn't turn off. I have to press the power button for a
long time to turn it off. When turn the computer on again, I get the
message that an unexpected shut down has occured.
-- I am waiting for our IT Head's reply but from what I remember the
Shanghai Asus helpdesk said I had something that sounded like Santa Rosa
Pentium, which means I can't downgrade my OS to XP.
-- I am not sure if the problem is the laptop or Vista because I called the
US helpdesk while I was there, and our IT guy emailed the Shanghai helpdesk,
and they had never heard of the problem before.
-- If I SPY works perfectly with your Vista, what could be the reason why I
couldn't get my Windows to start after using it? Is there a special I SPY
disk for Vista?

Thanks so much for your help. I hope this post is clearer than my original
one.
 
Thanks for your help! I just ran the recovery disk so my Flash Player is
gone. I've been downloading it from the Adobe site though and it still
causes problems. I saw an update in the Microsoft site that sounds like it
enhances the compatibility of Vista. Would that help?
 
Listen here,

In addition to what Mick Murphy said (which is 100% reasonable) I want to
add some "behavioral advice."

At times Vista is very, very slow but it does not give you any reason to
panic.

Such slowness/tardiness can be explained by many things you do not see.
Vista could have been doing some downloads concurrently and coincidentally,
perhaps that I Spy c*rap (no offense) could have caused it to do some type
of adjustment. Adobe Flash is running on 1,000,000 Vistas now with no
problem whatsoever.

What happened was that you, very used to a quick XP reaction to things in
general, jerked the system BEFORE it could finish the job(S). It would have
shut down on its own 10 min later but the next time you would not have any
problems at all and tit would have shut you down in no time.

I do not know if somebody has already given you this advice downstream, I
have no time to read, too busy, but my personal suggestion is to restart it
in safe mode and unless Vista does not shut down next time in 2-3 hours
(Just kidding!) do not touch it at all.

Your situation is salvageable. Just try to learn your new car.

Vista is a much large OS in terms of the Internals, this is why you are
seeing it.
 
English is his third language.

Joseph Meehan said:
Is English your second language or were you just really frustrated when
you wrote your message?

Frankly it is not very clear. You say you are trying to downgrade to
XP and they you say Pentium is not compatible with XP (so why would you
want to change to what is not compatible? I don't know I SPY but I am
going to guess that it never heard of Vista (if that is what you are now
running) and that it screwed up your system. However it is rather
difficult to guess what you are really trying to tell us.
Click to expand...
 
Here's a translation of Vista-speak ...
Listen here,
Click to expand...
I'm a Vista fan boy, so you need to listen to me.
In addition to what Mick Murphy said (which is 100% reasonable) I want to
add some "behavioral advice."

At times Vista is very, very slow but it does not give you any reason to
panic.
Click to expand...
No need to panic, although you've spent money on the latest and greatest
hardware to try and get some speed out of Vista. Just learn to live with
this bloatware and slow responses. It's just part of the Vista experience.
Such slowness/tardiness can be explained by many things you do not see.
Click to expand...

Although real operating systems like Linux don't experience this slowdown
when called on to multitask, Vista does. But live with it because it's
doing things "you do not see". Out of sight, out of mind.
Vista could have been doing some downloads concurrently and
coincidentally, perhaps that I Spy c*rap (no offense) could have caused it
to do some type of adjustment.
Click to expand...

I really can't explain the slowdown, but it must be justifiable. Vista must
be just adjusting itself. We Vista fan boys can live with it.
Adobe Flash is running on 1,000,000 Vistas
now with no problem whatsoever.

What happened was that you, very used to a quick XP reaction to things in
general, jerked the system BEFORE it could finish the job(S).
Click to expand...

Admittedly, XP reaction time is much quicker than Vista, but please be
patient as Vista tries to do the job.
It would
have shut down on its own 10 min later but the next time you would not
have any problems at all and tit would have shut you down in no time.

I do not know if somebody has already given you this advice downstream, I
have no time to read, too busy,
Click to expand...

Too busy, as I'm waiting for Vista to do its job as it "adjusts" to getting
the job done.
but my personal suggestion is to restart
it in safe mode and unless Vista does not shut down next time in 2-3 hours
(Just kidding!) do not touch it at all.
Click to expand...
I'm just kidding, but give it at least an hour to adjust.
Your situation is salvageable. Just try to learn your new car.
Click to expand...
Just learn to accept the fact that Vista is bloatware that impedes the speed
of the hardware you throw at it.
Vista is a much large OS in terms of the Internals, this is why you are
seeing it.
Click to expand...
Vista is bloatware and this is why you're experiencing how slow it is.

[End of Vista-speak translation]

Cheers.


--
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http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i4/Astronomy2/PreformanceMonitor.jpg

Frank's Corporate Headquarters: Business Sign on his Bedroom Door ...
http://www.gneil.com/images/products/1slN1455.jpg

Frank - seek help immediately! Visit ...
http://www.binsa.org/
 
NoStop said:
Here's a translation of Vista-speak ...
Listen here,
Click to expand...
I'm a Vista fan boy, so you need to listen to me.
In addition to what Mick Murphy said (which is 100% reasonable) I want to
add some "behavioral advice."

At times Vista is very, very slow but it does not give you any reason to
panic.
Click to expand...
No need to panic, although you've spent money on the latest and greatest
hardware to try and get some speed out of Vista. Just learn to live with
this bloatware and slow responses. It's just part of the Vista experience.
Such slowness/tardiness can be explained by many things you do not see.
Click to expand...

Although real operating systems like Linux don't experience this slowdown
when called on to multitask, Vista does. But live with it because it's
doing things "you do not see". Out of sight, out of mind.
Vista could have been doing some downloads concurrently and
coincidentally, perhaps that I Spy c*rap (no offense) could have caused it
to do some type of adjustment.
Click to expand...

I really can't explain the slowdown, but it must be justifiable. Vista must
be just adjusting itself. We Vista fan boys can live with it.
Adobe Flash is running on 1,000,000 Vistas
now with no problem whatsoever.

What happened was that you, very used to a quick XP reaction to things in
general, jerked the system BEFORE it could finish the job(S).
Click to expand...

Admittedly, XP reaction time is much quicker than Vista, but please be
patient as Vista tries to do the job.
It would
have shut down on its own 10 min later but the next time you would not
have any problems at all and tit would have shut you down in no time.

I do not know if somebody has already given you this advice downstream, I
have no time to read, too busy,
Click to expand...

Too busy, as I'm waiting for Vista to do its job as it "adjusts" to getting
the job done.
but my personal suggestion is to restart
it in safe mode and unless Vista does not shut down next time in 2-3 hours
(Just kidding!) do not touch it at all.
Click to expand...
I'm just kidding, but give it at least an hour to adjust.
Your situation is salvageable. Just try to learn your new car.
Click to expand...
Just learn to accept the fact that Vista is bloatware that impedes the speed
of the hardware you throw at it.
Vista is a much large OS in terms of the Internals, this is why you are
seeing it.
Click to expand...
Vista is bloatware and this is why you're experiencing how slow it is.

[End of Vista-speak translation]

Cheers.
Click to expand...


Hehe, I may get chance to look at my Vista machine tonight, pretty good
hardware which is all new although not state of the art and have been
playing with Media Center that seems to have worked very well for, oh,
say 5 weeks and now is crashing all over the place. Something has
changed because I have not added or removed anything so it is either an
update or the electricity supply - have just moved. Also just had an XP
machine start crawling instead of running at usual speed. Wonder if
there is some common update connection? Again nothing changed except the
location and thus the electricity supply.

Good response to the assumption that the user with the problem must be
an idiot though.
 
Don't agonize, NoSpot. You are crying nonstop.

There is absolutely no law as far as I can see for idiots to do their Linux.

Why do we have to smell your fa*rts around here?

Vista overall is faster than XP. Had he adjusted it on the first rounds of
installing his new software Vista would have shown itself. Neither this guy
not you are able to understand this.

Even head to head benchmark tests showed that Vista's kernel is SUPERIOR to
XP by a wide margin. It does have many extra features that a thoughtful
consumer may suppress if they want, perhaps temporarily. |You, idiot,
instead of whining should have taken a simple step: open up your Vista to
your fellow gangsters--malware writers by disabling UAC and many other
security features. You could have done so and dove into your burrow to live
with other skunks. You do not want to do that. You, idiot and antisocial
character, throwing your rotten 250 pound as*s around trying to convince us
that it is a bloated system. I've heard it already many times. Your purpose
is to make the world around you less secure because you are losing business.
You are using Vista for your criminal purposes but want us to use Linux.
Thanks.

Vista is not a bloated system. Even fully loaded in a rather unfair matchup
with XP it shows much better performance on a number of scores. It is about
10% slower on some and the media make a big deal out of it. But those
benchmark tests DO NOT SPECIFY if the conditions were precisely equal. Had
they removed some startup programs that were not necessary for the
performance, Vista would have flown off charts.

You are an IDIOT as always. It is hard to understand what you are doing
here. You don't like Vista--go fu*cking away.

Could not read your "composition" to the end: got nauseated. I've made an
educated guess for the rest.


NoStop said:
Here's a translation of Vista-speak ...
Listen here,
Click to expand...
I'm a Vista fan boy, so you need to listen to me.
In addition to what Mick Murphy said (which is 100% reasonable) I want to
add some "behavioral advice."

At times Vista is very, very slow but it does not give you any reason to
panic.
Click to expand...
No need to panic, although you've spent money on the latest and greatest
hardware to try and get some speed out of Vista. Just learn to live with
this bloatware and slow responses. It's just part of the Vista experience.
Such slowness/tardiness can be explained by many things you do not see.
Click to expand...

Although real operating systems like Linux don't experience this slowdown
when called on to multitask, Vista does. But live with it because it's
doing things "you do not see". Out of sight, out of mind.
Vista could have been doing some downloads concurrently and
coincidentally, perhaps that I Spy c*rap (no offense) could have caused
it
to do some type of adjustment.
Click to expand...

I really can't explain the slowdown, but it must be justifiable. Vista
must
be just adjusting itself. We Vista fan boys can live with it.
Adobe Flash is running on 1,000,000 Vistas
now with no problem whatsoever.

What happened was that you, very used to a quick XP reaction to things in
general, jerked the system BEFORE it could finish the job(S).
Click to expand...

Admittedly, XP reaction time is much quicker than Vista, but please be
patient as Vista tries to do the job.
It would
have shut down on its own 10 min later but the next time you would not
have any problems at all and tit would have shut you down in no time.

I do not know if somebody has already given you this advice downstream, I
have no time to read, too busy,
Click to expand...

Too busy, as I'm waiting for Vista to do its job as it "adjusts" to
getting
the job done.
but my personal suggestion is to restart
it in safe mode and unless Vista does not shut down next time in 2-3
hours
(Just kidding!) do not touch it at all.
Click to expand...
I'm just kidding, but give it at least an hour to adjust.
Your situation is salvageable. Just try to learn your new car.
Click to expand...
Just learn to accept the fact that Vista is bloatware that impedes the
speed
of the hardware you throw at it.
Vista is a much large OS in terms of the Internals, this is why you are
seeing it.
Click to expand...
Vista is bloatware and this is why you're experiencing how slow it is.

[End of Vista-speak translation]

Cheers.


--
Frank's Brain Activity Plotted (watch the red line):
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i4/Astronomy2/PreformanceMonitor.jpg

Frank's Corporate Headquarters: Business Sign on his Bedroom Door ...
http://www.gneil.com/images/products/1slN1455.jpg

Frank - seek help immediately! Visit ...
http://www.binsa.org/
Click to expand...
 
I have not added or removed anything so it is either an update

Or, perhaps a lack thereof. If you are in a rural area with dial up
connection Vista may have hard time getting up to date. Also consider
malware, since it is across the OS: XP-Vista.

Of course an USP won't hurt but the power grid could not be a problem, I
don't think so.

Charlie Tame said:
NoStop said:
Here's a translation of Vista-speak ...
Listen here,
Click to expand...
I'm a Vista fan boy, so you need to listen to me.
In addition to what Mick Murphy said (which is 100% reasonable) I want
to
add some "behavioral advice."

At times Vista is very, very slow but it does not give you any reason to
panic.
Click to expand...
No need to panic, although you've spent money on the latest and greatest
hardware to try and get some speed out of Vista. Just learn to live with
this bloatware and slow responses. It's just part of the Vista
experience.
Such slowness/tardiness can be explained by many things you do not see.
Click to expand...

Although real operating systems like Linux don't experience this slowdown
when called on to multitask, Vista does. But live with it because it's
doing things "you do not see". Out of sight, out of mind.
Vista could have been doing some downloads concurrently and
coincidentally, perhaps that I Spy c*rap (no offense) could have caused
it
to do some type of adjustment.
Click to expand...

I really can't explain the slowdown, but it must be justifiable. Vista
must
be just adjusting itself. We Vista fan boys can live with it.
Adobe Flash is running on 1,000,000 Vistas now with no problem
whatsoever.

What happened was that you, very used to a quick XP reaction to things
in
general, jerked the system BEFORE it could finish the job(S).
Click to expand...

Admittedly, XP reaction time is much quicker than Vista, but please be
patient as Vista tries to do the job.
It would have shut down on its own 10 min later but the next time you
would not
have any problems at all and tit would have shut you down in no time.

I do not know if somebody has already given you this advice downstream,
I
have no time to read, too busy,
Click to expand...

Too busy, as I'm waiting for Vista to do its job as it "adjusts" to
getting
the job done.
but my personal suggestion is to restart it in safe mode and unless
Vista does not shut down next time in 2-3 hours
(Just kidding!) do not touch it at all.
Click to expand...
I'm just kidding, but give it at least an hour to adjust.
Your situation is salvageable. Just try to learn your new car.
Click to expand...
Just learn to accept the fact that Vista is bloatware that impedes the
speed
of the hardware you throw at it.
Vista is a much large OS in terms of the Internals, this is why you are
seeing it.
Click to expand...
Vista is bloatware and this is why you're experiencing how slow it is.

[End of Vista-speak translation]

Cheers.
Click to expand...


Hehe, I may get chance to look at my Vista machine tonight, pretty good
hardware which is all new although not state of the art and have been
playing with Media Center that seems to have worked very well for, oh, say
5 weeks and now is crashing all over the place. Something has changed
because I have not added or removed anything so it is either an update or
the electricity supply - have just moved. Also just had an XP machine
start crawling instead of running at usual speed. Wonder if there is some
common update connection? Again nothing changed except the location and
thus the electricity supply.

Good response to the assumption that the user with the problem must be an
idiot though.
Click to expand...
 
alexB said:
Or, perhaps a lack thereof. If you are in a rural area with dial up
connection Vista may have hard time getting up to date.
Click to expand...

That is the funniest thing I've ever read
 
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