Topic: vista

[Darth Walt]

vista is pissing me off and i havent even gotten to install it yet. It keeps asking for my cd drivers..why would it ask for drivers if it was able to start the install in the first place..I hate the jump to a new os..I guess im gonna have to buy a vista cert cd/dvd combo.

[Smackintosh]

Vista is the devil! Kill it!

[DAwG]

I am starting to despise it as well, I can't figure out how to reinstall Internet Explorer, cuz it's bugging out on me

[kerchief]

Who uses IE???

[Darth Walt]

I had posted this in the hope that someone would have an ideal on how i could get it to work without me having to spend more $ on a new drive but i guess it has turned out to be a vista haters club.

[WhistleHeat]

= = = Re: Darth Walt's Drvier Issues = = =

It seems weird that it would get to the point to ask for drivers. What make and model drive do you have? Perhaps you could try to find Vista drivers on the web, burn them to a CD and then load them when asked. I'm sorry I can't help more because I've never had to explicitly load drivers for my disk drive, it's just one of those things that Windows already knows how to run.

Idea, not to insult your intelligence, but you said "cd drivers" and then later "vista cert cd/dvd combo." Are you trying to install Vista (which comes on a DVD) using a CD drive that has no DVD capability? If that's the case, you're trying the impossible. Buy a new drive.

A DVD-RW/CD-RW drive will cost you $25-35 depending on what you get. You can even pick up SATA drive and start the transition away from those horrible IDE ribbons!!!

= = = On Vista = = =

As for Vista haters clubs, I'm a total Vista fan. I've really had a good experience and I think Microsoft has really delivered a fine product that is significantly better than XP. I bought my Ultimate copy the day it was released to the consumers (January 31, 2007) and I never had many compatibility problems list you hear people vaguely refering to all the time. And it's only gotten better with time, Windows updates, and increased developer support. A few old applications don't work and some games have trouble. Most notable: Splinter Cell series, not necessarily known for stability anyway. My friend ran Splinter Cell on Vista without problems though. All in all I've found it to be worthy and superior successor to XP.

I will join any IE hating though.

[Jader]

ditto... vista has run perfectly for me

[dw3099]

running vista 64 bit seems to be just fine for me

[Darth Walt]

my cd rw/DVD drive is too old i guess...I ripped out a dl dvd rw and it seems to be installing now...

[WhistleHeat]

my cd rw/DVD drive is too old i guess...I ripped out a dl dvd rw and it seems to be installing now...

My humblest apologies for questioning your intelligence.

[Darth Walt]

its all good.now im off to find a firewall that will work with a 64 bit os.zonealarm is my fav but doesnt work in 64.

[mephisto_kur]

You could do the smart thing and just get a NAT router.  Then it doesn't matter WHAT OS you use.  EVER.  I suggest the Linksys.

[DAwG]

I had posted this in the hope that someone would have an ideal on how i could get it to work without me having to spend more $ on a new drive but i guess it has turned out to be a vista haters club.

actually there is a way, download vLite and create a new vista install disk with the correct drivers on it.

[DoctorDave]

its all good.now im off to find a firewall that will work with a 64 bit os.zonealarm is my fav but doesnt work in 64.

Do you know if the old Sygate Personal Firewall software works with Vista x64? I guess it's a 1/100 shot, but it's one of the most wonderful programs I've ever ran.

[Farmchild]

I always use to use an old version of Tiny Personal Firewall ( 2.0.15a ).  It was pretty simple to use and pretty feature full.