Windows Vista

[imported_Bernard]

Is anybody thinking of upgrading to Windows Vista I am giving it some thought at the moment, but have not made my mind up yet :smile1:

[imported_Bernard]

I went to "Scan Computers" in Horwich yesterday and bought Windows Vista Ultimate 64Bit edition, I also bought a 400gb hard drive to install it on and I am going to have lots of fun today tinkerin about with it :big_smile:

[imported_Bernard]

It installed OK here is a screen grab of Windows Vista Ultimate 64mb Desktop :big_smile:

http://www.wiganlive.co.uk/forumimages/Desktop3jpgrs.jpg

[imported_Bernard]

I am installing Vista on my computer over the weekend, have you had any problems with it Bernard.

The only problem I have had is that the video driver seems to be a bit iffy and NVIDIA have not released a Vista 64mb driver for my video card yet, problem started when I was running the monitor at max resolution I got a few warnings saying the video driver had stopped working and then the bugger crashed :shock1:
I got the blue screen of death and last time I saw that was using XP and that was a long long time ago which turned out to be caused by duff memory I think the problem will be sorted out when NVIDIA release an updated Vista 64mb driver because the driver which comes with Vista is obviously faulty, the video card works perfectly on XP so I know it is not the card which is at fault, when I dropped the monitor resolution the problem became less severe but it is still not right :sad1:

[Vix's Lady]

the problem became less severe but it is still not right :sad1:[/b]


think i'll wait till you have ironed out all the bugs Bernard LOL :big_smile::big_smile::big_smile::wave1:

[imported_Bernard]

I eventually did find the Vista 64mb drivers on the Nvidia website :big_smile:

[MOLLIE]

My friend has just made me a new computer which she came round and installed for me last night. I've definitely not got Vista, as I was warned off it. Dunno why 'cos I don't know a lot about 'em, but my friend does and she advised me to stick with XP, so I have. :smile1:

[peter]

hi bernard
i`ve got vista on my laptop and windows xp on my desktop
i am having difficulty swapping files between the two its ok going from xp to vista but not the other way
very frustrating.
when i bought my laptop a few months ago i couldnt get one with windows xp
they are all vista now

[imported_Bernard]

I am not using Windows Vista until the PC Guard antivirus software will run on Windows Vista, according to Virgin Media this will happen "soon" to transfer files from Windows Vista to XP you can use the “transfer files and settings” wizard which you can find by going into Control Panel and then the “Welcome Centre”, there you will find the “transfer files and settings wizard” and one of the functions is transferring files from Vista to XP.
I bought a laptop a couple of months ago and it came with Windows Vista, first thing I did was to wipe off Windows Vista and install XP :smile1:

[LinuxLondonRoy]

:sad1: I use Linux it's free it's fast and it don't crash :mf_sleep:Is anybody thinking of upgrading to Windows Vista I am giving it some thought at the moment, but have not made my mind up yet :smile1: