A Good Reason To Buy Windows 7
Aug 9, 2009Being as Windows is the Toy Operating System, Windows 7 will come with DirectX 11. Games will be really realistic and AMD and nVidia are already working on cards that will handle DirectX 11.
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Windows Updates Get The Good Old Windows Update Interface Back
Oct 27, 2009I can get the good old Windows Update interface back, somehow the interface as changed for something that is less usefull and easy to find what update I need to do or not.
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Apr 24, 2009Need good antivirus program for Windows Vista? It is VERY important that the antivirus program does not consume a lot of system resources and slow down the computer like Norton- or Norman Antivirus does.
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Apr 1, 2008I Must Be Getting So Confused With All The Medication That I Take. Just FYI. My Doctor Says Not To Do Anything Stupid. Just FYI. I Decided To Remove Ubuntu Off All My Computers And Install Vista RTM And Vista SP1. Just FYI. My Dad Thinks I Am Stupid Also For Reinstalling And Reinstalling And Reinstalling. Just FYI. I Told Him That I Can't Go Outside So I Need To Keep Playing On The Computer. Just FYI. Anyway, Just FYI, Install Vista RTM From Scratch Then Update With SP1. Just FYI.
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Jun 28, 2009Since latest microsoft updates last wednesday 23th June 09 vista kept freezing
I have tried using Windows 7 X64 instead vista x64 - it does not freeze but was going sluggish.
Now I run Desktop (intel i7 processor) which is powered by a Battery UPS system where the battery run the PC and the battery is charging when main power is on- this means if power drops or is lost i am already on battery power still at full voltage and amps.
In this respect i am the same as laptop which has a battery.
what does this mean?? Vista appear for some reason now to be throttling back my clock speed to as little as 5% due to its power management battery settings- that is instead of having an I7 @ 3.20 Ghz i am getting i7 @ 160Mhz
Solution @ (worked for me despite mention AMD processor here) ...
Idle At Night: Restarts For No Reason?
Mar 23, 2008This laptop is fairly new and both when I'm using it, and when it's idle at night, it will just restart for no reason. It's happening more and more, and no error code comes up.
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Apr 28, 2009I have remote desktop enabled in my Vista x 64 computer allowing accepting connection from any remote client version but I have a wear issue when I try to connect to this computer from another computer running XP. The vista computer reboot without reason when I try to connect to my Vista Machine from a XP machine. The error message that I get is: A critical system process, C:Windowssystem32lsass.exe, failed with status code 255. The machine must now be restarted.
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Feb 28, 2008Can anyone tell me how to determine what I have running that makes my hard drive run like mad
I hit ctrl alt del and clicked the processes tab, theres a ton of crap in there but I can't figure out what the culprit is
Tried shutting the pc down and rebooting, same thing
File Copying Seems Way Slower Than XP And It Crashes A Lot For No Apparent Reason
Jun 27, 2008Been using Home Premium SP1 32 bit for several months, file copying seems way slower than XP and it crashes a lot for no apparent reason. I mostly use for web surfing and downloading music and some work related document writing. I've been thinking of trying Ubuntu, since Vista doesn't seem stable. Opinions?
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Jan 10, 2008Right contstantly the computer is usting between 80 and 85 % without me doing anything, except typing here. Diskeeper 2008, Outlook consume alot of memory, Search Index, Svchost (some 10 different system programs), etc. So i need more Ram. But at the same time i was thinking of buying "Boostspeed" or a program like that to clear memory, so a shutdown is not needed every day. Anyone familiar with this kind of program?
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Apr 23, 2008Im ready to plunge into vista 64/32. My system is up to date 6600 quad cpu, 8 gig, 8800GT (soon to be sli) and yada, yada. I play alot of BF2 mods, RTS (currently playing world in conflict), Crysis and COD4. My worries are drivers and game patches. I would like to go Vista 64, but is 64 good for games? I know I will get hit with frame rate, but hopefully playable frame rate.
View 9 Replies View RelatedThis Is How SP1 Went. Good. Let's Have Your Feedback.
Mar 18, 2008This is how it went.
1. Had to do windows update three times before it got them all. I had just done the other day the updates for march. The first update had 8 updates in it. Update number two had one update in it. Update number three had one update in it.
2. Had to do the WGA and did pass.
3. Then the SP1 update showed up in the Window Updates and started the download. Size was about 175.mb.
4. Had to reboot after the install. During windows shut down it stop to do some more installing of the SP1 update. It has 3 stages.
A. Stage one went somewhat fast.
B. Stage two went real slow up to about 12% then went fast and stop and stalled at 100% for some time.
C. Never seen Stage three.
5. Os rebooted and during the restart of windows just before the desktop shows up it started installing Stage three and went somewhat fast. After the desktop came on they was a lot of hard drive activity.
6. The first thing that I seen is that AVG did not restart. I just started it my self and all was good.
Things I seen after install and reboot.
I now have this icon in the lower right about some Customer Experience program that want's to run but you have to say yes to turn it on.
Under the Device manager I now have an error under Built-in-Infrared Device. ( No big deal)
Under the Task manager my Processes came back up to 54 and memory is running at 50% up from what I had it dwon to, 41 processes running & Physical Memory is 33% so it looks as if it went back in and turned some things back on or added some things.
I will have to google all the processes to find what is what.
So far this is all I have seen but then have not been running the SP1 but just a few. I will post as I find more things good or bad. I figure it will take a few reboots and some system maintenance to get the boot back up to par.
AOL Desktop Any Good?
Mar 11, 2009I saw the demo video and it looks like just an interface that assists "computer newbies" to work internet related items. Does it offer anything unique? Is it worth installing? Because I remeber it used to put a lot of background tasks that do all sorts of things. I know computers are more powerful nowadays but does it still noticably clog up your task manager?
View 4 Replies View RelatedGood Idea To Go From 32 Bit Vista To 64 Bit?
Dec 2, 2007I thought i'd give 64 bit a try, what a bad decision it's terrible. I've had nother but blue screeens and other problems with it.
Think i'll revert back to the good old trustworthy 32 bit, never had any problems with it.
Best / Good Drive Imager?
Apr 5, 2008best / good drive imager? I have Acronis 11 TI, but it started hanging on me yesterday under Vista. it always hangs for 40 secs or so running standalone. I tried Paragon Drive Backup 8.51, it imaged okay but wanted 2 hrs plus to restore 5gb *Acribuis tajes 8 min) - I guess It's using PIO1... (did not send them a note).
I tried rtt r-drive image and it imaged fine but I couldn't boot the damn Linux CD even with bios sata set to IDE/disa/legacy. (sent them a note) Tried casper but it images 1:1 and I don't have the HD capacity at the moment (sata 160 and IDE 80) and prefer the compressed images that I can put to DVD occasionally if I so choose (and I do) Latest PQDI on torrent is 7 which is flagged as Vista non-compatable anyway
(I didn't try it).
I used to use ghost but a while back when I upgraded, the boot cd caused a bluescreen because it wanted to call home on an intel NIC, so I went to Acronis.
Looking For A Good Users Manual
Apr 17, 2008Can anyone recommend a worthwhile users manual for VISTA? I think the HELP facility in VISTA is worthless.
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Jun 26, 2009What is a good internet browser other than ie that will not slow down or freeze, or give me an idea which addons I should install.
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Jun 6, 2008can anyone tell me if its a good idea to overclock my CPU and graphics cards i have a q6600 and 2 -8600 gtx 512mb in sli graphics cards installed is it worth me trying to over clock them and what improvement will i see?
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Jan 24, 2009SYSTEM COLOURAluminum with Clearcoat ChassisCOOLING OPTIONCopper base Heat Sink with aluminum finsMEMORY3GB Tri-Channel DDR3 at 1066MHZ (3x1GB DIMM)HARD DRIVE640GB - SATA-II, 3GB/S, 7200RPM, 16MB CacheGRAPHICS CARDSLi, Dual nVidia GeForce 9800GT 512MBOPTICAL DRIVESingle Drive: 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capabilityMONITORNo Monitor
LabelsWindows Vista™ PremiumComponentsPROCESSORIntel® Core™ i7-920 (2.66GHz, 8MB cache)OPERATING SYSTEMGenuine Windows Vista® Home Premium (English) Service Pack1 64-bitPRODUCTIVITY SOFTWAREMicrosoft® Works 9
Good Downloadable Software
Dec 27, 2008Does anyone know of (if there is such a thing) of a good free, downloadable program to get rid of excess "junk" on my computer. Its running rediculoulsy slow, and my usual de-cluttering isnt doing anything anymore..
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May 14, 2009I was tooling around Bioshock last night. I am worried about Bioshock 2 being not as good. I'm a story guy, System Shock 2 and Bioshock 1 having almost identical story flow really struck a chord with me, so I am hoping (without Kevin Levine) that BS2 will be just as good. The Big Sister character looks awesome, and you get to be a Big Daddy screams "win". Hopefully the story will match the awesomeness. Oh well, if it sucks at least there's always Brutal Legend. (Go Monkey Island!) This mornings Random Thought?, brought to you by T, L, and the number 3.
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Feb 4, 2008what would you recommend me to buy? I really need some good ones, but not that expensive!
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Aug 15, 2009I have a Windows Vista Home Premium and the System type is 32-Bit Operating System. I would like to get a webcam that supports my operating system and that has good picture quality with a good mic.
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May 28, 2009once again I am sick of my Desktop wallpaper and Visual Style. I've tried deviantart ,but have have looked through the 'good' ones and used the ones I liked and then got sick of them very quickly. I want something that just Screams Wow when I turn my laptop on.
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Mar 13, 2009Is there a good program that can monitor the temps in my comp? At the very least, the CPU. I'm running Vista Home Premium SP1 x64.
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May 21, 2008I see big bucks being spent for speech-to-text uses in business (billions) - but I question if speech recognition has valid use for us "hobby" users. Anyone here use Dragon NaturallySpeaking for trivial uses?
If so, what can it do better than simply banging on a keyboard?
Good Free IRC Client For Vista64?
Dec 12, 2009Anyone know of a good free IRC Client for Vista64?
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Aug 2, 2009Im all new to Overclocking (though I've been a heavy PC and Mac user for a lot) and I just bought this pretty sweet HP Pavilion dv4(Intel Core 2 Duo 2.10, 4gb RAM). So im doing my usual tweak routine (im new to windows vista so its been quite a ride). Anyway... I was JUST wondering: Is overclocking a Laptop a good choice? Or are you just ment for doom What chances do I have to make (even slight) improves on my performance (without risking my new laptop of course :3)
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Jun 9, 2008you cant search for reviews, they all have Faux reviews flooding the Web
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Sep 8, 2009Anyone know of a good free Cloning program that is 64bit compatible? for Vista ultimate being upgraded to win7 for the specific purpose of making an exact restore-able image of the HD. That can be copied to a reformatted harddrive after a major colaps of the os or virus damage? I also want to be-able to do a periodic erasure of said hd for security and privacy purposes. which I would do before formatting the HD again. I like to download a try a lot of free stuff and as you know it can mess your system up good and proper, to the point, its better to start over from a cloned image of factory settings that are up to date .
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