I really don't understand. I mean, I just don't understand why so many
people have such a problem with vista.
I bought 3 HP laptops in january this year. all came with vista.
first thing I did was, make the system backups (yes, like it says it).
I wanted to find out if this really works.
I took one laptop, renamed some system files so they would'nt work anymore
(yes, there is a way to do that) then I rebootet and, of course, it did not
start anymore. I put that system disk in the cd drive and I
just restored the whole darn thing. worked perfect. everything was back to
normal.
then I installed MS Office 2000. now, I have read a few times that this
doesn't work. not compatible with vista.
well, it works for me, no problems.
on the other one I installed Open Org (a ms-office clone), again, works
perfect.
I have a few games. Pool, chess, MS Flight Simulater 2000 and others. all of
them are older, ok for 98 and win 2000. meaning, they should'nt work in
vista or at least, crash after a minute or so.
they all work, no problems.
am I doing something right ? something a lot of people don't do ?
maybe.
with every new program installation, I do, what is called, a Clean Install.
here it is:
To Boot Clean in Windows Vista
Access the System Configuration Utility
1. Click Start and select Control Panel
2. Click System and Mantience
3. Click Administrative Tools
4. Double Click System Configuration
Configure Selective Startup options
1. On the General tab, choose Selective Startup
2. Uncheck Load Startup Items
3. Uncheck Load System Services
4. Select the Services tab
5. Check Hide all Microsoft services
6. Click Disable all
7. Click on OK
8. Click Restart.
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After performing the necessary steps, restore your system by doing the
following:
1. Click Start and select Control Panel
2. Click System and Maintience
3. Click Administrative Tools
4. Double click System Configuration
5. On the General tab, choose Normal Startup
6. Click Ok
7. Click Yes, when asked to restart your computer
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the second part to this is, make sure the program is compatible with vista.
here it goes:
right click on the exe file of that program. go to Properties.
click Compatibility.
click Run this proogram in compatibility mode for:
choose Windows XP service pack 2 from the combo box.
check: disable visual themes
check: disable desktop compostition
check: disable display scaling. Click OK
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next step: Security
got to Control panel, then Security.
click: Windows Firewall
click: Allow a program through Windows Firewall
click: Exceptions
if you don't see your programs name, click Add, find the exe file for that
program (in Program Files), click on the exe file, Open.
then Ok and you're finished.
that program will now work with no problems.
before you reboot, restore your system again by doing the following:
1. Click Start and select Control Panel
2. Click System and Maintience
3. Click Administrative Tools
4. Double click System Configuration
5. On the General tab, choose Normal Startup
6. Click Ok
7. Click Yes, when asked to restart your computer
so, because I am doing all this, I don't have problems with windows vista.
(or XP).
it seems like a whole lot to do, but it's not.
do it twice and you'll know it.
there are a few more things, like automatic Log On or taking out the
constant warning about running a program (DEP) and so on.
I hope this helps some folks.
