sbrehm72255
Tech Monkey
I must have pulled Vista off of 5 or 6 low-end OEM's in the past few months because the customers totally hated it, all opted to go back to XP......... Works for me and earns me a little badly needed extra cash.
While I was there, I attempted to transfer some files from my sister's desktop to her laptop - since her desktop had apparently not been functioning for some time (unreadable boot volume error) I figured that the easiest way to get at the files would be to load up the desktop HDD in an external enclosure and plug it into the laptop.
Long story short, Vista's security would not let me copy the files, which mainly consisted of a bunch of word documents (school work). I tried several solutions which I looked up online (UAC enabled, disabled, command line takeown, etc.) with no success.
I am running Vista. No problems at all. Easy install too. I get a 5.9 Vista Experience score too. You couldn't give me a free Mac to run anything.
I'll never understand this whole Windows ME hatred. I agree 110% that it was only Windows 98 with a new skin, but it worked fine on every PC I ever came across using it.
I'll never understand this whole Windows ME hatred. I agree 110% that it was only Windows 98 with a new skin, but it worked fine on every PC I ever came across using it.
The main problem is Vista is that the demands are just too high for resources. I have a current test machine with an Intel Quad and 2GB of ram and Vista chugs along. But I know if I were to put 4GB in her, she's wake right up and make XP look silly.
The prebuilts that were made with winME in mind didnt have that problem.
I had one. I didnt mind it. Xp was vastly better, and i was screwed.
Vista is far worse than ME in my exp with it.
That said, I have been running Ultimate 32-bit on my notebook since CES and have yet to have a problem.
bl1k1 said:HAHA! I am just so surprised it gave me so much grief on a setup that I was sure it would run flawlessly. Of course, doing an install at midnight on a day which you feel like death warmed over isn't the best idea.
B1lk1, welcome to the fold. We have t-shirts.
That said, I have been running Ultimate 32-bit on my notebook since CES and have yet to have a problem. I use it almost nightly to work on reviews and it's performed flawlessly. That doesn't make up for the countless problems I have had over the past year but its a start. RC1 SP1 has helped a bit it seems.
I had that same problem the other day... it's really strange you mention it. Coincidently, it was also with the 64-Bit version I was using. Re-installed three times, and each time, I'd receive Explorer.exe crash errors.