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  • rock-reed
    Confirmed User
    • May 2005
    • 1892

    #1

    Real World Windows VISTA questions...

    Hey guys...

    Who here is using Windows VISTA now...?

    Is it good? is it bad?

    What works?

    What doesn't work?


    Let's shed light on something that is very important.... VISTA is about to take over...

    How will it affect our business?




    I've heard that alot of drivers just don't work for it...
    Is this true...?


    Give us details please
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  • V_RocKs
    Damn Right I Kiss Ass!
    • Nov 2003
    • 32448

    #2
    It works...

    But if you do anything that requires more than 10-25 half open sockets (like port scanning, proxy scanning, pretty much anything that uses threads to send out requests of some kind) I would steer clear of Vista.

    Currently I know of no patch for this feature (problem) in Vista.

    It consumes more memory and Aero requires a lot of graphics processing. If you use 2 - 4 gigs and a good card you should be OK.

    If not, you are in for a slowdown.

    The only good thing is virgin sockets.... Data transfer is a bit quicker.

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    • rock-reed
      Confirmed User
      • May 2005
      • 1892

      #3
      >>> The only good thing is virgin sockets.... Data transfer is a bit quicker.


      What is virgin sockets?


      Thanks for your reply dude
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      • dakota1358
        Confirmed User
        • Oct 2005
        • 2114

        #4
        Can we plug that virgin socket?
        Carmen Cocks Rocks

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        • V_RocKs
          Damn Right I Kiss Ass!
          • Nov 2003
          • 32448

          #5
          Let me correct myself... I meant Virgin Stack.

          Microsoft reworked the network stack in Vista. It basically does more faster now.

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          • CunningStunt
            Confirmed User
            • Aug 2006
            • 5594

            #6
            Forget downgrading to Vista, I don't know a single person who has said they are glad they did.

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            • Rochard
              Jägermeister Test Pilot
              • Dec 2001
              • 75733

              #7
              I have Vista installed on my laptop and it works fine for me. No issues with drivers yet.
              Herschel Savage
              Brooklyn, NY

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              • Slick
                Confirmed User
                • Feb 2001
                • 7338

                #8
                I bought Vista and I actually love it. For me, everything I use works fine. I think that the only problem that I had, if you'd want to call it that, was my WS_FTP Pro didnt' work and they didn't have a Vista version on their website, but they did have a beta version that you can get if you call them up directly, it works just fine, all of my hardware works perfectly.

                I think that it's a nice change after spending 1,000s of hours sitting in front of XP.

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                • Evil1
                  Confirmed User
                  • Mar 2002
                  • 3893

                  #9
                  i've had vista for a month.. im still waiting patiently for the patented windows crash...

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                  • teksonline
                    So Fucking Banned
                    • Jan 2005
                    • 2904

                    #10
                    the creative xi-fi fatality extremegamer professional series card has been nothing but a nightmare on it.. had to ebay it and go back to on board sound

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                    • rock-reed
                      Confirmed User
                      • May 2005
                      • 1892

                      #11
                      Nice input guys...

                      Any more ??
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                      • rock-reed
                        Confirmed User
                        • May 2005
                        • 1892

                        #12
                        Anyone else here actively using Vista?

                        does Sony Vegas work with it?

                        What about Adobe Audition and Photoshop?
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                        • bl4h
                          Confirmed User
                          • Jul 2006
                          • 1282

                          #13
                          I use xp and vista. I use vista a lot more because its simply better. I mean its XP + bag of chips. I dont have any problems with it.
                          Last edited by bl4h; 04-06-2007, 12:49 PM.

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                          • Vendzilla
                            Biker Gnome
                            • Mar 2004
                            • 23200

                            #14
                            I get my new laptop today from Dell, can't wait to play with it
                            Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
                            think about that

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                            • GrouchyAdmin
                              Now choke yourself!
                              • Apr 2006
                              • 12085

                              #15
                              V_RocKs is using words he doesn't understand. He's trying to say [urlhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0905.mspx]this[/url] has made all the difference in the world, which, really, is just offering a slightly different stack that works in slightly different ways (IPV4 and IPV6 are separated.)

                              I was not impressed with Vista's graphical and memory intensive nature. I went back to XP, and plan on using XP until it's no longer feasible - I'd rather get work done than play with zoomy windows.

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                              • Slick
                                Confirmed User
                                • Feb 2001
                                • 7338

                                #16
                                Originally posted by rock-reed
                                What about Adobe Audition and Photoshop?
                                Photoshop works perfectly fine for me in Vista Premium.

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                                • Martin3
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Oct 2005
                                  • 1529

                                  #17
                                  No problems here. Running x64 ultimate.
                                  Like any new OS you better do a software and hardware compatibility check before installing.
                                  264-543-302

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                                  • GrouchyAdmin
                                    Now choke yourself!
                                    • Apr 2006
                                    • 12085

                                    #18
                                    Damn url tag. I missed it. Whoops!

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                                    • rock-reed
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • May 2005
                                      • 1892

                                      #19
                                      Is it possible to turn off all the graphical bells and whistles of VISTA...

                                      In order to save proc. time?
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                                      • JDog
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Feb 2003
                                        • 7453

                                        #20
                                        Quite a few drivers aren't Vista ready. Some printers and other stuff might never work for Vista. A lot of companies aren't going to upgrade drivers because of the price to get them certified by Microsoft and be a certified driver.

                                        I'm am steering clear of going to Vista and migrating to Novell SUSE on both my desktop and laptop (already migrated).
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                                        • bl4h
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Jul 2006
                                          • 1282

                                          #21
                                          Oh I wouldnt upgrade my company to it (if i had one). It requires a lot more resources than XP, but of course that will scale with time.
                                          Last edited by bl4h; 04-06-2007, 01:30 PM.

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                                          • Vendzilla
                                            Biker Gnome
                                            • Mar 2004
                                            • 23200

                                            #22
                                            One thing I figured on when I ordered my new laptop was to get 2 gig's of ram, hopefully that will be enough
                                            Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
                                            think about that

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                                            • woj
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                                              • Jul 2002
                                              • 47880

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by rock-reed
                                              Is it possible to turn off all the graphical bells and whistles of VISTA...

                                              In order to save proc. time?
                                              Probably, but what's the point then? might as well stay on xp then..
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                                              • bl4h
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • Jul 2006
                                                • 1282

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by Vendzilla
                                                One thing I figured on when I ordered my new laptop was to get 2 gig's of ram, hopefully that will be enough
                                                I run with 2 gigs. its the sweet spot

                                                Its better with memory managment. It USES lots of ram but thats not necessarily a bad thing

                                                Also windows vista != aero. Thats a highly advertised feature but theres more to it than that. Yeah you can turn it off. Not to sound like a fanboy but youre spreading nonsense :]
                                                Last edited by bl4h; 04-06-2007, 01:40 PM.

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                                                • Vendzilla
                                                  Biker Gnome
                                                  • Mar 2004
                                                  • 23200

                                                  #25
                                                  well i just got my new laptop and so far I would have to say I like the new graphics, haven't done much yet with it, but I think it's a keeper at this point
                                                  Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
                                                  think about that

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                                                  • GTS Mark
                                                    Vrume Mark
                                                    • Jan 2001
                                                    • 20912

                                                    #26
                                                    I'm on a brand new XPS laptop with Vista and it's running great.

                                                    Pretty cool so far, however I'm only 30 minutes in

                                                    DH

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                                                    • rock-reed
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • May 2005
                                                      • 1892

                                                      #27
                                                      What is the overall thing you guys like the MOST about running Vista?

                                                      Please report!

                                                      and thanks!
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                                                      rockreed@ that thing they call the google mail

                                                      When you E-mail Me, PLZZZZ make the Subject Title:

                                                      >>>>>> GFY!

                                                      So I do not lose you in Spam.

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                                                      • Vendzilla
                                                        Biker Gnome
                                                        • Mar 2004
                                                        • 23200

                                                        #28
                                                        the graphics and I love the gadgets features
                                                        Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
                                                        think about that

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                                                        • rock-reed
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • May 2005
                                                          • 1892

                                                          #29
                                                          What version of VISTA are you guys running?

                                                          Is the ULTIMATE version worth $250 fucking upgrade?
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                                                          >>>>>> GFY!

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