Fucking Windows Vista Nightmare
 

*Cliff Notes - Vista sucks, don't buy a computer with Vista, insist on XP*

So I get a new quad core box that comes with Vista, no option to get XP with it.

I uninstall the Norton shit, because it's annoying, keeps popping up shit that "needs my attention"

I turn around to my main computer and all of a sudden I hear the hard drive spinning on the Vista box....it's rebooting....but now it won't boot up. WTF?

It didn't come with an OS disk or a recovery disk, it has a separate partition on the main drive with the recovery stuff.

I figure since I have the recovery stuff there and I've lost my data anyways, I'll install XP on this machine cause that'll be better all the way around.

Well XP doesn't have a driver for the ethernet and some PCI shit...so I can't connect to the internet. There are no XP drivers online either, so I'm fucked, I have to go back to Vista.

But now I can't access the partition with the Vista info. XP can't read that part of the drive....I boot up with a CD and delete the XP partition, and now I can't get the machine to boot up at all.

So I had to pay $30 for overnight shipping on a recovery CD from HP, and wait until tomorrow for it to get here. Not to mention I've lost several days worth of video encoding work.

Here's a big :321GFY to microshit

* cough *

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Sucks... I had a few problems first few days... but everything is running nice and clean for me now...

I've noticed the 32 bit to be much more stable than 64 if it helps at all..

Thanks for proving my point about Mac users being so fucking full of themselves.

And here's one for you
https://youtube.com/watch?v=iEAGmBRC1dc

so Vista sucks because youre a tard who doesnt know how file systems work?

hey i'm not the one with the broken computer :1orglaugh

it seems people that have problems with vista arent the brightest people when it comes to operating systems, just my opinion..

vista runs perfectly for me.

I uninstall a program and the computer reboots itself and won't boot back up and that makes me retarded?

Go fuck yourself

doesnt give any error? try spamming f8 right as the bios is done loading..

vista uses the same recovery system as XP did

Or maybe you're just using notepad. I just returned a laptop because Vista wouldn't recognize a USB key. After doing a quick search I found that there are many many problems with Vista and removeable disks.

That may not seem big to you but it sure was to me :2 cents:

Well, such stories are one of the reasons why I prefer to do a clean install of system by myself when I get a new computer.

yeah notepad works over them cpu cycles :(

Why I started building my own about 7-8 years ago. Clones come with too much shit know one will ever use. Putting the recovery as a separate partition is just retarded. Guess it saves them 50 cents by not including a disk.

Been running vista x64 ultimate since release day, 0 problems.

OP, your situation is hardly a reason to blame Vista, I would blame the user, and then I would quess it was a hardware reason for the no boot.
But then again, not being able to find an XP driver and only a vista driver.... please do tell what hardware this is for, as I wasnt aware there was any hardware that was vista only, besides DX10 video cards, and even then they have XP drivers, just cant use DX10.

I chaulk this up to user error.

I agree, usually they blaim the OS when its 3rd party software or hardware thats actually the issue.

Really? I havent heard of any problems with removable disks, even reconized my off brand 8mb drive thats gotta be at least 6 years old now.

I have been running x64 ultimate since the day after release, and I to have had Zero problems.

and why didn't you download the missing XP driver with your other computer? ;)

As far as I heard, m$ is going to release SP3 for XP with DX10 support. Course it's just a rumor yet. Let's see it's true.

my 286 with dos 3.1 and windows 3.11 works great.

he bought a PC from HP first mistake :)

he started uninstalling shit from the HP pc second mistake :)

moral of the story not OS it is the brand

don't buy a hp :)

lol hype sucks.....

http://mahopa.de/bilder/lustige-fore...rasshopper.jpg

sums it all up

Hi Lenny2
 

It sounds like an issue with your bios or that you had partitions on your harddrive that the new vista ntfs did not like. check your harddrive partitions then check your bios (cmos). If you are over clocking your system, you might get the same issue. I hope your drive did not die on you.

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XP loyalist.

Vista works okay for me.. You can switch to XP if you like..

Im gonna get vista some day, but I can wait a bit longer. Guess they need a few more updates and upgrades!

i agree, wouldn't ever buy a HP. :2 cents:

and why that? i sold and installed about 100 HP boxes in my past. they work great for what they are made for. but they surely are no gaming computers

Forget buying new pcs at top dollar, it's better to get a refurbed Win XP system from the Dell Outlet online or on ebay with Win XP. It will be half or one third of the price as a new custom configured system online from one of the big pc makers. Or have someone build a pc for you configured as you like.

Seriosly i agree with you!! i've never been so freiken frustrasted with an op system..i'm ready to throw it out the window!!

sounds like a fun situation

sounds like its your fault....download brand new windows vista copy and use the cd key that is on your computer that's the best advice i can give you...but you are a noob i'm sure you will have problems along the way.

I'm waiting one year at least to install it.

just never have been impressed with them. I worked for 2 1/2 years at a large telecommunications company and the HP's always had failed hard drives and cdrom drives.

past that was when pre pentium III ? then hp was good :)

A lot of people now are running 64 bit systems and require a 64 bit version of Windows XP or Windows Vista. If for some reason you put a 32 bit version on your 64 bit system... you will find that you will not have full power of your system and you will most likely will need Windows XP 64 bit version to take advantage of your 64 bit system. If you play 3d games and you want to run Windows 64 bit version you should know its base is Windows Server 2003 and it will not run your games for the most part... If you play games on your system you will need to "upgrade" to Windows Vista...

Just thought you would like to know...

Later,

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in my experience vista is one big honkning piece of shit

I'm sticking with XP for as long as i can. Can't be bothered with the hassle i would maybe have with Vista.

I know some people haven't had any problems with it at all though...

I had the same problem with a Thinkpad I just bought. Tech Support told me to start from scratch, which I did and loaded the OS from the hidden partitian. All works well now. Some times those pre-installed installations just aren't right and starting from scratch works out the bugs. I reclaimed an additional 2 GB of space on the hard drive, too.

Make sure you clean our your prefetch, temp, and %temp% folders. Also take a look in your StartUp Configuration and disable any programs that you don't need.

When you start from scratch you'll have the option to install Norton or not, too.

I've grown to like Vista, but I wouldn't upgrade an XP system, only use Vista on a clean startup.

vista sucks!!!!!! seriously. i cant connect to wifi using vista. damn that sucks!!!! wtf!!!!!
ms is a fool to release vista..

ill use vista maybe after 3 years.

Kind of need a new puter, but this makes me want to wait till some bugs are fixed.

Whatev... xp is ok, vista sucks, os x is ok, they're both Intel based these days people

HOLY SHIT

I am going through the EXACT same thing as you right now

FUCK

no drivers for ANYTHING

I am going tomorrow to get a usb to network cable adapter and see if I can use it to fix it

brand new computer sitting here, dumped vista, nothing works

I think I'm going back to Win 3.0 and O'Reilly's Website 1.0....life was easier.

Hey if it's an HP we found a shitload of drivers online today that should work. Hit me on ICQ if you want the links.

I managed to get Vista up and running again though.
Apparently when XP sets up a partition on the HD it leaves 8MB of unused space, and Vista did not like this.
I deleted the NTFS partition altogether and rebooted, and the system recovery part of the hard drive took over on restart and reinstalled everything.

So I still lost all my installed programs and almost a week's worth of video encoding just because I wanted to uninstall norton, but at least I'm up and running again.

well, I have xp up and running, but NOTHING is recognized...well, nothing of importance anyway, and I can't get online with it to find anything

and all the components are so new there are no xp drivers on any of the manufacturers websites for them

it is an acer btw

XP was working fine for me until it started giving me the BSOD (blue screen of death)....... so I decided to go for Vista ...... but now I can't install my mp3lame codec...... there are always problems.. one way or the other...

Vista is fucked, should have never been released to the public, it's costing people A LOT OF MONEY, much more than what Microshit earns in revenue from its Vista product.

When Microshit makes a billion, the American public loses another ten.

This company sucks so bad.

ugghhhh...guezz i uill hav to delay inztalling...

Vista sucks.

What this proves is that if you buy hardware certified for Vista then it does NOT mean that XP will also work. That's the logic gap. You bought a new machine and then wanted to use an older operating system it wasn't designed for -- and then you bitch about it. Get a fucking clue. I'd like to get my old 5.25 inch floppy drives to work on XP, but can I do that? Fuck no. BIOS' haven't supported that drive type in years.

Assumptions suck.