Thread: Ahh! Vista's pissing me off.

Yeah you dont have to click the search box though, you just start typing

Give this a go

It's Ubuntu but without the scary partitioning and dual booting. The Windows bootloader is not affected or displaced at all and you can simply remove it by going into Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel as you would a videogame. Easy and harmless! I've used it for a few days now and it is better than Vista, and nicer looking too!

The whole "are you sure" thing is a security feature. If you ever accidentally get a self extracting file, or download something, and go to open it only to realize you should have ran the virus scan first, or actually install a virus that relies on opening it's own exe files, etc - Vista will save your ass should the worst case scenario almost happen.

Vista takes some time to get used to. Like someone mentioned above, I've been using 64-bit Ultimate for about a month, and the only problem so far has been compatibility issues. The only problem I've had so far is sometimes my wireless card isn't detected, and I need to restart. Pretty annoying.

Should worst come to worst I've still got XP on a second hard drive, but I rarely boot it now.

Originally Posted by blade5x

Like someone mentioned above, I've been using 64-bit Ultimate for about a month, and the only problem so far has been compatibility issues. The only problem I've had so far is sometimes my wireless card isn't detected, and I need to restart. Pretty annoying.

Even 64-bit XP has a lot of compatibility issues.

Originally Posted by Jdeadevil

Jeez I want a free version of XP...

Download Utorrent, go to isohunt.com, search for "windows xp student", burn image.

Originally Posted by Rakjavik

Download Utorrent, go to isohunt.com, search for "windows xp student", burn image.

Very illegal

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Very illegal

What's your point?

But Rakjavik, Dreamviews can get in trouble if advice on pirating software is posted on their forum. The staff has warned people before.

Haha, we'll have those people on our asses that steal our MP3 players.

Originally Posted by Webmaster

What's your point?

But Rakjavik, Dreamviews can get in trouble if advice on pirating software is posted on their forum. The staff has warned people before.

I forgot to add, only do this if you own an original copy of windows xp student......... how do you edit posts?

Originally Posted by Rakjavik

I forgot to add, only do this if you own an original copy of windows xp student......... how do you edit posts?

After 24 hours... PM a moderator.

No because then you have to get it approved by a moderator. Jeez, doesn't anyone know real information anymore?

Originally Posted by Jdeadevil

No because then you have to get it approved by a moderator. Jeez, doesn't anyone know real information anymore?

Get what approved by a moderator?

The edited post. The whole procress takes ages.

Originally Posted by Jdeadevil

The edited post. The whole procress takes ages.

Really? Usually when I private message one of the online staff members about moving/deleting threads, they respond very quickly. Do they have to present the edit to the whole staff or something?

No, you have to play a game of hearts, and depending on who wins, is the one who edits your post.

Originally Posted by Jdeadevil

No, you have to play a game of hearts, and depending on who wins, is the one who edits your post.

How mature Jdeadevil.

Vista in my opinion needs chance to work out the bugs, its still a bit buggy so i'd recommend switching back down to XP until they have a chance to sort out Vista.

Just give it time and most the problems will be ironed out. You could always get a Zonbu

What's a Zonbu?

Also - It'll will probably come to me via windows update if they sort out a bug or anything.

Some computing system that generates 1/10 of normal PCs power. Looks like a scam to me. Something about a monthly fee just for having one of their comps. The OS is probably running some crappy version of linux.

Originally Posted by Rakjavik

Some computing system that generates 1/10 of normal PCs power. Looks like a scam to me. Something about a monthly fee just for having one of their comps. The OS is probably running some crappy version of linux.

Aaah, the ignorance is astounding

Yes, it's linux
Yes, it's not very powerful
No, it's not meant to be

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zonbu

Zonbu is a technology company responsible for the development of a computing platform that combines a web-centric service, a small form factor PC, and an open source based software architecture. The product is marketed as being affordable, hassle-free, and environmentally responsible.

Zonbu consumes less than 10 watts on average and 15 watts under full load, compared to 175 watts for a typical desktop PC. It is a carbon emission neutral computer thanks to this low power design and regulatory grade carbon offsets purchased by Zonbu from Climate Trust, a carbon offset provider

The Zonbu OS is a customized version of Linux based on the Gentoo distribution using the Xfce desktop environnment. It is geared towards non-technical users, and the user interface focuses more on simplicity than advanced features.

On their website it says numerous times that the zonbu service starts at 14.99 a month. What are they referring to?

Originally Posted by Rakjavik

On their website it says numerous times that the zonbu service starts at 14.99 a month. What are they referring to?

As stated in the wikipedia page

As a thin-client product striving to minimize the amount of power used, Zonbu had to trade off some features[7]:

* Zonbu does not include a large hard disk. Instead, a 4Gb memory card caches documents locally before synchronizing and storing them online via Amazon's S3. This provides automatic backup, but you have to pay extra for this backup service and the high-speed broadband to transport these files over the Internet.

Ahhhh. Thanks for explaining and enduring my laziness

Originally Posted by Infinityecho

That's pretty clever.