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HEARTBURN-OMO
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 Posted - Feb 18 2009 : 15:48:57
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So, I had to get this damn VISTA on my new comp. It's VISTA BUSINESS to be exact. I have been flying thru the last day or so loading all kinds of drivers for everything to Vcards-antivirus-headphones-mouse-keyboard-joysticks-etc. No problems.
However, I downloaded the 1.42? BF2 update and the Ventrilo program. When I try to install them it goes thru the first part where you accept and the program begins. Then it just sits there. The status bar sits where you can just see it.
I walked away for an hour or so, came back and it still just sits there. Is there something going on that I don't know about with this VISTA thang? Could it be the VISTA onboard virus thingy.
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Someone was talking about some guide that would help you shut down some of the background programs VISTA runs. Although I have no issues as the system is running very smoothly, I just hate stuff running in the background.
Any help?
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BackPainOMO
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Posted - Feb 18 2009 : 17:18:03
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Vista is the true evil that is Microsoft. Windows XP was just a decoy to believe Microsoft was only partially evil, but we became complacent weak in our anti-evil demands and they saddled us with Vista, a evil more pure than the kid in Time Bandits found in his parents microwave that blew up his parents.
Good luck, may the Schwartz be with you.
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medicated
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Posted - Feb 18 2009 : 21:10:40
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Windows 7 is the upgrade from Vista. If the beta could be upgraded to the final build Id just load the beta into Vista and be happy. So far it seems to be the cure. Ive loaded it on an old Athlon 1900+ system and it runs pretty fast. Seems it scales itself to the hardware it detects. And there were no DRIVER ISSUES!
Im glad I skipped Vista. Far as things running in the back. W 7 seems to be much better.
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Bedpan-OMO
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Posted - Feb 19 2009 : 14:14:20
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HB that sounds like a bad download. Try getting another copy of the program and try again.
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Petrified-OMO
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Posted - Feb 19 2009 : 15:10:31
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Medicated is right from my own personal experience. Windows 7 is supperior to Vista.
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Nosehair-OMO
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Posted - Feb 19 2009 : 16:05:23
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Here's the Vista tweak that I used. Cam from the BCO boyz. I went with the "tweaked" column and everything is just groovy.
http://www.blackviper.com/WinVista/servicecfg.htm
BF2 is so '08 HB. Git yerself the COD5 while we're still having a blast and learning.
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HEARTBURN-OMO
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Posted - Feb 19 2009 : 17:08:50
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Originally posted by Nosehair-OMO
Here's the Vista tweak that I used. Cam from the BCO boyz. I went with the "tweaked" column and everything is just groovy.
http://www.blackviper.com/WinVista/servicecfg.htm
BF2 is so '08 HB. Git yerself the COD5 while we're still having a blast and learning.
Posted that a while back, he says not to turn off Superfetch, but I found out it was the reason I was getting frequent random writes to my hard drive. Having noisy raptors it was annoying, also caused a little lag with games.
That ALL went away when I turned off Superfetch. I also turned off Ready Boost and Windows Search. With the amount of ram and horsepower you have, you just don't need it.
I got Vista down to 24 or so processes and had it running pretty darn good. Would actually start up faster than my xp install.
No advice for your BF2 patch issue though, except to turn of your Anti-virus while patching.
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HEARTBURN-OMO
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Bedpan-OMO
Too much coffee, Not a good thing.
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Posted - Feb 19 2009 : 19:29:32
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Well HB, stopping whilst (that was for Fuddy) installing can be caused by unseen pop ups that you have to click on or virus programs killing it, or you are not administrator or there's peanut butter in your hard drive! Ya, that's it!
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HEARTBURN-OMO
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Posted - Feb 19 2009 : 20:50:16
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Thanks Sting. Your right. This baby sings. I just finished playing 3-4 games with everything on high and running 1900 x 1200 dig. and it was amazing. Made the game look and feel a whole lot different. And, I loaded so fast a couple times I actually thought my comp was waiting on the server to catch up. HA! Still haven't figure out the microphone thing. I got the new Razer headphones to plug into the lazer card. There is no directions on the microphone that I could find. They have a pretty good customer service. I'll call them tomorrow and find out what the deal is.
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HEARTBURN-OMO
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Posted - Feb 20 2009 : 05:53:17
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OK, oh VISTA guru's.
Next question. I have been looking all over the place for the "add/delete program where you can delete programs on your computer. In XP you find it in control panel. Where is it on VISTA?
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Nosehair-OMO
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Posted - Feb 20 2009 : 06:17:09
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Still in Control Panel Home view (not the classic view)
Programs on lower left of that window (sub menu "unistall a program"
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OK, time for all you VISTA guru's to shine........
