I finally got a chance to try Vista at a SonyStyle store this week, and was pretty unimpressed. Granted, what I used was a laptop, but it just didn't feel like it worked that well. The look of everything just wasn't terribly sharp; I don't know how to really be more specific in that.

I also didn't have much time however, so I guess these are really just surface feelings. However, I did like the Window scrolling (windows+tab) feature. I'd probably never use it, but it was pretty cool.

Oh well, I'll also try to pick up a version on a Student Discount and run it in BootCamp eventually. I love OSX, but its bloody hell for gaming.

I'm holding off on Vista until the driver situation is largely sorted out.

Meanwhile, I've had the opportunity to test out Vista on another laptop. Brings nothing new to the table -- nearly everything that could have set it apart was stripped out.

i agree with flex, the problems wih vista like all new windows software is the bugs. have to give them a few months to fix em

Other than software compatibility problems (granted Windows XP had that problem during the Win9x -> WinNT transition), the only major gripe I have with Vista is UAC. The experience with Vista is thusfar good enough that I only plan to use Windows XP when a program refuses to run.

Back to UAC though, I really think it's too overbearing. While I don't plan to turn it off, I do wish there was a degree of warnings/confirmations less the the current state. If you've ever tried to delete a file from the Program Files folder, you know exactly what I mean (three warnings to delete some shitty temp file? Why?).

Yeah, I turned UAC off. It was really fucking annoying. I imagine that if they don't do some sort of major upgrade to let off the hassle in an update in the future then most people will end up doing the same.

Just got a new computer with Vista. Tried to install Sibelius 4, and it said I needed to be a computer administrator to register. But I am the administrator. Is this becauyse Silbeius 4 is incompatible with Vista? Or is ther esomething I can do.

Thanks,
Walter Ramsey

You can go to the shortcut of the program or the program itself and tell it to run in Administrator mode. Also, you should probably turn off Vista's UAC because that shit is hella annoying.

Whats UAC? Is that the thing that makes it ask me to confirm every operation
How do I turn it off?


Walter Ramsey

PS Your advice worked, ran in administrator mode and it allowed me to register
Thanks

User Account Control. Name basically says it.

Anyway go to Control Panel, then User Accounts, and click on Turn User Account Control on or off. It'll probably say nooo y u do this? or something but it's pretty simple and then Vista is cool beans with just about everything.

No prob, I did a bit of research before diving into Vista so I knew what I was doing and what to avoid and such when I installed it. I did fool around to see how UAC reacts to certain things and basically it reacts to just about everything. It's not as exaggerated as some amusing images from its betas might tell you but it does get old after a while.

You know, if UAC had a the ability to remember which programs you allow permissions for (and had a firewall/anti-virus like MD5 checking system), then the option to turn this shit off wouldn't seem so attractive.

You think they could've though that out when the tested the feature themselves.

Yeah, I imagine they'll probably do that eventually with a service pack. The problem is very apparent when you think of it from a user's stand point. They probably decided to put it off for later and get the product out.

Thanks for your help with that issue.
One little thing: I don't like the new "Freecell" and "Hearts" that come with Vista. :) Is there anyway to get the old versions - I still have my XP up and running? Are there just files I can copy over, or can I download these somewhere?

I searched for the files in Program Files and Windows folders, but couldn't find anything that suggested these games.

Thanks
Walter Ramsey

Here, I always back-up my previous installations so I went and got the games that work for Vista which is most of them. Unfortunately Internet Backgammon, I. Checkers, I. Hearts, I. Reversi, and I. Spades don't work.

I've included Freecell, Hearts, Minesweeper, Solitaire, Spider Solitaire, and even Space Cadet Pinball. Some of the card games require the included cards.dll to be in the same folder, so don't lose it. Enjoy! =)

Just a note, to find out where these games were all you'd have to do is go through your old xp start menu and look at where the shortcuts point to by looking at their target properties.