http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3614 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: Has the Vista service pack made any difference to it's viability? en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:55:46 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3614#post-42593 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:30:40 +0000 hotdoge3 42593@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>It Fixed <a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/shattered_dreams_and_broken_promises_vistas_failure_launch" rel="nofollow">http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/shattered_dreams_and_broken_promises_vistas_failure_launch</a></p> <p>Exclusive Interview: Microsoft Admits What Went Wrong with Vista, and How They Fixed It</p> <p><a href="http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080919/hi-im-a-pc-and-i-was-made-on-a-mac/" rel="nofollow">http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080919/hi-im-a-pc-and-i-was-made-on-a-mac/</a></p> <p>Hi. I’m a PC … and I Was Made on a Mac </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3614#post-41806 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:05:19 +0000 hotdoge3 41806@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=2457&#38;tag=rbxccnbzd1" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=2457&#38;tag=rbxccnbzd1</a></p> <p>“Why do you hate Vista so much?”</p> <p><a href="http://badvista.fsf.org/what-s-wrong-with-microsoft-windows-vista" rel="nofollow">http://badvista.fsf.org/what-s-wrong-with-microsoft-windows-vista</a></p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista</a></p> <p>Removed features Main article: Features removed from Windows Vista</p> <p><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9996317-64.html" rel="nofollow">http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-9996317-64.html</a></p> <p>SanDisk: Windows Vista not optimized for solid-state drives<br /> This is due to Vista's design. "The next generation controllers need to basically compensate for Vista shortfalls," he said. </p> <p><a href="http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf/feature/CFF9AE8D501F1FA1CC257272007088EC" rel="nofollow">http://pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/pcw.nsf/feature/CFF9AE8D501F1FA1CC257272007088EC</a></p> <p>Here's a well-considered list of reasons to wait before buying Windows Vista.</p> <p>5. Windows XP isn't obsolete 6. Vista may be the best reason yet to buy a Mac * Consider switching to a Mac if:</p> <p> * You're not into PC gaming. <a href="http://blip.tv/file/340692" rel="nofollow">http://blip.tv/file/340692</a> ** Videos</p> <p><a href="http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/07BA60C1F6B65CA0CC2573460011363D" rel="nofollow">http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/07BA60C1F6B65CA0CC2573460011363D</a> ** Stick with XP if you can</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVbf9tOGwno" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVbf9tOGwno</a> ** YouTub Vista install in 2 min **</p> <p> <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1123221217782777472" rel="nofollow">http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1123221217782777472</a></p> <p>Windows Vista Speech Recognition Demo Gone Awry - 2 min </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3614#post-38509 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:55:21 +0000 samm 38509@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Sounds good, and that would be great if I knew how to do it. LOL, Would bring pece to this household too. He wants to dump Vista and install XP on the new machine, I like Vista (Ultimate), but I can't even load our Office 2000 on it. Could you post some instructions on how to do this... PLEASE?????<br /> THANK YOU! :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3614#post-38476 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:13:50 +0000 BuBBy 38476@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Problems with software compatibility are usually (but not always) problems with the software itself. The fact that certain aspects of Vista work different to how previous versions of Windows works, means that in many cases incompatibility problems will only be resolved by the various developers of the programs you were having problems with.</p> <p>Keeping an eye on their respective websites, watching for new versions that mention Vista fixes is probably the best guide.</p> <p>Microsoft expects developers to update their programs to work with Vista - not the other way around. The Vista Service Pack mostly addresses problems with Vista itself. So if you are expecting Service Pack 1 to make your old versions of windows software that previously wouldn't run on Vista - I think you will probably still be very disappointed.</p> <p>If you must run Vista - I'd suggest running dual boot with XP to run all your software, and Vista to run Vista "stuff". </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3614#post-38468 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:59:19 +0000 samm 38468@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>WR, are you talking about service pack 1? I can't even get my machine to d/l it. I've tried like 10 times and it always fails. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3614#post-38459 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:48:13 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 38459@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I'm just wondering whether the recently released service pack for Vista fixed any of the many incompatibility issues it had for many community members. I have a home premium version, but uninstalled it last September/October because I came up against too many incompatibility issues with virtually all of the software I'd previously bought while running XP as well as hundreds of games, all costing many thousands of pounds (double that for US dollars). So you can imagine, I wasn't happy to re-purchase working copies of all of these programs. I've been hoping that the service pack (that I last heard did have problems) has fixed many of these. I don't want to have to reinstall Vista though and find that most of my software is still incompatible.</p> <p>Can anyone shed any light on the matter. </p> <p>Thank you<br /> Regards</p> <p>Stephen </p>