http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9860683...nefd.pulse

There is the proof that Vista isn't a crappy operating system.

I'm not sure if it passes the "Supposedly Tech-Savvy University Student" test though, at the start of the semester i had to go and help out 3 different students who were baffled by the security features when they were attempting to download and install teamspeak and a patch for a game we wanted to play over LAN.

Although i guess for a mother that is unlikely to be an issue, so the added security could be seen as beneficial there, and to be fair since sorting the permissions out and explaining what to do no one has come back needing any more help.

Heh, I guess they were not exactly tech savvy, just gamers. I know a lot of friends that play games like Halo and don't know much about computers.

But from what I've seen, Vista is much more secure than windows XP.

agreed! i think it is WAY more secure!

For example, an application tried to get control of your computer, and UAC blocks it. Also, there have been security patches for XP and 2000 that haven't applied to Vista.

To tell you the truth, I missed XP. Vista is giving me such a big headache, especially when the PC hibernates. I always have a hard time waking up the PC and IE 7 keeps crashing.

This post was last modified: 02-07-2008 10:07 AM by brotherZ.

then install avant vrowser(i did have the same problem),like i did,it is basically a program which wraps itself around the IE shell...

I think when i buy my laptop i will format it to XP or make a doubel boot

well i now have it on my main system and my laptop and i have to honestly say that xp issues come to mind. eg compatibility doesnt like working, ie crashes, system holds when its being waken from sleep and hibernate, everything lags like a whore and it kicks the crap out of any system.

Hmm, have you downloaded the latest versions of the software and games that you are running? I had a program called Anvil Studio that didn't work, but I downloaded the latest release a few months ago and now it works fine on Vista. What GPU do you have btw?

BrotherZ, what issue are you having when you try to get out of Hibernate? It's working fine for me on my desktop. Anyway, if IE keeps crashing, why not try Opera or Firefox?