Windows XP vs Windows Vista

[KeithD]

you're the only lucky person who don't have problem with VISTA unlike everybody

Incorrect statement. Lestaxi1 said it is fine, I say it is fine, that does then not make it everybody. Assuming is dangerous, Cameron just done it and now looks a plonker ........ hang on.....he already was one

[les_taxi]

oh dear not wanting to get into argument,but i totally disagree with your statement charlwill. i know of maybe 10 peoplw with vista installed and after early doubts are totally converted now. ok i do have a good knowledge of pcs but my view is the same.when it first came out sure there were lack of drivers,not anymore as i said before everything from photo editing,game paying,burning discs,running various applications all work great. i use my pc for many reasons not just email and printing! i build my own pcs,and repair other peoples. my pc is always running great,don't use a firewall,use nod 32 and a couple of anti spyware progs.

[baboyako]

I have not used vista at all.
here are some of the problems I get every day! with w2k/xp

my experience with XP is that is has lots of graphics problems. When I alt-tab the icons don't draw properly - pointless feature & doesnt work properly.

the curved edges on the windows are not anti aliased

both systems. delete a directory & the folder will still show up, click on it it will tell you it doesn't exist

log on/off from xp, the 'workstation locked' dialog doesn't redraw.

password expires tommorow, it says 'your password expires in 1 days'

in word, insert a picture, insert another one.. back to the old directory - not where you were...

if an application locks up, drag another window over it & you can make pretty patterns

in xp my mouse keeps jumping around. mostly keeps going to the bottom left corner .. but not all the time

hit F5 in explorer & it doesn't refresh directories, only files (I think there is a registry hack to fix this?).

recent documents does not delete document that have been deleted already (this has been like this for over 10years!!! still not fixed)

you can connect to another machine with different users (i.e. connect a network drive as one user), then it stops you logging in
then dont get me started on applications

and I'm betting none of those are fixed in vista

[walesrob]

use nod 32.

I've just installed NOD32 after using AVG for years, only wished I'd found it earlier. Great AV product, small footprint, totally custom-isable, and most of all, uses very few system resources, unlike Norton and AVG, et al.