Comments on: So, why do you hate Windows Vista?

By: tonesbones.

tonesbones. — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:04:30 +0000

I would need to contact all software companies (many of whom no longer exist) to implement the protocols vista demands to make my software work. Thousands of ££’s would be involved. Vista is not backward compatible therefore, I’m out of pocket. Nothing I’ve tried works. Thumbs down for vista, XP rules.

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By: Glenn Trevor

Glenn Trevor — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:16:42 +0000

Being a PC gamer for 15 years mainly on win98 and xp os,I like vista.
The best way to speed up vista is to make it look like win98.

1.disable desktop background,just have a black desktop.
2.disable all background logging,disable services which are not needed.
3.have plenty of RAM,2gig or more.
switch of startup welcome screen.
4.If your pc/laptop has two hardrives move the swapfile to the other hardisk.
These are just a few tweaks that I have applied to vista,there are at least 50 more tweaks you can apply to vista to speed up the os.

By: Paolo Zirilli

Paolo Zirilli — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:56:01 +0000

I hate Windows Vista.
Since mv PC was upgraded to Windows Vista my troubles started. It only last 6 months and it needs already to be rebuilt.
I decided to install on an old Thinkpad latop the Linux Ubuntu version. And I destroyed Windows XP partition.
The conclusion:
a 6 six years old latop with Linux is much quicker than a new HP latop with Vista.
It is really incredible spend more money to reduce efficiency.
To everybody: please go linux.

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Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:03:21 +0000

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By: Keith Jones

Keith Jones — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:52:23 +0000

I totally agree with the disgruntlement expressed about VISTA. To be asked several times if I want to proceed with an action that I initiated irritates every time it happens! It is slow! Despite adding extra memory to my laptop everything could still be done faster by a snail. I am always left speechless when an “open folder” action is followed by this great delay while VISTA populates the list representing the contents of the folder. And then, add to that, every so often you seek to do something with your computer, its settings or programs you get a Windows response “you dont have the security permission to carry out that action”. I’m continually surprised that nowhere in the world has someone tried to take a case court arguing that they have been sold a defective product or a product which not up to the task it is described to do in terms of commercial consumer protection law.

I dont claim to be the most expert user, but I’ve tried applying recommended tweaks to improve performance and I’m still dissatisfied. I run “cleaner” and “speed up my machine” applications to try and keep the machine “tuned” but I am still dissatisfied. Heavens, it doesn’t even manage to remember folder settings. This is a new-ish laptop I’m using (one year old) and I had no choice but to but VISTA with it. Everything I read online suggested reverting to an XP operating would be too complicated for me. Now I am seriously thinking of throwing this machine out of the window and buying a MAC!

By: Ruud Dalziel

Ruud Dalziel — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:32:01 +0000

I have perused many of the comments on this website and I guess there is an even split between those who favour Vista and those who do not. I have 2 Vista machines (don’t ask) and have just purchased a new Toshiba laptop and as a result of my frustrations downgraded it to XP. In the past I have recommended Vista to friends etc, my argument being that MS are not going to turn the clock back and say ‘hands up we made a mistake’ but honestly at times I just find it so infuriating, and I don’t want infuriating. I sometimes ask did someone really test this and then did someone sanction it?
I guess most people writing here have grown up through the various incarnations of computing, and have discovered products and methods of working that they liked and then Vista comes along. I have described the situation to other like this – I think that since Windows 95 the product has become softer and less angular on each incarnation, it is in my view more visually appealing. I also think that for the average user it’s trying to make life easier, but for anybody doing anything remotely beyond the norm it has made life so much harder, it is so complex and in my view cumbersome.
The tings that have driven me back to XP as an everyday work machine are these and they are only simple but they matter to me.
Outlook Express – it takes ages for Windows Mail to load. I don’t want to use Outlook as I had bad experiences many years ago.
The Organised Structure of the Address book in Outlook Express. I have searched and searched but can find away of either importing the addresses in a meaningful structure, or subsequently structuring the contacts
“Windows Explorer” (I guess this is really a Vista installer issue) particularly putting files in locations other than those that I specify.
Collapsing folder structures – I guess there is a way around this if I went for Classic menus?
Forever confirming I want to copy and replace a file

I also agree that Office 2007 is the work of the devil.

To me Vista is a bit like the Nanny State, it tries to look after the average guy but in doing so infuriates those capable of looking after themselves.

By: Jagjit Dusanjh

Jagjit Dusanjh — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:43:18 +0000

OK lets quote the author of this article…

“What I do take issue with is people dismissing a whole operating system on the basis of broad-brush statements like “it’s rubbish”.”

So you dont like broad brush statements?

Vista is/has

Badly programmed
Badly compiled
Badly implemented
Has Poor Networking Support
Has security CRATERS (you MUST use 3rd party s/w to have even the most basic of security)
Slow
Resource Hogging
Has no code sharing capabilities
Anchored down with horrific DRM technologies
Poor memory management
Even worse process management
Doesnt do what its told
Riddled with architechtural ineptitude (ie the windows registry –> quite possibly the most absurd blunder in the history of operating system design)
No adequate separation between kernel and user code
No adequate separation between different types of code
Planned obsolescense from day one
The only operating system that can break if an application is installed by a guest user
The only operating system that can break when you download one of their own updates
The only operating system that crashes when connected to the internet
Stuffed full of bugs and glitches
In constant need of maintenance and repair

Microsoft’s achievements are impressive.
They have single handedly educated an entire generation of pc users into thinking that 4 crashes a week is NORMAL

Well, is that THIN enough for you?