[BNM] Vista woes

[Chris Billett]

What Rob said... and also, perhaps:

1. right click Computer and go to Properties, Advanced system settings,
Advanced, and Performance. On these settings, choose Adjust for best
performance and watch as all the ridiculous crap is turned off. I flicked a
couple back on Œcos it¹s not all the devil, but use your judgement. By this
point you¹re running just as fast as XP, but with a few extra features.

2. find your way to Services wherever they may be, and decide which ones you
want. Use a Vista Services wiki if you need explanations of each (although
some are bleedin¹ obvious) and try and knock at least a third off. By now
you¹re probably running significantly quicker than you were under XP, you¹ve
got layer upon layer of extra security and updates.

Of course, I still use my Macs primarily, but I have to keep a PC in the
house for various work things (and secret gaming when I¹m too skint for the
pub). Anyone that moans about Vista being a graphics heavy, sluggish OS when
they¹re using OS X, though, deserves to be kicked hard and fast in the
bollocks for being a pseudo-cool hypocrite! People who suggest Ubuntu are
probably right... heh. But hey, they¹re all just tools. Dual boot, baby.

Chris ŒI still like to own a machine I can play Oblivion on too¹ Billett
 
On 22/9/07 11:04, "Rob Beattie" <rob.beattie at gmail.com> wrote:

> Simon Early wrote:
>> > goddamn f**ing b**locks vista. what a pile of utter f*ing shite. I piss on
>> > it's inconceivably un-intuitive interface.
>> > I want to change the desktop/filesystem/look and feel back to XP and take
>> > off all this crap.
>> > how do i do that?
>> > had enough.
>> > i cant even find out how to do that on this fu**ing nightmare interface
>> > s./
>> > 
>> > --Googling Vista + "XP look and feel" returns this:
> 
> 1. Start by changing the Start menu:
> Right-click the Start button, choose
> Properties, select Classic Start Menu, and
> click OK.
> 
> 2. Next, bring back the desktop: Right-click
> a blank part of the desktop and choose
> Personalize. Choose Theme and then choose
> Windows Classic from the Theme pull-down
> menu. Click OK.
> 
> 3. Finally, put the menus back on top of each
> folder: Open your Documents folder from the
> Start menu. Then click the Organize button,
> choose Folder and Search Options, and choose
> Use Windows Classic Folders. Click OK.
> 
> The above steps not only brings back the old
> Windows XP look and feel but also reduces the
> load off an old PC struggling with vista¹s
> fancy graphics and layers.
> 
> But of course, if you'd rather just moan
> about it...
> 
> 8-)
> 
> rob