Going back to XP
I have just about decided to give up using Windows Vista 64 after 6 months of use, and go back to the tried and true Windows XP.
It's not that I have a problem with Vista itself. There's a few things I'll miss if I downgrade. I am a sucker the for Aero Glass windows effect. I'm going to hate going back to "My this" and "My that" in XP. I may later miss not being able to upgrade from 2GB of RAM to a full 4GB.
However, I've been suffering continuous driver issues with my nVidia hardware. I've wasted more than a few weekends doing everything I can think of to get F.E.A.R and Mass Effect to run without crashing the PC. Only the Halflife 2 series of games were able to be played from start to finish without a crash. BioShock and Call Of Duty 4 both occasionally crashed. But F.E.A.R and Mass Effect would both crash within a minute of the game starting. I can't continue to buy games and cross my fingers and hope they'll run.
I've found that I can't play audio CDs. All other CD and DVD formats play, but not audio CDs. My searches for a solution suggest it's related to the combination of my DVD drive being SATA and the nVidia nForce drivers.
Opera 9.5 crashes when I submit a form if I have the PC Tablet Service running for my Wacom tablet. Not being able to browser the web and draw at the same time means I'm not drawing at all. BioShock also won't run if the same service is running.
It's got to a point where owning a PC is not a pleasure. I spend my evenings and weekends, trawling the Internet, posting on countless forums and constantly fiddling with settings in hopes of narrowing the behavior to something specific. It's insane really.
I could dual boot my PC between Vista and XP, but if everything works under XP what would be the point of going back to Vista? The only time I would boot into Vista would be to test if the new nVidia drivers fixed my issues.
I'll miss Vista, but I'll enjoy the amount of time not using Vista will free up for me.
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2. Jam says…
Did you ever resolve this? I having the exact same problems with FEAR and Mass Effect freezing constantly, fine with HL2 and Oblivon, but with a Radeon 4850 on Win7 7100 64bit.
Are you running a RAID? Or using onboard audio? Large monitor? G15 keyboard?
Posted on Fri 31 Jul, 2009
3. High Risk Processing says…
There are many people who are facing the same problem as yours, I think you can try installing Windows Seven in your system as I've got some really good response for it.
Posted on Fri 8 Jan, 2010
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Posted on Mon 11 Jan, 2010
5. Anonymous says…
There are many people who are facing the same problem as yours, I think you can try installing Windows Seven in your system as I've got some really good response for it. online games
Posted on Tue 12 Jan, 2010
6. Italian Ceramics says…
This was bound to happen as I think windows XP is the best OS right now. Very user-friendly and light!
Posted on Wed 13 Jan, 2010
7. Accommodation Ludlow says…
Going by the user convenience and overall efficiency it is wise to go back to windows XP as it is the most stable operating system. :)
Posted on Mon 18 Jan, 2010
8. Email Marketing CA says…
There are many users who are hardcore fans of windows XP operating system all because of its efficiency and user-friendliness. :)
Posted on Mon 8 Feb, 2010
9. Towing in LasVegas says…
This is indeed a great news for many of Windows XP users, thanks for sharing this article. :)
Posted on Fri 5 Mar, 2010
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1. kadisbrader says…
Yo, lo único que echo de menos es la herramienta recortes de Windows VISTA. Últimamente, sólo UBUNTU en sus últimas versiones ofrece mayor estabilidad que los sistemas operativos WINDOWS. No puedo opinar de los ordenadores Mac porque son muy caros y no están tan al alcance de la economía de gente trabajadora y de un público medio.
PD: Muy buena tu página. Enhorabuena.
Posted on Tue 5 May, 2009