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i am picking up vista ultimate over the weekend ... buddy of mine is selling it to me for $100 so i figure why not 
is there anything i need to know about it before i install it ... any words of advice?
ive been on XP since it came out and love it soooo i was just curious if i am in for a shock on learning the new things and all that? |
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leo27
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Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:50 pm |
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you will have to get used to vista coming straight from xp, however the way you do things on xp should be basically the same on vista. Once you dig under the shiny aero interface you'll find most things are still where they were
make sure you have all the driver you'll need on a usb stick or something that will be your main problem. although i have noticed vista does have a wide variety of built in drivers at least after sp1
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yeshuas
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Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:49 pm |
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Windows is windows to me, there is a start button, although it does not say start, it is in the same location as the one on XP, when you click on it a menu comes up just like XP.
You won't have any trouble adjusting to Vista, trust me.
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EXTREMEoverclocker
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Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:59 pm |
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lol whats up huas long time no see haha
ok sweet deal glad theres nothing crazy new with it that i would have to learn |
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yeshuas
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Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:07 pm |
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Well sharing is a little different, takes a little bit more to share files than with XP, but it is no big deal.
First thing I always do is turn off User Account Control, because it drives me crazy. You can do that in Control Panel under User Accounts, you will see it when you go there.
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Grav!ty
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I'd say prepare yourself for dual boot by installing XP first to the first partition of your HDD followed by Vista to the second partition. That way Vista will auto create a dual boot.
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Vlada87
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Good luck whit new Vista  |
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EXTREMEoverclocker
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:58 pm |
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| Grav!ty wrote: |
| I'd say prepare yourself for dual boot by installing XP first to the first partition of your HDD followed by Vista to the second partition. That way Vista will auto create a dual boot. |
well thats pretty nifty it creating it on it own ...
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leo27
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:34 pm |
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also i'd recommend getting tweakuac, it'll allow you to set uac to quiet mode so you get the protected mode in internet explorer but none of the pop up prompts asking for you to allow disallow.
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JabbaPapa
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Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:29 pm |
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| leo27 wrote: |
| also i'd recommend getting tweakuac, it'll allow you to set uac to quiet mode so you get the protected mode in internet explorer but none of the pop up prompts asking for you to allow disallow. |
Gah !
Just switch off UAC, 100x easier LOL
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