Going back to XP - Overclock.net

Boris4ka · 11-25-07

I liked Vista a lot at first, but now it's showing its flaws more. I'm running Vista Ultimate 32 and I've had a lot of blue screens lately, program crashes, etc. Vista is fast, but I don't think faster than XP. I've never ran XP on this computer, so I just got myself a copy of XP Pro.

The main reasons I'm going back are:

It won't go faster than 5MB/s when working with the hard drive. Copying folders, files, burning, copying to flash drives, copying across the network.. It's all incredibly slow. I used this HDD with my old Dell, and it transfered full speed.

programs - I use some old programs that just won't work with vista.

Gaming - I can't run Crysis maxed out anyways, so why should I care for DX10? I mostly play CSS anyways. Plus Crysis takes up 100% of my ram in vista and access the HDD every minute. Same in CoD4, uses up all my ram and has to access the HDD.

And it also boots slowly. I almost never turn my computer off, but it's still annoying. And I hate how everything is dumbed down for noobs, even with UAC off.

So.. I'll be installing XP Pro in a few hours unless someone convinces me otherwise, or has possible solutions to my vista problems.

ippyboy · 11-25-07

I was thinking like you are now fella....I got me a copy Of vista Manager...tweaked it....also ran bootvis......only thing that gets me is the Page filing all the time...seem to have sorted that useing Ready boost....1 gig flash drive does that for me....I have run both games you mention...no probs.

mugan23 · 11-25-07

i did the same i switched back to xp cuz no matter what i did vista was showing its uglyness after a few boot ups the first few minutes are splendid then it starts to dig into my ram am only surfing the net for an hour or so and 1.4 of my 2gbs is gone, also the downloading for me is slower with my connection and the wa ythe oses browser is setup am just not used to, a friend of mine said they willl fix every thing with updates so am gonna stay on xp and linux until jan then install my copy again and update hopefully the problems will be fixed

jinja_ninja · 11-25-07

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Originally Posted by mugan23

i did the same i switched back to xp cuz no matter what i did vista was showing its uglyness after a few boot ups the first few minutes are splendid then it starts to dig into my ram am only surfing the net for an hour or so and 1.4 of my 2gbs is gone, also the downloading for me is slower with my connection and the wa ythe oses browser is setup am just not used to, a friend of mine said they willl fix every thing with updates so am gonna stay on xp and linux until jan then install my copy again and update hopefully the problems will be fixed

Wow, I had to make up my own imaginary full-stops and commas in that sentence. Please use correct punctuality

As for sticking with XP... I would. I use the WindowBlinds Vista skin... so it kinda looks like Vista etc but without all the crap that comes with it

pbpenguins412 · 11-25-07

Yep, I'm sticking to XP until I get the next generation of DX10 GPU's...

toxicdrift · 11-25-07

XP RULZ! oldskool all the way

Boris4ka · 11-25-07

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Originally Posted by mugan23

i did the same i switched back to xp cuz no matter what i did vista was showing its uglyness after a few boot ups the first few minutes are splendid then it starts to dig into my ram am only surfing the net for an hour or so and 1.4 of my 2gbs is gone, also the downloading for me is slower with my connection and the wa ythe oses browser is setup am just not used to, a friend of mine said they willl fix every thing with updates so am gonna stay on xp and linux until jan then install my copy again and update hopefully the problems will be fixed

But see, I've been using vista for 3-4 months. And it's been showing its uglyness only the past month.

Bal3Wolf · 11-25-07

You guys should try vista 64 i hated 32bit just like yal and ran xp, but i tried 64bit its smoother and no slow downs with 4gigs of memory it owns. Have had it installed for a month maybe 2 not 1 bsod other then a unstable overclock finding the right vcore. You do need all 64bit drivers for vista 64 tho so if you got older stuff probly wont work for you.

mugan23 · 11-25-07

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Originally Posted by jinja_ninja

Wow, I had to make up my own imaginary full-stops and commas in that sentence. Please use correct punctuality

As for sticking with XP... I would. I use the WindowBlinds Vista skin... so it kinda looks like Vista etc but without all the crap that comes with it

sorry about that usually i type well but when am really into something i tend to rant on and on, and the faster i type the crappier my grammar is (people on these forums prolly kno mugan for his bad grammar and spelling anyway

).