Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below 
p0ink
New member
i received a free copy of vista from my university's MSDNAA, so i figured i would try out the new operating system, especially since my laptop was in dire need of a formatting.
well, the installation went without a hitch...so far, so good.
i booted into my new OS for the first time, and it looked much nicer than my xp pro. it also booted faster, and applications opened much quicker.
however, i have had some problems.
1. this operating system will not let you take a shit unless you give it permission to do so. everytime you open up some 'unknown' application, you get a warning asking if you are sure you want to open it. sounds nice, sounds secure...but it is fucking annoying.
2. you have to set different user levels and permissions for a lot of programs. i tried to run some of my favorite applications, and some of them simply would not work...after fucking around with them for 2 hours, i realized i didn't give the program enough authority to run. that is highly fucking annoying, setting flags for each, individual piece of software.
3. upnp port mapping is a BITCH. i needed to open some ports, and regardless of what i did (manually forward ports, add port exceptions to my firewall, turn off my firewall, use upnp, try different ports, turn off dht, etc) i could not get my ports to open. in fact, whenever i tried to simply test the port, it would KILL my entire connection until i closed out said program.
i finally got so pissed i was ready to format...but i had to eat, so i left it alone for an hour. and guess what? when i came back, all of my ports were magically working. it looks like vista does some weird shit with upnp, because when i later connected to my router to check if any devices were using upnp, it had every different port i tried as being up and running...even when i had closed out the program. it's really fucking weird.
4. the layout takes some getting used to. there is no longer a start menu like so many of us have been used to since windows 95. instead there is a list that you have to scroll up and down in the start menu.
aero is so overrated it's not even funny. i dont see what the big deal is. i would rather have my open programs displayed on the task bar than i would want them in some stupid graphical scrolling shit.
it really takes some getting used to.
5. i havent had any problems with audio or video yet, but that doesn't say much, considering i only listened to one song and backed up one movie i had just purchased. supposedly the amount of DRM built into vista is a real bitch, but thank god it has already been cracked.
in the end, it is definitely a nice OS. it definitely runs faster than my xp pro system did, even after a clean install. however, this OS still has a shitload of bugs and problems that need to be updated.
i am running it on a dual core 2.16 ghz, 2 gigs ram, 120 gig HD laptop.
well, the installation went without a hitch...so far, so good.
i booted into my new OS for the first time, and it looked much nicer than my xp pro. it also booted faster, and applications opened much quicker.
however, i have had some problems.
1. this operating system will not let you take a shit unless you give it permission to do so. everytime you open up some 'unknown' application, you get a warning asking if you are sure you want to open it. sounds nice, sounds secure...but it is fucking annoying.
2. you have to set different user levels and permissions for a lot of programs. i tried to run some of my favorite applications, and some of them simply would not work...after fucking around with them for 2 hours, i realized i didn't give the program enough authority to run. that is highly fucking annoying, setting flags for each, individual piece of software.
3. upnp port mapping is a BITCH. i needed to open some ports, and regardless of what i did (manually forward ports, add port exceptions to my firewall, turn off my firewall, use upnp, try different ports, turn off dht, etc) i could not get my ports to open. in fact, whenever i tried to simply test the port, it would KILL my entire connection until i closed out said program.
i finally got so pissed i was ready to format...but i had to eat, so i left it alone for an hour. and guess what? when i came back, all of my ports were magically working. it looks like vista does some weird shit with upnp, because when i later connected to my router to check if any devices were using upnp, it had every different port i tried as being up and running...even when i had closed out the program. it's really fucking weird.
4. the layout takes some getting used to. there is no longer a start menu like so many of us have been used to since windows 95. instead there is a list that you have to scroll up and down in the start menu.
aero is so overrated it's not even funny. i dont see what the big deal is. i would rather have my open programs displayed on the task bar than i would want them in some stupid graphical scrolling shit.
it really takes some getting used to.
5. i havent had any problems with audio or video yet, but that doesn't say much, considering i only listened to one song and backed up one movie i had just purchased. supposedly the amount of DRM built into vista is a real bitch, but thank god it has already been cracked.
in the end, it is definitely a nice OS. it definitely runs faster than my xp pro system did, even after a clean install. however, this OS still has a shitload of bugs and problems that need to be updated.
i am running it on a dual core 2.16 ghz, 2 gigs ram, 120 gig HD laptop.
