A list of grievances against (and issues with) Vista

The same drm infestation that is in Vista..:) 7 is simply Vista 2.0.

One restriction i have hit repeatedly are the inability to select stereo mix to record sound from the computer. This is intentionally banned by vista/7. I have to drop in my old audigy card with hacked drivers to get wav recording to work again.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/arti..._More_Piecing_Together_Microsoft_s_DRM_Puzzle

I have also posted about this as a paper about MS's drm and how it DOES NOT have to be there is also on my blog:
http://www.hescominsoon.com/?p=816http://www.emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com/archives/2034

now then some things in htis paper need to be updated i'm sure..like hdcp support..bu the main focus of hte paper is still quite valid.
 
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Ah, okay. Thanks for the links. :)

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Reading that second link - holy smokes. Why isn't this more widely reported?! Or am I just not paying attention?

And secondly, why in blazes would anyone who knew about this run Vista or Windows 7? o_O
 
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Tek7 said:
I've disabled SuperFetch. I'll try to remember to post a follow-up in a day or two to report how much it helped.
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remember...other things too, not jut super fetch

in order, i would do the following:

1.) superfetch
2.) sytem restore points
3.) windows search
 
Abba San said:
I'll be curious about your results - looking forward to your update.
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Disabling SuperFetch seems to have helped, though not as much as I had hoped.

My computer still sometimes bogs down when I have several applications open and I'm trying to type a forums post in Firefox or a story in OneNote. Just now, I had to wait ~3-5 seconds for my machine to catch up with what I was typing. Of course, I'm currently using 1.45 of my 2GB RAM, so that might be a contributing factor. Maybe if I plug in 3GB RAM instead of 2GB, performance would increase?

One other gripe I (think I) forgot to mention in my original post is that Flash video (YouTube, GameTrailers, other sites) will sporadically stutter in Firefox. I didn't have that problem on XP and it's really obnoxious. I have zero lag when I play fansubbed anime episodes (175-400MB .MKV files with subtitles), so I have no idea why much smaller and less complex Flash videos stutter.
 
nattyg said:
in order, i would do the following:

1.) superfetch
2.) sytem restore points
3.) windows search
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I'm hesitant to disable system restore points on the off chance I would actually need them.

I have no problem with disabling Windows Search, though.
 
Tek7 said:
Disabling SuperFetch seems to have helped, though not as much as I had hoped.

My computer still sometimes bogs down when I have several applications open and I'm trying to type a forums post in Firefox or a story in OneNote. Just now, I had to wait ~3-5 seconds for my machine to catch up with what I was typing. Of course, I'm currently using 1.45 of my 2GB RAM, so that might be a contributing factor. Maybe if I plug in 3GB RAM instead of 2GB, performance would increase?

One other gripe I (think I) forgot to mention in my original post is that Flash video (YouTube, GameTrailers, other sites) will sporadically stutter in Firefox. I didn't have that problem on XP and it's really obnoxious. I have zero lag when I play fansubbed anime episodes (175-400MB .MKV files with subtitles), so I have no idea why much smaller and less complex Flash videos stutter.
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flash is not simple anymore. It's actually very complex under the hood and can do quite a bit. Modern flash animations require quite a bit of horsepower now to run. If youa re pusing your ram that hard yes increasing is going to help. I would hold off and wait for windows 7 at htis point though.
 
Hescominsoon said:
flash is not simple anymore. It's actually very complex under the hood and can do quite a bit. Modern flash animations require quite a bit of horsepower now to run. If youa re pusing your ram that hard yes increasing is going to help. I would hold off and wait for windows 7 at htis point though.
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s/complex/bloated
 
Tek7 said:
I'm hesitant to disable system restore points on the off chance I would actually need them.

I have no problem with disabling Windows Search, though.
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take a baseline image of where you are...do incrementals on YOUR schedule, then you can comfortably disable it. it may be a 15-20 min hassle if things go horribly wrong somewhere, but it's worth it imo
 
A few weeks ago you could have gotten it for $50 if you preordered it.

I missed out too... XD
 
I feel like an id10t for not checking win7 out enough before that pre-order deal ended. Had I know how sweet it is, I would have bought a ton of copies to resell to my clients. As well as scored a cheap few for myself.

gah bah!... hate it when I miss a good deal.
 
ewoksrule said:
I feel like an id10t for not checking win7 out enough before that pre-order deal ended. Had I know how sweet it is, I would have bought a ton of copies to resell to my clients. As well as scored a cheap few for myself.

gah bah!... hate it when I miss a good deal.
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that pre-order deal is for UPGRADE copies only. Your clients most liekly would have had bad experiences at that point.
 
heh, i got win7 free via the msdnaa since my university has the contracts for it. i like my university and full 64 bit support and all drivers work oob
 
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