goodbye forever Windows VISTA - may you burn in hell

[VW_Lupo_TD]

as many know Vista has cost me at least 5 years of my life
and when i recently sold my X200 - I ordered (of course) another X200 with Windows 7 Pro.

(yes i have to write about this you cannot hear but I am all excited)

Just unpacked and turned 7 on for the first time, I am making this thread my WINDOWS 7 setup guide
(I keep a logfile anyway so i can reproduce when something goes wrong, so I just do this here so others that follow can benefit)

- Disk Managament allows me out of the box to resize C (only windows and programs) and add another partition (data).
Under Vista I had to get Easus Partition manager (took me 2 days to figure this out) but here 7 does it.
- uninstall and delete all the crap (Norton, Office Trial, Windows Live etc etc.)
- install WinRAR
- run xxx.exe, find latest Alcohol 120% build (v1.9.8.7612) (xxx also did not work in VISTA)
*- install Alcohol 120% (possession might be illegal in some states, most important thing you need - did NOT work in VISTA)
-> had to skip this and use daemon tools for the time being
- install comodo firewall (CIS with firewall only, do not install ad crap (toolbars etc.))
- delete office trial setup files
- install office 2007 standard
- install office project professional 2007
- install visio professional 2007
- install acrobat pro 9.0 extended
- adobe photoshop cs4 extended
- defrag analysis
- dl and install http://www.xp-antispy.org (also works for Vista and 7)
- do not install sponsoring feature for antispy
- deinstall Windows media player and media features
- install skype
- install chrome (firebird still has to step it up on the last version)
- install thunderbird and import profile and emails
- trillian pro copy to program folder and pin exe to taskbar
- dl and install logitech setpoint for nano
- dl install and run cc cleaner
- dl and install VLC

to do:



- adobe dreamweaver

- install pixma and lide drivers

- do backup once most is installed



*****will keep editing as I move along*****


FINALLY! NEVER AGAIN VISTA - BURN IN HELL !!!

 

[truckie481]

So far I love windows 7, I never had Vista so I'm happy.

 

[Pepperidge]

hey Nick,

Butch wants to upgrade to windows 7 on his Laptop that has Vista...do you think it would/will go easy? or is there too much crap infecting it from vista to get a clean upgrade?

Paul

will keep you guys in the loop.


FINALLY! NEVER AGAIN VISTA - BURN IN HELL !!!

 

[Clark20ry]

I know I am a pain but still the best.

 

[VW_Lupo_TD]

hey Nick,

Butch wants to upgrade to windows 7 on his Laptop that has Vista...do you think it would/will go easy? or is there too much crap infecting it from vista to get a clean upgrade?

Paul

as far as i have read you must do a complete new install.
Since all my windows installations require at least 48 hours of
leaning out / tweaking and tuning for me it was worth buying
an entire new laptop instead of formatting and updating the old one.

Plus it helps to have the old one sitting next to the new one so i can look up stuff (and post on DTR like now :smile5.

So Vista to 7 upgrade means complete new installation afaik.

(you should do this anyway once a year or so)

 

[VW_Lupo_TD]

I know I am a pain but still the best.

only for those that do not care what goes on in the background....

and those too lazy or old for LINUX (like me)

one day when i have time (ha ha) i will set up linux box,
just so i can piddle with it.

 

[VW_Lupo_TD]

i can finally try http://personalfirewall.comodo.com/

(never worked on Vista either and in XP my favorite was Sygate Pro)

 

[Pepperidge]

as far as i have read you must do a complete new install.
Since all my windows installations require at least 48 hours of
leaning out / tweaking and tuning for me it was worth buying
an entire new laptop instead of formatting and updating the old one.

Plus it helps to have the old one sitting next to the new one so i can look up stuff (and post on DTR like now :smile5.

So Vista to 7 upgrade means complete new installation afaik.

(you should do this anyway once a year or so)

I have accumulated way too much "STUFF" as George Carlin would put it to ever do that to my old desktop...I'd have to have a pro right beside me if I were to attempt it...Soooo...When you coming down again?):h

on edit: so does that mean all the new megaPC's you build will have W7 on them...(been thinking about one of those too)

 

[VW_Lupo_TD]

I have accumulated way too much "STUFF" as George Carlin would put it to ever do that to my old desktop...I'd have to have a pro right beside me if I were to attempt it...Soooo...When you coming down again?):h

well, i am guessing your invitation to mardi gras still stands ? ):h
we have checked flights and the only possible alternative is to fly into Baton Rouge for that. And as it looks we will be meeting folks from Germany for a long memorial day weekend in New Orleans (this is 95% sure). I could show up early and handle all PC issues - we of course expect to meet up with you guys that weekend regardless.

on edit: so does that mean all the new megaPC's you build will have W7 on them...(been thinking about one of those too)

well if all works out - I was pretty good in XP, but that stuff is just too old skool now I guess.

But I have been dying to building another silent HTPC, it is a fast paced game, so much has changed, but I think i would definitely remain in my milieu of air cooled rigs - old skool or not i am just not a friend of having water in my rig.

 

[JiFaire]

I know I am a pain but still the best.

John, you drive me nuts... but in a good way!

LOL... the guys I work with love Macs... they can't do squat, but they love 'em.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clYOR8vLgE8

I think they're in love with the little Mac sound it makes when it turns on.. they get all dreamy-eyed and sometimes they 'coo' when it makes that noise.

It must be a Zen thing. Old Unix System V guys like me can't figure out what the fuss is all about...

 

[Pepperidge]

well, i am guessing your invitation to mardi gras still stands ? ):h


we have checked flights and the only possible alternative is to fly into Baton Rouge for that.

We would gladly pick you up from the airport in B.R. in a Heartbeat/NY second if you guys were serious...if not, we may just drive down to Disney from Tuesday thru Sunday that week...

And as it looks we will be meeting folks from Germany for a long memorial day weekend in New Orleans (this is 95% sure). I could show up early and handle all PC issues - we of course expect to meet up with you guys that weekend regardless.

You guys are welcome to stay here again as long as you'd like...we wouldn't have it any other way...in fact we insist!

Butch always has a gtg at his place for that Memorial Day weekend...



well if all works out - I was pretty good in XP, but that stuff is just too old skool now I guess.

But I have been dying to building another silent HTPC, it is a fast paced game, so much has changed, but I think i would definitely remain in my milieu of air cooled rigs - old skool or not i am just not a friend of having water in my rig.

I wouldn't mind seeing what designs you have in mind or route you would recommend taking:thumbsup:

 

[GM Guy]

JiFaire, that was cool, and thank you for posting that. I hate mac! I just remember back in elementary school the macs locking up, and class being canceled.

 

[schulte]

as far as i have read you must do a complete new install.
Since all my windows installations require at least 48 hours of
leaning out / tweaking and tuning for me it was worth buying
an entire new laptop instead of formatting and updating the old one.

Plus it helps to have the old one sitting next to the new one so i can look up stuff (and post on DTR like now :smile5.

So Vista to 7 upgrade means complete new installation afaik.

(you should do this anyway once a year or so)

IMO, ALWAYS do a full install even if you don't have to. No point in going through so much trouble to install&setup a new OS; it's really not too much work to clean and backup everything anyways.

I'm currently running XP Pro and 7 Ultimate dual boot on my laptop, but I may blow the XP away soon for more space for the 7. I only have 120gb of HD space because it's a solid state drive.

 

[WarWagon]

John, you drive me nuts... but in a good way!

LOL... the guys I work with love Macs... they can't do squat, but they love 'em.

I think they're in love with the little Mac sound it makes when it turns on.. they get all dreamy-eyed and sometimes they 'coo' when it makes that noise.

It must be a Zen thing. Old Unix System V guys like me can't figure out what the fuss is all about...

:iamwithstupid:
And you are going on about Windows 7 like a Duramax owner. :icon_bs: Sometimes the classics are better - depending on the yardstick used. Like simplicity and cost to repair vs. highest HP/TQ with the latest and greatest technology.

Vista is like fitting a DPF to a diesel... kinda constipated.

Hopefully Windows 7 is better than the Vista mess. But with the "we changed everything because we could." Office 2007 :shiiiiiite: slows down users like removing a turbo from a diesel. (The accountants etc. that use the keyboard more than the mouse in office refuse to run Office 2007.)

No good reason to change everything like Microsoft did from a retraining and productivity standpoint. :nonod:

 

[VW_Lupo_TD]

first post from the new X200 running 7.
was up until 4:30AM and on it most of the day.
so far not a single crash! and I have been trying....

 

[SfcJones]

Like so many others have said, if you want to do a Win 7 upgrade....do it from scratch, reformatt and install it and never look back. Just make sure your computer will pass the test first.

 

[Cougar281]

:mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2:
You know, I STILL don't know what the $%^& all the "Vista Hate" is all about... It IS NOT THAT BAD!!! I ran it on my Tablet until 7 came to RC status - Never had problems with it there... Vista's Tablet functions where WAAAAAY better than XP's. Comparing XP's tablet features to Vista's is like comparing pong's "graphics" to Halo's graphics. I STILL run it on my Media Center PC - Blows XP Media Center Edition out of the galaxy (not just out of the water)... Where XP MCE was BSODing several times a week on me, Vista hasn't crashed ONCE since I loaded it, and the few quirks are the reult of upgrading XPMCE to Vista (yeah, I should have done a clean install, but I wanted to bet it back up FAST since XP totally died on me). I'm still running it on my "Garage PC" (an old Socket 754 Sempron 3300, 1.5GB RAM and a 2.0 "Experience Index"). You guessed it - Rock solid - it's been up for 77 days as of now, which was about when we had our last power "glitch". All the guys I work with either have run Vista with similar results or STILL ARE because their hardware doesn't work right with either 7 or XP (two guys have these Gateway Tablets that would never run right with XP, and ran BETTER and correctly with Vista - go figure)

The only "Problems" with Vista where the Mac hate commercials (It's funny how people LOVED Mojove yet hated Vista.... They are the SAME OS!!!), and the lazy hardware vendors that either wheren't making drivers for vista or where making inferior quality drivers that where causing Vista to crash. the few problems I initailly had on my tablet where caused by drivers, but I got them ironed out once the vendors finally released good drivers.

The OS its self, when the driver issues are removed, is at least as stable as XP was when it was released, maybe more stable.

As long as you didn't try to run it on your old PIII or first gen P4 that "Ran XP beautifully", it ran fine.

And don't get me started on other "addons" that make Windows slow and IE unstable causing more windows and IE hate *cough*google*cough*.

Now, having said that, is 7 better? Yes. But Vista is NOT BAD.

:rant: