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Originally Posted by ptsmith24
Hey there,
First of all, you can turn the UAC (user account control) off by going to the Start Menu > Control Panel, double-click "User Accounts", click "Turn User Account Control on or off" (you'll have to go through that thing one more time  ). Uncheck the box and click OK. Looks like you'll have to restart before it goes in effect. Hope that helps with that part.
I triple boot Ubuntu, Vista, and XP. I use GRUB as the main bootloader. When I select Windows, it uses the chainloader to allow me to select between XP or Vista. I find I spend 50/50 of my time in Vista and Ubuntu, so XP is just there just because.
Vista does have DX10, assuming you're a gamer. I really haven't had any issues.
Oh, another thing you can do is go to Start > Control Panel, double click "Programs and Features", then click "Turn Windows Features on or off". By default, tablet PC services are turned on. You probably don't need that (unless, of course, you actually have a tablet...don't believe that model is, but I'm not familiar with it). Also in the Control Panel, is "Performance Information and Tools". There are some useful things in there. Try playing around with that stuff and report back 
Oh, one more thing: Make sure you're in "Classic View" in the control panel. You'll see that towards the top left of the Control Panel window once you open it. Then, the preceding instructions should make more sense.
Hope that helps.  |
Thanks! Definitely helps. It isn't a tablet, so I'll be disabling that feature.
I'm getting used to Vista -- it's just a frustrating learning curve after dealing with a system failure. My main 3 tasks on this system are Web, Office, and Gaming (aside from the
Stanford Gene Folding Project).
I did notice that I could max-out the graphics settings in Flight Sim 9 and the frame rates were great. I still need to add-on the upgraded graphics packages to fully test it, but so far it's better than the other system. Much lighter too.
All files are now transferred and Firefox is installed and back to normal operation, so life is good.
I run Ubuntu some of my PCs in the "Folding Farm". DSLinux is a nice light OS that I've tried as well. I'm looking into a diskless setup for 5 of them (the 6th is a laptop with a failed screen). The other 3 are operable XP laptops with the final, 10th, as the Vista here (others: work laptop, DVD player/Media Server laptop, and my Wife's laptop makeup the roster). I take-in old computers and put them to work. When they finally die, they're off to the recycler or scavenge for parts. Vista just threw me for a loop
Thanks again for the help! Life is better already
RH77