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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:02 am Post subject: Downgraded vista to xp

Yesterday, my pc did the dreaded BSOD, nothing i could do would enable me to boot up vista. I did not have a disc as it was preloaded, so i decided to stick xp on instead. I`ve been thinking about this for a while now as vista has caused me nothing but trouble. Drivers are hard to find Keep getting booted off net sudden crashes Storing documents is crazy And the admin permissions is really annoying So it goes to show that in peoples rush to "must have the latest" sometime old tried and trusted, is better. I would not go back to vista now even if they paid me. _________________ http://www.saynoto0870.com/ XXVIII/ I/ MCMLXXI

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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:53 am Post subject:

When I bought this new computer, I had to pay like £80 more to have XP on rather than Vista, well worth it imo, I know the OS well and am happy with it, not heard much good about Vista so they can keep it. It looks quite nice but thats about it _________________

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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:05 pm Post subject:

I so wish I hadn't opted for Vista. It's pants Thinking of doing the same and going back to xp stares at penny jar _________________ carsandmotorsport

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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 1:22 pm Post subject:

there is a new wave of low power processors out there. The Atom uses just 3% of the energy of current powerful chips. The Atom can run XP and basic applications people need without bother. If software developers put more effort into efficiency it would even be considered way over powered! On a notebook PC it takes battery life into new and useful places, but there is no way it is going to run Vista. _________________ Family Friendly Shareware \| \| Web Design/Services \| Free Forums forum.myfreeforum.org

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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 1:58 pm Post subject:

Oh and even better i can play DODS and CSS with no problems now, certain huge not orange maps caused so much lag i couldnt move. they blamed it on my video card etc ?? but i,m using the same one, so it was vista that was the problem. _________________ http://www.saynoto0870.com/ XXVIII/ I/ MCMLXXI

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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:53 pm Post subject:

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Oh and even better i can play DODS and CSS with no problems now, certain huge not orange maps caused so much lag i couldnt move. they blamed it on my video card etc ?? but i,m using the same one, so it was vista that was the problem.

does this mean I can spank you at css now?
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:54 pm Post subject:

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Symon wrote:

does this mean I can spank you at css now?

Well you can try ,, i was on the same server as you a while ago shot you a few times and you didnt even know it was me,,,

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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:00 pm Post subject:

tbh, I don't check who's online with the overlay. what name you under now then? _________________ CALM TIME: When calm time is called, all posters in a topic must take time out to calm down. I'm better than Jose!

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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:39 pm Post subject:

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tbh, I don't check who's online with the overlay. what name you under now then?

Changes many times if its me it should be either assiejack or kezjarran, but arran still plays a lot so he changes it to arran
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:10 pm Post subject:

I've recently upgraded from Windows XP to Linux... _________________

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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:36 am Post subject:

ive recently upgraded from pc to PS3 for online FPS. call of duty 4 on PS3 beats the pants off any pc FPS in every department _________________ http://oasisfanatics.myfastforum.org