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Re: Updating Vista

towy71 — Thu Jan 07, 2010 3:27 pm

Author: towy71

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 3:27 pm

ollie wrote:

Yeah, I know but if your kids need Windows, you may as well get a version that will give you the least trouble.

My daughter only uses a computer at work, number one son has a macbook son number two has a a degree in computer security from Napier Uni, everyone else that asks me for help has Ubuntu

Re: Updating Vista

LeeNukes — Thu Jan 07, 2010 3:23 pm

Author: LeeNukes

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 3:23 pm

ollie wrote:

Bazza wrote:

Hi ollie...

Bad enough having the Windows TAX in the first place without
paying for another load of Windows TAX to "CURE" all Windows
previous, present and prospective evils...

Yeah, I know but if your kids need Windows, you may as well get a version that will give you the least trouble.

Tell them to stop calling you or use Linux

Re: Updating Vista

nelz — Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:23 pm

Author: nelz

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:23 pm

Or trade in your kids

Re: Updating Vista

ollie — Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:03 pm

Author: ollie

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:03 pm

Bazza wrote:

Hi ollie...

Bad enough having the Windows TAX in the first place without
paying for another load of Windows TAX to "CURE" all Windows
previous, present and prospective evils...

Yeah, I know but if your kids need Windows, you may as well get a version that will give you the least trouble.

Re: Updating Vista

Bazza — Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:01 pm

Author: Bazza

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:01 pm

Hi ollie...

Bad enough having the Windows TAX in the first place without
paying for another load of Windows TAX to "CURE" all Windows
previous, present and prospective evils...

Re: Updating Vista

ollie — Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:51 am

Author: ollie

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:51 am

Bazza wrote:

Well to add to the Windows woes...

... Why, oh why, oh why???

<shrugs>

IMHO you should get them to buy Windows 7, it will save you a lot of grief having to support Windows. Does the UK have student pricing? Does the UK have the 3-licence Family Pack?

Re: Updating Vista

Marrea — Wed Jan 06, 2010 10:01 pm

Author: Marrea

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 10:01 pm

towy71 wrote:

Microparp have a page about it
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060/en-us

I had a problem with my optical drives about eighteen months ago. I opened Nero Express 6 in Windows XP to burn an iso to a CD and discovered that the writing speed selection box was greyed out. When I looked in Device Manager I saw that both my DVD-ROM and CD-Writer drives were sporting yellow exclamation marks. The problem I think had actually been caused by Nero itself. Anyway, deleting the UpperFilters and LowerFilters entries in the Registry fixed it.

And then a couple of months later my whole system seemed to have slowed down quite considerably. I eventually discovered it was being caused by Nero Scout, which apparently is a system hog, so I simply disabled it and everything was OK again.

My main gripe about applications such as Nero is that, although their main program is often quite good, they will insist on installing all manner of crap you don't want along with it. Half the time you don't even know it is there until a problem occurs.

Needless to say, K3b is my first port of call for iso burning these days.

Re: Updating Vista

Bazza — Wed Jan 06, 2010 9:11 pm

Author: Bazza

Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 9:11 pm

Well to add to the Windows woes...

Last night my daughter`s boyfriend rang up with a problem.
(He`s at Bangor UNI, I`m in Loughborough.)

Vista/HP laptop again...

He installed Skype and BANG; Black Screen Of Death like
mine earlier in this thread. Rebooting failed to work!

I suggested disconnecting all external peripherals, powering
down completely as usual and disconnecting the battery for
at least 5 minutes; refitting the battery and powering up
again and to ring me up with the results. All went well and
he is up and running again... Why, oh why, oh why???

An hour later my daughter rang up, she`s at Chester UNI;
"dad my screen has locked up with pink and blue lines on
screen". Again, Vista/HP laptop combo... To cut a long story
short I told her to do the same as above and hers re-appeared
as normal again... Why, oh why, oh why???

<shrugs>

Re: Updating Vista

LeeNukes — Fri Jan 01, 2010 7:53 pm

Author: LeeNukes

Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 7:53 pm

hecatae wrote:

compcln.exe ran from the cli will clean up all updates and make them permanent

Frees up a fair amount of disk space too.

Re: Updating Vista

towy71 — Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:08 pm

Author: towy71

Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:08 pm

hecatae wrote:

compcln.exe ran from the cli will clean up all updates and make them permanent

formatting the hard drive sorts out all the mess

Re: Updating Vista

hecatae — Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:04 pm

Author: hecatae

Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:04 pm

compcln.exe ran from the cli will clean up all updates and make them permanent

Re: Updating Vista

Bazza — Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:41 pm

Author: Bazza

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:41 pm

PHHEEWWWW, DVD all OK...

Sigh of relief...

Re: Updating Vista

towy71 — Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:20 pm

Author: towy71

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:20 pm

LeeNukes wrote:

Came across that twice which is a high percentage of the Vista machines I've seen.

Yes but it has this list at the bottom of the page

Quote:

APPLIES TO
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Windows Vista Business
Windows Vista Business 64-bit Edition
Windows Vista Enterprise
Windows Vista Home Basic
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Starter
Windows Vista Ultimate
Windows 7 Enterprise
Windows 7 Home Basic
Windows 7 Home Premium
Windows 7 Professional
Windows 7 Starter
Windows 7 Ultimate

What a great company [ ironic wink]

Re: Updating Vista

LeeNukes — Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:15 pm

Author: LeeNukes

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:15 pm

towy71 wrote:

Microparp have a page about it
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060/en-us

Came across that twice which is a high percentage of the Vista machines I've seen.

Re: Updating Vista

towy71 — Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:11 pm

Author: towy71

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:11 pm

Microparp have a page about it
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060/en-us