[MadMax]

I have Vista on my laptop and XP on my desk. Vista has all the problems tha Scooter says. But now that I'm more used to it, I don't hate it as much. What the hardest part was that MS thought it was cute to change a lot of the terms just enough to make you wonder "does that mean the same as..." That bugged me most, but I'm glad that I still have the XP when I really need to get work done.

 

[MadMax]

That's what really ticked me off on that last trip. It asked me for everything but my shoe size every time there was a glitch in the wireless connection.

:cuss: :censor: :wall: :cuss: :censor: :wall:

That's funny, mine's a "connection whore" No matter where I go it'll easily pick-up any available connection, but when I get back home, I have to "reintroduce" it to the home network. :roll:

 

[MadMax]

I was bored yesterday. I decided (for whatever reason I am not sure) to upgrade my Win XP based laptop to Vista Home Premium. I followed the instructions explicitly provided by my laptop manufacturer Toshiba.

For the most part, the install went well. As part of preparing for installing Vista, all of the utilities that were XP-based were uninstalled. The DVD burning software was uninstalled. When it was removed, Windows XP decided I didn't have a DVD drive anymore. I even lost reference to the drive letter :shrug: .

It took about 3 hours to figure out a workaround. :wall: :wall:

They say a Vista install takes from 3 to 6 hours. Including my adventures with the stupid DVD drive letter, I spent between 8 and 10 hours installing this new OS.

I did figure out how to turn off the User Account Control.

There are several methods to do this. I chose to use the Registry Editor.

Using Registry Editor

1. Run Registry Editor by typing "regedit" in Start Search or command prompt.
2. In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Policies\System

3. Locate the following DWORD registry subkey in the right pane:
EnableLUA

4. Right click and choose modify or double click on EnableLUA to modify the setting. On valud prompt, set the new value to 0.
5. Exit from Registry Editor.
6. Restart the computer.

To enable the UAC again, simply change back the value of EnableLUA to 1.

Why go thru all that? I just turn it off. Control Panel/Administrative Tools/User Accounts/On or Off

 

[MadMax]

Why go thru all that? I just turn it off. Control Panel/Administrative Tools/User Accounts/On or Off

That is what I do also (about five minutes after I finish the install......)

~John

I figured that out later on. Just had to do things the hard way.

BTW, that laptop died this morning. I am not sure if it was Vista that killed it or not.

So I got a new laptop today. :woohoo:

Just got back online and updated. God, what a pain!!!!!!!

What kind did you have? What kind did you get?

 

[MadMax]

Funny, that's what my laptop is for, or sitting outside. The desk unit is strictly for work.