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Probably a stupid thing to do but bought Vista yesterday, was expecting a download but actually bought a version now being shipped to me ! Bummer. Anyone else taken the plunge?

Buying a new MS operating system in the first week of release?

*sharp intake of breath*

I wouldn't touch a new version of Windows in the first year, never mind the first week. Wait until the first Service Pack is brought out.

Yeah i know.

Best i make a restore point before installing !
If it works, it looks pretty cool though

will it work on my commodore 64
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The 1st????? lol

I'd wait for AT LEAST the 3rd!  hehe

Vista makes XP look like DOS

Yes, the three dimensional Menu is a big step forward (though utilises a lot of Memory), & of course it's just nonsense to suggest that they copied Apple.

Gates IS the man.

Really?
Reviews i have seen say XP does the same stuff as Vista just it's a little easier.
Also it's recommended you buy a new computer before getting Vista as it won't run on anything more than 6 months old :D

Liked DOS actually, it does what you tell it to do, unlike Microsoft which tells you what you're going to do.

That's a fib and you know it! ;)

I hope you bought it from the US, it can be nearly twice as expensive from the UK

http://computers.search.ebay.co.uk/vista_Operating-Systems_W0QQfromZR34QQsacatZ11226

"Pirates have already cracked the security features of Vista which allows pirates to download Vista and a product key and to install it on their systems, only a few days after Vista went gold."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Windows_Vista

:D

To be fair I may well give it a spin...in a couple of years time.

Me too ;)

well i will have to wait until next week before i receive it so will post an update of what i think of it after i have reinstalled XP and everything that goes wrong !!

Always wait for the first Service Pack :)

This seems to be the techi thread!! Can anyone help? I been knocked off poker sites, and other sites, as usual I'm having trouble with the ISP. One thing may have done it but I may be completely wrong, is it possible that by 'uploading' large files, videos etc., that the download can be affected?

Help would be much appreciated!!!

Are you with Tiscali by any chance?

no, BT and a 7.5 gigi whatsit service...who have been brilliant up to now

if your uploading a file it will hamper your download speed which could cause you to lose connection

Are you running Vista?? ;)

thanks ironside, so if a constant upload of films to azurus was going on could this slow down or crash sites that need a download?

No, no vista

Disable the upload and play, if it works then you've fixed it. This was a thread about Vista, usually a new post for a different topic.

Here's my proper answer:

Usually you can set a 'throttle' on your uploads, i usually set this to 10Kb/s this means my connection isn't brought to its knees.
You could ask your ISP if they prioritise traffic etc, but with it being BT i'd guess that all their gaming traffic is properly prioritised and working (as they have a lot of users). However if you were uploading at high speed this is likely the cause. It wouldn't actually crash the software, but yes, make it take a very long time to download.

Had Vista a few days. Not overly impressed so far, still finding my way about though. Now, how do I share my printer...