The run up....
Ok, it has been one thing after another the last few weeks. Started of the new breaking up with my boyfriend, (less said about that the better) Quickly followed by having my car windscreen smashed, and not the one I needed replacing either!!! My car then decided to break down, luckily in Halfords car park, (Hmmm very suss) had to cough up for a new battery, Then the same day I came home, and all the electric had gone... and to what did I owe that pleasure? My microwave had blown up and took all my electric with it!
My background with Vista
Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse it did. CUE VISTA.......
If I even started on what Vista has put me through in the last year, we would be here forever, and btw anyone who came here looking for a solution to their vista problems, I do have one that works brilliantly, keep reading!
My vista was sold to me by an over enthusiastic sales woman at PC world, who told me my computer could easily run it as an upgrade to my XP, and well to cut a long story short, she was wrong!
Vista was a trojan horse sent in to my computer to make my life a misery. Simple tasks like saving files had now become a chore, and the delights of a basic yet fully functional graphics card, were no more to be seen. It appeared to me that my hardware had taken an instant dislike to this new chap and were making sure I knew it! Not one to give in too easily, I resisted the urge to throw the machine out of the window, (why does the line resistance is futile come to mind?) and I let battle commence ... Susan v Mr. M Vista
The last straw
So the battle with vista started in May last year, like I said previously I had problems adding files to folder, which I had learnt do deal with, by simply not adding any, and the simple task of having to restart my computer at least 5 times each time just to get the graphics card to kick in. I was used to seeing 70% RAM being used simply with only the basic processes running, and not being able to run the sidebar and Windows Aero was merely a small detail, hey what did I need that for anyway??? So what happened I hear you ask, what made me surrender this battle?
My music folder became my D drive was the 1st thing, when you clicked on properties of that folder it's identity had become the D:/ if i changed it's location, to was twinned with D:/ so it changed the location of that too, I couldn't change it's name or anything with out affecting the D:/. So after hours on google I still had no answer. Then i realised that my documents folder had become twinned with my user profile folder. Again no reason for this. You clicked on documents and were taken in to my User Folder. All documents had vanished, and the system had taken control of the documents and settings and I no longer had access, despite running take ownership. I had every tech guys on every forum studying all hours my DSS, Hijack this, and other such logs, but they were as stumped as me to the solution. (Do you need a Coffee break yet?) So what's a girl to do. Reformat of course. So I uploaded my data, what was left of it to an online back up service reformatted and re-downloaded my data. GUESS WHAT! All the data I had left vanished. It went in to my folders and disappeared, the folders all said the contained files, but you opened the folders and it said folder empty. (No they weren't hidden) They just weren't there. 3 days I spent with a tech guy trying to find these files but to no avail, Then all of a sudden as strangely as they had gone, they just re-appeared, no doubt abducted by the aliens aka Vista..
That was it, finally I had an answer that was going to solve all my Vista problems. After careful consideration, I decided against strangling the PC World saleswoman, an instead opted to... Wait for it....... YES... RETURN TO XP. Old reliable. And well Its like I have a brand new machine, it's running as smoothly as clockwork, and I couldn't be happier, See I told you I had a solution.
During my Vista trial's and tribulations, I came across many tech guys, all of whom said, that while Vista may look good, It is now where near as good or reliable as XP.
I will miss the look of it, but there are so many sites out there with vista themes for XP its amazing. I will evaluate some and get back to you on where you can get some of the more decent ones.
By the way quick note that may be of interest, PC WORLD kindly apologised to me and gave me a full refund of the Vista, however they did not sell XP anymore so couldn't replace it without using their business center, but the cost was £150, but they recommended here as they sold OEM versions for £70. Bargain.
My Conclusion
Bloody hell are you still with me? Well what a crap year I have had, and dare I say it, I'm fairly sure it defiantly can't get any worse now. But like they say every cloud has a silver lining. Just haven't found out what it is yet, lol. Although, the refund I got for the vista in essence paid for the microwave and the car battery, so may be there is a silver lining after all, but one thing is for sure, the critics were right, It is wonderful to be home again with the old reliable XP. Here's to trouble free surfing!!
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