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Ajodabile
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My laptop (Compaq presario with a Celeron processor) came with Vista Home Basic preinstalled. Man, the thing was no different from XP. And it made my computer damn slow. And so many stuff could not be installed on it (my printer for example) It was a heartache. I was so glad when I uninstalled it and installed XP. For now, vista is not worth it, unless you have a mega-fast computer, and are willing to suffer a little while Microsoft gets it right. maybe in a year or two, but until then, XP for life!
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bigrovar (m)
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Hi guys i have been off air for a while now.my internet subscription ran out.just renewed it.i hope to respond to every single post i got during my absent.just give me some time.
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bigrovar (m)
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@abohrandy: you are absolutely right. After having Vista on my computer for a few weeks, I have decided to go back to xp, and I could not have been happier. I am just much more productive on xp without the excess resources being used, and can get things done faster than with vista. There are many things that like about Vista, but i will stay away from it, at least until the first service pack is released for it.
My laptop (Compaq presario with a Celeron processor) came with Vista Home Basic preinstalled. Man, the thing was no different from XP. And it made my computer damn slow. And so many stuff could not be installed on it (my printer for example) It was a heartache. I was so glad when I uninstalled it and installed XP. For now, vista is not worth it, unless you have a mega-fast computer, and are willing to suffer a little while Microsoft gets it right. maybe in a year or two, but until then, XP for life!
well i don't know ao to over emphasize this, not every system is vista compatible, vista is a different os its not an upgrade to xp, no its an os on its own, every new os in the market comes with a upgraded hardware requirement.when Win2000 and win 98 were the latest os the average ram required was 128mb for u to enjoy your pc xperience.xp made it 512.for u to have a an hitch free pc xperience now vista is saying 1gb.look technology is moving if u decide to stay in the past no problem but don't blame vista.its working for me very well now bcus i have everything its needs to work, if u don't then wait till u have the hardware to support vista, don't rush. even i use 1gb ram on xp not to talk of vista, and for the guy that loaded vista on a celeron /512 pc, i don't know what to say to u, i wont even advise anybody to use celeron for anything, not even xp, why wont your system be slow, ignore all the vista capable stickers u see in laptop all those are just commercial hype, because in the technical sense even a 128ram pc would support vista but don't try this at home |
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maxjax (m)
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Please im havin problm installin a bluetooth adapter to my vista O.S! It freeze after installatn. Urgent help plz! Thanx
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bigrovar (m)
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Bigrovar the system is a Hp Pavilion dv6183ea.
Memory 1GB
Processor intel core 2 duo 1.83ghz(T5600)
Graphics card Nvidia Geforce go 7400 with 256mb memory.
Please i await your response.Good work you are doing here,keep it up!
that is a very nice system yes u can certainly upgrade to vista just made sure u do a clean install and not an upgrade, ie use the vista cd to format your hadrive the intall vista, but before that go to hp site to download all the vista drivers for your pc luck , and any problem i would be here |
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bigrovar (m)
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Please im havin problm installin a bluetooth adapter to my vista O.S! It freeze after installatn. Urgent help plz! Thanx
to start with i don't know the type of bluetooth adapter u are using, ok just to let u know that the only bluetooth adapter that i know to work with vista is bluesoleil v3.2 u can download it here http://www.bluesoleil.com/download/index.asp good luck |
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bigrovar (m)
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Had to get a new printer for VISTA.  Pica 2 doesn't work any more. Is this VISTa thing a curse or what? Just when I thought I was enjoying it! to start with why the angry face, anyway why don't u try downloading the newest pica update i have it on my pc and it is working perfectly, about the printer well i know that for those using hp printers they can download the latest drivers that work with vista. a friend once told me that he downloaded them and it worked, |
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bigrovar (m)
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[good now could u please tell me the kind of phone u are using ,is it a nokia ,motorola etc, am sure it not a big problem but i need to know what kind of phone uare using,
Thnx alot bigrovar, ve learnt alot from u. am using nokia 5300. but guess what it got connected on wed afternoon and stopped later. still can't connect since then. now am convinced it can work but what the pro is I can't tell.I need to start njoying my vista oh because I now know its not meant to be problematic. what do u think I should do???
Secondly, ms office 2007 came installed with the laptop and yet keep asking for the key. been showing my remaining num of times i can access it- wats d solution?
am currently doing a research on the phone internet connection would get back to u later today or maybe tomoro, about the office, must if not all of the office programs that come shipped with a pc are trial application that u are expected to evaluate and then buy, they usually give u a 60 days trial time, i don't know if yours falls into that category but i would look into it |
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samboribo (m)
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bigrovar, the vista master, come and see ooo!! my vista is telling me my product key is invalid for activation and it has finally shut me out of my own pc. all i have access to is 1 internet explorer window from where i sign in to messenger. every other function (start menu, taskbar, etc) is invisible. booting with safe mode limits me to many things. what am i supposed to do? i have tried other keys as well all to no avail. i'm beginning to think this vista sucks. and to think it came pre-installed with my laptop. my day has just been exhausted for nothing.  |
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bigrovar (m)
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remember to use internet explorer, good luck sorry eh
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samboribo (m)
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GOSH!!!!! why did you have to wait until everything had dabarued before giving me a solution, bigrovar? i ended up re-installing the vista package after a crack scattered everything finally, minutes after my post. worse of all, i tried your number this evening and it was switched off. no messenger contact. you broke my heart! i lost all my files because of that yeye crack. now, i'll just download that update for future purposes because i'm expecting the same warning back in 3 days. Vista is messed!!  still on still, thanks for your help. |
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G-guy (m)
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i have dell xps m1210 with vista home premium. it has refused to boot after just two weeks of use. what could be the problem
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bigrovar (m)
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u need to supply me with more infor like what are the circumstance that rounded its not booting, what were u doing the last time u shut down, was it with u always hence eliminating chances that it got bumped or dropped,did your system come preinstalled with vista, and if not what is the config, i need to know this things so that i can see how i can help,
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hayprof (m)
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@bigbrovar, I want a Vista Installation DIsc,
Can you help?
I want to taste it with all this hype about it,
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bigrovar (m)
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sorry mate the vista i use can pre-installed with my gateway system.although i have the vista installation cd i doubt it would work with any other system other than my cus its built to recognize some bios digital signature on my system.am so sorry
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hayprof (m)
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ok, may b someone else as it. i wonder why all the lapi companies do pre instal.?
so when u wan to get another pc d other one pre instald is past tense. a copy is beta.
Anyways. thanks
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samboribo (m)
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ok! so, all of my files were automatically saved to a "windows.old" folder in the HDD and nothing was lost after all. but then, i tried the link you gave me and it gives me an error message after downloading. how do i know if my system is a 64-bit?
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bigrovar (m)
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just try to update your system then it would naturaly download the uodate and other update that your system needs, to check if your system is a 64bit, go to my computer and click on system properties on the top of the screen u would see everything about the system including whether its 64/32
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chichimma (f)
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Hey bigrovar,
I guess you did not read my last reply on this topic with my latest problem with the removable disk and Vista.
Don't know why I cannot open or save anything on my USB stick from my laptop.
Do you know what I am doing wrong or overlooking?
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bigrovar (m)
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Hey bigrovar,
I guess you did not read my last reply on this topic with my latest problem with the removable disk and Vista.
Don't know why I cannot open or save anything on my USB stick from my laptop.
Do you know what I am doing wrong or overlooking?
 sorry mate i gussed i most have missed it, iv u tried another usb drive cus that could happen if your usb is corrupt or something, anyway i would look into it for and i would get back to u in a giffy  |
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bigrovar (m)
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please tell me the name of your usb drive, very important so that i can easily findout the appropriate solution for u, ----i know that some version of Sandisk Cruzer has issue with vista, just let me know,
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True Talk
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Hey bigrovar, You r doing great with all your assistance on this Vista issues. I'll like to know, if I get a new Sony Viao is it meant to come with some cds (i.e recovery cd et al)  Secondly, I normally browse with my phone connection (i.e gprs), but with this vista thingy, I can't even install my P990i software on the thing let alone connect to browse. Abeg try help your guy! Wont mind giving you a call too, but it seems your number isn't going for now. |
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bigrovar (m)
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Hey bigrovar, You r doing great with all your assistance on this Vista issues. I'll like to know, if I get a new Sony Viao is it meant to come with some cds (i.e recovery cd et al) Secondly, I normally browse with my phone connection (i.e gprs), but with this vista thingy, I can't even install my P990i software on the thing let alone connect to browse. Abeg try help your guy! Wont mind giving you a call too, but it seems your number isn't going for now. i don't really get the 1st part of your post, however concerning the second part u can download the new p990i software that support vista here http://www.sonyericsson.com/downloads/Sony%20Ericsson%20PC%20Suite%20for%20SmartPhones%201.3.19.exe |
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bigrovar (m)
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ok i get it now u wont to know if the sony vaio u intend on buying would come with recovery cds, well from experience most don't come with recovery disk, your recovery file is always embedded in a hidden harddrive partition, and u would then be able to create your recovery disk using the vaio recovery disk utility, but it all depends of ao u buy
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chichimma (f)
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Thanks Bigrovar, I am not sure of the name of the USB but on the stick is written: USB Flash Disk. I don't think that is very helpful to you  Guess I will buy another one because I think as you mentioned it is corrupted with windows files and not vista . Because my laptop does not even recognize it ! Thanks for your reply. |
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bigrovar (m)
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why don't u get A new usb drive and get back to me,
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True Talk
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@ bigrovar, Thanks a lot for your help so far. Another issue is that I can't get bluetooth connection; laptop to phone. The bluetooth dongle I had can't be installed on vista, Abeg do you know of any vista compatible - bluetooth dongle I could get ?? Thanks. |
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squee
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please help me!!!! am having problems using my word 2007. it is always asking me to register using my product key. i tried to key in the product key beneath my laptop, but it says invalid!!! what do i do? i use a compaq presario c500
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Saddam
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The problem I had with Hp pavilion dv 2000
Was that the Pl2303 Data cable driver For Nokia wasn’t working,
I hate Vista It sucks….
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bigrovar (m)
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please help me!!!! am having problems using my word 2007. it is always asking me to register using my product key. i tried to key in the product key beneath my laptop, but it says invalid!!! what do i do? i use a compaq presario c500
what i just want to ask you is - did u buy the word 2007 your self or did it come preinstalled on your system when u got it? , if it came pre-installed then it is most likely a trial version in which case your trial time was up.if not and you purchased it and were given an original key then i will look into the matter for u but first u have to let me know case it is |
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