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04-12-2009, 12:39 PM
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Vista Premium?
Hey guys...I've had my computer since early February and i've had quite a few problems with Vista. Firstly im forever getting error messages and programs are no responding. Its getting to the point where i want to upgrade it but i feel i need a more reliable OS. Anyone else had this problem?
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04-13-2009, 03:10 AM
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Also what's the difference between Sata and Sata2? Can i still use my sata drives with a sata or sata2 cable?? I know sata2 has a locking mechanism
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04-13-2009, 07:58 PM
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is your vista 32 or 64? it could be compatibility problems
im unsure about sata and sata2 but im guessing it will be like USB and USB2.0 so just data speed i could be wrong
and if you need a more reliable OS go back to XP for a while if you have the disk and wait untill windows 7 comes out or download the windows 7 beta version
i never had any problems with windows vista and im running Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1
hope some of that helped you
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04-14-2009, 09:14 PM
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Cheers dude thats helped, i asked on another forum about the Sata/Sata2 question they're both the same. Funky UV cables here i come
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04-14-2009, 11:07 PM
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no problem always happy to help
computers are about my only strong point lol
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04-15-2009, 12:22 PM
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They're my strong point just hate difference between hardware
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04-15-2009, 10:43 PM
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lol i love hardware talkin bout hardware i need to upgrade some of mine lol
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04-16-2009, 01:39 AM
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Same Need a whole new mobo...maybe something that holds a silly amount of RAM and some new HDD...i seem to be using my HDD space asif its going out of fashion! I feel a little nerd'ish talking about computers Bloody love it
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04-16-2009, 06:05 PM
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yea i new mobo wouldnt go a miss for me or a new graphics card actualy a whole new computer lol
i need more ram than anything else but my computer dosent like more than 2GB for some reason
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04-17-2009, 04:06 AM
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Thats something to do with vista everyone i know who upgraded their ram more than 2 Gig their comp didn't reckonise it.
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04-17-2009, 09:49 AM
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my comp recognizes it but if i start playing games or using alot of RAM it just shuts my computer off so i dont know the problem lol
my dads computer has 4GB DDR3 and it runs fine
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04-17-2009, 12:21 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GTR
my comp recognizes it but if i start playing games or using alot of RAM it just shuts my computer off so i dont know the problem lol
my dads computer has 4GB DDR3 and it runs fine
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DDR3 lucky sod!! Jealous i am!! i was looking into DDR3 and its costly!
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04-17-2009, 12:57 PM
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OK since were on the subject of Vista maybe you geeks or I mean guys can help me out.
I have the home edition on my computer and every so often, usually when im in the middle of something and havent saved in a few minutes, it will just automatically shut everything down to update. I have attempted to disable this f'n insane function but havent been successful. Any tips short of tracking down the software engineer responsible and castorating him !
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04-17-2009, 01:24 PM
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Possibly by re installing home edition that might work as it could be a corrupt update file or something.
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04-18-2009, 09:10 AM
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yea probs best trying to reinstall it
so have you turned off automatic updates or it wont let you?
altho i cant say i have heard of that problem lol
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04-18-2009, 09:12 AM
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DDR3 lucky sod!! Jealous i am!! i was looking into DDR3 and its costly!
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they DDR3 he got was £70 for 2GB
its not that bad depense what make it is and what speed lol
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04-18-2009, 10:04 AM
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£70? God thats tooo cheap! I was look at 4GB of DDR2 1066Mhz that was £90 I'm saving up for a new motherboard now
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04-19-2009, 10:10 AM
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what motherboard you saving for?
i want this one CLICK ME
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04-19-2009, 04:20 PM
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Thats pretty good, probably something a wee bit cheaper. Although i might consider that when i start college in September
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04-20-2009, 10:52 AM
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my motherboard i have right now is a Asus Striker Extreme lol
what you going to study at college
im at college right now doing Computer Support
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