Words Of Wisdom said:
You would have downloaded Internet Explorer or relied upon the Auto Update functionality. |
But how would I download IE without a browser?
| TWRoO said: All I know is setting up my sisters new laptop with vista was absolutely horrible. So much crap came with it that I didn't know what to do with (bloatware) but more annoyingly there is some weird feature that I can't turn off, which brings up a message asking me to confirm that I wanted to open the program I just clicked on... WTF? P.S. I was just wondering when setting it up... what do you do if you get a laptop/PC (non apple) that doesn't have Internet Explorer alredy on it?... I mean I downloaded Firefox for her, but how would I have done that had it not been a standard shop bought thing (all of which have IE) |
The bloatware just depends on the make, apparently ASUS and Sony are bad for this, but it was a long time ago I read that. The annoying thing is a new security feature on Vista, that requires you to gave permission for a program that needs administrator privilages, and you can turn it off, though apparently it's to stop programs needing admin privilages (microsoft hopes they'll be put off by this), and so these programs can't be hijacked or something.
| TWRoO said: All I know is setting up my sisters new laptop with vista was absolutely horrible. So much crap came with it that I didn't know what to do with (bloatware) but more annoyingly there is some weird feature that I can't turn off, which brings up a message asking me to confirm that I wanted to open the program I just clicked on... WTF? P.S. I was just wondering when setting it up... what do you do if you get a laptop/PC (non apple) that doesn't have Internet Explorer alredy on it?... I mean I downloaded Firefox for her, but how would I have done that had it not been a standard shop bought thing (all of which have IE) |
You can turn that off.
It's a security feature to stop executables that may execute without you clicking on them.
rocketpig said:
Windows really gets a bad rep that is largely unwarranted. Could XP be more secure? Yeah. Could it do a few things better? Sure. Is it a damned capable general-purpose OS? Hell yes. I prefer OS X, but that's because it caters to my personal needs. As an overall operating system, it's hard to fault XP.
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I agree with Rocket Pig. The question is what's the best OS, and it's obvious to most anyone who knows a lot about the subject, that one of the UNIX derivatives is the answer. That does not mean that Windows Sucks, it just means it's less capable then UNIX.
Windows XP I like very much.
Tispower, you shouldn't complain about Vista asking permission for admin. That's a good thing. You lock up your valuables at home, don't you? This is the same thing. It solves many security problems.
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| ssj12 said: Linux > Mac >= Windows |
This.
Except in the case of gaming. Once the source engine finally gets an opengl port though......>_> we'll see
I'd have to say Windows just because of gaming and that's the reason I mostly use my computer.
Ubuntu is pretty good though if you're not gaming.
| Tispower1 said:
The bloatware just depends on the make, apparently ASUS and Sony are bad for this, but it was a long time ago I read that. The annoying thing is a new security feature on Vista, that requires you to gave permission for a program that needs administrator privilages, and you can turn it off, though apparently it's to stop programs needing admin privilages (microsoft hopes they'll be put off by this), and so these programs can't be hijacked or something. |
Its actually a really nice feature, although a little inconvenient. It makes your computer significantly safer. That is the biggest advantage that Vista has besides its nice aesthetics. The search function is way better too.
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@ akuma587 and rocketpig, I agree it's a good feature I'm just annoyed that so many things need admin privilages :/
I remember trying Vista on my grandfathers laptop a month ago. Awful, awful OS.
IE crashed twice, word crashed once, very slow, glitchy etc.
XP is fine. All you'd ever need.
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