Windows Vista Discussion Thread

Akshay1234 · 24th October 2007, 09:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by diabloo

Hey buddy, I was happy with XP and the graphics was good. Now I upgraded to Vista and it tells me I score a pathetic 1.0 off 5.0

. Could you post your Windows Experience Index base score?

my experience index base score is 4.2.

Absar · 24th October 2007, 19:04

4.2

In Vista Home Basic with 512 MB of ram, I had a score of 2.9, and after I upgraded the RAM to 1.5 GB, the new score was 3.3, but after upgrading to Windows Vista Business, the new score was 2.1

Don't know a reason why the decrease in the score.

cya
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vabs78 · 24th October 2007, 19:13

I have a HP Laptop (1.6Ghz x2, 1Gb) with Vista Home Premium and a MacBook with OsX (2.16Ghz x2, 1Gb).

If I start both machines at the same time, I can start the Mac, open web browser open google.com and shutdown the Mac, before Vista starts and comes in a usable state.

Akshay1234 · 24th October 2007, 19:17

absar - because business strains your comp more. im using home premium and i have a core 2 duo 2x1.86ghz, 256mb graphics, 2gb ram and 250gb hdd.

vabs78 - even my vista does take about 30seconds to boot.

vabs78 · 24th October 2007, 19:31

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Originally Posted by akshay1234

vabs78 - even my vista does take about 30seconds to boot.

Vista in 30sec?? no way man... mine takes much more than that
I will measure the time today and will update..

Absar · 24th October 2007, 20:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by akshay1234

absar - because business strains your comp more. im using home premium and i have a core 2 duo 2x1.86ghz, 256mb graphics, 2gb ram and 250gb hdd.

Quote:

Originally Posted by akshay1234

vabs78 - even my vista does take about 30seconds to boot.

Vista Business strains more? I see.. But I'm comfortable with it! Its features r useful for me.

In 1.5 GB of ram boot up takes about less than 30 secs.. In 512 MB of ram used to like a minute or above.. even close to 5 minutes.

cya
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sidharth_j · 24th October 2007, 23:23

I recently purchased a toshiba laptop with Windows Vista Business installed. Haven't really measured how long it takes to boot up, but its not an awful lot of time that i sit twiddling my thumbs :-)

Anyways, the Vista experience has been very very good so far. Am blown away by the graphics, and of course, it helps that the notebook came with 2GB of RAM.

Oh, and I did try the windows experience test, and scored 3.5 ..according to Microsoft, thats the minimum score to run Vista with ALL the bells and whistles!

Thad E Ginathom · 25th October 2007, 03:46

I have no idea what this test is!

I don't know that I want to try a higher Vista version (yes, it is home basic) on a high spec machine, unless it is going to give me a lot more than looking pretty!

If I ever got into something very intensive like video editing (takes an age to load and process stuff on my 2.8Ghz machine with XP) I wouldn't want the damned OS eating vast amounts of resource to begin with.

A pretty wallpaper is nice: I don't feel I need more 'pretty' than that! I'd rather have slim and fast!

diabloo · 25th October 2007, 15:02

Hey, goto Control Panel, Classic view, Performance Information and Tools and click on 'Update my score'.
BTW, my score was on Vista Ultimate. I lost big time in graphics performance

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Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom

I have no idea what this test is!

viper · 16th November 2007, 15:42

Hi Guys,

Have been used Vista Ultimate in my house from almost 2 months now without any issues till a week ago when the comp engineer came to solve some antivirus issue.

I was not present when he was there and what I found was that he has changed some settings which I cant seem to undo or solve. In my pictures folder I used to be able to see previews of all snaps in the folder by choosing thumbnails or film strip earlier in the View options.

Now I dont get the filmstrip option and in the thumbnail option get some desktop background pic in all photos. I can see the pic only after I double click and open the file. Can someone please help me.

Viper

Mugen_Power · 16th November 2007, 18:05

My score in Vista Ultimate was 4.3.

Shan2nu · 16th November 2007, 19:31

Ok i'm facing another prob with Vista. I downloaded Microsoft Power Point Viewer 2007 but for some reason, when i try to open a .ppt file, i get a message saying that the file cannot be opened since it's not a ppt format.

Xp on the other hand has no issues opening the same file using the same software.

Is there any other software out there that can open .ppt files on Vista?

Shan2nu

merve_extreme · 16th November 2007, 20:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by viper

Hi Guys,

Have been used Vista Ultimate in my house from almost 2 months now without any issues till a week ago when the comp engineer came to solve some antivirus issue.

I was not present when he was there and what I found was that he has changed some settings which I cant seem to undo or solve. In my pictures folder I used to be able to see previews of all snaps in the folder by choosing thumbnails or film strip earlier in the View options.

Now I dont get the filmstrip option and in the thumbnail option get some desktop background pic in all photos. I can see the pic only after I double click and open the file. Can someone please help me.

Viper

right click on the pictures folder
goto customize tab
select folder template type as Pictures and Videos
select apply to Subfolders
ok

i don't think there is FlimStrip view in Vista.

merve_extreme · 16th November 2007, 20:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shan2nu

Ok i'm facing another prob with Vista. I downloaded Microsoft Power Point Viewer 2007 but for some reason, when i try to open a .ppt file, i get a message saying that the file cannot be opened since it's not a ppt format.

Xp on the other hand has no issues opening the same file using the same software.

Is there any other software out there that can open .ppt files on Vista?

Shan2nu

what do you use to edit PowerPoint presentations?

Try OpenOffice 2..2.1

viper · 18th November 2007, 16:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by merve_extreme

right click on the pictures folder
goto customize tab
select folder template type as Pictures and Videos
select apply to Subfolders
ok

i don't think there is FlimStrip view in Vista.

Hi Merve,

Thanks for your suggestion but unfortunately it did not work. Had already carried out the above procedure myself.

Does anybody else have any more ideas or solutions.

Viper

24th October 2007, 19:04	#92
Absar BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Madras Posts: 560 Thanked: 10 Times View My Garage	4.2 In Vista Home Basic with 512 MB of ram, I had a score of 2.9, and after I upgraded the RAM to 1.5 GB, the new score was 3.3, but after upgrading to Windows Vista Business, the new score was 2.1 Don't know a reason why the decrease in the score. cya A
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vabs78 BHPian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pune, India Posts: 552 Thanked: 11 Times View My Garage	I have a HP Laptop (1.6Ghz x2, 1Gb) with Vista Home Premium and a MacBook with OsX (2.16Ghz x2, 1Gb). If I start both machines at the same time, I can start the Mac, open web browser open google.com and shutdown the Mac, before Vista starts and comes in a usable state.
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24th October 2007, 19:17	#94
Akshay1234 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 10,265 Thanked: 12,317 Times	absar - because business strains your comp more. im using home premium and i have a core 2 duo 2x1.86ghz, 256mb graphics, 2gb ram and 250gb hdd. vabs78 - even my vista does take about 30seconds to boot.
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sidharth_j BHPian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sydney, AU Posts: 139 Thanked: 36 Times View My Garage	I recently purchased a toshiba laptop with Windows Vista Business installed. Haven't really measured how long it takes to boot up, but its not an awful lot of time that i sit twiddling my thumbs :-) Anyways, the Vista experience has been very very good so far. Am blown away by the graphics, and of course, it helps that the notebook came with 2GB of RAM. Oh, and I did try the windows experience test, and scored 3.5 ..according to Microsoft, thats the minimum score to run Vista with ALL the bells and whistles!
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25th October 2007, 03:46	#98
Thad E Ginathom Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 11,005 Thanked: 26,443 Times	I have no idea what this test is! I don't know that I want to try a higher Vista version (yes, it is home basic) on a high spec machine, unless it is going to give me a lot more than looking pretty! If I ever got into something very intensive like video editing (takes an age to load and process stuff on my 2.8Ghz machine with XP) I wouldn't want the damned OS eating vast amounts of resource to begin with. A pretty wallpaper is nice: I don't feel I need more 'pretty' than that! I'd rather have slim and fast!
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16th November 2007, 15:42	#100
viper BANNED Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,773 Thanked: 19 Times	Vista Ultimate Help Hi Guys, Have been used Vista Ultimate in my house from almost 2 months now without any issues till a week ago when the comp engineer came to solve some antivirus issue. I was not present when he was there and what I found was that he has changed some settings which I cant seem to undo or solve. In my pictures folder I used to be able to see previews of all snaps in the folder by choosing thumbnails or film strip earlier in the View options. Now I dont get the filmstrip option and in the thumbnail option get some desktop background pic in all photos. I can see the pic only after I double click and open the file. Can someone please help me. Viper
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Mugen_Power Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Gujarat 03 Posts: 1,302 Thanked: 18 Times	My score in Vista Ultimate was 4.3.
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16th November 2007, 19:31	#102
Shan2nu Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hubli - Karnata Posts: 5,533 Thanked: 125 Times View My Garage	Ok i'm facing another prob with Vista. I downloaded Microsoft Power Point Viewer 2007 but for some reason, when i try to open a .ppt file, i get a message saying that the file cannot be opened since it's not a ppt format. Xp on the other hand has no issues opening the same file using the same software. Is there any other software out there that can open .ppt files on Vista? Shan2nu
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