Don't Install AIM 6 on Vista

[synth3tk]

Originally Posted by team222badbrad

Last week I used primopdf to print to pdf and it would not even let me open the file. So I had enough and just turned it off.

Anyone know how to disable the screen that pops up on start saying that it is disabled?

I have no clue, as I've never gotten the screen you're talking about. Can you upload a screenshot? I may be able to help.

[Chief Pride]

you have to understand, programs are made for operating systems, NOT the other way around...

[synth3tk]

Yes, true, but if the OS is very buggy and hard to code around...

[team222badbrad]

Originally Posted by blakcheez

I have no clue, as I've never gotten the screen you're talking about. Can you upload a screenshot? I may be able to help.

I just restarted; I didn't realize it faded away after several seconds.

I was always just closing the notification before it faded away.

It is just a small notification that pops up in the lower right hand side on startup.

I guess Microsoft keeps the geeks in business and causes "Fix It Yourself" people frustration.

[Schnabel]

Originally Posted by GeeForce

Pidgin's alright, but it does some wonky stuff with the font (it'll look really small on your computer, but huge on other people's). I use it and just ignore the small font.


Bit of a derailment, but how do you like Vista? My sister is probably getting a new laptop for her birthday; obviously online you hear about all the problems with Vista, is it really worth it?

As said before, do not install it before the first service pack. I had it on my computer for about 7 months before I finally got fed up with it. It was a big reasource hog on my computer to an insane level. After start up on a fresh install when I got the computer, it showed that it filled the physical memory up to 50% on the nose. I figured this was because of the low level of memory, so I bought a 1gig card. When I started up again (still no programs) it still filled the memory up to 50% on the nose. This made me mad as it was filling up half of my 1.5 gigs of memory. So I bought another 1gig card and put it in with the other one totaling 2 gigs of memory. Again, when I started up (I only had Firefox and pidgin on the computer) it filled it up to about 50% (~47%). This is just crazy and this really made me mad. I had 2 gigs of memory, yet still it was half full. What could the OS be using to fill up 1 gig of ram? What finally set me off was vista freezing randomly. I installed XP on this computer and did the driver hunt, and now everything works great! I have no complaints about this computer except for the fact that it isn't a Mac.

Originally Posted by EHaskins

Good to know, even though I don't use AIM.

Before you dump Vista shut off UAC, PM me if you don't know how. Once I shut that off Vista ran better on all my machines than XP did. Really!

I did this on my vista when I had it, but the computer still ran slow. But all is good with XP now.

[RyanN]

The new AIM update from last week kill Vista. I reinstalled, and did a clean install of AIM and everything has been working great since. AIM killed my sound, internet connection, caused explorer errors, and caused mouse freezes.

[synth3tk]

I'm still waiting to downgrade right now. SP3 for XP is adding all the security that Vista has, which is undoubtedly it's only real feature. It may look purty, but trust us, this thing is pure evil. New Mac OS is out, I'm seriously thinking about adding a MacBook Pro along with this laptop since more games are being migrated/coded for Macs.

[Schnabel]

Originally Posted by blakcheez

I'm still waiting to downgrade right now. SP3 for XP is adding all the security that Vista has, which is undoubtedly it's only real feature. It may look purty, but trust us, this thing is pure evil. New Mac OS is out, I'm seriously thinking about adding a MacBook Pro along with this laptop since more games are being migrated/coded for Macs.

SP3? Where do you get that? Or do you mean SP2?

[synth3tk]

Yeah, I meant SP3. Service Pack 2 has already been out for months. It's all over the web (I found out on the CrankyGeeks podcast) that SP3 will be adding on that stuff. You can't get it yet, it'll be out soon.