Ok, bought a new laptop
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Mikeinsmd
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Go get another drink.
Mikeinsmd
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Well that's effed up to need 2 GB of RAM so a damn OS can work properly.That is the problem - you need GB !
MS layed an egg with this junk.
BuffaloBill
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Mikeinsmd
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Well isn't that special. Maybe it'll teach you spelling and grammar.OK!
Hey, I bought a new PC today. It has 1 Tera of memory.
clevalley
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The 2GB is what we have noticed doing desktop testing... the machine REALLY flies with more. Honestly, memory is cheap considering the price of the system, but yes, 2GB is a lot compared to how we remember computing a few short years ago!
Why so much memory? in laymen terms - Vista does "preloading" of application and system modules based on what it had learned in the first 2 weeks for the user... it speeds up the launching of applications and system calls, theoretically faster throughput as less I/O is happening (CPU is not fetching pieces of applications from the disk and loading into memory - VISTA knows you are going to use it in the session so it pre-loads it)
If you launch a game or application which requires a TON of memory, VISTA will auto-magically dump its memory and allocate all resources to the game/application at hand.
Now - I am not saying this is the smartest thing MS has done, but this is the way it works. On paper it makes sense, but people are really griping about the out-of-the-box performance; the 2 week learning curve is turning people off...
Don't kill the messenger here, just providing some insight...
Me, I still use XP and it works great for me @ the house and at work - just do not see a reason to switch.
Why so much memory? in laymen terms - Vista does "preloading" of application and system modules based on what it had learned in the first 2 weeks for the user... it speeds up the launching of applications and system calls, theoretically faster throughput as less I/O is happening (CPU is not fetching pieces of applications from the disk and loading into memory - VISTA knows you are going to use it in the session so it pre-loads it)
If you launch a game or application which requires a TON of memory, VISTA will auto-magically dump its memory and allocate all resources to the game/application at hand.
Now - I am not saying this is the smartest thing MS has done, but this is the way it works. On paper it makes sense, but people are really griping about the out-of-the-box performance; the 2 week learning curve is turning people off...
Don't kill the messenger here, just providing some insight...
Me, I still use XP and it works great for me @ the house and at work - just do not see a reason to switch.
Mikeinsmd
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This is my second week so we'll see what it's learned....The 2GB is what we have noticed doing desktop testing... the machine REALLY flies with more. Honestly, memory is cheap considering the price of the system, but yes, 2GB is a lot compared to how we remember computing a few short years ago!
Why so much memory? in laymen terms - Vista does "preloading" of application and system modules based on what it had learned in the first 2 weeks for the user... it speeds up the launching of applications and system calls, theoretically faster throughput as less I/O is happening (CPU is not fetching pieces of applications from the disk and loading into memory - VISTA knows you are going to use it in the session so it pre-loads it)
If you launch a game or application which requires a TON of memory, VISTA will auto-magically dump its memory and allocate all resources to the game/application at hand.
Now - I am not saying this is the smartest thing MS has done, but this is the way it works. On paper it makes sense, but people are really griping about the out-of-the-box performance; the 2 week learning curve is turning people off...
Don't kill the messenger here, just providing some insight...
Me, I still use XP and it works great for me @ the house and at work - just do not see a reason to switch.
Dougstermd
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Mikey does NOT like Windows Vista!!
I hate the pointer pad on my new acer. The old acer worked sooo much better.
clevalley
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It should ease up and get quicker... let me know about the particulars of the scrolling problem - you can e-mail me with a scenario to help you debug it.
Keep us posted with VISTA - there is a lot of
going on with it - you are not alone!
Mikeinsmd
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I bought an acer... Aspire 5520
Dougstermd
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I know it was sitting on your couch last night.
Mikeinsmd
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All I can say is I used to be able to slide my finger along the right side of the touch pad & the window would scroll. Now it won't. I have to move curser to scroll bar.It should ease up and get quicker... let me know about the particulars of the scrolling problem - you can e-mail me with a scenario to help you debug it.
Keep us posted with VISTA - there is a lot of
VERY annoying.
Mikeinsmd
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Dayum!! You're good Dougie!! You're good!
Dougstermd
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at the bottom right there is a pointer icon. Double click it and you can change the pointer settings.
The web cam works great for C2C sharing on yahoo
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I put the XP SP2 on my new desktop and she FLIES now! I don't think even the machine that was made for Vista liked Vista :shrug:
On another note, after a year and a half of nothing but trouble out of my Dell XPS they are finally caving in and sending me a new one!
I just hope I don't get another lemon 
On another note, after a year and a half of nothing but trouble out of my Dell XPS they are finally caving in and sending me a new one!
I just hope I don't get another lemon
Mikeinsmd
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Duponster may want to install XP on his. Do you just load it from a CD & follow install instructions?I put the XP SP2 on my new desktop and she FLIES now! I don't think even the machine that was made for Vista liked Vista :shrug:
On another note, after a year and a half of nothing but trouble out of my Dell XPS they are finally caving in and sending me a new one!
clevalley
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Fn+F7 should (well, might) toggle your scrollpad on/off - try this to see if it resets it.
If not -
Look in the System Tray and see if you can see the icon for the touchpad (Should be green and will glow/move as you glide your finger on the touch pad) - right click on it and see if "Tap to Select" (or something like this) is enabled... if you cannot find it in the system tray, check Control Panel for Touchpad or Mouse Settings (tap to select)... while you are in there, check to see if you can see any other settings for scroll.
If it still does not work and it is a Synaptics Touch Pad try this;
Go to C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP
Backup the TP4table.dat file.
Open the TP4table.dat file with a text editor.
Under the “Pass 0” section add the following:
; Remote Desktop Connection
*,*,mstsc.exe,*,*,*,WheelStd,0,9
Either reboot your laptop or kill the Synaptics processes (SynTPEnh.exe, SynTPLpr.exe) then start SynTPEnh.exe
If none of these work - download the latests driver for your touchpad (Alps or Synaptics) and reinstall.
GWguy
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Yes and no.... if the computer is an older machine, probably yes because device drivers are available. If the computer is brandy new, you need to check the manufacturers site to make sure XP device drivers are available. Many of the new PCs that were designed and delivered with Vista do not have XP drivers available. You'd be able to load XP, but nothing would work correctly. Ran in to that issue with a new Dell XPS laptop recently.
AndyMarquisLIVE
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Acer is Synaptics.
That feature didn't work for me on my Acer laptop with anything (EXCEPT IE6).
Synaptics has the drivers, worked like a charm for me. Once you install and reboot, it'll have a screen on startup that you can click to go to the device options to set touchpad behavior.
It's a shame, Vista Beta 2 was a really nice OS, ran smoothly on my P3 w/ 512MB RAM. Then Microsoft went and wiped their azz with it and dredged up this piece of chit they call Vista.