In Reply to: Installed Vista on the weekend posted by Christine Tham on February 11, 2007 at 14:08:24:
Christine,I too installed Vista over the weekend and agree that it is not for the faint of heart.
A few suggestions for those itching to install Vista:
Windows Defender is set to constantly scan your computer by default - you might want to put it in manual mode.
Access controls are a pain in the ass.
Indexing is set to full on and can not be fully disabled.
Make sure you have a quite HD - lots of drive access.
MS recommends 512MB RAM - 2GB is more realistic.
No Vista drivers for NVIDIA graphics cards.
Backup your Quicken data in at least 4 different locations - Quicken will not open your data until you turn off Access controls.Make sure you remove both clear stickers from the plastic box, then press the two plastic tabs on the edge of the box while pulling on the red plastic strip sticking out of the top. Yes, I had to Google to figure out how to open the box.
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