| Vista Or Xp [message #376359] |
Sun, 15 March 2009 19:06  |
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I got win xp laptop, its for my g/f you guys think i should upgrade it to vista?
it only has 512 ram and she only needs it for basic shit, internet school work and the ocastioanl listen to music
but vista is more secure and compatible with most software new hard wares correct?
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| Re: Vista Or Xp [message #376364 is a reply to message #376359] |
Sun, 15 March 2009 19:22  |
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Keep it XP, and make sure it's updated using Windows update.
Then download Firefox, and grab AVG Antivirus. Get AVG updated, and scanning on a daily basis, and it should be no problem.
I'd upgrade the RAM though, if she has a bit of money to spare to at least 1GB.
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| Aircraftkiller wrote on Fri, 10 January 2014 16:56 |
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| Re: Vista Or Xp [message #376371 is a reply to message #376359] |
Sun, 15 March 2009 20:49 |
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Im try to et some for her, if i do then do you think its a good idea to upgrade to vista?
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| Re: Vista Or Xp [message #376374 is a reply to message #376371] |
Sun, 15 March 2009 20:53 |
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| SSnipe wrote on Sun, 15 March 2009 21:49 |
Im try to et some for her, if i do then do you think its a good idea to upgrade to vista?
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Not really. Vista's good, but for her needs, XP will do the job just fine. Buying Vista would just be a waste of money, and time.
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| Aircraftkiller wrote on Fri, 10 January 2014 16:56 |
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| Re: Vista Or Xp [message #376379 is a reply to message #376376] |
Sun, 15 March 2009 21:05 |
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Best free anti virus I ever found and I use it today, is Avast home edition, and it is FREE.
War is Peace.
Ignorance is Strength.
Freedom is Slavery.
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| Re: Vista Or Xp [message #376390 is a reply to message #376376] |
Sun, 15 March 2009 21:46 |
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| R315r4z0r wrote on Sun, 15 March 2009 21:54 |
And don't use AVG anti-virus. I used to use it... it's a good program, but it hogs a lot of memory and slows down your computer to a crawl.
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I use it on my netbook, and it's OK. The speed decrease is noticeable, but then again, the inconvenience offsets the possible shitstorm that occurs when you get a virus.
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| Aircraftkiller wrote on Fri, 10 January 2014 16:56 |
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| Re: Vista Or Xp [message #376393 is a reply to message #376381] |
Sun, 15 March 2009 23:17 |
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| Lone0001 wrote on Mon, 16 March 2009 05:08 |
Avast imo doesn't do that good of a job, but now that I use Nod32 I think all other Anti-Viruses are bad so don't listen to me if you don't want to.
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Word, Nod32 > Kaspersky > ALL.
And yeah, stick with XP unless you got no other choice but to upgrade.
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| Re: Vista Or Xp [message #376394 is a reply to message #376359] |
Sun, 15 March 2009 23:41 |
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Thanks for help
heres something unrelated in way
is wpa2-psk better then normal wpa2?
in the xp laptop im trying to connect it to my network and when i choose wpa2 the part to type the encrypt key is shaded only when i selected wpa2-psk it lets me type in the password for network
I dumb question i know but no other thing ever asked me for psk just normal wpa2 so wondering if its the same thing or not
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| Re: Vista Or Xp [message #376395 is a reply to message #376394] |
Mon, 16 March 2009 00:13 |
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The wpa2 TKIP is the strongest connect you can get, unless you go ahead and code your one. Which you can do I might add.
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| Re: Vista Or Xp [message #376396 is a reply to message #376359] |
Mon, 16 March 2009 00:19 |
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lol thanks, but damn xp cant get it working, it can detect other networks but cant findmine even when i turn broadcasting back on a
so i type to put it Manuel and i put the 63 long char. for wpa2 and once i save it and go ack i see only like 6 or 7 stars, does that mean it will only take my pass if its 6 or 7 chars long?
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| Re: Vista Or Xp [message #376397 is a reply to message #376359] |
Mon, 16 March 2009 00:31 |
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Please start making more readable sentences. I'm getting a headache reading your questions.
Try connecting it without security first.
You can find me in The KOSs2 (TK2) discord while I'm playing. Feel free to come and say hi! TK2 discord
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| Re: Vista Or Xp [message #376406 is a reply to message #376397] |
Mon, 16 March 2009 01:01 |
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| Goztow wrote on Mon, 16 March 2009 00:31 |
Please start making more readable sentences. I'm getting a headache reading your questions.
Try connecting it without security first.
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srry im typing on a laptop including the fact is 1 am and im falling asleep on the keyboard
what i was saying is my network wont show up in windows xp but other networks will, even if i try to type it u Manuel and with broadcasting on
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| Re: Vista Or Xp [message #376463 is a reply to message #376456] |
Mon, 16 March 2009 13:05 |
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| Lone0001 wrote on Mon, 16 March 2009 12:24 |
| Dreganius wrote on Mon, 16 March 2009 06:55 |
On a better computer, Vista is amazing in some ways. My friend and I decided to test and compare on his spare computer. The most noticable difference with Vista is file transfer time. It took 3 hours to copy about 10gig onto his External using XP, but Vista took less than 45 minutes. I was amazed.
But yes, for 90% of people, Vista sucks. And I use XP.
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Funny how you notice that, I noticed the File transfer rate was slower than XP and my low spec(much lower than my Vista computer) is in a many ways much faster than my Vista computer.
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Same here...
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