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There is no best. They all have their pros and cons. Because I am a gamer I use XP the most but that is not necessarily by choice. If it wasn't for games I think I would choose Linux because it is a very powerful OS and doesn't come with a ball and chain. Lots of free decent software too. Out...

Give me a break. You are no psychologist and should give up the idea of being one right now. I simply asked a question about a Vista annoyance, if you have a problem with that then go cry a river to someone that actually gives a shit. From where I sit it is you who needs a good talk with the...

And just under that is the, "Whatever you think is best, Bill, is best for me, can I suck your dick?" option. ;)

No, any decent 18 gauge or lower cable will do. 4 bucks at the dollar store for 30ft.

EMU 0404 USB external soundcard has ClassA headphone amp. It doesn't get very hot either. But that is no good for speakers of course. I didn't know Rotel is now using ClassD, I'll have to go check them out and see how they are. One can buy used older ClassA amps on eBay for quite cheap if you...

Harmon Kardon's new receivers apparently have really good headphone out. Someone at headfi was claiming they are as good as the Heed headphone amp.

I never have any down time on XP due to malware. I got bit once in the early days of XP, which was Microsoft's fault for having messenger enabled by default. Once again someone was smoking crack over at Microsoft when they came up with that stupid idea. Since then I have learned how to keep XP...

Maybe I don't get banned because it is you guys who are the problem and not me. Ever think about that? Look at my posting history and you will clearly see that it is only in this OS forum where my posts are continually attacked. I have every right to post about Vista annoyances. I own and use...

Well, one of the reasons computers exist is to make work faster so I see where people are coming from when they make complaints about UAC. It doesn't save time it adds time. What's good about that?

OK, I will add just this one post to the thread and then say nothing more. I never saw any post here previously regarding this issue. Someone on another forum made me aware of it just today. That is the only reason I posted it. You are all getting paranoid if you think I have some hidden agenda...

OK, sorry, I don't use Steam in Vista. I guess you should do as I do and dual boot XP and Vista until these issues get sorted in Vista. If they ever do.

I don't say it like that so cut the BS exaggeration. If you don't like how I do present things then just move along and ignore me completely. No sweat off my back, bucko. Maybe I'll pay for a premium HardOCP account then I can make my statements and lock them immediately.

No comments from me as it will just turn into a flame fest and that is not my intention. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Forget-about-the-WGA-20-Windows-Vista-Features-and-Services-Harvest-User-Data-for-Microsoft-58752.shtml http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/14/071237...

T amp is more efficient but sonically inferior to ClassA amp. If you are on a tight budget I guess it is ok though.

I know a really good setup that works really well for computer use but it is more than $250.00. Here it is in case you decide to increase your budget. Speakers - http://www.energy-speakers.com/v2/products/product-line.php?id=318 Subwoofer -...

And your mum's doctor is wrong, as they often are. What does a GP know about the technical issues of monitor types? I bet not much at all. A CRT at 100hz has no discernible flicker, trust me, I am very susceptible to noticing flicker. 60hz gives me a headache and yet I have met people who run...

Yea, paint your door flat black. What size is your screen there? I've only got mine at 63" because of the size of my apartment and how it is set up. I have to point the projector at the shorter width of the room instead of the long length of the room. 63" is good for me though and moving the...

Depends on how well the game has been coded and optimized. Some games run like crap on even the fastest and most expensive cpu's available at the time. I would wait and see before buying a new cpu. I'm running an AMD64 [email protected] with 2gb ram and 7900GT KO and all games run quite good for me...

I always overclock on stock HSF and have no issues so long as you keep it to a moderate overclock. If it requires upping the voltage then I back down a bit as I don't want a hot running cpu. If I want my cpu to be faster than I will buy a faster stock cpu. Don't see the point in spending...

But I don't think it will be the near future. Sure a few A+ titles will benefit from quad in the near future but I am betting it will be 2 -3 years before they are really being utilized in most new games. Even then some developers will say it just isn't worth the effort or cost to code for 4...

+2 for Acronis True Image. One thing about Acronis is to make sure you are using the latest version as a friend of mine had issues with it not recognizing his SATA HDD until he made a boot disk using the latest version of True Image. He had just got a new AM2 mb so I expect that is what the...

I didn't say standby, I said hibernate. There is a big difference between the two. I need to reboot because I have a dual boot setup. How I run my PC is not up for discussion nor is it relevant to the original question. I've got the answers I need now so thanks to those who provided them, even...

Catweazle, if some of you were not such rabid Microsoft fanboys maybe I wouldn't be able to wind you up so easily. I quite often defend Vista on other forums but some of you here just deserve what you get. I posted the question here because I figured it would save me hours of my time searching...

Wow, that's a bit on the anal side, don't you think? I tried Outpost and it is the most annoying firewall I have ever used. If you like that one you would love Anti-Hook. Another firewall that can be made to annoy you to hell and back is Netveda Safety.Net but that is much more than just a...

Simple solution, give those games admin privileges. If I didn't want the added security of UAC then I wouldn't have bothered with Vista in the first place.

I rent an apartment so I can't do that. I have read about putting the black border around the screen though and I will definitely do that. I read you can buy a flat black tape for just that purpose. It looks pretty good in low light conditions and games look fine in daylight so it is ok. Next...

Ah, good man, that's just the info I was looking for. Microsoft may have thoughtfully provided it but they forgot to send me the memo. :)

That is not the annoyance. The annoyance is that it is always selected to SLEEP instead of your last selection like in XP. This costs me at least 5 seconds everytime I want to restart my PC. :) That is an annoyance and should be changed back to the way it is in XP. Once agian Microsoft is...

I called it an annoyance and not a catastrophe for a reason. Think I'll register it to a website that actually gives a shit about these kinds of issues so that Windows can be improved instead of wasting my time with people like you. http://www.annoyances.org/

If you do that then everything will stagnate and never change for the better. Here's pics for those that are having a hard time understanding what I am saying. See the shutdown button? Yes, it is a shutdown button and not a sleep button. This is the Classic UI. Notice it how it says...

Zac, old boy. You don't have a clue what I am even talking about. I'll post pics for you, ok?

Ah, finally someone knows what I am talking about. In Classic mode you do get that menu and it is this menu I am referring to. On Vista it always says sleep no matter what your last selection was but you can change it to the other options, on XP it always chose what you last had selected it to...

Not true. One of my posts was deleted too. If you are implying that I am treated with favoritism then you are sadly wrong. I still don't think you guys know what I am talking about exactly so I am going to go to Vista now and tinker a bit.

Yes, but the quad core would cost you a lot more than the dual core so if you want bang for buck the E6850 would be the better choice.

Tell your neighbors they are luddites and are missing out on a great experience. I wouldn't want to be retired and computer-less as they can easily keep you occupied all day and every day. Sure beats watching TV.

Yea, that is correct. When I run Steam on XP limited user account I have to right click and give it admin privileges too. Have to do the same with Punkbuster anti-cheat games too.

OK, I'll look for it, thanks. I take it this is what you are talking about? http://www.tweakvista.com/tweakvistautility/download.aspx

Only five more days to go and I will hopefully have my new cpu and can start my build. :)

I like to take the pad off anyway and apply some decent thermal paste. In my experience the paste lasts a lot longer than the pads. On one cpu where I used the pad I took the cpu out of the socket one day and saw that the pad had pretty well completely melted away. That doesn't happen with...

I'll probably buy Crysis if it gets good reviews but it's not really my kind of game so it's not that important to me. The next cpu I buy will be my first mutlicore cpu and I'm more excited to see how Falcon 4.0 performs on multicore than Crysis. This game was designed to be smp aware way back...