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    Vista Aero GUI is a downgrade from XP GUI

    Just having "Uninstall a program" underneath "Programs" actually makes more sense to me. Who adds programs via control panel?
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    Where's the Power of Vista?

    n/m
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    Vista download problems

    Just for the heck of it, have you tried moving the folder for your Temporary Internet files? Create a temp folder off the root of c: and move it there.
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    Shared video graphics memory in vista?

    According to MS: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/display/graphicsmemory.mspx "Shared system memory is a portion of the system memory that can be used by the graphics subsystem when needed. For discrete graphics adapters, this type of memory is often referred to as “non-local video...
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    PC vs. MAC - Vista

    Actually there is an easy way to do this (In Vista Business anyway). Just run secpol.msc then local polices > security options > user account control and change the behaviour of the elevation prompt to "elevate without prompting" I'm not sure if this works in the Home versions or not.
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    Vista Home Premium problems...please check out.

    I would start by forcing Vista to display the BSOD instead of restarting. Rt-Click Computer>Properties>Advanced System Settings>Startup and Recovery settings>Uncheck "automatically restart" under System Failure
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    Quick Vista question

    Control Panel > User Accounts and Family Safety > User Accounts Turn off User Account Control
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    Need advice on prepping for Vista

    Add another 512 ram to the first one and get a pair of cheap graphics cards (assuming you have slots available). Should be good to go.
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    Anandtech Vista Performance Guide

    What it sounds like to me is that AT is saying that Superfetch will make it more difficult to get benchmarks to be consistent, just running in Vista alone. Forget about the comparisons to XP. You may get varying results depending on what's in the cache. A game may run faster after running...
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    Rush to upgrade?

    It was hardly a "rush" to upgrade for me. I've been using Win2k for six years, I've waited long enough.
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    XP to Vista questions

    The Technet version of Vista comes with one key that can be activated 10 times, for evaluation purposes only. Perhaps that was what you heard?
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    How much have you/will you spend on your Conroe rig?

    Technically, that would be an 'Allendale' rig, right? ;)
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