[Beginners]Kabuto's Vista Compatibility Guide Options

[kabuto202]

Many people have bought vista and are now disappointed that so many of their applications don't work on it. Then they begin flamming it because they lack the ability to make things work. Here is a few things you can do to make vista work for you.

Disable User Accounts:
1) Go to Control Panel
2) Click on user accounts
3) Click disable.
Why you should do this: This saves allot of time when your trying to open an application that has that "windows shield" in front of it. It also makes it so that you open everything as an administrator.

Update Vista:
1) Go to control panel.
2) Click on vista updates
3) Select the updates you want and click ok.
Why you should do this: Microsoft is constantly adding compatibility updates. Why not?

Disable Vista fire wall:
1) Go to Control Panel
2) Click on fire wall
3) Click on disable.
Why you should do it: Vista's fire wall is extremely aggressive. While it doesn't do any thing useful (Since there are almost no compatible viruses with vista) it really kills your compatibility and speed of your pc. If your afraid of viruses install Avast (Free software.)

Run XP application in compatibility mode:
1) Right click on the application.
2) Click on properties.
3) Click on compatibility
4) Select XP service pack two.
5) Click ok
Why you should do it: It's vista's built in compatibility generator. USE IT!

Check Google for fixes on compatibility issues
1) Go on google.
2) Type in "[Name Of Application] Vista Issues"

I hope this tutorial helps!

[kabuto202]

Hmmm... Is your PC fully updated? If not, then use auto update.
If yes, then I think that might be something you need to talk with Microsoft customer support. (I think they have live chat which will solve your problem in like 10 min.)

Sorry, I never encountered this issue before nor do I know anyone else who did.

[tdog]

kabuto202, quit making rubbish statements when you clearly know nothing about what you're talking about. For a start, disabling UAC makes little to no difference in performance, for the good or bad. UAC relies on system processes that are always running with Vista in the first place, so disabling it makes NO performance difference what so ever. All it is is disabling a feature of a program; the program continues to run, merely not using that feature. Disabling it in the first place is actually a bad idea, as it almost completely shuts off Vista primary security system. Instead, there are ways to merely disable those annoying pop up boxes. Your still sacrificing a little bit of security, but not nearly as much when disabling UAC entirely.

The standard firewall with Vista doesn't use up many resources at all (barely any, in fact), and it actually has fairly good inbound protection against spyware and malware. It's outbound protection is questionable, but it should be no means be disabled unless it is conflicting with other software.

"Vista is immune to 99.9% viruses"? Total bluecarp. Vista-specific viruses were unleashed in early August 2005, as soon as the first ever beta came out. That's almost three years ago. Furthermore, Symantec (the leading corporation in computer security) released a study early last year which found that Vista is still susceptible to legacy viruses and malware. This is because Vista uses a very similar structure to XP, and very little changes have to be made in order for virus makers to get their malware to work on the new OS. Keep in mind that these findings unveiled a year ago, and that by now Vista is less secure then even back then, as is gains in popularity and as people gain a better understanding of how it works.

So yeah, please just shut up, especially when you're giving technical advice which is absolute bogus.

Oh, and here's some reading for you. Yes, I actually back up my information with sources:

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http://www.computerworld.com/action/articl...ticleId=9011986
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vis...-windows-vista/
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/a...shut_off_v.html