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So my mom bought a computer from Wal-mart
Minerva_SC
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It's got Vista on it, and I know nothing about it. It seems okay but I'm concerned that it's got a bunch of wal mart and Compact crap on it and it seems slow. Should it speed up after a day or so of normal use or is it slow because it's got a bunch of Wal-mart ads or something on it. Is there a program I can download to get rid of things like that? 
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So basically reformat.
If she bought it from walmart it's probably a budget machine with low specs and lots of crapware. I'd go over and clean out all the crap for her
My grandma bought a Dell and an HP recently and they were filled with a bunch of useless crap. Reinstalling an operating system is easy once you've done it 80 times.
edit: and yeah, it's Vista home basic. : |
I'm dead serious."
Actually, Vista has that whole 'adapting to the programs you use' thing so it does get faster after a week or two
Upgrade the RAM if you want it to not suck. Unless you know how to do this yourself, you should probably pay someone to do it as it's not your computer to fuck up by making a mistake. This will likely be somewhat more expensive than it could be were you to do it yourself, but may be worth the added expense.
Or you could just "downgrade" to XP which will run just fine.
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512 is the minimum requirement for Vista, 1GB is recommended. Also, when there are pauses, is the hard-drive working? If so, that's a sign of the computer running out of memory, which can be fixed with more RAM.
(Also, it can be fixed with WinXP, but that may be more expensive....)
Yeah, I never buy into the minimum requirements, especially in RAM for an OS.
X P L A I N
However with only 512 ram it will never speed up, Vista pretty much requires a gig unless all you want to do is look at the Vista backdrop.
What problems have you had? Other then Diablo II refusing to play, I am loving Vista, I have had one machine that's had it since launch, and another that is about three months old and both of them run great and I dig the new stuff. What's your beef?
am I right
All right, I'll explain.
For running Vista without any lag, you need 2 gigs, unlike XP which run perfectly file on half that. It lags even when I'm only web browsing and, say, listening to music. It takes far too long to load MP3 and video files, and when playing music it tends to start skipping at the end of every song, as though just handling the process of running music is somehow strenuous.
It also gives you a lot of trouble with certain software installations. I was forced to install Daemon tools onto my external because Vista refused to let it install correctly onto the primary hard drive.
If that isn't considered annoying enough, there's more...
Vista also makes it a pain in the ass to upgrade, as it gives you a ton of trouble trying to install drivers that aren't recognized by Microsoft. Your internet is down? Hope you don't plan on installing any old games to help pass the time because apparently, if vista cannot check online to confirm that the game you're installing is safe, it won't let you run the damned thing.
That's all I feel like going into, for now.
Actually, yeah. I should have thought of that, totally free, and you can add functionality and make it a WHOLE lot speedier.
Good call imp of satan.
dude agrees with me
that's cool
so
what you need to do
is go here
then click download
then do what it says
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Your sarcasm is subtle, so subtle that I don't get it.
Either that or you are REALLY out of touch with reality.
What are you talking about?
It happened to a guy I used to work with
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Linux is perfectly legal, and no more useful to hackers then any other system. Not to mention the fact that any hacker worth his salt could easily hide what operating system he is using from someone else. So the FBI would have no plausible way of "tracking" it's users.
So I reiterate, was he maybe using linux to download pictures of naked children?
Don't listen to this (t)fool. A linux based OS is a perfectly good choice. Get Ubuntu, your mother won't know the difference.
yeah maybe if she's like a comp sci major or something. Linux is pretty much impossible to install on a Dell or whatever anyhow so good luck
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They don't need to track your operating system if they just watch who DOWNLOADS it
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I dunno. He makes a compelling argument.
Uh, ridiculous. That was spoken by a man who has never installed Linux.
In fact, DELL SELLS computers with Ubuntu built in. For Home users. Like the OP's MOM.
Or he gives the illusion of being smart and is in fact, a total short bus rider. Either way.
:^:
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I don't know I've seen some stupid shit in his post history though.
Think he's just a typical troll.