Windows Vista: The Review.

Sam_Zen · March 26, 2007, 05:36:31

XP is more secure than 2000, if you depend on factory-settings maybe. It took some time, I have to admit, but I've tweaked 2K now
in a very secure condition, without needing any patches anymore.
I've read about the same vista problems with lexmark printers on other forums..
Slowing down internet-connections very often have to do with virus-scanners, automatically set up to scan everything that's passing by, even if it's totally useless.

Asharin · March 26, 2007, 11:02:21

Quote from: "Sam_Zen"XP is more secure than 2000, if you depend on factory-settings maybe. It took some time, I have to admit, but I've tweaked 2K now
in a very secure condition, without needing any patches anymore.

I agree this is perfectly possible. I may use Vista as my main OS, but I have a spare pc that runs win2k that runs my email and web server (not IIS though! I use apache win32)

LPChip · March 26, 2007, 13:27:53

Well, don't get me wrong... At first I was entirelly optimistic about Vista, but I kept another XP installation next to it so I could switch back and compare etc... It made me realise that Vista had lots of drawbacks, and that I was more happy to use XP than I was to use Vista.

SoundCrafter · March 27, 2007, 16:29:09

See, LP, I thought the same thing, but I wasn't as cautious as you were and went ahead and had a whole new computer built on the damn thing.

LPChip · March 27, 2007, 16:51:04

Quote from: "SoundCrafter"See, LP, I thought the same thing, but I wasn't as cautious as you were and went ahead and had a whole new computer built on the damn thing.

Well, sometimes you have to learn things the hard way... Its just a phase of life...

SoundCrafter · March 27, 2007, 19:59:44

Yup...and now the nail in the coffin for my Vista experience:

Gateway and Microsoft have stopped providing XP. Therefore, I have to switch BACK to XP on my own...which, oh what, voids my warranty...Wonderful.

I'll probably end up switching back to XP on my own...I don't need a warranty and all of my tech support is done by phone so how are they gonna know?

However, if I decide to stick with Vista, which I also may, a salesman at Gateway has offered to credit me the cost of a new printer (!).

So yeah...

LPChip · March 28, 2007, 07:25:28

Easy choise if you ask me... First get that new printer, then switch back to XP

Asharin · March 28, 2007, 11:41:46

Now I have a new sound card ( creative Xi-Fi..shoot me now) the volume problem I had is gone. Now creative just need to get off their asses and release some drivers that work properly

I'd like my mic to not be so damn quiet

SoundCrafter · March 28, 2007, 20:27:03

Quote from: "LPChip"Easy choise if you ask me... First get that new printer, then switch back to XP

Great minds think alike: I had the exact same idea!

@Asharin...I'm pretty sure there's a preamp setting...somewhere. And X-Fi's are relatively nice without Vista. What type of X-Fi did you get?

Asharin · March 28, 2007, 20:54:08

Quote from: "SoundCrafter"
Quote from: "LPChip"Easy choise if you ask me... First get that new printer, then switch back to XP

Great minds think alike: I had the exact same idea!

@Asharin...I'm pretty sure there's a preamp setting...somewhere. And X-Fi's are relatively nice without Vista. What type of X-Fi did you get?

XiFi xtreme music, and uh, no there's no pre amp setting..wheras oddly, my onboard sound card DID have a preamp setting :/

LPChip · March 29, 2007, 09:49:44

Quote from: "Asharin"I'd like my mic to not be so damn quiet

There are preamp settings. Make sure you don't put it on the line-in, but on the mic setting. Also, if you have a console (I dunno if the extreme music has a console, but my elite-pro does

) If you have it, and you hook your mike up to that (same applies to the 5,25" drive), make sure that you turn the knob next to the input. By default, its set to line-in. Turning it would put the amp on.

In the mixer, (considdering that you have the audio-creation modus mixer)

If so, then you have the big mixer screen on the left. Make sure that you have all speakers selected to get an optimal sound result.

Secondly, at the right, where the record button is, there's a slider too. Its the record volume, so move it all the way to the right if thats not the case.

Asharin · March 29, 2007, 16:14:01

Quote from: "LPChip"
Quote from: "Asharin"I'd like my mic to not be so damn quiet

There are preamp settings. Make sure you don't put it on the line-in, but on the mic setting. Also, if you have a console (I dunno if the extreme music has a console, but my elite-pro does ) If you have it, and you hook your mike up to that (same applies to the 5,25" drive), make sure that you turn the knob next to the input. By default, its set to line-in. Turning it would put the amp on.

In the mixer, (considdering that you have the audio-creation modus mixer)

If so, then you have the big mixer screen on the left. Make sure that you have all speakers selected to get an optimal sound result.

Secondly, at the right, where the record button is, there's a slider too. Its the record volume, so move it all the way to the right if thats not the case.

No seriously, there is no pre-amp setting for the mic when using the Xi-fi drivers. The mic is in the correct socket, there is just no pre-Amp option anywhere.
When I used the onboard sound I had a '20db Boost' option...'tis not there now. This is the default windows stuff etc. Because the creative software doesn't even run under vista

Though they have at least got the drivers sort of working..

SoundCrafter · March 29, 2007, 22:06:16

There's not LP...I checked. Asharin are you using AudioHQ or Creative Audio Console?

Asharin · March 30, 2007, 00:32:28

Quote from: "SoundCrafter"There's not LP...I checked. Asharin are you using AudioHQ or Creative Audio Console?

Neither they won't run in Vista..I did find some edited versions that apparently work, but being from a non official channel I don't really wanna try them, god knows what else they install

I'll just hold on for some updated vista drivers/software

SoundCrafter · March 30, 2007, 01:34:32

@Asharin: Yes, I am running Creative Audio Console on Home Premium. If you install the Vista drivers from the Creative website, it should be bundled.