I Hate Vista...

[VaporTrailx1]

Vista should have a disclaimer on it that says "do not use if you intend to play online games".

Seriously, I can't get anything to work, no Gamespy, no connection to EA master server for Battlefield 2142. which won't even let you into a single player game without an internet connection. I'm really getting sick of this crap. Vista is garbage. I guess it's more secure than XP. Unfortunetly, secure in that Boy in a plastic bubble type of secure...

[DevilWearsPrada]

you probably have to set 'allow connections from' everytime you connect through a game
Well, once for each program, at least

[VaporTrailx1]

it still does it even with the firewall off

[MetalMilitia]

You're probably doing it wrong.

[VaporTrailx1]

I just find it retarded that EA decided to make Battlefield 2142 unplayable without connecting to it's server. Atleast I got Ground Control 2 and world in Conflict to keep me busy. Hopefully I can figure out how to get Gamespy working by the time the Battlefield 2 Collection comes.

[VaporTrailx1]

actually i'm pretty sure Gamespy is the problem when it comes to that one. They never send me my damn confirmation email so i have an unconfirmed account. It's not coming up in my spam filter either.

[pac-man]

Are you using the Administrator profile?

[VaporTrailx1]

yep. I dunno what's up with it

[pac-man]

You should probably talk to the folks at Microsoft. Be rude and use naughty language.

[VaporTrailx1]

i dunno. I'm trying to get ahold of EA but their service sucks. they got no phone number and emailing them takes forever

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I've been having the same problem lately. I had to allow programs, then turn off the firewall, then turn off the anti-virus firewall. It's really annoying.

[VaporTrailx1]

Not even java can connect to update.

AIM has no problem getting through though. Neither does windows update or quicktime.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Hahaha, I don't even think you need to have an internet connection for AIM to get through.

[VaporTrailx1]

I got it all to work finally! all I had to do was restore my computer to original factory settings from my backup drive and reinstall everything I ever put on the pc!

[pac-man]

Well duh.

[RPGmaker]

idk ive never had a problem getting on GOW, WoW, FFXI, Etc. The only problem ive had with my vista was when i was holdng a video conf. it left an open IE in task when nothing was open and it would error out my new IE when i opened a new one. Fixed that easily tho with an update.

[bigtimecow]

you mean windows MOJAVE right ;D ;D ;D

[MarioRPG]

Is Vista really that terrible? I'm thinking of getting a laptop soon, and I was looking forward to Vista. :(

[Tadao]

I've never had a problem with it.

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

I updated my Antivirus and it seems that what was causing the ruckus. Now my Mojave is good again.

[DevilWearsPrada]

Vista is overbashed IMO. Most the time the general public blames it for problems instead of their own incompetence

[Tadao]

There is one thing I don't like about vista. But maybe there is a setting. When I defrag, I can't find anything that tells me what percent it's at. No graph, no numbers. Nothing really.

[VaporTrailx1]

ok. I'm an experienced windows "power-user". Here's my legitimate bashes

1. it asks you permission for EVERYTHING. And turning it all off takes a lot of time.

2. This started with XP, but it is incompatible with a lot of older programs. almost anything 99ish and earlier is useless.

[Tadao]

I'm for the advancement of technology. I like 64 bit, too bad my 64 bit browser won't play 32 bit flash vids, but why the hell would I want to watch a 32 bit flash vid? It's time to step up to 64 bit.

[MattJack]

ok. I'm an experienced windows "power-user". Here's my legitimate bashes

1. it asks you permission for EVERYTHING. And turning it all off takes a lot of time.

2. This started with XP, but it is incompatible with a lot of older programs. almost anything 99ish and earlier is useless.

1. You can disable the UAC in Control Panel so that you're not asked for permission to do everything. Takes about a minute. LINK (http://www.petri.co.il/disable_uac_in_windows_vista.htm) Method #4 should be easiest for ya.

2. Wtf are you running from 1999 and before?

Vista isn't the anti-christ everyone thinks it is, and I hate to admit it, but I like it better than XP now. Then again, I've taken the time to learn the OS a bit.

[VaporTrailx1]

Is backwards compatibility really that difficult to program into a system? They designed a system which allows you to plug a piece of hardware into a pc and the OS will automatically read it and install it. You don't need to go through all the configuration BS anymore. But a preprogrammed DOS or pre-xp emulator thingy is just too damn hard I guess.


BTW I have the 32-bit version of vista, not the 64.

Wtf are you running from 1999 and before?

Photoshop 7.0, Duke Nukem 3D, Doom. Actually I can't think of anything else.