Windows F**king Vista!

[binge]

I HATE IT!

Ive got Windows Vista, im running programmes which were supplied with Vista. So theres no excuse as to why they shouldnt work.

MSN (or windows Live messenger).
I get these stupid little "FF" looking icons next to the green man in the task bar. If I right click on any one of them I get a warning message. (See attachments).


And also, atleast 5 - 6 times a day, Firefox decides its "Stopped working" and needs to restart. Usually when im in the middle of writing a Message or a PM.


WTF


Are there any patches available to cure windows Vista?
or is it so shit, that its un-fixable?
And would a downgrade to XP be better?



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[craigie b]

ffffffffff? could be a virus?

[McGee]

I have it on my laptop and fucking hate it.

I had to rebuild my pc a few days back and reloaded XP.
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[m99dws]

Is it a legit paid-for version or a copy?

[lllN30lll]

the FF is something to do with a codec pack you've probably installed
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[GodzGift]

-uninstall vista
-go back to xp

come back to vista in july/august when its been sorted properly

[NSR Mick]

I have no issues with Vista that I didnt have with XP.
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[Tarmacsurfer]

I'm liking Vista, alot more than I expected.

"FF" is usually something to do with FFDshow, a directshow filter. What are you running?
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[sickpup]

[Tarmacsurfer]

You'll get FFDshow in a fair few packs, the release I use is part of the K-lite set. Can't say I've ever had any problems with it myself, certainly nothing inimical or involving the webcam.

Having said that, it could be a clash there. If you usually use a webcam with your messenger software then it would explain why the overlay is starting, can't see why you'd get multiple instances though

**edit:

Meant to ask, which Firefox release? I know there were some problems with Forecast Fox and some of the flash handling under Vista. This was a bit ago though, no idea what's been fixed. Suffice to say I'm using fire fox under Vista to type this and haven't experienced any of the symptoms you've mentioned.

[lllN30lll]

delete the stupid codec pack you've installed, you never need them anyway.

install VLC from here, it plays EVERYTHING! without the need for codec packs



https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html
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[Tarmacsurfer]

I've found VLC to be something of a system hog though. Media player classic

[alpine]

Thats the problem with Vista, its too new so many programs and hardware wont want to work with it until the manufacturers release the necessary patch/drivers.

Its never going to run as smooth as your used too. Windows XP has had 7 years worth of patches, whereas Vista has had none.

Thats why im staying away from it for now. Letting other people get the problems first.
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[Mary Jane]

FF FF FF FF is hex for 255.255.255.255, or it's the color code for black, or in some programs it will represent a null value.


No idea why it's showing up on your MSN live, but I honestly wouldn't install a new operating system until at least the first support pack was released. There's just too much interoperability they can't test thoroughly for in a test lab.

[jay12329]

My parents have Vista on their new pc. I'm calling dell on monday asking them to take it back or send out a copy of xp, its extreamly slow and compleatly unuseable. Took 20mins to add a 1 page .doc attachment to an e-mail tonight! Took <20seconds to do the same thing on my mac.
Its a pile of pap and i wonder why MS would release something that apears not to be ready for the customer market.
J

[JonB]

[jay12329]

Then why are companys shipping it with only 512mb? My dad upgraded to 1gb with his order and its still a pile of steaming.
J

[Drew]

[TomR6]

My pc runs vista ultimate fine, only apps I use though are PS, guitar rig + pro, msn, azureus , itunes and ie.

And i'm running a shit heap of a system. No seriously check it out ->

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[JonB]

Why the hell would you run the most expensive version of Vista on that POS?
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[TomR6]

Mainly because my xp keygen/crack broke and wouldn't activate. Whereas vista is fine.
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[lllN30lll]

LOL

and i thought my 2.6 rating was bad!
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[mr.z]

What a microsoft operating system? a bug ridden heap of shit?! PLEASE SAY IT AINT SO!?!? /sarcasm..

I'm stull useing windows 2000 on everything, xp without the lard.

Apparently till relatively recently ibm were useing windows NT with a bunch of patches, xp was out at the time, since its based on 2000 and 2000 is based on NT

Linux isn't idiot friendly enough yet for me, mac next..
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