Windows Vista is Broken

With computers and new technology changing all the time progress into the future of programming is made, but not with Windows Vista. Vista is a hindrance and downfall to any computer. There are so many problems with Windows Vista it will be hard to list them all. I have had the unfortunate experience of having to keep a Windows Vista computer online and running well. I have since then forfeited the fight to keep the computer running well and am now only fighting to keep it online, and online simply refers to keeping it running not necessarily "online internet".

The only way to address the issues in my opinion is to start from the beginning. When I first booted the computer that came factory installed with Windows Vista I has to register the computer and the version of Windows. This was after it had to load all sorts of stuff to keep windows running, after about 2-3 minutes of being on it finally loads the PC health window and now everything is ready for full use. After the fist boot of Windows Vista it had to update and restart. This is not too bad of a start, since every operating system will or should update often.

Next issue I had to tackle was getting and keeping the computer online. I had to completely turn off all parental settings and make all users administrators to allow any for of internet use or program running other than opening and closing files that the user creates on the desktop. My next call into action was 2 months after getting the computer, all of a sudden I had a computer that thought it had an invalid version of Windows Vista. It directly booted you to Internet Explorer to purchase a real copy of Windows Vista. After calling Windows and confirming my information and spending roughly 2 hours on the problem, I had to jump through hoops to prove that it was really my official version of Windows Vista to get it all fixed and straightened out, that was a nice glitch in programming.

Speedy is not what Windows Vista is, it has so many tiny features and "pretty" animations that the whole system slows down with the CPU trying to run all the codes at once. If you have a computer with less than 2 gigabytes of RAM do not use Windows Vista, the system will become unstable and clutter down within hours or boot up. The next thing that I thought was nice was how versatile Windows Vista was suppose to be. With a new pinter I found this to be completely untrue, upon plugging in the printer the drivers were found but installed incorrectly and sent me on a 3 hour internet search for fixes. After everything and updating drivers 3 times and the whole system 2 more times I had a working printer, every step followed by a restart of course.

Now I am dealing with a new monitor, nothing fancy just a simple flat screen instead of a CRT. But alas no luck the screen just flips between black and white screens. No HDMI, no DVI, nothing fancy just simple VGA. After a half day searching for help none is found, my last resort is to take a box of video card over and install each one to try and find one that Vista likes then install the monitor on a video card that is not an integrated video card.

After all this I can really see the Windows Vista is the "wave" of the future. Yeah, what a load of crap, Windows needs an overhaul and its not just making it pretty. All I really ask is that the operating system work, I have never had such issue even with Linux. When I pay 200 dollars for an operating system, it should "just work", meanwhile I can get free operating systems online from Linux that "just work". In the end Microsoft Vista is a broken product, Microsoft should put its money where its mouth is and make a product that works. Even worse, is all the people believing Microsoft Vista to be great.