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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | Thinking about dumping Vista
DVA455
Senior Captain, MD-88

Joined on April 29 2002
Century Club

"Aquatone"
Shelbyville, IN

132 legs, 255.8 hours
79 legs, 158.6 hours online
29 legs, 52.9 hours ACARS
2 legs, 3.8 hours event
276 legs, 632.7 hours total
23 legs dispatched, 11.3 hours
 Posted onPost created on July 21 2011 15:47 ET by Ryan Watkins
I seem to be having more trouble with Vista than it's worth. It's a few years old so it came installed on the box and I'm thinking about downgrading it to XP. I don't feel like spending another $100 to upgrade to Win 7 and I still have an upopened OEM disc for XP I never used. Is there any reason you guys might think of that this would deem this a bad idea?


AFV313
Senior Captain, B737-800

Joined on June 11 2010
Diplomatic Mission
Pushing Tin Club
Online Millenium Club
Globetrotter Extraordinaire
The Penguins Of Madagascar
Double Millenium Club
50 State Club
Boeing Buckle Down
Four Million Mile Club
GVA 10 Year Anniversary

"Come fly with me, lets fly, lets fly away!"
Howick, KwaZulu-Natal ZA

2,941 legs, 9,560.6 hours
1,901 legs, 5,926.6 hours online
2,853 legs, 9,199.0 hours ACARS
58 legs, 272.0 hours event
350 legs dispatched, 155.5 hours
 Posted onPost created on July 21 2011 16:00 ET by Robert Armstrong
Nothing bad at all about that Ryan, go for it smile
DVA8512
Senior Captain, CRJ-200
OLP

Joined on April 11 2010
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Iron Dispatcher
Million Mile Club
Everett 500 Club
Millennium Club
White Pearl Accomplishment
Online Seven Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"I love to fly and it shows."
Cary, NC

1,159 legs, 3,850.2 hours
703 legs, 2,373.6 hours online
1,088 legs, 3,581.1 hours ACARS
25 legs, 104.5 hours event
746 legs dispatched, 564.5 hours
 Posted onPost created on July 21 2011 16:03 ET by Elise Van De Putte
Well, I just switched to Win 7 and it feels a lot nicer than XP ever did to me. And I have had xp for... I don't even remember how long. But, in the end, it's really your decision to switch or not.


DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on June 10 2001
Event Half Century Club
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Everett 1500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club

"Col. Panic"
Marietta, GA

2,314 legs, 9,320.7 hours
240 legs, 553.9 hours online
1,972 legs, 8,113.8 hours ACARS
75 legs, 196.3 hours event
2,350 legs, 9,455.6 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4 hours
CURRENTLY LOGGED IN
 Posted onPost created on July 21 2011 16:22 ET by Luke Kolin
Either XP or Win7 are better than Vista. I stayed on XP for the longest time until the Win7 free beta came out, and it was a keeper.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11
DVA7581
Captain, B747-400

Joined on July 21 2009
50 State Club
Million Mile Club
Everett 500 Club
Online Eight Century
Millennium Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

"Thats no moon."
Newnan, GA

1,001 legs, 3,337.4 hours
889 legs, 2,874.3 hours online
981 legs, 3,254.5 hours ACARS
33 legs, 69.1 hours event
 Posted onPost created on July 21 2011 16:40 ET by Matt Hammond
do it!

Matt Hammond

Captain, B747-400
DVA8152
First Officer, B767-300
OLP

Joined on December 28 2009
Online Six Century Club
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club

"By George, we did it!"
Jacksonville, FL USA

1,159 legs, 2,921.6 hours
698 legs, 1,755.8 hours online
1,033 legs, 2,466.9 hours ACARS
1 legs, 11.8 hours event
136 legs dispatched, 40.7 hours
 Posted onPost created on July 21 2011 16:43 ET by Dan Turner
Go for the upgrade if you can, either are good though.


DVA1137
Captain, B757-200

Joined on March 19 2003

"Contact Tower, They'll Work It Out"
Anchorage, AK USA

50 legs, 86.5 hours
17 legs, 34.1 hours online
44 legs, 75.1 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on July 21 2011 17:32 ET by John Howell
Ryan Watkins wrote:

I seem to be having more trouble with Vista than it's worth. It's a few years old so it came installed on the box and I'm thinking about downgrading it to XP. I don't feel like spending another $100 to upgrade to Win 7 and I still have an upopened OEM disc for XP I never used. Is there any reason you guys might think of that this would deem this a bad idea?


One thing to look out for is that there may not be XP drivers available for the hardware for your system, depending on the manufacturer. I have a Toshiba laptop that I tried to downgrade to XP with, only to find out that there were no XP drivers for the onboard sound, video, or network devices.

John Howell

Captain, B757-200
DVA455
Senior Captain, MD-88

Joined on April 29 2002
Century Club

"Aquatone"
Shelbyville, IN

132 legs, 255.8 hours
79 legs, 158.6 hours online
29 legs, 52.9 hours ACARS
2 legs, 3.8 hours event
276 legs, 632.7 hours total
23 legs dispatched, 11.3 hours
 Posted onPost created on July 21 2011 23:17 ET by Ryan Watkins
Well it was worth a shot. The chipset drivers weren't available for XP on my system so I just reinstalled Vista fresh rather than deal with the hassle. I've heard a lot of people making good coments on 7 so I guess I'll just bite the bullet and go for the upgrade. I think Vista was to XP was ME was to 98.

Actually this brings up a good question. I've never tried it before, but can you upgrade to 64 bit direct from a 32 bit OS? In other words upgrade Vista 32 to 7 64? My gut feeling is no.


DVA6592
Captain, B737-800
OLP

Joined on November 07 2008
Online Century Club
Everett Century Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Double Century Club

"Dont forget to lower your gear......"
VA USA

203 legs, 624.6 hours
173 legs, 498.7 hours online
189 legs, 588.6 hours ACARS
2 legs, 6.6 hours event
 Posted onPost created on July 21 2011 23:35 ET by Robert Reifsnyder
I dont know about Vista 32 to 7 64, but I just did Win 7 32 to Win 7 64 with no issues, it saved all of my programs in a folder so you wont lose anything except for personal settings and such unless you do a reformat.



DVA4215
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on March 12 2007
Everett 250 Club
Six Century Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

Pleasant Grove, UT USA

636 legs, 1,647.2 hours
410 legs, 746.5 hours online
589 legs, 1,563.2 hours ACARS
7 legs, 10.3 hours event
 Posted onPost created on July 22 2011 00:02 ET by Kyle Hatch
If your a student you can get Windows 7 for $30. You seem like your already out of school, but thought I'd throw it out there just in case. As far as upgrading to 64 bit, it all depends on your CPU and other hardware, if its compatible with 64 bit. I upgraded from XP 32 bit to W7 64 bit, no problems at all!


DVA9544
Senior Captain, B737-800
OLP

Joined on February 26 2011
Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Everett Century Club

"Always Upwind and Downwind"
Hergiswil, Nidwalden Switzerland

151 legs, 246.8 hours
64 legs, 112.2 hours online
151 legs, 246.8 hours ACARS
7 legs, 12.9 hours event
 Posted onPost created on July 22 2011 06:52 ET by Stephan Faessler
Definately go for Win7 if you can, I heard XP ceases Service Packs and updates in 2014 as well, not sure you want to keep it till then and Windows 8 is out then anyways ;-) cheers


DVA455
Senior Captain, MD-88

Joined on April 29 2002
Century Club

"Aquatone"
Shelbyville, IN

132 legs, 255.8 hours
79 legs, 158.6 hours online
29 legs, 52.9 hours ACARS
2 legs, 3.8 hours event
276 legs, 632.7 hours total
23 legs dispatched, 11.3 hours
 Posted onPost created on July 23 2011 16:12 ET by Ryan Watkins
Thanks for the info, Kyle. As far as school I'm not enrolled this year but I'm working on my 2nd bachelor's so I'll see if the school has anything on that. I know they used to sell Office in the bookstore but I never looked at the price. That might be the best route to go!


DVA2784
Senior Captain, B777-200
OLP, COMM, 737-ATP

Joined on January 01 2006
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Online Double Century Club
Quad-Jet Quartermaster
US Mountaineer Club
Everett 1500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
US Coastal Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Four Million Mile Club

"The PAST...learn from it or repeat it."
Highland Home, AL USA

2,309 legs, 9,795.2 hours
243 legs, 873.7 hours online
2,036 legs, 8,583.4 hours ACARS
22 legs, 51.7 hours event
0 legs dispatched, 0.5 hours
 Posted onPost created on July 23 2011 17:09 ET by Rob Morgan
You cannot upgrade from a 32-bit OS to a 64-bit. It will have to be a clean install. If you desire to stay with 32-Bit, you can upgrade in place. I don't recommend either. GO to 64-bit and do a clean install regardless of what you decide.

Rob Morgan

Senior Captain, B777-200
DVA4215
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on March 12 2007
Everett 250 Club
Six Century Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

Pleasant Grove, UT USA

636 legs, 1,647.2 hours
410 legs, 746.5 hours online
589 legs, 1,563.2 hours ACARS
7 legs, 10.3 hours event
 Posted onPost created on July 23 2011 17:13 ET by Kyle Hatch
Rob Morgan wrote:

You cannot upgrade from a 32-bit OS to a 64-bit. It will have to be a clean install. If you desire to stay with 32-Bit, you can upgrade in place. I don't recommend either. GO to 64-bit and do a clean install regardless of what you decide.

Wrong wording on my end biggrin when I "upgraded" (going from 32 bit to W7 64 is an upgrade for me :p) I did a clean install. I know it sounds like a pain and its never fun to do, but boy is it worth it!


DVA2784
Senior Captain, B777-200
OLP, COMM, 737-ATP

Joined on January 01 2006
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Online Double Century Club
Quad-Jet Quartermaster
US Mountaineer Club
Everett 1500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
US Coastal Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Four Million Mile Club

"The PAST...learn from it or repeat it."
Highland Home, AL USA

2,309 legs, 9,795.2 hours
243 legs, 873.7 hours online
2,036 legs, 8,583.4 hours ACARS
22 legs, 51.7 hours event
0 legs dispatched, 0.5 hours
 Posted onPost created on July 23 2011 21:00 ET by Rob Morgan
Kyle, I understood your comment, I was answering Ryan's question. All's good.

Rob Morgan

Senior Captain, B777-200
DVA9677
Captain, B737-800
OLP

Joined on April 11 2011
50 State Club
Online Double Century Club
Quincentenary Club

"American 1482, your APU is leaking baggage."
Kissimmee, FL USA

543 legs, 735.9 hours
247 legs, 299.2 hours online
538 legs, 725.6 hours ACARS
2 legs, 2.8 hours event
 Posted onPost created on July 23 2011 21:48 ET by John Anderson
Ryan Watkins wrote:

Is there any reason you guys might think of that this would deem this a bad idea?


The "Blue Screen of Death" is so much more crisp and clear with Vista.




DVA5862
Captain, MD-11

Joined on April 25 2008

"Better Safe Then Sorry!"
Farmville, NC USA

88 legs, 182.4 hours
74 legs, 156.5 hours online
87 legs, 177.3 hours ACARS
9 legs, 21.9 hours event
 Posted onPost created on July 25 2011 04:54 ET by Eric Jones
WHAT Why Are You Even Thinking DUMP It get rid of it Vista sucks!!! window 7 man all the way it vista look and features with xp engines basicly so much better trust me



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