I'm running Vista Home Premium for about a year and have some mixed feelings. I hated it before disabling some of the new security features because it asked too many questions. Now I have only two problems:
1) won't run a couple of the programs I had on XP, so I duel boot to XP and run them.
2) The screen saver frequently locks up when I move the mouse and takes a minute or so to disappear so that I can use the computer again.
I agree, User Account Control can be very annoying at first!
mmm....no make that always.
At least MS did something right and gave us the option to disable it, although this does seem to increase the boot time as the OS sorts through the registry for directions.
There is a reg fix for this however, and i know i have it lying around somewhere.....I'll take a look and get back to you on this.
I used to dual boot with XP as well for a bit in the early days, but as the third party developers came on board with vista compat. soft apps and drivers, i found that eventually i didnt really need to, and what i still couldnt run on Vista wasnt that important to me anyway.
What's not important for some however, is essential to others for their digital enjoyment.....so as with everything, its what works best for you that matters!
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