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The number of problems that Vista has caused; surely it can be legally classed as a weapon of mass destruction by now? lol

Yes it may be eye candy; but who said candy was good for you? :D

Dazza :cool:

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, and nailed the frustration many felt when Vista shipped. For anyone finding this thread years later: Windows Vista is out of support — Microsoft stopped issuing security updates and fixes in April 2017 — which makes continued use risky on any machine exposed to the internet. See the official Windows Vista lifecycle page for details: Windows Vista lifecycle.

If an immediate OS upgrade isn’t possible, apply short-term risk and stability controls:

  • Isolate the PC from the internet or limit network access behind a modern router/firewall.
  • Use non‑admin accounts for daily work and keep regular backups (image-based backups are best).
  • Remove unneeded startup apps, uninstall obsolete toolbars/AV suites, and keep device drivers current from vendor sites.

For performance and reliability: look for resource hogs in Task Manager/Resource Monitor; disable Aero and extra visual effects; add RAM where possible; move to an SSD if the hardware supports it; run system checks (SFC, chkdsk) and install the latest Vista service pack (SP2) and vendor drivers. These steps often fix responsiveness issues without a full reinstall.

For development, testing, or legacy app needs: convert the physical machine into a VM or create a fresh VM and run Vista there under a supported host (Hyper‑V, VirtualBox). The Sysinternals Disk2vhd tool can help capture a physical image for virtualization, and keeping the VM offline except for controlled testing reduces exposure.

Long term, migrate to a supported OS or a lightweight, supported Linux distro on older hardware. If nostalgia for the speed of 98SE is the goal (as mentioned), a clean lightweight OS install plus an SSD will give snappiness — but it won’t restore security patches.

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Moved to Windows User's Lounge.

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yes vista can be a pain - what with home basic/premium not even having support for IIS built in

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yes vista can be a pain - what with home basic/premium not even having support for IIS built in

IIS isn't installed by default but usually it can be selected among the optionally installed components. IIS for MS Vista may restrict performance on concurrent requests but doesn't limit the number of connections allowed.

Yes XP was ageing; but why on earth replace it with something that generally performs worse? The memory leak is actually shocking!

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yeah, i was pleaseantly surprised to find that Home Premium has IIS, unlike XP home.

Vista sucked, but sp1 made it much more usable.

Same with XP. XP didnt become good until SP2, and until then we all kept baging on about how 98SE was the best (LOL)

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yeah, i was pleaseantly surprised to find that Home Premium has IIS, unlike XP home.

Vista sucked, but sp1 made it much more usable.

Same with XP. XP didnt become good until SP2, and until then we all kept baging on about how 98SE was the best (LOL)

I think Vista SP1 would be more reliable then previous release..
BTW I would still love 98SE even if it have lot of security holes :D

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98SE was fantastic! Would load stupidly quick, you rarely had any problems; all went downhill from there... lol

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