Vista...

So, I have used Vista before and it was okay. However I was not ready to switch to it yet. Then I started having some problems with directx. So installed vista to see you there was a hardware or software problem. Turned out it was a software problem, directx or driver related. Shouldn't the drivers because I tried three different versions, but whenever.

So I had a dual boot of windows XP and a and vista. Too bad I didn't have enough room on the partitions to keep either one. Long story.

I decided to reinstall both. Deleted both partitions and installed XP then vista. Please let me use the vista boot manager, but still keep XP just in case.

So I've been using vista for a few weeks and it's OK. My only booted XP once to make sure it worked before installing vista. The biggest problem with vista is stupid little changes to the UI. There are so many things they changed for no real reason, they say it's to improve UI for new users. About that...

Trying to find if how to fix these UI changes I also found lots of tweaks for vista. I still am found any way to change the changes to this vista's UI. However, I did find all these tweaks and tips. Here are some links:

Windows Help and How-to: Change folder views and behavior
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/3a3bfe59-5268-4fb3-81c5-7972c28939cd1033.mspx

Windows Help and How-to: Folders: frequently asked questions
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/8eb3b0f8-533a-4e63-b967-b090a7912cc71033.mspx#EWD

Windows Help and How-to: Working with the Navigation pane
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/d4040ef3-f24d-44e5-b5fe-244ab61585e11033.mspx

Windows Help and How-to: Navigate using the Address bar
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/ddd07224-70eb-4078-bb9b-ecc90d00ee571033.mspx

Vista User Account Control: ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin
http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/vista/ConsentPromptBehavior.htm

Vista Registry Editor - Examples of .Reg Files
http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/vista/vista_reg_examples.htm

Vista Registry Tips, Hacks, and Tweaks...
http://www.tuatm.net/winvista_reghacks.html

Windows Vista Forums: Tweaks and Tips
http://thevistaforums.com/index.php?autocom=ineo&showcat=4


Ultimate Linkfarm for Vista Tips, Tweaks and Fixes, A comprehensive (Work in Progress) list of Tips
http://thevistaforums.com/index.php?autocom=ineo&showarticle=41


BTW, I did all of this (minus the links) with the Vista speech recognition software.