Vista SP1 - What Would You Like to See?
Thursday, September 13, 2007 by Island Dog | Discussion: Windows Vista
With the recent talk of Vista SP1 and the release of it to a selective group of testers, I thought it would be a good time to ask our users what updates or upgrades you would like to see with the first Service Pack?
Some things I would like to see:
Some things I would like to see:
- The ability to auto-hide the Sidebar
- Reducing the System Restore space
- Various performance fixes
- Device driver improvements
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NightTrainthedark
Reply #42 Friday, November 16, 2007 6:18 AM
yes, please get back on topic. There are many other Vista hater threads where uninformed opinions are in abundance.
Reply #42 Friday, November 16, 2007 6:18 AM
Wow...this thread took a strange turn. We went from what we wanted fixed in Vista to, Grog, me no likum wheel, really quick.
yes, please get back on topic. There are many other Vista hater threads where uninformed opinions are in abundance.
starkers
Reply #43 Friday, November 16, 2007 10:29 AM
Reply #43 Friday, November 16, 2007 10:29 AM
Something else I'd like to see a fix for: that Vista retains its Restore points when dual booting between one OS and the other. At present, if you boot into XP and back, you lose all your restore points....would also be better if Vista's restore interface was similar to XP's, the current list isn't very functional or informative.
Why was I in System Restore on such a stable OS (for all those Vista haters who just gotta ask/know), I installed some software for my new soundcard and something cocked up ....a sys restore just seemed quicker and easier than messing about with uninstalls and registry cleaning, etc.
Why was I in System Restore on such a stable OS (for all those Vista haters who just gotta ask/know), I installed some software for my new soundcard and something cocked up ....a sys restore just seemed quicker and easier than messing about with uninstalls and registry cleaning, etc.
CarGuy1
Reply #44 Friday, November 16, 2007 10:44 AM
Reply #44 Friday, November 16, 2007 10:44 AM
I would like to see the complete system back up in Ultimate work correctly. As is, you can only restore to the exact same size hard drive you backed it up from. If you wanted to replace your drive with a larger one than you had, you are unable to restore to it. Also, even if you have multiple back ups from different time periods, you are only able to choose the latest one to restore.
DjiRate
Reply #45 Friday, November 16, 2007 1:55 PM
Reply #45 Friday, November 16, 2007 1:55 PM
man every single one of these problems mentioed i have had with Vista Home Premium and also i'm not a techie but my ram is at a range between 800mb and 1g of memrory usage constantly and has never changed even after i added programs....but i have a machine with pretty much the same specs except for the processors and the XP PRO machine is running at like 300mb to 450mb of memory usage......why in the hell does it use so much? is that normal for Vista? i am having such a hard time likeing vista also because of constant lock ups and no i dont have spyware or malware or blocked up registry or a trashed up computer....its 3 months old....i have to constantly hard reboot if i watch a movie or do anything remotly strenuous on it ie...copying also...can someone here tell me if that kind of memory usage is normal please???
Please help, any suggestions or is this normal?
Joe
Please help, any suggestions or is this normal?
Joe
Dr Guy
Reply #46 Friday, November 16, 2007 3:13 PM
ouch!
Reply #46 Friday, November 16, 2007 3:13 PM
At present, if you boot into XP and back, you lose all your restore points....
ouch!
Island Dog
Reply #47 Friday, November 16, 2007 3:57 PM
Reply #47 Friday, November 16, 2007 3:57 PM
I'm still seeing some pretty good suggestions, aside from the global warmning myth comments and the anti-Vista nonsense we come to expect in a Vista thread.
Wet Monkey
Reply #48 Friday, November 16, 2007 4:44 PM
Reply #48 Friday, November 16, 2007 4:44 PM
A firm date, (or at least a reasonable time frame), on when it's getting released and a list of what the expected fixes are and new or improved functionality, (if any) are. I think that this is an interesting thread but wouldn't it be nice to know MS is listening and taking suggestions seriously. Anyone know what the requisites are to be part of a "selective group" of beta tester are?
Shadowalker
Reply #49 Friday, November 16, 2007 5:20 PM
Reply #49 Friday, November 16, 2007 5:20 PM
I would like a larger icon cache size without a third party program. I would like to be able to turn off the message, (your search my take a couple billion years because indexing is turned off).
The start button to not to say start, umm Duh!. Actual support for 64 bit. balloon tips to have a clear vista like background.
Have vista tell applications the right amount of my graphics cards memory or I think thats direct x not sure. Oh I'm in for the windows staying where I put them.
Better game support for dx9 I should be able to control space satellites with my rig and no way in hell I'm gonna shell out another grand for graphics cards so I can play dx 10.
Windows mail to start a hell of allot faster than it does, what the heck is it doing anyways.
Fix the damn Icon size thing, drives me nuts, big icons little icons sheesh! Make it easier to hide updates at the update place, My god how many language packs does a person need.
Have a message from Bill Gates appear saying thanks for battling with this OS to get your toys to run, I'm getting good at it now-tweak,tweak.
Have the bloody defrag thing at least show me that it's doing something while I'm sitting there staring at it.
Make windows defender actually defend. Fix internet options delete all, and it does but not really because it keeps it in a .dat or .index file, what am I to do if my wife gets computer savvy? oh and you can't delete it without the aid of a nuclear program.
Get rid of the user experience thing they don't care or want to know what my user experience has been.
Fix when I need help and a window pops up it saying it can help me with my problem and takes me to a webpage that says does not exist, never existed, or never will exist.
I want a fix for the shortcuts that won't delete after you have uninstalled a program. I have had to reinstall programs again so I could delete the icon or else vista tells me the program is not responding, Hello it's not on the pc anymore so let me delete it!
Allow me the right to get rid of that file in my temp folder that never deletes and says it's in use, really by whom it's temporary isn't it?
Oops did I say that out loud? These are minor things I would like to have fixed in Sp1.
Later,
The start button to not to say start, umm Duh!. Actual support for 64 bit. balloon tips to have a clear vista like background.
Have vista tell applications the right amount of my graphics cards memory or I think thats direct x not sure. Oh I'm in for the windows staying where I put them.
Better game support for dx9 I should be able to control space satellites with my rig and no way in hell I'm gonna shell out another grand for graphics cards so I can play dx 10.
Windows mail to start a hell of allot faster than it does, what the heck is it doing anyways.
Fix the damn Icon size thing, drives me nuts, big icons little icons sheesh! Make it easier to hide updates at the update place, My god how many language packs does a person need.
Have a message from Bill Gates appear saying thanks for battling with this OS to get your toys to run, I'm getting good at it now-tweak,tweak.
Have the bloody defrag thing at least show me that it's doing something while I'm sitting there staring at it.
Make windows defender actually defend. Fix internet options delete all, and it does but not really because it keeps it in a .dat or .index file, what am I to do if my wife gets computer savvy? oh and you can't delete it without the aid of a nuclear program.
Get rid of the user experience thing they don't care or want to know what my user experience has been.
Fix when I need help and a window pops up it saying it can help me with my problem and takes me to a webpage that says does not exist, never existed, or never will exist.
I want a fix for the shortcuts that won't delete after you have uninstalled a program. I have had to reinstall programs again so I could delete the icon or else vista tells me the program is not responding, Hello it's not on the pc anymore so let me delete it!
Allow me the right to get rid of that file in my temp folder that never deletes and says it's in use, really by whom it's temporary isn't it?
Oops did I say that out loud? These are minor things I would like to have fixed in Sp1.
Later,
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Reply #41 Friday, November 16, 2007 6:02 AM
Well said!
I'd like a fix for early versions of Outlook not retaining passwords...