[Iced-T]

I am unable to change the hardware accelerator settings for my graphics card (a Mobile Intel 965 Express) in Windows Vista as the button in the troubleshoot tab of the advanced display settings is greyed out, saying that my current display driver does not allow changes to be made even though it's the most up to date one.
Does anybody know of a way around this or experience the same problem?

[Console]

Does anybody know of a way around this or experience the same problem?

Yes, uninstall Vista and upgrade to XP (or DOS). Other-wise, try here.

[tom greeni]

Console how the hell do you know all this stuff ! Your like pure knowledge

[Zoot]

Yes, uninstall Vista and upgrade to XP (or DOS)

Ha!

[rustybike]

Yes, uninstall Vista and upgrade to XP (or DOS)

Ha!

Seconded

[Yudster]

Can someone tell me what the issues with Vista are? We have a five machine network at home and our main machine is running Vista, everything else is on XP-Pro - we haven't had any problems at all. I feel cheated!

[Console]

I'm sure there is a comprehensive list of the many major and minor flaws of Windows Vista, but some of the ones I have encountered include buggy (and sometimes non-existent) drivers (caused by the restructuring of Windows' driver model), speed issues (a PC that has been upgraded to Vista is significantly slower than it was with XP, for many quite basic operations) and the UAC - one of the most pointless 'security' systems in the world. Now, granted, I see the problems of Vista a lot because people ask me to help them when they have a problem - I don't usually get to see the benefits of Aero and...what else does Vista offer?

Essentially, as a lot of the Windows codebase was rewritten for Vista, there have been a lot of problems. Vista took far too long for something that has worked out so poor.

Another problem surrounding Vista, although not really a problem of Vista itself (technically, it is, but it could have easily been avoided), is the business of the whole 'Vista Capable' thing, which is basically that all that 'Vista Capable' means is that it can run only the most basic version of Vista (Microsoft Windows Vista Ultra Slim Home Edition Plus (with MS Bob)). This means it can't run what is pretty much the only noticeable (although worthwhile would be hard to argue) difference between XP and Vista - Aero. I think that there may actually be a class action lawsuit over it in America, although I'd have to check that. This is actually a marketing problem, but it certainly hasn't helped Vista's image.

[Yudster]

I was aware of the speed issue, because Mr Y made some changes to the machine to negate that when we first had it. As the main user of that particular machine I have to say I haven't had any problems at all. It is however equally true to say I haven't noticed any benefits either, but for me all I ask is that it does what I want it to do when I want it to do it, and I probably don't ask it to anything terribly involved.

I think he said he's going to put it back to XP-pro when the new machine he and Master Y are building is done - who knows when that'll be though. I'm unlikely to notice the difference I think!