JimB007
regcleaning is done too,
I believe I may have found one of your problems. Registry cleaners are
never (as in
not ever) a good idea. They are crap. I can't stress this enough.
From what you have told us, you have installed a bunch of junk that you believe is the best thing around. You have "heavily tweaked" (your verbiage, not mine) your OS. You have a machine that by any normal definition is so bloated with extra crap that no computer around would run successfully, regardless of OS. Yet you want all the blame to fall on Windows for your computer problems. I can already see where your computer problems lie. It's right between the Keyboard and the Chair.
If you want to spout off about problems and you want to cite other sources as the "facts" to prove your case, then give links or sources for your information. If you cannot be bothered to do that, then don't bother hitting submit. We have no interest in seeing it or having to sift through the crap. This is not specifically about Vista or anything else in particular, this is a general guide. This is also not a debate.
First thing you need to do.
Read this page. It's vitally important to your survival here.
Rick
Wow, you make it sound like the ultimate solution laughing.gif is it?
Should I d/l and use it? I just want no problems and as a 73 year old I really can't be bothered with too many complexities? ( is that the word I'm looking for laughing.gif ) I'm sure the wise among you will know what I mean wink.gif
Any Windows OS can be as complex or as simple as you wish it to be. If you use the computer like a typical user, you can use any 32bit Windows OS and have no problems. Should you "d/l" (I assume you mean purchase) and use Vista? That depends, are you getting a new computer? Are you unhappy with your current OS? If the answer to both of these is no, then the answer to your query is no. Stick with what you are happy with.
Are there new features and gadgets to play with in Vista, sure. Is it a necessary upgrade, certainly not.
There is no such thing as an "ultimate solution". It doesn't exist. This applies to Mac, Linux, XP, Vista, and all other OSs.