Went back to XP Vista Bugs and Problems Discuss Went back to XP in the Windows Vista forums; Sorry guys, as much as I loved Windows Vista, I have went back to Windows XP, I was really starting to get fed up with the 'Explorer has stopped working' ...

[ewan_mclean]

Sorry guys, as much as I loved Windows Vista, I have went back to Windows XP, I was really starting to get fed up with the 'Explorer has stopped working' message constantly, and the fact that I couldn't use Nero.

[Znod]

I'm sorry ewan. Let us know if, and when, you want to have another go at it, and we'll advise you from the start.

[DaBear]

That did nothing for my confidence level LOL

[Znod]

Hi DaBear:

His experience is not common. You are in good hands here (much of the time ).

[ProCookie]

I hardly have any problems with Vista, i would defiantly say Vista is a lot more reliable than XP. The graphic card base UI is miles more reliable and presentable, The explorer has massive improvements since XP and can handle more apps at one time. But at the end of the day it all depends on what machine you are running on. If you are getting lots of explorer.exe has stooped working and this program is not responding errors it COULD be your using low end hardware and its using all your recourses causing stuff to not respond in time.

[airman]

I Love my Vista Business, I am just waiting to get a new sound card when the drivers come out for one of the cards, that I am looking at and I will be set. Vista is as stable as my old xP install ,and maybe a little faster. I have been testing Vista since november which is a good thing conpared to some people who just decide to do an upgrade or clean install for the first time to Vista and than the problems start, or maybe if they did some research they are prepared for the experience.

[maxrpg]

i havent seen the explorer error in vista since way back in the early beta tests but as mentioned its probably hardware related problem. you can now get a vista compatible version of nero and it works very well, im running it myself...hope you can figure out the problem and come back to vista soon its a good OS.

[longcall911]

Originally Posted by ewan_mclean

Sorry guys, as much as I loved Windows Vista, I have went back to Windows XP, I was really starting to get fed up with the 'Explorer has stopped working' message constantly, and the fact that I couldn't use Nero.

I'm with you ewan.

I had a driver that Vista warned about constantly. But, it would not let me remove it either.

The machine uses an Intel dual core cpu with 1 GB ram, yet all apps ran noticeably slower. Most of all though, even though I turned of security messages on my Vista Business edition, I still received warnings incessantly. I even received one saying that my Logitech mouse needed permission to complete the task. . . my mouse needed permission. . . unbelievable.

I pulled the drive, bought another, and reinstalled XP Pro. At some point, perhaps after a service pack, I'll pop the Vista drive back in and give it another go. Until then, I'm happy to get my XP back. :-)

/*tom*/

[ewan_mclean]

Originally Posted by AnthonyCook

I hardly have any problems with Vista, i would defiantly say Vista is a lot more reliable than XP. The graphic card base UI is miles more reliable and presentable, The explorer has massive improvements since XP and can handle more apps at one time. But at the end of the day it all depends on what machine you are running on. If you are getting lots of explorer.exe has stooped working and this program is not responding errors it COULD be your using low end hardware and its using all your recourses causing stuff to not respond in time.

I am not using low end hardware

1GB Ram
AMD Athlon 64 3400+
ATI Radeon X1300
180GB HDD

So I reckon that my PC is more than capable.

[Znod]

Originally Posted by longcall911

I'm with you ewan.

I had a driver that Vista warned about constantly. But, it would not let me remove it either.

The machine uses an Intel dual core cpu with 1 GB ram, yet all apps ran noticeably slower. Most of all though, even though I turned of security messages on my Vista Business edition, I still received warnings incessantly. I even received one saying that my Logitech mouse needed permission to complete the task. . . my mouse needed permission. . . unbelievable.

I pulled the drive, bought another, and reinstalled XP Pro. At some point, perhaps after a service pack, I'll pop the Vista drive back in and give it another go. Until then, I'm happy to get my XP back. :-)

/*tom*/

Welcome Tom; we are glad you are here. Sorry you had Vista problems. If you decide to go back, then I would virtually guarantee that we can solve your problems--unless, after solving them, you decide that Vista is too slow. Slower than XP, yes, but not so much slower that you should notice it unless doing something really intensive such as heavy-duty gaming.