Windows Vista Installation and usage guidance-a few suggestions after stopping support

Brief introduction

Windows Vista, which was once a huge netizen spat, has faded out of sight, but there are still some friends who want to experience this operating system. Windows Vista is a milestone on the Windows roadmap that has changed significantly in terms of functionality and appearance compared to previous Windows XP, including, of course, the ' tough ' configuration requirements. This gives Windows Vista a variety of issues at the beginning of the release. With Microsoft's efforts to patch it up, now we can see that Windows Vista is perfect. However, due to the end of the support period, new Windows Vista users encountered new problems, while some of the Windows Vista's old users also have some problems not to solve. This article focuses on various issues in Windows Vista installation and use.

Note: This article does not have any intention of recommending Windows Vista. Mainly to explain some misunderstandings and help some netizens to re-experience Windows Vista.

Some myths about Windows Vista

1. "Windows Vista is very eating configuration, high configuration requirements, is a garbage system " The idea was right at the time (2007), but looking at it, most of the computer configuration should not be worse than the top model of the era. The memory is basically 4G start, the CPU either from the main frequency or the core number, the process or the framework is much better than at that time. It's not a problem for mainstream computers to cope with Windows Vista now, but the latest batch of computers can be problematic (see below). Windows Vista is a garbage system that is plainly unfamiliar to use. Windows Vista has a lot of different operations and Windows XP, which makes many users less comfortable, plus a variety of lag and lag caused by low configuration, leaving a very bad impression on the system. Plus some media slots, Windows Vista is the so-called garbage system.

2. "Windows Vista is out of the box" although Windows Vista looks gorgeous, it doesn't function as badly as most people think. The sidebar is the first of Vista, which is the later Windows gadget. Windows Vista also has many thoughtful designs, such as the Start menu Search bar, explorer sidebar, effects, new, more secure system cores and more (these are for Windows XP, Windows 7 castrated part of Vista's functionality and visual effects, But added some features, so the functionality on Windows 7 and Vista cannot be compared) and the Windows Vista design is designed to create an easy-to-use operating system, but the design is too fine, causing a lot of unnecessary trouble.

3. "Windows Vista compatibility is poor, not very good " Vista compatibility is not very good at that time, it can be said now, but not to bad. Windows Vista is compatible in many ways with today's mainstream windows 7, and even the Windows 8 series is similar. But there have been some problems in recent years (see below). For today's ordinary users, Windows Vista compatibility is not a problem, and even if there are some problems, you can find the corresponding solution.

4. "Windows Vista is not available now, and now there is no ghost Vista to see " This idea came too early, if Windows 95 is not available to understand, writing this article when the author is using Windows Vista. Windows Vista cannot be used primarily in some newly released software, such as the new version of DirectX, various design software, development software, etc. But the daily Internet, chatting, office, learning, programming and so on, will not have much impact. As for ghost system, I suggest that in addition to their own or credible, all the other ghost system is not used, can install the full version of better, can buy the best, the author is the victim, this one please do not ask the reason.

Issues that you experience when you install Windows Vista

0. " install Windows Vista to prompt for various problems, or after installation is extremely unstable" if it is a newly installed computer, I am sorry that Windows Vista may not be installed on the physical machine. Intel CPU computer, for example, the Core I system 4 generation and above the installation of Windows Vista is particularly problematic, not compatible at all. Core I 3 generation and older processors do not have problems. AMD's situation is unclear, but the problem with the new processor is normal.

To avoid problems with the installation, the following conditions must be met:

A.CPU core number within 4 cores and more appropriate, more cores can not guarantee the full use of. The frequency should be above 1Ghz. For core I-system CPUs, ensure that the corresponding Pentium and Celeron are in this range for three generations and within.

B. Memory at least 4GB, either x32 or x64, but guaranteed to be DDR3 or DDR2.

C. The graphics card is generally not a problem, as long as not on the fever level, the Ashes level on the line. A general graphics card is available, Intel's built-in graphics are barely sufficient (this refers to the conditions required for a high visual experience).

D. Hard drives do not use solid state drives, solid-state drives are placed under Vista, and sometimes Vista features are not designed for solid-state drives at all. Install Vista on the SSD, not only the speed is not on, the hard drive is also bad fast. such as super pre-reading function and start-up problems, see the use of the No. 0 in the question.

E. The driver of the network card should be downloaded first, and be careful to select the correct system version and number of digits.

1. " in the original image installation, in the hard drive format that step, cannot find the driver, cannot continue " can reboot, again into the installation interface, click on the bottom left corner of the repair computer, in the system repair options, go to the last command prompt, Enter Setup.exe to continue the installation without the above hint. Picture and more questions about installation Click here to thank Vista Bar's enthusiastic netizens

2. " after the system installation is successful, some drivers cannot be installed " due to the end of Windows Vista support period and the extremely low vista usage, some of the newly released drivers of some vendors are incompatible with Vista and require a new generation of operating system or architecture support. Try the older version of the driver. In general, the version of the original driver version in the 2014-16 issue is not too large, and the driver for this period is not too old. If the hardware itself is older, try the earlier driver version. Recommend yourself to the official online gathered up drive, before installation strongly recommended to download the corresponding NIC driver. If for a variety of reasons can not be done, please install the Reliable driver software (' driver, etc. ') solution.

3. "The system after the installation of updates can not be done, has been an error or has been searching, is unable to search " first need to make it clear that your system is newly installed. This problem on the Internet can not find a clear plan, after the author of the test, install the following several updates to solve.

kb3205638

kb4012583

kb4015195

kb4015380

If you have IE9, you also need to install kb4014661

Getting these updates requires manual action. Go to Microsoft Update Catalogue search for the above update, find the corresponding version (Vista or 2008 to see clearly, x86 or x64 do not choose the wrong), recommended by the KB after the small to large installation. Reboot. There is a video to refer to, please click here.

4. "many software such as Adobe Flash Player cannot be installed " This problem is similar to the driver problem above, and the software is too new and incompatible. Maybe it can be installed. NET, but it is not known whether this scenario is feasible. However, you can resolve this by installing the old Adobe Flash player, although the browser warns you to ignore it. If you see a block running Flash Player, allow. If you can, it is recommended that you do not install Adobe Flash Player because of the lack of security, high resource consumption, and less support.

Use problems encountered in Windows Vista (some recommend vista before you look at it)

0. " when the scroll bar is rolling, hard disk and so on, but a few minutes after the normal boot, after the use of no blue screen or other abnormalities " Please see if the hard disk mode is IDE mode, if not, try to recall the IDE mode. Windows Vista is not very friendly to AHCI support, so the advantage of this model for higher read and write speeds will no longer exist in Vista. If Vista is already installed in AHCI mode, uninstall the AHCI driver and set back to IDE mode in BIOS mode (this is a lot of online tutorials, no more). Usually doing so easily leads to blue screen. The best solution is to re-install the system. What the? Re-installed? Look at the title, some recommended to install Vista before looking at it, this is the one to see. A better solution is to tune the hard drive to IDE mode before installing.

Some people say that this problem is caused by super pre-reading, after the author's own test, and this does not have much to do with the relationship between the hard disk, perhaps the larger, super pre-reading itself is to accelerate. It is also a consideration for Microsoft to keep this feature in the next generation. The premise is under the mechanical hard drive condition.

1. " Choice of security software " Now many security software under Vista compatibility is not good, such as the small red umbrella Avira The latest version can not be run under Vista. If you choose the domestic anti-virus software, please do not look down. If you choose Foreign anti-virus software, there are avast, Avg and so on. Kaspersky also has a free version of the, interested friends can try, this in Vista is able to run.

2. "CPU consumption has been fluctuating, even if the background program exits the case is also relatively high " Windows Vista resource utilization and other common Windows operating systems, it maximizes the use of computer resources, So the memory footprint is much higher than Windows 7. But performance doesn't have much impact.

Summary

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Windows Vista Installation and usage guidance-a few suggestions after stopping support