Windows Vista- Is it the worst?

is it just me or is windows vista the worst between itself, 7 and xp and them other ones because vista is driving me mad!!!!!!!!!!!

half of the games dont work because they shut down in the middle of it saying " A problem caused this program to turn off, we will try and find a solution and tell you when we recieve it" but they never solve the problem, it is just insane

Hello chudzio and welcome to the forums

XP has had many years of development which is why it's a very stable OS - there are still bugs, just not as many as there are in Vista/Windows 7. Some say that Windows 7 is what Vista should have been when it was first released, I personally agree, but this is only opinion. Vista got a very bad reputation when it first came out due to driver and software incompatibilities - most of these have since been fixed so it should be alright I use Windows 7 and I would recommend that you upgrade if you don't like Vista

Would you like help in trying to get these games to work?

Tom

thank you for replying tom it is mainly heroes of might and magic 5 that i want to play as i used to play it but know it has stopped working for some reason so if you heped me i would be glad

No problem at all I'm glad I can help

Have you tried running them in compatibility mode?

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/75909-compatibility-mode.html

Try XP SP3, that's usually a good bet. Also, run them as an admin

Do you meet the required specs for these games?

Tom

yes i meet all the requirements and the problem is that i used to be abe to play this game but then i stiopped playing it for a bit and know this happens if you want the requirements i can give them to you

If you're sure that you meet them, then there's no need

Did you try running it in compatibility mode?

Try this as well:

SFC Scan

1. Open the start menu
2. In the search box, type cmd
3. Right click on cmd and select Run as administrator
4. In command prompt, type:
   
   sfc /scannow
   
   
5. Let it run and let me know if it finds any Integrity Violations

Tom

yes the only compatible modes i got are
windows 95
windows 98/windows me
windows NT 4.0 (service pack 5)
windows 2000
windows xp (service pack 2)
windows server 2003
and thats all of them but ill the other thing you told me to try

thank you for helping me lets hope this works

Okay, well if you haven't already, give XP SP2 a go

It's no problem at all buddy Let us know how it goes!

Tom

chudzio said:

is it just me or is windows vista the worst between itself, 7 and xp and them other ones because vista is driving me mad!!!!!!!!!!!

half of the games dont work because they shut down in the middle of it saying " A problem caused this program to turn off, we will try and find a solution and tell you when we recieve it" but they never solve the problem, it is just insane

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Have you installed all available windows updates and service packs? and are your graphics and chipset drivers up to date?