I've just bought a laptop but it's got that abomination Vista on it.

How long does it take before you stop swearing at it and can you turn off all those infuriating infantile, merkin bolloxy things? Can you set it to Windows classic? (I may have asked this before)

Posted By: CB41 on May 6th 2009 at 10:53:33

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I've just bought a laptop but it's got that abomination Vista on it. (General Chat) - CB41, May 6, 10:53:33
- vista stinks (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, May 6, 11:04:46
  - Yeah, I know. I asked Dell if they would roll it back to XP but they said not. I suppose (General Chat) - CB41, May 6, 11:09:07
- i hate classic mode now (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 6, 11:00:49
  - It's nowt to do with moving with the times. It's supposed to be a user interface and, (General Chat) - CB41, May 6, 11:07:43
  - All I've done so far is fire it up but it seems to have a moving (General Chat) - CB41, May 6, 11:04:50
  - Aye, i did most of that, UAC is a bit of a pain in the ass. (General Chat) - megson, May 6, 11:04:10
    - and here's a cute ass (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 6, 11:08:13
      - (disappointed) Chuckle. (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, May 6, 11:09:26
- download Windows 7 RC1 (General Chat) - Dave in France, May 6, 10:57:07
- Have they named your my documents folder "Cbeebies" ? (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, May 6, 10:56:44
- I think so, my vista appears to be in a classic mode, i dunno how though. Get none of (General Chat) - megson, May 6, 10:56:00
  - You can switch off that annoying User Account Control stuff. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 6, 11:04:05
    - I have, mostly, everytime it starts up now it decides to tell me that its off. (General Chat) - megson, May 6, 11:08:42
      - that is almost certainly possible (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 6, 11:17:30
        
        Yeah, mine doesn't do that. Never has, as far as I remember. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, May 6, 11:21:25
- smell up the usb (n/m) (General Chat) - NCFC4life, May 6, 10:55:00
- If it does then it's right click on the desktop, appearance (General Chat) - pants, May 6, 10:54:26
  - properties then appearance :s (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, May 6, 10:54:53

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