Just thinking about it, in a years time there will be a thread " Your experiencs of Windows 7 performance". Time and tide wait for no man. anon

I never tried an sp3 install through automatic updates but through a download from microsoft & that works just fine. As for vista, some people (like my Dad) just hate it even on new computers, & I totally understand that. They don't find it as easy to use, they are annoyed at this that & the other, & yet if they get a new computer they have no choice other than to build their own computer or follow that up with a purchase of XP because NO ONE has XP as an option [thank you MS]. There is also the question about software compatibility & not just hardware. In what way is Vista more secure than a carefully planned installation of XP with safe practices? And yes for those you don't want to (or can't afford to) buy a new computer, Vista might not be for them especially if their hardware isn't powerful enough. There are certain aspects of Vista that I don't like so I think that I'll alway prefer XP to Vista, yet I'll use it but not as my primary OS. Now I'll just have to see about 7.

Vista is good , but vista always ask you to continue , whatever you want to do , that i don't like.

Originally Posted by gavinhodges00

Vista is good , but vista always ask you to continue , whatever you want to do , that i don't like.

That can be turned off, but if you understand their arguments behind it then you might not want to.

The alternative would be to run as a non administrator account as your primary account & log into an admin account only when you need to do something that requires admin privileges like installing software. Then it would be safe to turn off.