I have win vista home premium and it crashes all the time. Mostly it will lock up when I play a movie or music of any format. After it locks up it will give me a blue screen (which I have no time to read cause its up only for a few seconds before it reboots). It also has locked up several times in yahoo music & other programs I use lock up. I have a brand new system with nothing added to it but yahoo messanger and win updates (important only). yet it still crashes. even when i use the dvd maker it will crash. all in all vista sucks and im ready to buy a mac just to boycott microsoft, but before I do that I would like to try and fix vista. any ideas or help will be greatly appreciated....
2007-11-12 03:16:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
the comp came with vista & I have reinstalled it many times over already. I even backed up everything just to be safe and not lose anything...
2007-11-12 03:25:02 · update #1
It sounds like your computer does not have enough memory. Win Vista Home Pre. requires at least 1 gig, 2 gigs is better. That's what I run and I've had zero problems with Vista. All of my hardware works, and I've only had a few software problems, and that was with some "really" old programs that I should have replaced years ago.
Open the Task Manager by hitting Ctrl-Alt-Del at the same time. Now click on "Start Task Manager". If you commit memory charge is close to or greater then the amount of memory that is installed, just add more memory and your problems should be solved.
It seems that we are getting allot of negative comments about Vista, and that's to bad. I find the program to be very fast and stable. Just because people are incapable of setting up and tweaking an operating system is no reason to to post bad comments about it. I guess that these folks don't remember XP when it was first released. It was much worse then Vista, and would hardly run. There were many driver and hardware issuses with XP. Many more then with Vista.
2007-11-12 03:52:41 · answer #1 · answered by Ron M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try returning it to the place of purchase as defective. Most have a 30-90 day return policy.
Vista is garbage, it's unstable and riddled with flaws, and the first sign of help from Microsoft (SP1) is still 4-6 months away. If your able to return your new system get one with Windows XP, Linux or a MAC.
2007-11-12 03:31:05 · answer #2 · answered by jmf931 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 00:44:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
did u install windows on ur computer or did it come with it? just take it back to the store. Im pretty sure its a compatibility issue. Im sure the hardware is not meant for that software.
2007-11-12 03:20:53 · answer #4 · answered by 9ball 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agreed. Your hardware is probably not compatible and doesn't have the right drivers for vista.
2007-11-12 03:24:36 · answer #5 · answered by JB 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
reinstall it.
here is a tutorial how to do that:
http://www.myitbyte.com/2007/08/15/microsoft-windows-vista-installation-for-those-who-havent-did-it/
2007-11-12 03:22:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
fix is very easy: Windows XP!
2007-11-12 03:20:48 · answer #7 · answered by thunder2sys 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋