I'm a novice. I've read lots of posts at this web site and figured I'd just ask those who seem to know more than I.
With my limited knowledge, I've been in regedit & bios (big whoop!) a couple of times when instructed by tech support people but that's about it. I set up the home network and keep it running. Should I trashcan Vista and just go with 7? Drive is not partitioned nor do I know how to partition nor do I relish the thought of reformating and reloading all the software to create the partition but Vista is just so damn unstable.
I'm on Vista 64 bit (HP Pavilion dv5 Notebook w/4 gb ram, HP w1907 monitor, more machine specs are listed in my profile) and having all the fun rebooting a couple of times a day to keep this beast running. I'm working in CorelDraw & Paint mostly, Dreamweaver, some Illustrator. I try to keep the number of programs running similtaniously to a minimum (2 to 3 at a time). In the background Outlook is grinding away sucking 75+mg as is Media player (it's not in use) as well as another 300mg of who knows what.
What I'm hoping to improve is:
Freezing - just locks up, doesn't matter what program but Outlook & IE is the biggest culpret. Both IE & Firefox are unstable, IE locks up daily. Whenever I mess with fonts (type) in Corel it freezes like a deer in the headlights for 30 - 40 seconds (this also happens with Illustrator but not as long a freeze). Dreamweaver works fine except when I start building forms and then the screen jitters like it's on steroids. I've had the video card checked and it's fine (however you check a video card). Minimal usage of Word & Excel and they work fine. Boot time in Vista is OK once I turned off all the 'at start up' programs, Adobe software loading time is twice as fast as others and QuickBooksPro by Intuit is ridiculus, I have time to downstairs,outside, smoke a cigarette, pet the cat and when I get back it's almost done loading.
So, whaddaya think? Stay with the can of worms I've got or will 7 be an improvement and how much time will I spend with frustrations because of my limited knowledge?
Thanks
With my limited knowledge, I've been in regedit & bios (big whoop!) a couple of times when instructed by tech support people but that's about it. I set up the home network and keep it running. Should I trashcan Vista and just go with 7? Drive is not partitioned nor do I know how to partition nor do I relish the thought of reformating and reloading all the software to create the partition but Vista is just so damn unstable.
I'm on Vista 64 bit (HP Pavilion dv5 Notebook w/4 gb ram, HP w1907 monitor, more machine specs are listed in my profile) and having all the fun rebooting a couple of times a day to keep this beast running. I'm working in CorelDraw & Paint mostly, Dreamweaver, some Illustrator. I try to keep the number of programs running similtaniously to a minimum (2 to 3 at a time). In the background Outlook is grinding away sucking 75+mg as is Media player (it's not in use) as well as another 300mg of who knows what.
What I'm hoping to improve is:
Freezing - just locks up, doesn't matter what program but Outlook & IE is the biggest culpret. Both IE & Firefox are unstable, IE locks up daily. Whenever I mess with fonts (type) in Corel it freezes like a deer in the headlights for 30 - 40 seconds (this also happens with Illustrator but not as long a freeze). Dreamweaver works fine except when I start building forms and then the screen jitters like it's on steroids. I've had the video card checked and it's fine (however you check a video card). Minimal usage of Word & Excel and they work fine. Boot time in Vista is OK once I turned off all the 'at start up' programs, Adobe software loading time is twice as fast as others and QuickBooksPro by Intuit is ridiculus, I have time to downstairs,outside, smoke a cigarette, pet the cat and when I get back it's almost done loading.
So, whaddaya think? Stay with the can of worms I've got or will 7 be an improvement and how much time will I spend with frustrations because of my limited knowledge?
Thanks