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Всяко Vista DVD включва възможността да инсталираш, която искаш версия на Виста без ключ.Когато не въведете ключ, имате право да ползвате избраната от вас версия за 30 дни(премахнете отметката на "Automatically activate Windows when I'm online" и натиснете Next). Това не е нещо ново за повечето потребители. Интерестното е, че може да увеличите този период на тестване на 120 дни. Без нуждата от хакове. Това е официална поддръжка от Микрософт. За да увеличите тест периода с още 30 дни, просто кликвате в/у Start, после -> Run, пишете в полето cmd и натискате ОК. В отворилият се прозорец пишете slmgr -rearm и натискате Enter. Рестартирате компютъра, за да може промените да са в сила, и готово, вече имате още 30 дни за тестване. Този номер може да го направите само 3 пъти така, че периодът за тестване става общо 120 дни.

Пробвай да влезеш под Safe Mode, ако успееш, значи може да е от видео драйверите.

Пробвай тук дали ще намериш: http://www.station-drivers.com/page/analog%20device.htm

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Важно: Описаното в тази статия важи, само ако инсталирате 32-битова операционна система. Статията не се отнася за 64-битовите операционни системи. В тази статия се дискутират възможностите за инсталиране, отнасящи се за потребителските версии на Windows Vista. Тя не съдържа информация за Windows Vista Starter, Windows Vista Enterprise, нито за версии на Windows Vista, инсталирани с помощта на Microsoft Volume Licensing (споразумение на Microsoft за корпоративно лицензиране). • Надграждане до Windows Vista При надграждане до Windows Vista се запазват съхраняваните към момента лични файлове, настройки и инсталирани програми. Само някои версии на Windows могат да бъдат надградени до определени версии на Windows Vista. • Персонализирана инсталация (инсталация на чисто) на Windows Vista При персонализирана и чиста инсталация на Windows Vista не съхраняват инсталираните програми, наличните настройки и файлове. Windows Vista се инсталира без програми на други производители. Можете да извършите персонализирана инсталация на Windows Vista като използвате лиценз за надграждане или лиценз за пълната версия на продукта. Ако притежавате лиценз за надграждане, трябва да стартирате инсталацията от текущата версия на Windows. В менюто за избор на инсталация изберете Custom ("По избор"). • Версия за надграждане до Windows Vista Версията за надграждане до Windows Vista е лиценз, който позволява инсталиране на Windows Vista, ако вече притежавате лицензирана и отговаряща на изискванията версия на Windows. Чрез лиценз за надграждане можете да извършите инсталация чрез надграждане или персонализирана инсталация на Windows Vista. Инсталацията на Windows Vista трябва да бъде стартирана в отговаряща на изискванията версия на Windows. • 32-битови операционни системи Windows се предлага под формата на 32-битови и 64-битови версии на операционната система. В тази статия се обсъждат възможностите за надграждане, валидни в случай на използване на 32-битова операционна система и опит за инсталиране на 32-битова версия на Windows Vista. • N версии на Windows Vista N версиите на Windows XP и на Windows Vista не включват Windows Media Center. Те за предназначени за клиенти в Европа. N версиите на Windows не позволяват надграждане. Вместо надграждане е необходимо да извършите персонализирана инсталация. Не се поддържа надграждането от описаните по-долу чуждоезикови версии на Windows XP до версията на Windows Vista на същия език. • Windows XP, на които са инсталирани следните езикови интерфейсни пакети: • Български Инсталационни опции за Windows XP Home и Windows XP Home N Edition Надграждане Ако на вашия компютър е инсталиран Windows XP Home или Windows XP Home N Edition, можете да надградите операционната си система до следните версии на Windows Vista: • Windows Vista Home Basic • Windows Vista Home Basic N • Windows Vista Home Premium • Windows Vista Business • Windows Vista Business N • Windows Vista Ultimate Забележка: Преди надграждането до Windows Vista се уверете, че на компютъра е инсталиран Windows XP Service Pack 2. Инсталационни опции за Windows XP Professional и версиите на Windows XP Professional N Надграждане Ако на вашия компютър е инсталиран Windows XP Professional или Windows XP Professional N Edition, можете да надградите операционната си система до следните версии на Windows Vista: • Windows Vista Business • Windows Vista Ultimate Забележка: Преди надграждането до Windows Vista се уверете, че на компютъра е инсталиран Windows XP Service Pack 2. Инсталационни опции за Windows XP Media Center Edition Надграждане Ако на вашия компютър е инсталиран Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 или Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, можете да надградите операционната си система до следните версии на Windows Vista: • Windows Vista Home Premium • Windows Vista Ultimate По време на инсталацийте се избира опцията Upgrade ("Надстрой"). Повече по темата

Поредната просототия от тяхна страна. Чудно само как не са го направили платено "Data.BG не одобрява и не толерира пиратството в България" от снощи!

Gadgets are easy-to-use mini programs that give you information at a glance and provide easy access to frequently used tools. Windows Sidebar helps you to organize your gadgets. As you use your computer to access information, perform tasks, and interact with software, you may at times feel like you're facing information overload. You have to open a web browser just to check the weather, open an application to view your calendar, and open a calculator program just to add up a few numbers. Now, with Windows Sidebar and its associated mini-applications called gadgets, the specific information you need is at your fingertips. Windows Sidebar Windows Sidebar is a pane on the side of the Microsoft Windows Vista desktop where you can keep your gadgets organized and always available. Windows Sidebar makes great use of the space on widescreen monitors and also works smoothly on standard displays. You can easily customize Windows Sidebar to suit your preferred location—always on top or resting below maximized windows. If you don't want to keep your gadgets docked on the Windows Sidebar, you can simply move them off, hide the sidebar, and place them anywhere on your desktop. Gadgets Gadgets are mini applications with a variety of possible uses. They can connect to web services to deliver business data, weather information, news updates, traffic maps, Internet radio streams, and even slide shows of online photo albums. Gadgets can also integrate with other programs to provide streamlined interaction. For example, a gadget can give you an at-a-glance view of all your online instant messaging contacts, the day view from your calendar, or an easy way to control your media player. Gadgets can also have any number of dedicated purposes. They can be calculators, games, sticky notes, and more. Windows Vista comes with an essential set of gadgets to get you started, and you can easily download more from an online gadget gallery. This gallery hosts gadgets from a wide variety of developers and publishers and offers an extensive selection to meet your specific needs. To open Sidebar • Open Windows Sidebar by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking All Programs, clicking Accessories, and then clicking Windows Sidebar. To keep Sidebar visible at all times, you must set it so that other windows won't cover it. To keep windows from covering Sidebar Because of the space Sidebar requires, this option works best if you're using a large or wide-screen monitor or multiple monitors. 1. Open Windows Sidebar properties by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Windows Sidebar Properties. 2. Select the Sidebar is always on top of other windows check box. 3. Click OK. need more help -> using Sidebar and Gadgets...

You cannot uninstall Windows Vista. However, you can change the code that starts the operating system (often called the master boot code), and then remove Windows Vista from your multiboot system and return to Windows XP or Windows 2000. You will need your Windows Vista installation disc for this procedure. Before you begin, back up your programs, files, and settings. Removing Windows Vista is an advanced procedure that could result in losing information stored on your computer. For information about backing up data, search Help and Support for "back up." 1.Insert the Windows Vista installation disc. 2. Click the Start button Start button, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator. Administrator permission required If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. 3.Type [DVD drive letter]:\boot\bootsect.exe /nt52 ALL /force and then press ENTER. For example, if the DVD drive letter is F, type f:\boot\ bootsect.exe /nt52 ALL /force. 4.Eject the Windows Vista installation disc. 5.Restart your computer. Your computer will start in the previous version of Windows that you have installed. 6. Delete Windows Vista files and folders, such as the Program Files, Users, and Windows folders, manually. Note: You can also remove Windows Vista by reformatting the partition where it is installed, but do this only if that partition is not the boot partition. Reformatting the boot partition might make your computer unable to start.

Разбрах, че са добавени и много допълнителни драйвери в Retail версията, може би затова си успял да го инсталираш

Някой да знае дали има разлика м/у RTM версията на Виста и Retail версията? Едни казват, че има разлика, като логото на Виста при стартиране на Retail версията, други казват че логото го има и при RTM версията. RTM няма ultimate extras, Retail версията имала 1-2 нови тапета. Retail версията има включени всички ъпдейти до Януари, поправени са някой бъгове, премахната е възможността да се активира до 1 Юни като RC2. Какво е вашето мнение, струва ли си да инсталираш Retail версията, след като вече имаш RTM?

Windows DreamScene Your desktop background comes to life with Windows DreamScene™. When you download this Ultimate Extra, you can select a video for your desktop background the same way you select a stationary picture. You can choose one of the high-quality looping videos that we’ve included, or use a video from a company that produces content for DreamScene. You can even use your own video as a background. If you’re wondering what effect a video background might have on your battery life, don’t worry. Windows DreamScene respects your power settings and pauses the video to conserve battery power. Some things that you should know before you start using Windows DreamScene: * Windows DreamScene supports only .mpeg and .wmv video file formats. * Windows DreamScene video support requires a graphics card that supports Windows Aero™. For computers that do not support the Windows Aero desktop experience, this Extra still has something to offer: Windows DreamScene adds new positioning options for backgrounds, including stationary pictures. DreamScene preview (.wmv) BitLocker and EFS Enhancements This Ultimate Extra includes two tools that make it easier to use some of the security features that come with Windows Vista Ultimate: * Windows® BitLocker™ Drive Preparation Tool - configures your hard drive so that you can use the BitLocker Drive Encryption feature of Windows Vista. * Secure Online Key Backup - stores a backup copy of your BitLocker recovery password and Encrypting File System (EFS) recovery certificates in your digital locker. When you purchase Windows Vista Ultimate, you get all of the features that Windows Vista has to offer for home users and for businesses. Because BitLocker was originally designed for businesses, it can be tricky to use on your own. That’s why we created this Ultimate Extra, which makes it easier for you to set up your computer for BitLocker and then securely back up your recovery information for BitLocker or EFS to your digital locker. If you haven’t already heard about BitLocker, here is some background information: Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption provides increased security by encrypting everything on your hard drive: data, programs, and even Windows itself. When you use BitLocker, your system is more difficult to tamper with, and you are better protected if your computer is ever lost or stolen. BitLocker does not replace the need to use good passwords and other security features, but it does make it much harder for anyone else to read the information stored on your hard drive. If your computer has as a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 chip, BitLocker can use the chip to perform a system integrity check—a process that verifies your computer system has not been tampered with—before unlocking your drive. If you do not have a TPM 1.2 chip, you can still use the encryption provided by BitLocker, but not the system integrity checking. For information about how to enable BitLocker on your computer without using a TPM 1.2 chip, see the BitLocker Drive Encryption Step-by-Step Guide. Hold 'Em Poker Game This Windows Ultimate Extra adds a popular poker game to your Windows Vista™ gaming experience. Hold 'Em sets you against the computer for no-limit poker fun. Hold 'Em may cost you time, but your money is safe because the chips are not real. Hold 'Em uses Microsoft® DirectX® technology for smooth animated play and rich graphics. Users can change options to play against up to five computer players, set the opponents’ skill level, and customize the look of the card deck and playing table. After you install this Windows Ultimate Extra, Hold 'Em will appear in the Windows Vista Games Explorer. source: windowsultimate.com How do I get Windows Ultimate Extras downloads and services? Download the latest Windows Ultimate Extras programs and services Open Windows Update by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking All Programs, and then clicking Windows Update. When Windows Ultimate Extras are available, they appear in the Windows Ultimate Extras section on the Windows Update page. (only with full retail versions of Ultimate not with an OEM)

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Benchmarking in Vista is an extremely difficult task, thanks to features like SuperFetch designed to improve performance at the sacrifice of repeatability. We're in love with SuperFetch as a feature, but it does make our jobs a bit more difficult as we have to be very mindful of what has been cached into main memory and how that impacts the performance of our benchmarks. Testing difficulties under Vista are compounded by the fact that our major test suites don't work under the new OS. SYSMark and PC WorldBench simply won't run and thus we have to rely on individual application tests and home-brew scripts to measure performance. Our goal for this article was to find out if Windows Vista, on modern day hardware, continues to be slower than Windows XP as it has been in previous beta and RC versions. The secondary goal is to look at x64 performance to see if it too has changed behavior, to the point where you no longer need to worry about losing 32-bit performance if you move to the 64-bit version of Vista. We ran a handful of application tests to compare the three OSes (XP, Vista and Vista x64), and later on we'll focus on gaming tests as well to showcase graphics performance. PCMark '05 Performance Despite looking quite synthetic, PCMark has grown into a nice lightweight alternative to the big application suite benchmarks like SYSMark. It was also one of the first benchmarks to get official Vista support, although it remains a 32-bit only test. Performance under PCMark is fairly close between Vista and XP, with XP generally holding on to a 1% - 4% performance advantage in most of the categories. The only exception to the rule is the graphics score of PCMark which has XP at around 35% ahead of Vista, but we'll address graphics performance shortcomings of Vista later in the article. The difference between the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Vista are hardly pronounced, with the two being evenly matched across the board. Once again, remember that PCMark is a 32-bit benchmark so it is running in Windows on Windows (WOW64) mode. That it can remain competitive is good news, but whether that's because WOW64 works well in all cases or it is merely optimized for PCMark05 remains to be seen. 3DMark '06 Performance We chose to include 3DMark '06 performance here instead of with our game tests to look at the gaming performance of Vista on a system level rather than a GPU level: Overall XP is about 6% faster than Vista, although the 3DMark06 CPU score is nearly 13% higher on XP than it is on Vista. As a 32-bit benchmark, it's once again good to see no negative performance difference between the Vista x86 and x64 versions. General Application Performance 3dsmax Performance Our 3dsmax 8 tests are particularly interesting under Vista because they showcase the poor OpenGL performance of current Vista GPU drivers in something that isn't a 3D game: If we switch to Direct3D for 3dsmax, the performance delta narrows considerably to the point where XP only has a 2% performance advantage over Vista. Encoding Performance Encoding Performance using DivX and WME9 are both slightly slower on Vista than under XP, but the difference is negligible. Application Launch Performance Similar to our earlier ReadyBoost testing, we timed how long it took to open Adobe Photoshop CS3 and 14 images under the three OSes, Finally we have a benchmark with Vista is faster than XP, and for some reason Vista x64 is even faster than that. Office 2007 Performance Our final two Vista vs. XP tests are from Intel and they measure performance in Microsoft Word 2007 and Excel 2007. Document comparison performance in Word is about 7% faster under XP than under Vista, while numerical calculations under Excel are about equal under both OSes. Among those that won't become switchers, Microsoft's own worst enemy is itself, as it needs to prove that Vista is a worthwhile upgrade to XP when XP is already so refined. For many users in the consumer space, Vista is simply a version of Windows where (to borrow a quote from Field of Dreams) "If you build it, they will come." These people will get Vista on their new computers and they'll like it because it is good, but having never had the chance to decide if they didn't want it. For everyone else who does get a choice, more often than not we believe the choice will be Vista. As we've stated before it's not perfect, but it's quite good. There are some very good reasons not to use it in some cases (system requirements, compatibility, and OpenGL performance), but for those machines that the above do not apply to, there are numerous useful features in Vista that warrant an upgrade if you find that you're the kind of person that will use them. Vista's SuperFetch and Search technology are both reasons enough to migrate from XP, as they easily improve productivity and performance. Vista is a worthy upgrade and an even better choice as an operating system for a new computer. At the same time there's still ample room to grow; hopefully we'll have even fewer complaints once Service Pack 1 is released later this year. Hopefully Microsoft will spend some time improving features as opposed to simply bug fixing, though, as right now some of the design decisions still need work. source: AnandTech{...more performence tests}

After you upgrade to Windows Vista and begin to explore, you might wonder where some of your old favorite features are, and how to perform the tasks you used to do in Windows XP. We've improved many features in Windows Vista and renamed a few programs to better reflect what they do. We’ve also moved some things around so they’ll be easier for you to use and find. If you’re accustomed to Windows XP, this article will help make the transition to Windows Vista even easier for you. What's new on the Start menu? The information on the Start menu is organized more efficiently than in Windows XP, with an improved programs list and a new search feature to make it easier to find any program, folder, or file you're looking for, just by typing its first few letters. The Start menu is still the place to turn your computer off or log off, but there are also new buttons for locking your computer or putting it into a low-power state called sleep mode. The redesigned Start menu provides greater ease of use. The Power button, Lock button, and more When you click the new Power button on the Start menu, Windows saves your work and programs in their current state, and then puts the computer into sleep mode. The Start menu also has a new Lock button. Locking your computer is a quick way to prevent anyone else from using your files and programs while you are away from your computer, such as when you take a break. (Anyone with their own user account on that computer can still log on to their own account.) The arrow next to the Lock button opens a menu that displays the Log Off and Shut Down options that are on the Start menu in Windows XP, plus five other commands previously not on the Start menu. The Power and Lock buttons are on the Start menu. Clicking the arrow next to the Lock button displays the Lock button menu, which includes up to seven different options, including Lock Switch User: Enables Fast User Switching, which is a way to switch between users on a computer without closing programs and files first. This makes it easier to share a computer with others. Log Off: Closes all your files and programs and logs you off from Windows without turning off the computer. Lock: Locks your computer, which prevents anyone from using your files and programs when you are away from your computer without requiring you to log off. Restart: Closes all your files and programs, turns off your computer, and then restarts it. Sleep: Saves all open documents and programs, and puts your computer to sleep while still allowing the computer to quickly resume full-power operation (typically within several seconds) when you want to start working again. Sleep replaces the Standby option in Windows XP. Hibernate: Puts your computer into a power-saving state, but saves your work to your hard disk so that you can safely turn off your computer. Hibernate is a new option in Windows Vista. Shut Down: Turns off the power to your computer. Use this option only when you must turn off the power to your computer, for example, when you want to add memory or you don’t plan to use the computer for several days. Where do I go to set up printing and faxing? There is no longer a Printers and Faxes option on the Start menu as there is in Windows XP. To set up a printer, you need to open Printers in Control Panel. To set up faxing, you need to open Windows Fax and Scan. Open Printers by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Hardware and Sound, and then clicking Printers. To open Windows Fax and Scan, click the Start button Picture of the Start button, click All Programs, and then click Windows Fax and Scan. What happened to the Run command? The Run command is still available if you prefer to use it instead of the Search box. You can open programs, files, and folders by typing their names or locations in either the Search box or the Run dialog box. To open the Run dialog box, click the Start button Picture of the Start button, click All Programs, click Accessories, and then click Run. What are the new ways to search? Using the improved search features in Windows Vista, you can search from many places, including the Start menu, Control Panel, and any folder. No matter where you are, you can usually find what you want, even if the item you're searching for is in a different location. The Search box on the Start menu is one of the most convenient ways to find things on your computer. Just open the Start menu and start typing. You don't even need to click inside the box first. As you type, the search results appear above the Search box in the left pane of the Start menu. The Search box on the Start menu will search your programs and all of the folders in your personal folder (which includes Documents, Pictures, Music, Desktop, and other common locations). It will also search your e mail messages, saved instant messages, appointments, and contacts. It performs the same tasks as the Run command, giving you a quick way to open programs, files, folders, and—when you're connected to the Internet—websites. The Search box in a folder will search within the current location by default, though you can expand the search to include additional locations as well. How do I use the new Control Panel? Control Panel has undergone many changes, but you can still use it to make the same changes you did in Windows XP and more. When you open Control Panel, you will see ten categories. The most common tasks—such as uninstalling a program or changing your desktop background—are listed below each Control Panel category for quick access. Click any category to see other, less common tasks you can perform in Control Panel. The number of items in the Windows Vista Control Panel is more than double that of the Windows XP Control Panel, giving you more control over your computer and settings. To make all those settings easier to find, Control Panel is now searchable. Even if you don’t know the name of the Control Panel item you want or what category to look in, try searching for it by typing the best term you can think of in the Search box. For example, if you want to change something about your monitor, type monitor into the Control Panel Search box. If you want to change a sound on your computer, type sounds. The search results will show you the correct place to adjust these settings. Just start typing in the Search box to narrow down the categories in Control Panel and find what you're looking for What happened to "My" folders? Windows Vista drops the “My” that used to be part of many folder names. For example, the My Documents folder in Windows XP is now named simply Documents in Windows Vista. Similarly, My Pictures and My Music are now named Pictures and Music. You can find all of these folders and more in your personal folder. Instead of hunting for Pictures, Music, Documents, Videos, and other key folders, just open your personal folder and you'll see them all. The personal folder appears on the Start menu and displays the name that you use to log on to the computer. To open your personal folder, click the Start button Picture of the Start button, and then click your user account name at the top of the Start menu. This is a convenient way to access the most frequently used locations on your computer. The personal folder contains your most frequently used locations, including Documents, Pictures, and Music Where have the menus gone? The menu bars that appear throughout Windows XP are usually hidden by default in Windows Vista. You might not need Windows XP–style menus, however, since nearly every menu command is available in Windows Vista as either a toolbar button or right-click option. If you don’t see the option you want on the toolbar, try right-clicking to see additional options. To turn the menu bar on or off in any program or window, press the ALT key. Press the ALT key to turn the menu bar on or off source: WindowsHelp{with images}

1. UI built for the era of video and digital photography - It's not actually Microsoft's key selling point, but the thing that everyone will probably find the most useful about Vista is that photos, videos and music are not treated the same as Word documents any more. When you open a folder of photos, they come up as they'd appear in Google Picasa or Apple iPhoto. There's inbuilt basic photo editing. Music folders come up in columns of ID3 tags, a bit like iTunes. Finally, you don't have to rely so much on third party apps to work with your files. 2. Image-based install - PC enthusiasts spend a lot of time installing and reinstalling Windows for their own and other people's PCs. The Vista DVD is actually a pre-installed version of the OS in a compressed form, making it substantially quicker to install. It's also much easier to customise for unprompted installation with the correct defaults, and you can even install your own software automatically at the time Vista is installed - like slipstreaming service packs but on steroids. 3. Up-to-date driver base and better driver handling on installation - Enjoy the just-baked driverbase while it lasts (19,500 drivers large). If you do need to use a special disk driver during installation in the future it won't have to be on floppy disk. Now you can use a USB memory key or CD. Also, Microsoft is now making much greater use of Windows Update for provision of drivers that aren't present in the Windows RTM driver base. Windows Chief Jim Allchin talks about it. 4. Desktop search and search folders built in - Yes, you could already get umpteen desktop search apps including Windows Desktop Search from Microsoft for XP, but you can't underestimate the importance of it being installed on every single Vista PC. Now when your mum rings saying she's lost a document she's been working on all day you can just direct her to the start menu. Also, desktop search folders are handy for finding stuff you haven't necessarily got stored in one folder but that is useful to gather together from time to time (e.g. documents with "tax, invoice or receipt" in them). 5. Sleep mode that actually works. - It's a small thing, but makes a big difference: Vista has finally caught up to operating systems that can sleep near instantly and wake up reliably, in a couple of seconds. 6. Rock-solid laptop encryption - The data on your laptop is worth a hell of a lot to an identity thief. Vista's "Bitlocker" encryption (only in Enterprise and Ultimate versions) does heavy-duty, full-drive encryption, so you can be certain that unless a thief has your password there's simply no way they're going to get in. 7. Better file navigation - Vista now has some time-saving features like favourite folders displayed in the left column of every Explorer window, as well as "breadcrumbed" folder lists allowing you to quickly jump backward and forward through a path. Sure, these should have been put into Windows years ago, but at least they're here now. 8. Inbuilt undelete - Or, depending on how you look at it, inbuilt rolling backup. Every time you make a change to a file or delete it, Windows keeps the previous version. As a result, the "oh !@#$ I just overwrote my entire PhD with Document1" feeling can be quickly assuaged. 9. DirectX10 - OK, this isn't so much a benefit as your hand being forced: DirectX 10 will never be made for XP, and a raft of games have already been announced ‘exclusively' for 10. Admittedly it does take gaming graphics to the next level, but it's very much tied to Vista. 10. Face it, you have no choice - When Microsoft brings out a major renovation to Windows, you can choose to ignore it for a year or two, but then the device drivers start drying up for older versions of Windows, your friends start asking questions about their new PC that you can't answer, and even if you use Linux, you'll inevitably need familiarity with Microsoft's latest interoperability blockers. Face it: your arse belongs to Redmond.

Фонетика(32bit и 64bit): За фонетичната подредба заменете \windows\system32\kbdbgph.dll с този от архива. Свали!(32bit) Свали!(64bit) Първо трвябва да придобиете права в/у файл, за да може да замените файловете. Не съм го пробвал, но ми казаха че работи, ако някой го пробва да сподели.

Не видях къде съм споменал, че го препоръчвам, просто споделих, че това е новият стандарт. Kойто иска ще го ползва, който не иска ... off: ти май не си от хората дето са получили от 'усвоените' пари

Ако не стане виж това: http://www.metodii.com/bg_phon.html и май ще е по-добре да се свиква

На Injinera мисля че работи, ако не пробвай тази. Естествено всичко това ако не те задоволява тази на Виста

Deciding which Vista version to install can be a difficult decision and can really limit what you can do with your system. Here are practical hints which should help a user decide which version to install. I decided to write this guide after installing 64-bit and 32-bit vista systems on several test boxes. With the gaining popularity of 64-bit chipsets/processors, many users now have the ability to run either 64-bit versions (x64) or 32-bit versions (x86) of software and operating systems. However, if you only have a 32-bit processor, your choice is easy... You can only install the x64 version of Vista if you have a 64-bit processor. For those with 64-bit processors, it seems obvious that installing the x64 version of vista would be ideal. The x64 version has increased security based around the 64-bit structure and programs compiled for 64-bit processors will likely run faster. What's the problem with installing Vista x64 on a 64-bit system? 1. Most hardware does not currently have 64-bit drivers. Out of all the boxes that I have installed x64 Vista on, I could always get it to boot up. However, the lack of 64-bit drivers for many hardware devices typically left me without any chance of burning DVDs or listening to audio. Networking devices and card readers were frequently not supported as well. Vista x64 is pretty but it's not very fun without network access or audio. 2. In Vista x64, any driver that is not properly signed will not be able to enter the kernel and will fail to load. Think how many times you have ignored that warning that a certain hardware driver is not properly signed. With vista x64, if your driver has not be blessed by Microsoft, it will not work. Forget about it. I have tired to get around this by booting with the F8 option Disable Driver Signature. It doesn't make a difference. 3. Vista x64 currently does not backward support most x86 (32-bit) drivers. For the most part 64-bit systems run 32-bit applications very well. However, vista x64 doesn't run x86 drivers... at least at this stage. 4. Vista x64 does not support 16-bit software. You may think that you never, ever run 16-bit software. However, XP actually handles this legacy fairly well. 5. Very little x64 software currently exists. x64 software runs better on a x64 system with an x64 OS. Currently, however, there is very little x64 software out there. If you have that magical combination, you do get a nice performance boost. Currently, however, this combination is way to far ahead of the curve. Conclusion: 64-Bit version is FASTERN Than 32-Bit but most users with 64-bit hardware should install the 32-bit (x86) version of Vista. Vista x64 is the turning point for operating systems as they transition to 64-bit. Currently, however, the majority of users will be very disappointed by installing Vista x64. The lack of 64-bit drivers for most current hardware will be very disappointing and frustrating to most users. Why push for 64-bit now anyway? The performance gains promised by 64-bit will not be seen for years until 64-bit compiled versions of software is the norm. Source: KezNews

Ползваш ли антивирусна програма, ако да коя? И скенирал ли си скоро за вируси и шпиони...

Сложи го на друг партишън и няма да загубиш нищо. Не прави ъпгрейд на WinXP. Няма официален SP3!

Inconsistent user interfaces Windows has always been a boiling cauldron of inconsistent user interfaces, from the bizarre Command Line window in Windows XP (yes, it's fixed in Vista) to the Windows 95 icons that still pop up from time to time in today's Vista. Here are a few of the inconsistencies that drive me crazy in Windows Vista. Controls Panels In previous versions of Windows, every Control Panel applet was a standard Properties dialog (sometimes called a Property Sheet), ensuring that users would know what to expect. In Vista, it's like a game of roulette. Some Control Panels are Properties dialogs like before (like Color Management, Date and Time, and Folder Options), while others have graduated to a new-to-Vista shell window (such as Backup and Restore Center, Personalization, and Power Options). My guess is that a future Windows version will consolidate more and more Control Panels into the new style. But I also guess that these things will never be completely consistent. Favorite Links Windows Vista's new Explorer shell includes a new Favorite Links pane where you can customize a list of system shortcuts that will appear in every Explorer window, including the File Open and Save dialogs. That's neat, and I've spent a bit of time on each of my systems customizing both the contents and order of this list so it's exactly the way I want it. But explain something to me. Why does this list display properly in Explorer windows such as Computer and Network, but not in others, where the list is randomly ordered. For example, the Internet Explorer Open dialog displays this list in a crazy, nonsensical order. That's silly. Recycle Bin During the Windows Vista beta, the Recycle Bin used to visually "fill up" as you deleted more and more files. Now, it appears full regardless of how much has been deleted, or empty when there's nothing in there. And why doesn't Recycle Bin appear in Computer along with a useful fuel gauge-style free/total storage visual, like drives and partitions? That would be pretty useful. Jarring UI changes Windows Vista's new Aero user interface is absolutely beautiful, but whenever you run a legacy application that's not compatible (for whatever reason) with Aero, Vista performs the technical equivalent of a slap in the face, brutally and suddenly jerking your system out of Aero mode and into the uglier but more compatible Vista Basic graphical mode. I can't imagine why this is necessary, nor do I understand why only that application can't just run in the lower-end mode. The whole transition is poorly handled and, frankly, even a bit scary if you don't expect it to happen. And why would you? I don't recall Mac OS X's Aqua UI ever giving up the ghost and display the OS 9 UI when something goes wrong. That type of thing will happen in Vista. Relics from previous Windows versions If you were to buy a new 2007 Volkswagen New Beetle, you'd feel pretty ripped off if the vehicle included the seatbelt from a 1972 Beetle, or the bumper from a 1969 model. And so it is with Windows Vista: Despite the spit shine afforded by the vaunted Aero interface, if you look a little deeper, you're bound to come across various bits of UI from versions of Windows dating back as far as 1990. There's the widely reported Add Fonts dialog (navigate to C:\Windows\Fonts and choose Install New Fonts from the hidden File menu) which dates back to Windows 3 (!) and the Windows 2000-era permission dialog you'll see pop-up when you attempt to access a network share for which you don't have access. Ah, memories. x64 is still a second-class citizen I've already harped on this in other parts of the review, but let me restate the obvious here: Windows Vista was supposed to usher in an era of 64-bit computing, and while this could still happen, it's not going to happen in 2007. Thanks to widespread software incompatibilities that will take some time to overcome, the more secure and scalable x64 versions of Windows Vista will be useless to most users for at least the next year. I'll re-examine this constantly, but for now, x64 is a non-starter despite an admirable job by Microsoft to ensure that the x64 versions are otherwise identical to the 32-bit versions. File type associations Changing file type associations in Windows Vista is a joke and I'm honestly wondering whether this wasn't done on purpose to ensure that users have a more difficult time using third party applications like Apple's iTunes that are designed to replace built-in Windows applications like Windows Media Player. To see what I mean, check out the Set Associations Control Panel that appears any time an application tries to change file associates. Yikes. Features that shouldn't show up but do So let me get this straight. I don't see Mobility Center on my desktop PC, but I do see features like Tablet PC and SideShow, even though my PC's hardware doesn't support that functionality? Yeah, that makes sense. Media Center CableCard/HD restrictions Did you get a nice, shiny new Media Center PC this Christmas? Well, congratulations. But I've got bad news for you: It's already obsolete. If you want to use CableCARD with Windows Media Center, you don't just need Windows Vista. You need a brand new PC that includes the necessary hardware out of the box. You can't upgrade from an XP MCE 2005-based Media Center, and you can't even upgrade from a Vista-class Media Center that didn't already include this functionality. Yes, that's restrictive. And yes, that's dumb. And if you're wondering why you can't capture a full-screen screenshot in Media Center under Windows Vista, you'll enjoy the reason: Microsoft doesn't want pirates capturing full-sized HDTV images frame-by-frame. Is George Orwell in the house? We have a call for a Mr. George Orwell. Internet Explorer I like Internet Explorer 7 a lot (a phrase I'm still coming to grips with, believe me) but there are a few issues with this next generation browser that just don't make sense. First, the UI is scatter-brained. The Home button is over on the far right instead of next to the Address Bar where it belongs, for example, and there's no way to change it. But my favorite bit of inconsistency in IE has got to be the "Remember my password" option on the Connect dialog that appears when you use IE to connect to a secure Web site. In previous Windows versions, you could check this option to ensure that you'd never have to type the password in again. In Windows Vista, this option does nothing, so you can check it every single time you use it, but you will still have to type that darned password. Microsoft tells me this is by design, but I have one question: If I can't save the password, why is the option displayed at all? Features I miss from the Windows shell While I'm pretty happy with the selection of folder view styles in Windows Vista, I miss the Filmstrip view from Windows XP. I used this view style almost daily to triage screenshots that I wanted to post to this site. In Windows Vista, there's no Filmstrip view, and even Extra Large Icon view doesn't supply big enough image views. Outgoing Microsoft co-president Jim Allchin told me recently that the Vista shell's hidden Preview pane was a valid alternative to Filmstrip view, and on the face of it, that seems correct: Though the image preview is on the right and not on the top as in Filmstrip view, the Preview pane does, in fact, give you an in-place preview pane. There's just one problem: Unlike a true view style, the Preview pane is a global Explorer option that affects every single Explorer window on the system. With Filmstrip view, you were affecting only the view of the current window. So every time I use the Preview Pane (which, again, is hidden by default), I need to remember to turn it off when I'm done. Thus, the Preview pane is not a replacement for Filmstrip view at all. It's just a different feature that works somewhat similarly. More problematic, Windows Vista's photo import functionality is completely and horribly broken, because it is horribly limited and less functional than the version Microsoft included in Windows XP. In XP, when you connected a digital camera (or inserted a memory card), you got a nice wizard that let you pick which photos to import. In Vista, you can only choose to import all of the photos at one time. This means that all of these photos will be made part of the same set and be tagged in Photo Gallery with the same metadata. So if those photos are of a bunch of events over a long period of time, you're out of luck, and you'll have to manually go in and edit meta data (and, if you're particularly anal, file names and folders) if you use Vista's broken photo importer. This is a huge problem, because it's a regression from XP's functionality and is definitely not an improvement. As noted previously, none of these problems are major or fatal. Many are annoying. Some will certainly cause a certain segment of the computer-using public to react angrily, while others will simply wonder what all the fuss is about. Certainly, you might be able to come up with a list of other problems, or missing features, or whatever. Windows Vista is, after all, a big system. But that's part of the problem: Microsoft has never really nailed the consistency thing, and they've never been particularly good with fit and finish. Hopefully, this will improve in the future. In the meantime, Windows Vista is more consistent and elegant than any Windows version before it. But let's be honest. That's not saying much. --Paul Thurrott

13/12/2006 | kaldata.com Повече памет и по-мощна графика са необходими за пълноценна работа с новата ОС. Общата стойност на компонентите във Vista PC е поне със $100 по-висока, според iSuppli. Миграцията от Windows XP към новата операционна система Vista ще натовари бюджетите на потребителите по две направления. От една страна, те ще трябва да закупят самия софтуер, а от друга, да направят хардуерен ъпгрейд на компютърните системи. Около 100 долара ще са необходими за нови или допълнителни РС компоненти, за да работят РС-тата нормално с Vista, посочва компанията за проучвания на пазара iSuppli в анализ, изнесен в digitimes.com. Средно, един PC под управлението на Windows XP съдържа компоненти на обща стойност малко над $500 (това е цената, която плащат производителите на РС). При средния Vista PC стойността скача леко над $600, според iSuppli, което е 20% нарастване. Тази сметка се отнася за цената на компонентите, а не за реалната цена на РС-то. На потребителите ще се наложи да платят значително повече от $600 за Vista-готови компютри, тъй като производителите и търговците добавят печалба. Най-голям дял за поскъпването на Vista PC се пада на паметта. Microsoft твърди, че 512MB DRAM са достатъчни за работа с новата ОС, но експертите на iSuppli са на друго мнение. Според тях, ще са необходими минимум 1GB памет за оптимална производителност. На практика, това ще доведе до удвояване на цената на паметта за Vista PC. “Когато конфигурирате паметта, мислете за днес и за утре, тъй като изискванията на приложенията и на потребителите към паметта се променят във времето”, казва Матю Уилкинс, аналитик по компютърни платформи в iSuppli. Освен подобряване на базовите възможности на Vista РС, корпорациите и индивидуалните клиенти ще трябва да имат предвид и евентуален ъпгрейд на графиката на своите компютри. Това се налага, за да могат да използват тримерните функции (3D) на новия интерфейс на операционната система. Все пак, Vista позволява на потребителите да забранят 3D интерфейса, като по този начин елиминират нуждата от нова графична карта или по-мощни интегрирани графични чипове. Дали ще платят или не допълнителната цена за 3D функционалност, в случая е избор на самите потребители. Няма да е необходим графичен ъпгрейд при работа с компютри, които използват готов за Vista чипсет Intel Q965 с включен графичен ускорител. Важният въпрос, на който трябва да си отговорят бизнесът и индивидуалните потребители, е дали да ъпгрейдват съществуващите системи или да си купят нови РС за Vista. За корпорациите ъпгрейдът обикновено не е желан и практикуван. Типичният сценарий при тях е покупка на нови машини, посочва iSuppli. Индивидуалните потребители, от друга страна, трябва да преценят дали имат необходимите технически познания за ъпгрейд на паметта, графичните карти, микропроцесора и в някои случаи на цялата дънна платка. Купуването на нов компютър с инсталирана операционна система Vista може да спести главоболията по прехода, стига цената да се връзва в бюджета на потребителя. Има трудни избори, които трябва да се направят преди миграцията към Vista, заключава iSuppli.