Vista is not so......bad


Yesterday was the first day that I had a chance to play with Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 for an extended time, and I have to say that the more I started to use it, the more I was beginning to like it. Now bear in mind that I did remove much of the excess baggage that comes reconfigured, such as the side bar, security prompts and reducing start up programs. You can basically get Vista to run pretty close to good old Windows XP and still the get the extras from Vista. Here are some links to point you in the right direction:

Removing Annoying Security Prompts in Windows Vista
How to make Vista Fly

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