So, my little brother got a laptop pc a while ago, and it has vista, and he's like "I want Diablo II" on this. But after trying to vista doesn't allow Diablo.... So in turn he had to dl windows launcher so he can use xp on his vista laptop. what a pain! Other than the fact that virtually every aspect of vista sucks, does this not fully prove that vista is completely worthless? Why would some dumb idiot at Microsoft block one of the most highly preferred rpg's ever invented?(<--no source)

WoW > Diablo

Well... WoW > *

'cept maybe Warhammer Online this coming year.

And yes, you are the only one.

It's called not being compatible. Some idiot at Microsoft isn't just like "Hey, let's not let people play diablo! kekekekekeke" during the development of Vista. I've had nothing but great experiences with Vista so I don't see where you are coming from. It's still weird that Diablo isn't compatible with Vista... maybe you installed it wrong?

When in doubt, Google it:
http://www.rpgforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=21237287

You need to patch it to a more recent version before you can run it on Vista. This means you need to download the patch from the web site instead of doing it in the game. If you read the instructions in the message it brings up when you tried to run the game, you would probably see something that tells you to do that, if I recall correctly. When Vista blocks you from running an incompatible program, it tells you so and what to do (usually telling you to download the latest update for the program).

<flame>

Dude I'm not an idiot i know how to install a program. And what you actually like vista??.... wow........ grats microsoft, I found the first person ever to be in favor of this awful os.


So does anyone one know why it must be played in 256 colors??

What's wrong with Vista? I don't get it. It's a fine stable OS. There arn't many driver problems anymore. Most applications and games run fine. Vista does have more overhead than Xp but thats to be expected (95 vs 98 vs 2000 vs XP vs Vista, Mac Os X Tiger vs Leopard). My only problem is that it isn't a huge improvement over Xp.

I've had Diablo 2 working on Vista since Beta 2 of Vista. There's a very simple fix for getting Diablo 2 to work in Vista. Just because you were to lazy to use google doesn't mean Vista is a bad OS.

MasterJohnny likes vista
Vista is best for high end hardware people
I have Vista ultimate with an intel coreduo2 @2.00ghz and 4gb of ram and a geforce 8600m

Vista SP1 manages to pull out equivalent framerates with XP. It's just as stable (I've had no OS crashes with Vista in my first 3 months, and XP didn't crash for about a few years later). It is more secure. Tons of people like Vista, just the Vista haters scream and yell about Vista's launch problems louder.

I still haven't heard WHY you think Vista sucks. If you are going to say it's awful, then say why because you are the only person in this thread that really hates it so far.

I'm a hater.

I have a multi-user setup in Windows on my computer, and in my opinion Vista has so far been the best Windows version in that respect. Also, the time is fast approaching when people will need to use a 64-bit version of Windows and that the 32-bit versions just won't be an option (this is already the case for some people). More and more people are getting 4 GB or more of RAM, and that requires the 64-bit version to be able to fully utilize it. 32-bit can use an absolute maximum of 4 GB, and the 32-bit version isn't really designed to even be able to use that much either.

Sure there's Windows XP x64 Edition, but that sometimes may not be supported as well since it isn't really a mainstream version, and it has many of the same compatibility issues as Vista anyway.


I think just the title screen and main menu use that.

I have Core 2 Duo Conroe E8600, GeForce 8800, and a few other things that are 'high end'. And to that end, I like vista.

I dislike it because of personal experiences with the OS itself getting corrupted. So I installed XP and am happy.

I have Vista and have never had problems with it. Except once, when the computer shut down on its own, but everything was saved.

Its just a matter of how noob you are at computers.

The big thing with Windows Vista is that often when people use it all the time, they think the problems they see are normal, and as such, don't classify them as problems. Also, a lot of people aren't willing to admit that microsoft cannot code worth shit, and instead blame the computer not acting how it should on themselves, or assuming it's just the way computers work.

Reasons why Vista isn't a good OS.

http://www.staredit.net/maplantis/index.php?sid=0dca184840;post=52875
http://www.staredit.net/maplantis/index.php?sid=0dca184840;post=52883
http://www.staredit.net/maplantis/index.php?sid=0dca184840;post=52957
http://www.staredit.net/maplantis/index.php?sid=0dca184840;post=52972
http://www.staredit.net/maplantis/index.php?sid=0dca184840;post=54043
To add to the previous post, all this hardware works flawlessly in Ubuntu.
http://www.staredit.net/maplantis/index.php?sid=0dca184840;post=54110
Don't ignore the second paragraph, like Syphon did. It contains my point.
http://www.staredit.net/maplantis/index.php?sid=0dca184840;post=54122
http://www.staredit.net/maplantis/index.php?sid=0dca184840;post=54221
http://www.staredit.net/maplantis/index.php?sid=0dca184840;post=54270

Also, I'd like to add that Wine has really come a long way. I can run Starcraft, Anim8or, Photoshop, Half-Life 2, and all the modding tools I've checked so far flawlessly.

Also, you have to defrag Windows every week or so (it does this automatically by default), you need to run hefty anti-virus and firewalls, and you're still vulnerable to security holes in IE, Outlook, and other M$ programs. Also, Windows Vista's shrink drive (non)-feature doesn't work at all. Also, having to spend three hours configuring a printer is not considered "compatible". It should be a 6 click process, max, like in Ubuntu. Settings -> Printers -> Add Printer -> Company-Printername -> OK. Also, performing any file operations takes an insane amount of time, unless you use the command line.

I'm thinking that I might be able to ditch Windows altogether, as I haven't actually done anything on it for ages, and I even still have an image of Maplantis with the Xel-Naga Temple in my speed-dial. Yeah, that's how long it's been.

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>< I have failed. I have followed the off-topic-ness.

Post has been edited 2 time(s), last time on May 17 2008, 6:17 am by Laser Dude.

I never defrag my Windows unless it's going incredibly slow.
I have no anti-virus program on this laptop. Not one. It doesn't have any viruses. It runs perfectly fine. Vista automatically comes with Windows Defender which is pretty light. You don't get to many Viruses/Spyware except through Trojans nowdays. And for your printer problem, how is that Vista's fault? Ubuntu had drivers for it, Vista didn't. Hell if you just took a second to google you could have probably found the drivers in under 5 minutes. Printers need a better standard for drivers which needs to be set by those who make the printers.

Most of your other problems with Vista seem to it going slow or lagging or UAC(which you can turn off and should turn off). Here's the thing about this. Most people arn't forgiving Microsoft about it, most people aren't experiencing your problem. Try updating your drivers on your graphics card, upgrading ram, or going from Aero Glass to Aero. When I go through the list of your problems with Vista they simply don't match up with the Vista's i've used.

Yea. I've never had any of your problems Laser_Dude. I have a high end computer (Q6600, 4GB RAM, 8800GT) so it might just work better with Vista. Vista loads up in about a minute with my computer and barely takes time to shut it down.

18 seconds to load up. 5 seconds to shut down.