Hi, I have been running Vista 5744 and before that RC1. I can not imagine
myself living with this OS in it's present state, unless I can have freedom
to run some of my own applications like AVG, Alcohol120,Tuneup Utilities
etc. It is all fair to say one can use Windows Live Onecare instead, but it
simply does not give one enough steering power. I am sure many people will
agree that we need to run our preferred software without the continuous
intervention of MS. At this stage XP Media Center will remain better for me.
Piet

Piet:
Have you contacted the software companies about a compatible version
of plans on a compatible version. It's the software companies responsibility
to be compatible with Vista.


"Piet Fourie" <pietfo@telkomsa.net> wrote in message
news:FB6F04A3-84BF-490B-9D92-4BE431D06AD0@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Hi, I have been running Vista 5744 and before that RC1. I can not imagine
> myself living with this OS in it's present state, unless I can have
> freedom to run some of my own applications like AVG, Alcohol120,Tuneup
> Utilities etc. It is all fair to say one can use Windows Live Onecare
> instead, but it simply does not give one enough steering power. I am sure
> many people will agree that we need to run our preferred software without
> the continuous intervention of MS. At this stage XP Media Center will
> remain better for me. Piet[/color]

Piet,

the latest version of AVG is fully Vista compatible.

It is up to the makers of Alcohol120 and Tuneup Utilities to make them
compatible with Vista, not the other way around.

Bill F.


"Piet Fourie" <pietfo@telkomsa.net> wrote in message
news:FB6F04A3-84BF-490B-9D92-4BE431D06AD0@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Hi, I have been running Vista 5744 and before that RC1. I can not imagine
> myself living with this OS in it's present state, unless I can have
> freedom to run some of my own applications like AVG, Alcohol120,Tuneup
> Utilities etc. It is all fair to say one can use Windows Live Onecare
> instead, but it simply does not give one enough steering power. I am sure
> many people will agree that we need to run our preferred software without
> the continuous intervention of MS. At this stage XP Media Center will
> remain better for me. Piet[/color]

I don't know how everyone is getting the latest AVG to run flawlessly. It
says it is Vista ready but unless I install with Xpsp2 compatibility and run
as administrator, the resident shield refuses to load. How did you load it?

"Bill Frisbee" wrote:
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> Piet,
>
> the latest version of AVG is fully Vista compatible.
>
> It is up to the makers of Alcohol120 and Tuneup Utilities to make them
> compatible with Vista, not the other way around.
>
> Bill F.
>
>
> "Piet Fourie" <pietfo@telkomsa.net> wrote in message
> news:FB6F04A3-84BF-490B-9D92-4BE431D06AD0@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > Hi, I have been running Vista 5744 and before that RC1. I can not imagine
> > myself living with this OS in it's present state, unless I can have
> > freedom to run some of my own applications like AVG, Alcohol120,Tuneup
> > Utilities etc. It is all fair to say one can use Windows Live Onecare
> > instead, but it simply does not give one enough steering power. I am sure
> > many people will agree that we need to run our preferred software without
> > the continuous intervention of MS. At this stage XP Media Center will
> > remain better for me. Piet[/color]
>[/color]

On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 22:39:02 -0700, JewelsH
<JewelsH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>I don't know how everyone is getting the latest AVG to run flawlessly. It
>says it is Vista ready but unless I install with Xpsp2 compatibility and run
>as administrator, the resident shield refuses to load. How did you load it?
>[/color]
Turn off UAC.

Reboot

Right-click your AVG install exe and select "Run as Administrator"

(It has been said that you should install in XP compatibility mode but I
have not found this necessary)

after install has completed, turn on UAC and reboot again

AVG works fine for me!

Then use windows Xp instead. Windows Vista offers nothing more than
overpriced eye candy. In your day to day use, ask yourself, What is Vista
going to do, that XP cannot do? The answer: Nothing. Except drain $$$ out
of your pocket. That money is as good in your pocket as it is Microsoft's.
Check out my other threads to see the light of day on this.

"Piet Fourie" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi, I have been running Vista 5744 and before that RC1. I can not imagine
> myself living with this OS in it's present state, unless I can have freedom
> to run some of my own applications like AVG, Alcohol120,Tuneup Utilities
> etc. It is all fair to say one can use Windows Live Onecare instead, but it
> simply does not give one enough steering power. I am sure many people will
> agree that we need to run our preferred software without the continuous
> intervention of MS. At this stage XP Media Center will remain better for me.
> Piet
>[/color]