What a pain and a waste!

Oh Good Grief .. I am in the same predicament, I purchased a new computer, was having problems with my Dell and this one had a nice bigger screen and all the bells and whistles, GEEZ .. it has Windows Vista, I am unsure if it is the Vista that is causing problems but I have shut my computer down at least twice a day, I never did that on my 2 year old Dell computer and then without notice it will just close my browser down and everything is lost ... good thing I have my Dell close by, I just can't believe I went out and bought this new thing. I have to say I like the look of Vista but HATE the undependability of it, XP is at least dependable and will be there, unsure about this thing. I have to ask you, when you are typing does your screen move without you doing it, like up and down?? Mine does and it drives me crazy, can't figure out what to do... grrrr

Thanks for the information. Now I will know what not to get when I'm in the market for a new computer. I would be sick at having spent so much money and then having that much trouble.

I just want a New Computer I don't care what kind, well I would prefer a Dell.

well i've never tried vista, but it's a new operating system so maybe they haven't mastered it! whereas xp has been around for a while, maybe in a couple yrs. vista will be much better! they always say never get a product when it's brand new, b/c we're basically the guinea pigs trying it out!

I have vista and I had some few problems with it at first and still do and they are slow too me. When I first got it I couldn't get online oh I panic. So my son in law's brother came to set it up and got it running so I can now get on but it's slow and has so much updating and I can't seem to download much like the XP's everytime I download it stps in the middle GRR so I give up and not download anything. I prettty much got used to it now and it's not as slow as it was before maybe it's because of the updares. Good Luck with your vista. Oh yeah my computer ic Dell too.

I bought a new computer with Vista, and immediately "upgraded" to XP Pro Corp. Vista is horrible! While XP will take up to 192 MB of RAM just to sit there idly, Vista will take up to 768!!! And for what, looks? Not worth it. Vista was built with "security" in mind, yet it's still not as tough as Mac OS, Linux, or BSD. As is, there is more security software available (even for free) for 2000/XP than for any other OS. And it's still more functional. Vista is not even close to becoming the de facto standard for hardware or software, and some accessories may never be supported at all. Because of Vista's "content protection," Blu-Ray and HD DVD are considered "insecure" protocols and are not supported. A/V enthusiasts won't be happy about this!

I don`t know anything about vista I have XP , sorry I can`t help ...

havent tried Vista my son in law did the test one and froze his puter up big time so I stuck with my XP. He still has not got that puter running he has my old one. One thing about Dell ya got to get ahold of a tech that knows what he is talking about before you get it fixed keep calling make them fix it. and I know what a big headache you have there.

vista is bakwas ( hindi), imean its pretty slow, i had the same problem with dell insiron 6400, vista was preinstalled, but i bought xp and installed it

I haven't had the opportunity to try Vista yet- but i liked XP-- my friend says she prefers XP over Vista-- I hope you are sending that computer back- if they won't take it back or give you a hard time tell them you are gonna call ABC, NBC and CBS news- if that doens't do it then call them. I should have done that whenI bought my gateway years ago- I had problems from the very begining and thn a year after I bought it the hard drive crashed- the warrenty had expired.

I never use Dell unless at work because that's what the company uses. but then again there was no Vista at the time, just XP. and we don't have Vista at home either. there are still problems like spyware etc we have to clean up regularly. too much spyware then it will freeze.

xp and vista are the same vita got nice disgne thats it some people saying that vista work slower then xp im useing both and i like more the xp i dont feel that vista much slower anyway im saying if you pay money for windows xp or vista so i sugess that you will take the cheaper one !

They should take the computer back and refund your money! If you can't make it work try to run Ubuntu linux in stead. It's free and very user friendly. You just download it, burn it on a disk an restart your computer. It then gives you the option to run Ubuntu as a live system (which is very slow and probably just meant for seeing if you like it before actually installing anything) or to install Ubuntu on your computer, either as the only system or as a dual boot system where you choose between Vista and Ubuntu when you turn the computer on.

Don't you think that maybe Vista doesn't work well with DELL? I don't know but I have also heard and read a lot of bad stuff about vista. It seems it slows all the work rather than being more efficient. I guess it only looks good but not that user-friendly. I guess I might as well stick with XP for the moment, until Vista fixes its problems. So what did you do next?

Vista has horrendous compatability issues, which is why I have no intention of installing it until there have been a lot of seriuos improvements. You should have no problems with hardware since your computer is new, but there are still a lot of software programs that simply will not run under Vista. Nevertheless, if the software came with the system then it should be compatable and thus run without issues. If dell have supplied a system with problems then they should certainly be expected to sort them out.

I use Vista at work on certain computers- I’m not big on it- I have XP on my main computer at work and on my computer at home- I have no problems now with it- but when I first got the computers at work with XP there were a lot of bugs to work out- I think Vista will probably be better at some point- they just need to work out the bugs- It’s too bad that couldn’t do so before they sold them!

My son who fixes computers for a living told my that people have been having trouble with Vista. He said it's better to stick with XP until they work out all the problems.

If you ordered it with XP then tell them to refund your money or give you the correct OS. I have not used vista yet but keep hearing bad things about it. Will not buy another computer anytime soon if I have to use vista.

windows vista is a resource hogger. stick with windows xp i say. try looking at vista "recommended requirement" and not "minimal requirement" and you will be surprise. "minimal requirement" is a system that enough to start vista, see the desktop and make money for MS.

I have XP. I have heard SO MANY negative things about Vista, I wouldn't touch it if they were giving it away for free!!! Did you get any solutions from Dell?