Why I hate Vista.. YMMV.

[Luke122]

Turn off UAC in User Accounts and then set your power plan to high performance in Power Options

I thought the power/performance options only applied to notebooks?

[crenn]

Nope. The Power Saver basically just reduces the amount of power your computer you use.

[Luke122]

Crazy.. so that's new in Vista then.. I've never seen that before on a desktop. I turned it up to "High Performance", and then as a secondary thought, checked the device mangler to make sure it wasnt set to turn off the LAN to save power.. it was. Changed that too..

We'll see how many times I drop connection today.

[Cheron]

And connection drops???

[Eclecticos]

You may want to try this patch. Here <=-

After i installed this autopatch my downloads skyrocketed.
I can play games with low latency, download all I want, listen to shoutcast, and browse the internet, all at the same time.

[jbaldwinroberts]

I tried to play 4 different games on my friends vista laptop this weekend and none worked. Even with updates and compatibility mode on. i think ill stick to xp and linux.

Joe