Szandak wrote:well then i was using my old computer which ran xp. i just built this computer a couple months ago
okay....
this can be as in-depth as vista itself, but the short and sweet and the final solution that is still working today: copy the MxO directory as it exists, reformat C:\, reinstall vista, simply paste MxO directories back.
the reason i did this is because of vista's "intuitive" design for "finding" your drivers and related software for you verses actual end result of its design affecting XP based software and hardware. there are probably several contributing factors which you can read below that i encountered that ultimately lead to this final solution after a few attempts at perfection:
1. Before MxO, I initially performed a "clean" install and I did not go with a retail version of Vista. I used a builder's version which is streamlined without random useless software, BUT is also without drivers. but since you have your OS already this is may not really be an option. but you must understand that Vista likes to courteously assign ALL drivers before you have a chance to go to the manufacturers web sites to load the latest. 90% of the Vista "intuitive" driver downloads and installs are correct, which is not bad. I found this out the hard way.
2. My MxO after a couple of installs performed worse than yours. I had to completely erase MxO from the system and reinstall ((with a link provided by SOE in an email when i requested to fix my problems)) which solved most of my problems. the Newbie download from the site was screwed up by the time it was completely on my hard drive.
3. With a new OS like vista, and the previously described issue with drivers, and the fact that i was also dealing with a 64bit system with 32 bit game software, vista's registry easily got jumbled up with different OS/bit architecture based software and hardware. during the first three months, i performed 3 re-format/OS re-installations as a result of software complications. During the last reinstall, i noted that due to the limited installation executed by MxO and vista's "intuitive" design, i could simply just copy MxO and paste it back during system OS re-installation. This was the BEST solution and i have been running it ever since.
Again, this is the final result of my trials and errors. A year later, it works great, aside from the expected Vista related graphics anomalies that seem to pop up at the strangest times, but eventually predicable so.
Hope this helps. Feel free to ask more questions. 
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EDIT---> PS: the problem im having now (coincidentally after the latest vista updates) is that my MxO launcher/login is freezing after selecting a character and clicking "ACCEPT." the solution to this has been, taskmanager, end the "not responding" MxO, restart MxO, flip patch switch, click "ACCEPT," let it restart itself, and then continue as normal.
I for one will never get Vista, as it seems it causes more problems than it does benefitial things. All I know is you don't want to mix the (6600 I believe?) GeForce with Vista. It's like a combination of Tom Cruise and John Travolta. >_> Exceedingly egotistical, edgy, and prone to break... a lot.
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