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20 February 2007, 06:55 PM
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I've got it. Issues I've had as follows:
SE K610 software not compatible - no work around
COD2 black screen - works ok in XP mode
Outlook 2002 prompts for password continually - upgraded to 2003
ABit utilities won't work - no work around
Work email on outlook won't work due to certificate/patch issue - Patch available but using firefox until they install it
Other than that, very stable. Not worth upgrading unless you are on a 32 bit version.
SE K610 software not compatible - no work around
COD2 black screen - works ok in XP mode
Outlook 2002 prompts for password continually - upgraded to 2003
ABit utilities won't work - no work around
Work email on outlook won't work due to certificate/patch issue - Patch available but using firefox until they install it
Other than that, very stable. Not worth upgrading unless you are on a 32 bit version.
20 February 2007, 11:16 PM
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I'm using 64bit Ultimate. So far most of the software I've tried works fine...
Office 2003, Photoshop CS2, Premiere Pro 2, Lightwave 9, DVD-Lab pro, Easy Media creator 9 etc. Only tried a couple of games so far (Dungeon Siege II and Company of Heroes) but they seem to work fine (I'm, getting 150 fps on CoH). Even the VPN into work from home seems fine. The stability of the system (considering that it is a new OS) is impressive. Not had a single OS crash yet, and that's with beta drivers for video / sound!!
The only program I've had a problem with so far is Adobe Encore 2, but then again that was bug ridden on Xp as well, so I'm not surprised.
Office 2003, Photoshop CS2, Premiere Pro 2, Lightwave 9, DVD-Lab pro, Easy Media creator 9 etc. Only tried a couple of games so far (Dungeon Siege II and Company of Heroes) but they seem to work fine (I'm, getting 150 fps on CoH). Even the VPN into work from home seems fine. The stability of the system (considering that it is a new OS) is impressive. Not had a single OS crash yet, and that's with beta drivers for video / sound!!
The only program I've had a problem with so far is Adobe Encore 2, but then again that was bug ridden on Xp as well, so I'm not surprised.
21 February 2007, 08:22 PM
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64 Ultimate working fine here too, had a couple of minor programmes not yet Vista compliant, but has been very stable.
21 February 2007, 09:15 PM
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When you buy a new 64 bit PC from the like of Dell etc, do you get both a 32 bit and 64 bit version of Vista? The ads I have seen so far do not make it clear, but I have a suspicion that you are only going to get 32 bit version 
Additionally, if you bought a retail copy of Windows Vista Home Premium, you don't get licenses to both the 32 bit and 64 bit versions do you!?
Additionally, if you bought a retail copy of Windows Vista Home Premium, you don't get licenses to both the 32 bit and 64 bit versions do you!?
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21 February 2007, 09:21 PM
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Logmein will be fully compatible they hope by the end of february. Although for me it works fine.
I've had a fair few bsods thou Mostly it seems due to the WHQL nvidia drivers and not the standard MS ones. Can't seem to crack more than a days uptime so far. Whereas in XPSP2 on the same box, I consistently get over 4 weeks per session easily.
I've had a fair few bsods thou
Mostly it seems due to the WHQL nvidia drivers and not the standard MS ones. Can't seem to crack more than a days uptime so far. Whereas in XPSP2 on the same box, I consistently get over 4 weeks per session easily.
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21 February 2007, 10:38 PM
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21 February 2007, 10:39 PM
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22 February 2007, 12:19 AM
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Now on enterprise doing the same, well until I uninstalled the official 97.46 drivers. It's an AGP nvidia 7800GS.
Seems ok at the moment, 24hrs uptime and counting, we will see.
I might try those betas I guess.
I have a feeling that older hware isn't as well supported
22 February 2007, 12:45 AM
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I was running 7800gtx cards in mine when I first installed Vista (I only got the 8800 last week) and they were rock solid using the 100.57 driver.
22 February 2007, 01:37 AM
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Additionally, if you bought a retail copy of Windows Vista Home Premium, you don't get licenses to both the 32 bit and 64 bit versions do you
If you buy the oem you save loads but you have to choose which version to buy.
22 February 2007, 09:31 AM
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22 February 2007, 03:48 PM
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All my hardware is supported on Vista 64 bit, but it depends on what you've got and how old it is. In general, newer stuff is much better supported than older stuff. You need to visit the web sites of any peripherals you may have so see if they have vista drivers available.
22 February 2007, 08:39 PM
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22 February 2007, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Hanley
Yes I can confirm that you can stream the DVR-MS files to the 360.
Worked for all episodes of Heroes that I've converted.
Worked for all episodes of Heroes that I've converted.
22 February 2007, 10:21 PM
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Erm, that article is a month old, so it could not possibly be using the improved drivers which were only released a couple of days ago
In fact it must have been using the aforementioned bug ridden drivers that I was talking about. Not really sure what point you are trying to make.Plus, it mentioned this happened with dx10 games, but none have been released yet as far as I'm aware...
22 February 2007, 11:58 PM
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You can back vista all you like, it works fine for you, great, I applaud your hardware.
But for me I've come to the conclusion that Vista atm is cack.
I just installed the latest nvidia forceware, ok no more NVL*.sys bsods (so far), but just now I got a tcpip.sys bsod whilst surfing the web. This would suggest a problem with the nic and/or drivers, which is bs. As the NIC is brand new, and has not had a single issue under XP
5.1 sound doesn't work in apps either, unless its a 5.1 source. Works fine from the mixer cpanel options, thats all though
OS seems to be a step backwards from XP to me, purely down to flakey and/or lack of drivers as far as I can tell.
And if u read the article they were running a preview of a dx10 game.
But for me I've come to the conclusion that Vista atm is cack.
I just installed the latest nvidia forceware, ok no more NVL*.sys bsods (so far), but just now I got a tcpip.sys bsod whilst surfing the web. This would suggest a problem with the nic and/or drivers, which is bs. As the NIC is brand new, and has not had a single issue under XP
5.1 sound doesn't work in apps either, unless its a 5.1 source. Works fine from the mixer cpanel options, thats all though
OS seems to be a step backwards from XP to me, purely down to flakey and/or lack of drivers as far as I can tell.
And if u read the article they were running a preview of a dx10 game.
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23 February 2007, 06:46 AM
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Sounds like the issues are with all the latest hardware to me then. I am running Vista on an *old* P4 2.4 with the newest bit of hardware being the 9800 Pro in it so nothing upto date at all. Not one driver issue, bsod or any crashes at all. Everything I plug in it auto finds including my plextor convertX box and spv phone. I haven't needed to download one driver for it manually yet.
The only downside is I think is my P4 2.4 with 1.5gb of ram isn't powerful enough to run Vista how I would like it to run, ie without maxing out the processor for a couple of minutes after booting.
The only downside is I think is my P4 2.4 with 1.5gb of ram isn't powerful enough to run Vista how I would like it to run, ie without maxing out the processor for a couple of minutes after booting.
23 February 2007, 07:55 AM
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I'm running Vista home premium 64 bit, Pentium D 2.8ghz, Creative Fatality pro sound and an old Radeon 9700 pro graphics card. The main issues iv'e had are the sound card which is bang up to date, there are only beta drivers available for it which work fine but they don't have most of the sound card functionality up and running yet, just basic sound. Three year old graphics card works fine. My main issue is i can't print anything as Lexmark have virtually no drivers out.
I'd have thought with all the Vista Betas that were flying around for months beforehand they'd be more drivers available. The OS works fine but just being let down by the poor amount of drivers available for it.
I'd have thought with all the Vista Betas that were flying around for months beforehand they'd be more drivers available. The OS works fine but just being let down by the poor amount of drivers available for it.