Does Vista actually work? Had enough.

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Well, I am an experienced user and have a new machine with top-of-the-line
hardware and I installed Vista x64 ultimate, and since then I have nothing
but migraines. yes this is a rant.

First, I cannot get my monitor to function properly without turning it off
and on for 20 minutes at boot. I don't even have a bootscreen. Someone here
kindly followed my plight until he or she admitted he had no idea what the
problem could be.

Second, I want to play a DVD, I have no language track, though my codecs are
all installed and up-todate.

Finally, my old webcam wasn't Vista compatible, so I go to buy a new one,
logitech, check especially with the vendor that it is Vista x 64 compatible,
and install it and get a BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH. For a webcam!

What is going on here? this Vista was not a cheap purchase, but everywhere I
turn, nothing works. this is a nightmare. I am seriously considering
reformatting my system to XP because of the frustration. At least I know it
will work.

An absolute nightmare.
 
I would suggest a "clean install" of the 32-bit
version of Windows Vista. It's apparent your
32-bit programs are not compatible with the
64-bit version of Windows Vista.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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Well, I am an experienced user and have a new machine with top-of-the-line
hardware and I installed Vista x64 ultimate, and since then I have nothing
but migraines. yes this is a rant.

First, I cannot get my monitor to function properly without turning it off
and on for 20 minutes at boot. I don't even have a bootscreen. Someone here
kindly followed my plight until he or she admitted he had no idea what the
problem could be.

Second, I want to play a DVD, I have no language track, though my codecs are
all installed and up-todate.

Finally, my old webcam wasn't Vista compatible, so I go to buy a new one,
logitech, check especially with the vendor that it is Vista x 64 compatible,
and install it and get a BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH. For a webcam!

What is going on here? this Vista was not a cheap purchase, but everywhere I
turn, nothing works. this is a nightmare. I am seriously considering
reformatting my system to XP because of the frustration. At least I know it
will work.

An absolute nightmare.
 
I hope you had the wisdom to install Vista in a dual boot configuration so
you did not lose your functional XP installation or that you have all the XP
installation discs.
You should have known that Vista64 is incompatible with many programs and
lacks device drivers. Microsoft does not warn you about this but you should
have known it. Ignorance of a law is no defense if you are charged with
breaking that law.
Now for more news you can use: Vista32 is incompatible with many programs
and lacks device drivers.
Seriously: get a working XP installation.
Then install whatever version of Vista in a separate partition as a dual
boot system so you can periodically torture yourself trying to get the Vista
installation to work properly.
 
I agree with Carey. Install 32-bit Vista instead. There's no point in
going for 64-bit unless you geniunely need a >4G address space, which is
pretty unusual. And it brings plenty of compatibility problems.

I've had really good results with a clean 32-bit Vista install.

Steve
 
Although I agree in principle, I'm running 32-bit Ultimate on my 32-bit
notebook and 64-bit Ultimate on my 64-bit desktop. Both run flawlessly.
 
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