Guest erico Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 Some really good info from member "Pyr0" Programs: Note: Many of these will require Driver Signing to be Diabled. See above. x86 Works: A64Info A64 Tweaker v6.0 (with driver signing disabled) Ad-aware SE Personal 1.06 Ad-Aware SE Plus 1.06 Adobe Acrobat 3D Adobe Creative Suite 2 (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.) ATI Catalyst Control Center x86 - 2.0.2320.28349 Avant browser 10.02.52 (Latest build): Installs, works, BUT no glass AND unable to save anything to "Favorites" BitComet 0.63 Bon Echo (Firefox) alpha 2 CCleaner ClamWin Free AntiVirus CHMOD-Win 2.3 Divx Codec/player eTrust Antivirus (run in 2k3 compatiablity mode and install updates from website) eTrust EZ antivirus Everest 2.8 Filezilla Flashpeak Slimbrowser 4.06.025(Latest build): Installs, works, BUT no glass Guild Wars Ipswitch WS_FTP Professional 9 IsoBuster ITE SmartGuardian Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Macromedia Flash Player Macromedia Studio 8 MBM5 McAfee's Virus Scan 8.5i Beta MediaMonkey Microsoft Expression Web Designer CTP1 Microsoft Math Beta 1 (16.0) Microsoft Office 2007 Beta & TR1 Microsoft Office 2003 Microsoft Office 2007 Beta 2 Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 Nero Nero 7 (May not work for unknown reasons for some) NOD32 Opera 9 Beta PE Explorer 1.98 PHP (slow load) Startup2Service Beta 2 Steam Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 14 Trillian 3.1 Pro/Basic UltraISO VistaBootPRO 1.0 Visual Studio .Net 2005 Visual Studio Express Edition VLC VMWare Workstation 5.5 (really slow initial start) Winamp 5 WinRAR Windows Live Messenger BETA (no glass) Microsoft WGAPlugin (For Gecko Based Browsers) Xitami Doesn't Work: Acronis True Image 9 AIM v5.9 Apache (Command line window closes after couple of seconds) E Policy (disables sidebar and hogs cpu) McAfee's Virus Scan 8.5i Beta (doesn't work with Office 07) Norton Internet Security Suite (2003-2006) ZoneAlarm x64 Works: 3DMark 01, 03, 05 and 06 7-zip A64Info A64Tweaker (if Driver signing is disabled) Adobe Acrobat Reader Ad Aware version 1.06 Avast! AV 4.6 (disable driver verification) Avery Label Pro Battlefield2 Bryce 4 Call Of Duty 2 CPU-z (if Drive signing is disabled) Day Of Defeat Source (worked, but textures were messed up) eTrust Antivirus Form Doc designer and filler version 7 F.E.A.R. - worked F-prot Antivirus 3.16d GTA San Andreas Half Life 2 (worked, but textures were messed up) Hitman: Blood Money Demo ieSpell K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 1.53 Logitech setpoint 2.60 Macromedia Flash Player MagicISO 5 Motherboard Monitor 5 Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4 Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 Motherboard monitor 5 (if driver signing is disabled) Need For Speed: Most Wanted Nero 6.6.14 Nvidia Purevideo 1.02-196 O&O Defrag 8.0 Office 2007 Beta 2 Omniform 5 Omni Page 12 Orca Painter 8 Qimage Pro (serial input not working and no startup menu entry made) Registry Mechanic 5.1.0.224 Skype VistaBootPRO 1.0 WinRAR 3.60 beta 4 xvid codec Doesn't Work: A64Tweaker Adobe Premiere Pro (Version 1.5) CPU-Z Daemon Tools 403x64 Diskeeper 10 Light wave 7.5 Nero 7.2.0.3 Nikon Capture 4.3 Nikon Capture 4.4 Peerguardian Perfect Disk 7 PowerDVD 6.0 Big Hug to Pyro x64 works Far Cry w/ AMD x64 patch not working: IE7 x86 NOD32 antivirus I have had Vista x64 installed for only 28 hours and will try to help update the list you have started. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReelFiles Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 ... not working: IE7 x86... Your 32bit version of IE7 is not working? It worked fine for me and others in x64. Might be a botched install. Hybrid HDDs Requried for Vista Premium Laptops http://gear.ign.com/articles/712/712600p1.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
axy1985 Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 wow! thats prolly the reason of why i'm not going to install Beta 2 now... BTW, if it is a BIOS issue (wich i've never heard that an OS would write to), you can get a brand new BIOS chip from DFI, install it, and done. but that's odd.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jadit2 Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 Note: after going to www.microsoft.com/directx and downloading the updater, I found a new version of Directx for my Vista x86 Beta 2. It may fix some of the texture problems people are experiencing. Can anyone tell me if there is a general OS performance boost with the x64 vs the x86? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReelFiles Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 That's for DirectX 9, Vista has DX 10.......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollietwinam Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 Apparently the Vista rating is just based on your weakest piece of hardware, so you could get a 5.9 or something for everything but your small hard-drive and get knocked down to a 3 or a 4. That kinda sucks! Apparently it's to help consumers figure out where their PC is weak, so that they can upgrade accordingly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReelFiles Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 Apparently it's to help consumers figure out where their PC is weak, so that they can upgrade accordingly Figure out....right, more like confusing naive users. I think it might be based on a sliding scale, ie your graphics card can outweigh the rating of your CPU, or the rating of your memory matters more than available hard drive space. Vista will recover applications from shutdown, crashes http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/06/14/teched20...s_from_crashes/ Microsoft To Ship SMS 2003 R2, Vista Feature Pack In August http://www.informationweek.com/windows/sho...on=Product+News See a Flash presentation about Vista http://www.seewindowsvista.com/ Last Edit; I dropped my CpU Mhz from 2.7GHz (270x10) to 2Ghz (200x10) and my RAM from 270Mhz to 200Mhz to see how it would affect my rating. My CPU rating went from 5.3 to 4.8 actually 4.46 rounds to 4 My RAM rating went from 5.9 to 5.5 actually 4.68 rounds to 5 My overall rating remained the same (3)....so much for the rating system. eh? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 i just installed windows vista 32bit and i cant get my 7.1 surround working. is there any drivers that i can get for my dfi board that will work???? it is the onboard sound also the smart guardian wont install. how can i get that to work. and last for now a friend told me that vista bet2 will only work until july 2007 is this true??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReelFiles Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 Post # 212 I used the 88.61 graphics drivers and the latest Sil3114 Non-Raid drivers for XP. You didn't instal the Sil3114 drivers? Or do you mean the nVraid drivers? Are you planning on using Raid-0? It seem to be a hit or miss getting it to work optimal. Beta Driver - nForce – Windows Vista x86 Beta 2 http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_download..._x86_beta2.html Sil Download Center http://www.siliconimage.com/support/downlo...rs=1&sataraid=0 The Audio drivers are included in the nForce driver package, you have to manuall install them using Device Manager. You can use Windows Update for the Audio drivers as well, which leads me to your last question. If you used a legit Product Key from Microsoft you can activate your copy of Vista indefinately, as far as I know. Edit; The expiration for Vista beta 2 and RC1 seem to be June 1st ,2007. Smartguardian installed fine for me using XP SP2 compatibility mode, but you might have to ok the program to run every time you start it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReelFiles Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 From Windows Help What is the Windows System Performance Rating? The Windows System Performance Rating measures the capability of your computer's hardware configuration and expresses this measurement as a whole number. A higher performance rating means your computer will perform better and faster, especially when performing more advanced and resource-intensive tasks, than a computer with a lower performance rating. You can use the performance rating number to confidently buy programs and other software that are rated to match your computer's performance level. For example, if this computer has a System Performance Rating of 3, then you can confidently purchase any software designed for this version of Windows that requires a computer with a rating of 3 or less. ... The rating system is designed to accommodate advances in computer technology, so the standards for each level of the rating system stay the same. For example, a computer rated as a 4 should remain a 4 unless you decide to upgrade the computer's hardware. As technology continues to improve, additional System Performance Ratings will be introduced. So I guess Software will be branded using this rating number, kind of similar to TV ratings. I wonder if it will catch on, seems kind of flawed if you take my previous results, when I slowed down my PC drastically, into consideration. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_bowtie Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 Post # 212 If you used a legit Product Key from Microsoft you can activate your copy of Vista indefinately, as far as I know.. If you use the product key MS emailed you... they state once activated it's good till june2007....and each key is good for 10 activations... EDIT: you can also get to the performance and reliability monitors by going to the performance and ratings utility and clicking the advanced tab...it's in there... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReelFiles Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 I googled it, and it looks like you are right, june 1st 2007. Apparently that applies to RC1 as well. I had to switch to the normal forum text editor, as the advanced editor seemed to have several issues with the new Internet Explorer; trying to select single words for hyperlinks or trying to change font color of selected text. Does anyone else have those problems? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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