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AlanRRT
When is Vista going to work? In my experience, about 45 minutes after
I started installing it.
When is Vista going to work? In my experience, about 45 minutes after
I started installing it.
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ray
Probably SP2 - I would expect SP1 to be marginal. To my knowledge, MS has
never produced anything that worked out of the box.
never produced anything that worked out of the box.
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Consultant
we are showing our age
Me Jarhead said:Nuke Bannanas (after a little recoding)
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Stephan Rose
Me said:
Apparently the original poster appears to have plenty though.
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Donald L McDaniel
What I would like to know, Kristen, how you came to the conclusion that "my
computer is not compatible with XP", but IS with Vista? If Vista will run on it
(albeit not as well as you apparently want it to), there is absolutely NO REASON
why XP won't also run on it, and very well.
By the way, I know of at least two games which CAN be played, and played well,
on a Vista machine:
1) Halo: Combat Evolved (PC).
2) World of Warcraft (PC).
Both are great games. Try them..
World of Warcraft is an EXCELLENT MMORG (Massively-Multiplayer Online
Role-Playing Game), while Halo: Combat Evolved is an excellent first-person
shooter (or it may be played via the local network or via a server)
I know this by PERSONAL experience, not by reading someone's comment
somewhere.
However, there are a few things you need to know:
1) I have 2 gig of system RAM.
2) My CPU is an Intel Core2 Duo.
3) I know how to download the necessary XP or Vista drivers for the devices in
my machine.
Perhaps you should look into finding XP drivers for your machine's various
parts, such as Video card, CPU, Motherboard, drive controller, Sound card, and
network controller card (or modem driver), if you are absolutely set on
returning to XP. This is because most of those types of drivers for Vista are
NOT compatible with XP, nor are most XP drivers compatible with Vista.
Did you purchase your computer with Vista pre-installed by HP? IF so, Vista
drivers were installed, not XP drivers. Which means you must replace them with
XP drivers. This has absolutely nothing to do with XP being compatible (or not)
with your machine, since it is entirely a matter which can only be fixed by
installing the correct software drivers from the manufacturers of your various
hardware devices.
HP probably has the needed XP drivers on its Support website.
Donald L McDaniel
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pacheco.mj
In this case, I'll take the PC off your hand, and pay for shipping.
Let me know.
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Art
Kristen said:
Kirsten, it seems your frustrated and I can't blame you. Buying something
and not getting the results you want is ultimately frustrating!
What games are you trying to play? I'm very lucky that all of mine work (of
course, I have also had a very good Vista experience on the 4 machines in my
house). There is a games forum (microsoft.public.windows.vista.games) and
there's some good folks there, perhaps you could give them a try?
As for the revert to XP, it appears you got bad advice. Any machine capable
of installing and running Vista will run XP.
As for all the flamers and battlebots responding to this post, consider
these possibilities:
1) Kristen is a legitimate consumer that is frustrated. Flaming her with
"it's not MS responsibility" won't help her (or enamor her to Vista,
Microsoft, or other users). Dousing the fire with fuel and recommendations
to move to Linux or DOS (even joking) will not help her (it will most likely
frustrate her that she's the butt of your little inside joke). If she's
frustrated, let her vent and try to help.
2) Kristen is a troll trying to drum up discontent for Vista. If this is
the case well, um, don't feed the trolls.
There are many things about this forum that are attractive to new Vista
users. The level of expertise is solid. The willingness of some to help is
very encouraging. Let's not turn it into a flame-pit or Ford vs. Chevy
board.
Art
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Stephan Rose
Art wrote:
Ford VS Chevy?? What's it matter...even if one sucks more or less than the
other, they both still suck. =)
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Ford VS Chevy?? What's it matter...even if one sucks more or less than the
other, they both still suck. =)
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warpsix
We used to call it "The ID10T error" It happens with some people.
Put the computer back in the box and return it for a full refund .Ask
for the manager, and explain the error be sure to write it down for them
to see.
Put the computer back in the box and return it for a full refund .Ask
for the manager, and explain the error be sure to write it down for them
to see.
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Donald L McDaniel
Well, considering that Microsoft does not design its software for the few
exceptions, but for general use by MANY users, I don't doubt this one person
having problems with her own "special" games
The fact is, ALL OSes eventually grandfather out some software, which is why
third-party manufacturers issue updates to their previous versions. IF they
care about their customers, they will issue updates for their customers
products. This is NOT Microsoft's responsibility, as any reasonable person
would know.
When Microsoft was designing and writing the code for Vista, they had to set
certain limits as to which software and hardware they could, would, or would
not support. This is certainly not unusual in the software manufacturing field.
As it is, Microsoft DID do an excellent job of making its software as backward
compatible as possible with the great majority of third-party software and
hardware products..
I really don't understand why so many people are having problems with some of
their older games, unless it is simply that they are unusually old, such as DOS
games, early Windows games, and pre-XP games. The pre-XP Windows architecture
is simply not compatible with Vista. IN fact, ANY software which is not 100%
compatible with Windows programming constructs is simply NOT going to work very
well, or at all.
If the game manufacturers refuse to support their own customers, their customers
have no other recourse than to purchase games and other software which does.
This is a fact of reality, and nothing is going to change it. Bitch and moan
all one wants, it's still a fact of reality. So face reality, and stop trying
to blame Microsoft for every little failure your software is having.
Don't like this? Well, go to a platform which WILL support your games and
software. Stay with XP or 98, if that is what you want to do. Perhaps it
will move Microsoft to make changes which accomodate your older software, if
enough of its customers refuse to upgrade to Vista.
Let's face it, the best way to twist Microsoft's arm is through their
pocketbook. Bitching and complaining just won't do it.
Anyway, hopefully I have't offended too many people. If I have, please forgive
me.
Donald L McDaniel
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Leo
I suggest your 'knowledge' needs updating.
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Leo
For every difficult and complicated question there is an answer
that is simple, easily understood, and wrong.
H.L. Mencken
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Leo
For every difficult and complicated question there is an answer
that is simple, easily understood, and wrong.
H.L. Mencken
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Guest
Bananas in qbasic, now that's a game. LOL
Consultant said:
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Guest
I love that one too. Used to get to work early just to play it. LOL
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Hugh Jass
Gee, I get Vista to work by hitting the power button on my computer. You
claim your system is not XP compatible? What do you have, a Commodore 64??
If it is not capable of running XP, then get with the times and upgrade past
a 286.
claim your system is not XP compatible? What do you have, a Commodore 64??
If it is not capable of running XP, then get with the times and upgrade past
a 286.
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Lee Waun
Dale M. White said:
I have a game that will not work. It is the game Silent Hunter 3. It isn't
that the game won't work. The Starforce copyright protection software that
comes with the game cannot run in Vista or XP 64 bit.
It really pisses me off as I bought this game and can't run it anymore
because of this software protection crap.
Actually I have a second game too that won't run again because of this
starforce software that can't run in Vista 64bit.
That really pisses me off but I am not going to uninstall Vista 64 bit as I
have a dual core system with 64bit processors and I want a 64 bit OS and
vista is it for me.
Any game I see that includes that starforce software I won't buy. I could go
back to windows Xp and then the games will run but I don't want that OS
anymore.
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Lang Murphy
As others have asked: what games?
Who on earth told you your PC is not compatible with XP? Sounds like total,
utter, BS.
Lang
Who on earth told you your PC is not compatible with XP? Sounds like total,
utter, BS.
Lang
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Dale M. White
Starforce and Secure rom are two very annoying copy protection schemes. I
have to tip my hat to gas powered games and THQ. They just released Supremem
Commander and a fair number of people couldn't play that game, because of
the Secure Rom feature and that was under XP, So in their last patch, they
removed the secure rom checks.
Not that I advocate stealing games, but because of issues with Secure Rom
and Starforce, I do make vists over to gamecopyworld.com and pull down the
no CD cracks. No the ideal solution, but an option when copy protection
stops the honest users from playing
have to tip my hat to gas powered games and THQ. They just released Supremem
Commander and a fair number of people couldn't play that game, because of
the Secure Rom feature and that was under XP, So in their last patch, they
removed the secure rom checks.
Not that I advocate stealing games, but because of issues with Secure Rom
and Starforce, I do make vists over to gamecopyworld.com and pull down the
no CD cracks. No the ideal solution, but an option when copy protection
stops the honest users from playing
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bp
You must have a small library of games then.
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bp
Do you have Tiger Woods 2007? If so and you have it working please
let me know how you did it. ;-)
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bp
Dude she took the PC to the Geek Squad for help. Nuff said.