XP/Vista

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I like Vista (ultimate) and it may someday be the most common OS for the
average consumer but I have an XP Pro system that works perfectly, has all
the tools and applications I need and use and everything has worked
perfectly for years. I even have email and files from nearly 5 years ago. I
also have total control over the system which is not (yet) possible in
Vista. I don't know why anyone with a choice would "upgrade" XP with Vista.
Those of you who can should do a clean install of Vista and leave your XP
system intact. You can even do it with an upgrade disk if you research a
little.



Having said that.......My primary OS and the one I do most of my work on is
SuSe. :)

LG
 
Having gone ahead and done an "upgrade", as well as a later clean install, I
am inclined to agree.

The Upgrade Advisor is really useful, though, if an upgrade appears
desirable.

While Vista has much to recommend it, especially on newish and lavish
hardware, as an upgrade to an existing XP system, maybe not so much.
 
BrianW said:
Having gone ahead and done an "upgrade", as well as a later clean install,
I am inclined to agree.

The Upgrade Advisor is really useful, though, if an upgrade appears
desirable.
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The upgrade advisor is for clean installs as well. It'll let you know what
not to reinstall and what hardware you might have a problem with.
 
the upgrade advisor is trash along with Vista.

It provides faulty, erroneous and incomplete information...
that may guide you to make incorrect discussions.

Some people have said that advisor said that something was fine and it
didn't work,
others said that the advisor said that it wouldn't work, yet it did.. lol

What a great advisor it is!

It should not be trusted...

Want the best advise that is simple and doesn't need a download?

Here it is:

DON'T INSTALL VISTA!

hehe

PS. The above is only for dramatic effect.. I have told many people to
indeed get vista if they are getting a new machine. This means vista is
preinstalled.
That way the hardware is guaranteed to work with that OS.

but installing it on older machines needs some care...
 
kirk jim said:
the upgrade advisor is trash along with Vista.

It provides faulty, erroneous and incomplete information...
that may guide you to make incorrect discussions.
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The reason the upgrade advisor failed you is because it requires a person to
be able to use their brain.

The advisor will instruct you on what problems you may have however, just
because the advisor does not mention a piece of software or hardware does
not mean you are to ASSume it's compatible.
 
Justin said:
The reason the upgrade advisor failed you is because it requires a person
to be able to use their brain.

The advisor will instruct you on what problems you may have however, just
because the advisor does not mention a piece of software or hardware does
not mean you are to ASSume it's compatible.
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I have to ask then what is the point in the advisor?
There are people posting here who have run the advisor, it's given the green
light on everything, then they've discovered a particular piece of hardware
is not compatible.

I've never seen the advisor just choose to ignore a piece of hardware, it's
always found all hardware & commented on it all.
 
Isaac Hunt said:
I have to ask then what is the point in the advisor?
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It's able to tell you what will not work of the apps and hardware it can
identify as being a problem.
There are people posting here who have run the advisor, it's given the
green light on everything
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That is not correct. The advisor does NOT give a blanket green light. It
just wasn't able to find anything wrong with what it knows about. That is
NOT the same thing as a green light for everything under the hood.
then they've discovered a particular piece of hardware is not compatible.
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I'm guessing a driver problem that will most likely be updated. That does
not mean the hardware is not capable of handling Vista.
I've never seen the advisor just choose to ignore a piece of hardware,
it's always found all hardware & commented on it all.
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Absolutely not. Maybe in the couple of cases you've seen it run. It does
NOT comment on everything in your system all the time. It can't possible
know about every single app written for the PC or every single piece of
hardware.

It will attempt to discover as many devices as possible however if it does
not know what it is it DOES NOT just give a green light for it. Example:

Zebra Z4M (200dpi)
ZEBRA ZPL
There is no compatibility data available for this device. For more
information, go to the device manufacturer's website or Windows Marketplace,
or contact your retailer.

RICOH Aficio 3045 PCL 5e
Ricoh
There is no compatibility data available for this device. For more
information, go to the device manufacturer's website or Windows Marketplace,
or contact your retailer.

Intel ® System Managment BIOS Driver
Intel Corporation
There is no compatibility data available for this device. For more
information, go to the device manufacturer's website or Windows Marketplace,
or contact your retailer.

UltraMon Display Mirror Driver
Realtime Soft
There is no compatibility data available for this device. For more
information, go to the device manufacturer's website or Windows Marketplace,
or contact your retailer.


See? It requires the user to do their own research.

The UltraMon software was the ONLY piece of software it commented on. I
have 334 folders in my Program Files folder, what about the other 333? I am
not to assume they are OK.
 
Justin said:
It's able to tell you what will not work of the apps and hardware it can
identify as being a problem.


That is not correct. The advisor does NOT give a blanket green light. It
just wasn't able to find anything wrong with what it knows about. That is
NOT the same thing as a green light for everything under the hood.


I'm guessing a driver problem that will most likely be updated. That does
not mean the hardware is not capable of handling Vista.


Absolutely not. Maybe in the couple of cases you've seen it run. It does
NOT comment on everything in your system all the time. It can't possible
know about every single app written for the PC or every single piece of
hardware.

It will attempt to discover as many devices as possible however if it does
not know what it is it DOES NOT just give a green light for it. Example:

Zebra Z4M (200dpi)
ZEBRA ZPL
There is no compatibility data available for this device. For more
information, go to the device manufacturer's website or Windows
Marketplace, or contact your retailer.

RICOH Aficio 3045 PCL 5e
Ricoh
There is no compatibility data available for this device. For more
information, go to the device manufacturer's website or Windows
Marketplace, or contact your retailer.

Intel ® System Managment BIOS Driver
Intel Corporation
There is no compatibility data available for this device. For more
information, go to the device manufacturer's website or Windows
Marketplace, or contact your retailer.

UltraMon Display Mirror Driver
Realtime Soft
There is no compatibility data available for this device. For more
information, go to the device manufacturer's website or Windows
Marketplace, or contact your retailer.


See? It requires the user to do their own research.

The UltraMon software was the ONLY piece of software it commented on. I
have 334 folders in my Program Files folder, what about the other 333? I
am not to assume they are OK.
Click to expand...

I have only used the upgrade advisor on laptops as it is all I ever use.
Not touched a desktop in years.
In each case it has found all hardware.
 
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