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Is there anything I should know before installing vista? I am going to install it to a seperate HD and run it alongside XP for the time being. One of my pet hates with XP is it's inability to install 'out of the box' into a multi OS environment, has this changed at all with vista or am I going to have to go through the whole nonsense of installing a boot manager (after it's overwritten the boot table? )? What is the software compatibility like? Am I going to have problems running some of my older programmes? Also, I run the MUI (mulit-language user interface) for XP. I develop software and run both Chinese and English software. In XP I have no end of trouble installing multi language software. Has this changed at all, also is there a MUI for vista available yet? I will probably install this sometime tomorrow, so if any of you guys wished you had done somethig before installing, please tell me :-O Thanks in advance
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Is there anything I should know before installing vista? I am going to install it to a seperate HD and run it alongside XP for the time being. One of my pet hates with XP is it's inability to install 'out of the box' into a multi OS environment, has this changed at all with vista or am I going to have to go through the whole nonsense of installing a boot manager (after it's overwritten the boot table? )? What is the software compatibility like? Am I going to have problems running some of my older programmes? Also, I run the MUI (mulit-language user interface) for XP. I develop software and run both Chinese and English software. In XP I have no end of trouble installing multi language software. Has this changed at all, also is there a MUI for vista available yet? I will probably install this sometime tomorrow, so if any of you guys wished you had done somethig before installing, please tell me :-O Thanks in advance
WalderMort wrote:
What is the software compatibility like? Am I going to have problems running some of my older programmes?
Some maybe. I am running Vista 64 and there are some hardware utility programs that flat out bomb, but does not really matter in my case as I do not need them. My wife has one game that does not want to run under Vista, but for the most part it works well. Software I use: * VS 2005 standard * SQL Server 2005 express * Quicken * Photoshop 7 (yes, I know it is old, but I like it) * FireFox (I found I am using IE7 most of the time though) * Thunderbird email * MS Office 2007 * MS Expression suite * eSword (Quality free Bible search/study application) * WinZip (mine did not install the content menu options for some reason) * Quake 3 * Unreal Tournament 2004 * Nero And a few others I do not remember. You might search the Microsoft.com/vista are for compatiblity as they have a list of applications known to work. One work of advise though, once you have it installed and functional, do yourself a favor and make a "Complete PC System Backup" where it will backup your system that you can restore in the future if you run into problems. I have not had to do a restore, but I feel better knowing I do would not have to go through all the inital setup again. Also, you might want to disable the UAC features until after you have everything installed :)
Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: Vista for Web Development, Read this first! Latest Tech Blog Post: Blog changed to Subtext!
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WalderMort wrote:
What is the software compatibility like? Am I going to have problems running some of my older programmes?
Some maybe. I am running Vista 64 and there are some hardware utility programs that flat out bomb, but does not really matter in my case as I do not need them. My wife has one game that does not want to run under Vista, but for the most part it works well. Software I use: * VS 2005 standard * SQL Server 2005 express * Quicken * Photoshop 7 (yes, I know it is old, but I like it) * FireFox (I found I am using IE7 most of the time though) * Thunderbird email * MS Office 2007 * MS Expression suite * eSword (Quality free Bible search/study application) * WinZip (mine did not install the content menu options for some reason) * Quake 3 * Unreal Tournament 2004 * Nero And a few others I do not remember. You might search the Microsoft.com/vista are for compatiblity as they have a list of applications known to work. One work of advise though, once you have it installed and functional, do yourself a favor and make a "Complete PC System Backup" where it will backup your system that you can restore in the future if you run into problems. I have not had to do a restore, but I feel better knowing I do would not have to go through all the inital setup again. Also, you might want to disable the UAC features until after you have everything installed :)
Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: Vista for Web Development, Read this first! Latest Tech Blog Post: Blog changed to Subtext!
Thanks for that. I guess the only to know any of this for sure is to go ahead and try it myself. I just burnt the DVD and am now ready to install this tomorrow night. I jusy hope that it doesn't mess up my XP configuration.
Rocky Moore wrote:
do yourself a favor and make a "Complete PC System Backup"
Installing an OS can be a right pain in the $^&%^& especially at the rate my wife likes to mess it up. I have got inot the habit of using a ghost image to make life easier. But thanks for the tip.
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Thanks for that. I guess the only to know any of this for sure is to go ahead and try it myself. I just burnt the DVD and am now ready to install this tomorrow night. I jusy hope that it doesn't mess up my XP configuration.
Rocky Moore wrote:
do yourself a favor and make a "Complete PC System Backup"
Installing an OS can be a right pain in the $^&%^& especially at the rate my wife likes to mess it up. I have got inot the habit of using a ghost image to make life easier. But thanks for the tip.
WalderMort wrote:
I jusy hope that it doesn't mess up my XP configuration.
You might look into buying a HD tray that allows you to swap drivers easily. I use to use them all the time to switch between platforms without taking a chance of messing anything up. It also provides an extra layer of protection as you can pull your drives and move them to another location for security when on long trips. Besides, they are dirt cheap, even those with built in fans.
Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: Vista for Web Development, Read this first! Latest Tech Blog Post: Blog changed to Subtext!
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WalderMort wrote:
I jusy hope that it doesn't mess up my XP configuration.
You might look into buying a HD tray that allows you to swap drivers easily. I use to use them all the time to switch between platforms without taking a chance of messing anything up. It also provides an extra layer of protection as you can pull your drives and move them to another location for security when on long trips. Besides, they are dirt cheap, even those with built in fans.
Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: Vista for Web Development, Read this first! Latest Tech Blog Post: Blog changed to Subtext!
It's funny you say that, because that's the one thing I have been unable to find. I've trying to get one for a long time now (more than 4 years), but in China, they don't seem to exists.
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It's funny you say that, because that's the one thing I have been unable to find. I've trying to get one for a long time now (more than 4 years), but in China, they don't seem to exists.
Wow, that is were most are built ;) I get my from NewEgg.com. Usually around $20 for tray and drawer.
Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: Vista for Web Development, Read this first! Latest Tech Blog Post: Blog changed to Subtext!
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Wow, that is were most are built ;) I get my from NewEgg.com. Usually around $20 for tray and drawer.
Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: Vista for Web Development, Read this first! Latest Tech Blog Post: Blog changed to Subtext!
Well, I just installed, and so far it looks great. My worries about the boot sector were unwarrented, I am presented with a simplistic boot menu at startup.
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Well, I just installed, and so far it looks great. My worries about the boot sector were unwarrented, I am presented with a simplistic boot menu at startup.
Good going! Welcome to the new world of Vista :)
Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: Vista for Web Development, Read this first! Latest Tech Blog Post: Blog changed to Subtext!
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Well, I just installed, and so far it looks great. My worries about the boot sector were unwarrented, I am presented with a simplistic boot menu at startup.
Word of warning. I dual booted XP Pro and Vista RC2 for a while, one day Vista did a chkdsk of the XP drive, and XP would no longer boot, so just don't let it do that to your XP drive. I did get my XP install back by reloading the boot sectors etc, but it was a real pain in the ! I am pretty sure the vista chkdsk did something to it. Andrew
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Word of warning. I dual booted XP Pro and Vista RC2 for a while, one day Vista did a chkdsk of the XP drive, and XP would no longer boot, so just don't let it do that to your XP drive. I did get my XP install back by reloading the boot sectors etc, but it was a real pain in the ! I am pretty sure the vista chkdsk did something to it. Andrew
Thanks for the warning. I think I will completely disable any access to the XP drive from vista and vice-versa. I am trying to set it up in such a way that I have onw partition solely for the vista OS, one for XP, and another for installed program files ( which is on an external HD ).