Vista question

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Originally Posted by myminpins

I'm dual booting my laptop with win XP Pro and Vista Ultimate. I have 2 gigs of ram and run NOD32. Works like a charm.

I'm also using Norton Ghost 12 and backing up my drives every day just in case :)

Just remember, if it says something along the lines of, "This software has known compatibility issues with Vista" blah blah blah, be very careful. I completely fubared my Vista twice before finally figuring out all the quirks. Haven't had to reinstall in over a month now :)

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Well done.

I believe I've got the requisite paranoia to succeed with it; I lucked into a decent PC to use as an XP Pro workhorse while I play with Vista, so that any fubars shant be catastrophic.

I've also thought about dual-booting my laptop, but I think I'll get the other two sorted first.

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Originally Posted by myminpins

I'm dual booting my laptop with win XP Pro and Vista Ultimate. I have 2 gigs of ram and run NOD32. Works like a charm.

I'm also using Norton Ghost 12 and backing up my drives every day just in case :)

Just remember, if it says something along the lines of, "This software has known compatibility issues with Vista" blah blah blah, be very careful. I completely fubared my Vista twice before finally figuring out all the quirks. Haven't had to reinstall in over a month now :)

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:unsure: what were you installing?

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Originally Posted by rossco

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Originally Posted by myminpins

Just remember, if it says something along the lines of, "This software has known compatibility issues with Vista" blah blah blah, be very careful. I completely fubared my Vista twice before finally figuring out all the quirks. Haven't had to reinstall in over a month now :)

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:unsure: what were you installing?

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I don't remember what it was the first time. The second time, it was Alcohol 120%!! LOL

I LOOOOOVE Norton Ghost!!!! :)

Oooooh.

There's a question...

I wonder if I can use the post installer from my XP Indego disk to throw a few of it's progs on Vista?

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Originally Posted by j2k4

Oooooh.

There's a question...

I wonder if I can use the post installer from my XP Indego disk to throw a few of it's progs on Vista?

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Yes if you go to the folder on the dvd , think its called " install " and run setup from there . :ermm:


Always pissed me off it wasn't under Software , thought boy is that dumb .

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Originally Posted by peat moss

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Originally Posted by j2k4

Oooooh.

There's a question...

I wonder if I can use the post installer from my XP Indego disk to throw a few of it's progs on Vista?

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Yes if you go to the folder on the dvd , think its called " install " and run setup from there . :ermm:


Always pissed me off it wasn't under Software , thought boy is that dumb .

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It'll be the WPI folder...I just have to somehow sort the progs that'll work with Vista from the ones that won't. :ermm:

For example, I now know to steer around Alcohol 120, right?

There's a few lists around of Vista compatible programs. I'll see if I can find a few...


EDIT: Found it..

http://www.iexbeta.com/wiki/index.ph...atibility_List :)

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Originally Posted by myminpins

There's a few lists around of Vista compatible programs. I'll see if I can find a few...


EDIT: Found it..

http://www.iexbeta.com/wiki/index.ph...atibility_List :)

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Your right buddy and don't forget software updates , a lot of programs work out of the box and cracks or serials still apply . Kav 6.0 for example . :D

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Originally Posted by myminpins

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Originally Posted by rossco

:unsure: what were you installing?

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I don't remember what it was the first time. The second time, it was Alcohol 120%!! LOL

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I installed it wihtout trouble.:ermm:

Well, were you running a 64 bit version of Vista? I guess it works okay with 64 bit but NOT 32 bit. If you go to their site (Alcohol) it even says it's NOT Vista compatible. :)