Vista 64 - I'm done with it on my current computer

[Fleecy]

I was running Vista 64 bit for the last month and I've been impressed with the performance. Unfortunately, last weekend I have since downgraded to Vista 32 bit primarily because of lacking third-party support. I have a number of applications and games that won't run on a 64-bit environment, the inconveniences outweighed the advantages.

[Oswyn]

Check with your motherboard maker for recommended memory. Or you may need to tweak your memory settings to support the specific model of memory you are using.

[Freddie]

I was running Vista 64 bit for the last month and I've been impressed with the performance. Unfortunately, last weekend I have since downgraded to Vista 32 bit primarily because of lacking third-party support.

Which products didn't run on Vista 64?

My main work PC runs Vista 64. I switched over recently and I'm glad I did. It's better than XP in many ways. However Microsoft abandoned its traditional commitment to backward compatibility in many areas, and this is terribly aggravating. tFor example, my XP computers and the Vista computer can no longer find each other reliably on the network.

I just spent over an hour slogging through pages on Microsoft's website trying to fix the problem. Finally I fixed it, but here's what I had to do:

1. Upgrade to XP SP 3.

2. Rename the work group on the Vista machine because -- this is unbelievably stupid -- Vista gives a different name to the work group by default when you create a home network. (I could have renamed the XP machine's work groups instead. Either way works as long as all the machines use one name).

3. Examine the property page for the network adapter in the Vista PC and make sure a couple of settings for the new discovery protocol were enabled.

To require users to go through something like this just to make their new Vista PC work on their existing home network is insane. Something has gone seriously wrong at Microsoft that they could release something that works this way. I've been watching them for 25 years and I can't remember anything like this.

[thinus]

To require users to go through something like this just to make their new Vista PC work on their existing home network is insane. Something has gone seriously wrong at Microsoft that they could release something that works this way. I've been watching them for 25 years and I can't remember anything like this.

Erm....ever networked Win98 and XP? You also had trouble on the networks and I think you had to create users with identical names on both machines to be able to talk to each other. Not to mention firewall blocking access. And I think you could connect from either XP to Win98 or vice versa but the other way around was much trickier. And I have always had problems with Windows picking up other machines on the network unless you run a domain server.

[Freddie]

No, I didn't know that but my network experience is limited. I used to have a Win98 PC on this same network with two XP's and had no trouble. At least I can't remember any.

Edit: On second thought, I think I had trouble getting printer sharing to work with that machine. It's been so long, I can't remember.

[pixelimp]

Or 1000 other possible things that by the time you figure out which one it is windows 7 will be out ...

Windows 7 IS Vista.
It's just in disguise ..

Seriously tho, microsoft is only trying to get rid of its bad reputation.

[razzy]

AS for vista 64 im loving it on my new system with 8 gig havent had a crash yet in the last 3 weeks since i got it.

[Fleecy]

I was running Vista 64 bit for the last month and I've been impressed with the performance. Unfortunately, last weekend I have since downgraded to Vista 32 bit primarily because of lacking third-party support.

Which products didn't run on Vista 64?

Dragon NaturallySpeaking, which I use extensively. My NAS (NetGear SC101T) driver and a few small utilities. For a period of time I was able to overlook the disadvantages versus the advantages of 64-bit but in the end it became too frustrating not being able to use and install every application I wanted/needed.


Don't get me wrong, while I was running 64-bit with 8Gb RAM the performance was amazing.

[Physics101]

My board is Asus, with vista 32 it was fine. I'm attempting to run memtest on my machine right now, soon as I burn it to CD. Will see if my memory is bad.

Asus is your problem. I have almost the exact same product with an Asus board. Two of the Dimm slots were bad, so when ever I had more memory in them it caused lockups, or the system to not even post.

[Multibocks]

Thanks, maybe I'll try a new mobo, any suggestions?