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10/02/2009 05:55:56

Subject: Vista Install

Tim Sutton
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well after much gnashing of teeth and crying for mummy we have decided to do a few test installs of Vista on the network both 64 and 32 bit. Now me being me would have thought that installing Vista would be pretty easy. You know the usual drill of insert CD, reboot, answer the questions, provide the licence key and away it goes. Only thing left to do then is update all your drivers and find out what doesn't work.

Oh, no. That'd be far too easy wouldn't it?

lol

Firstly we've got a 64 bit desktop which is less than a year old which one of my admins is doing an install on. BSoD city!!

Turns out you can't install x64 if you've got more than 2Gb of RAM unless you're using a service packed install disc. Interesting but not all that useful. He's still plugging on with that as we speak to it could be sometime.

However, here's one I didn't think would be any problem - my work laptop. It's a Sony Vaio TZ thing that originally came with Vista installed that we pushed the corporate XP image onto as soon as it touched down. If any machine was going to cruise on through, I thought it'd be this one. Yet again Vista doesn't disappoint if only in the amusement factor!

so here I am today fighting with a sick isp connection in one office, a twitchy server in another and a HR issue that I can't talk about .... whilst trying to get two instances of Vista installed. I love the variety in this job!!

10/02/2009 21:59:21

Subject: Vista Install

Obelix
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Ack! Notebook is the one that got me into this "Vista" Business... I got a BenQ R24. It came with xandros. I thought oh well if it doesn't work out I can brainwashed it to XP. I was dead wrong.

It got driver for Vista and vista only.... yesss... not even XP!

I feel so violated.

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11/02/2009 04:27:04

Subject: Re:Vista Install

Tim Sutton
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I know what you mean, Obs. When the laptop arrived there was no support for XP at all! Sony had no drivers or applications for it either. In the end I had to sign a "I promise I've downgraded this to XP and won't bug you about stuff" disclaimer before they'd start slowly releasing drivers.

oh well, it's a Vista machine now. yay.

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