Re: OT: Vista
- From: Harry Krause <harry.krause@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 15:04:19 -0400
justwaitafrekinminute@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Apr 14, 12:43 pm, "Nate" <nsaptaemcscpn...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:"Harry Krause" <harry.kra...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Mike wrote:Ditto what Harry said. Compatibility mode has worked for all my games andAs most of you know, I was a tester for Vista, and basically warned folksDid you try loading those games in "XP Compatibility Mode?" That worked
off of it. Well, yesterday, in preparation of our trip to Disneyland with
the kids, I pulled out my 4 year old laptop. It doesn't get much use
lately, and was loaded with a bunch of stuff that was bogging it down. My
goal here was to have a machine that would play DVD movies, and play my
son and daughter's favorite games.
For kicks, I decided to load Vista, since I never had it on this machine,
and I was gonna format the drive anyway. To make a long story short (too
late), I spent HOURS searching for drivers to get my machine to work. The
hardest ones were the audio drivers, and since a movie or game with no
audio would suck, it was pretty important.
Great, finally everything seems to be fine. That was until I tried to
load an online game (Toontown), and everything went to hell in a
handbasket. That's my son and daughter's favorite game right now, and
it'd be perfect for the wind-down period after the park. Try as I might,
it kept producing an "unspecified error."
Oh well, forget that one, let's try another. This one had different
errors, but the result was the same... no workie. Aint this wunnerful!
Bottom line, I formatted the drive again, and XP Pro is re-installing as
we speak. I've been around computers for 25 years, so I know what I'm
doing. I really don't mind all of this, it just takes some time. If I
were your average computer user though, I'd be tearing up the tech
support line!
Vista may work for many, but if it doesn't do what YOU need it to do,
it's a waste. Unfortunately, there's no way to know until you install it,
and there is NO uninstall.
OK I'm done. :-)
--Mike
for me with the one old computer game I like and also with an older
computer program.
media apps that were not written for Vista. I've bven having a ball with
Vista Ultimate.
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how do you find this "XP compatability mode"?
If you right-click on the program's icon on the desktop (or in its folder in program files, a box pops up. At the top of the box are a number of selections. One of those is compatability. Click on it and there are choices within.
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