Will it work with Vista?
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Kornowski
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Found this 
http://help.orange.co.uk/documentDisplay.do?clusterName=DefaultCluster&preview=1&groupId=1&page=&docType=1006&resultType=5002&docProp=$solution_id&docPropValue=kb15415
http://help.orange.co.uk/documentDisplay.do?clusterName=DefaultCluster&preview=1&groupId=1&page=&docType=1006&resultType=5002&docProp=$solution_id&docPropValue=kb15277
Doesn't seem to be compatible with x64 bit OS's, Any ideas how I'd get it work?
http://help.orange.co.uk/documentDisplay.do?clusterName=DefaultCluster&preview=1&groupId=1&page=&docType=1006&resultType=5002&docProp=$solution_id&docPropValue=kb15415
http://help.orange.co.uk/documentDisplay.do?clusterName=DefaultCluster&preview=1&groupId=1&page=&docType=1006&resultType=5002&docProp=$solution_id&docPropValue=kb15277
Doesn't seem to be compatible with x64 bit OS's, Any ideas how I'd get it work?
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andy faith
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dont see why not. You could try looking on their website if they have one
You may find those drivers to be more flexible then those usually seen for hardware and programs you run. Even the 64bit versions of Windows have some backward compatibilty with 32bit. Drivers provided by ISP's are generally broader ranged to cover the different versions of Windows.
Here the exact same dsl driver used on 98 work well on Vista too. While both are 32bit the drivers might even work on 95 which was 16bit unless that was the minimum requirement. Another thought of course would be to contact the ISP's support staff on this.
Here the exact same dsl driver used on 98 work well on Vista too. While both are 32bit the drivers might even work on 95 which was 16bit unless that was the minimum requirement. Another thought of course would be to contact the ISP's support staff on this.
They won't guaranty it probably for the obvious differences between the 32 and 64bit versions of Windows. But this is also one thing I have mentioned before about the 64bit OSs still more or less being in their infancy. Others that rushed into having a 64bit version as their main OS have run into a lack of drivers for other hardwares as well.
This is one reason why looking into contacting the support staff about running a 64bit edition is the thought here. They would be in the better position to answer whether there is some type of OS tweak or patch available maybe in beta form.
This is one reason why looking into contacting the support staff about running a 64bit edition is the thought here. They would be in the better position to answer whether there is some type of OS tweak or patch available maybe in beta form.
apj101
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I was responding the PC_eyes suggestion that sometimes a 32 bit driver will work on a 64 bit vista operating system. It wont. Ive heard cases of some 32 bit drivers working but they are rare.
Unless you have a 64 bit driver you will stuggle to get the hardware to work on a 64 bit OS (unless it has some built in generic drivers that will work)
There are 32 bit versions of vista available
Unless you have a 64 bit driver you will stuggle to get the hardware to work on a 64 bit OS (unless it has some built in generic drivers that will work)
There are 32 bit versions of vista available
apj101
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This is why I suggested the possibility of a driver set being in beta form at the present time and the reason they have to state that none are available at the present time. Those that find a 64bit version faster at this time is mainly due to not seeing much in the way of games and apps for them at this point for the home user.
The mainstream market is still enmeshed with 32bit. It will take quite a bit longer for the transition from 32bit then it did when going from 16 to 32bit in the 95-98 versions. NT was already 32bit at that time. I went through this when trying to Linux drivers for dsl here when trying out different distros. Finally those are becoming more available.
The mainstream market is still enmeshed with 32bit. It will take quite a bit longer for the transition from 32bit then it did when going from 16 to 32bit in the 95-98 versions. NT was already 32bit at that time. I went through this when trying to Linux drivers for dsl here when trying out different distros. Finally those are becoming more available.
apj101
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well the os can address 4gb, but it has to use some of the address space for other hardware on the pci such as your vid card etc. So you may see that the ram address drops from 4 to 3gb, but you have the same (plus other) issues in win xp 32it.I heard it was something like 3.25GB?
Would you say it was pointless and more hastle going for the x64bit?
You can try implementing the physical address extension
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/pae/default.mspx
The one thing I mentioned to you before was to try it as a secondary not primary version there in case you were regretting things later. Many are waiting for the SP1 and possible SP2 before even upgrading or dual booting one of the 32bit versions. The one thing I can say here with a 32bit version installed is that the drivers for the new build seem to work better in Vista then XP.
In fact one big annoyance lately was the driver updates for the sound card where Vista drivers were installed when selecting XP as the version at the support site. That was followed when the same thing happened when updating at the MS update page selecting the optional updates for sound there. I then simply used a restore point to see the original cd drivers work.
I was pondering 4gb here for other reasons involving the loads video capturing/editing will place on a cpu as well as the amount of memory used to see whether the increase would help despite the 3gb barrier. I didn't know if you had a chance to read the article about this when I first came across it. You can read that at http://www.dansdata.com/askdan00015.htm
In fact one big annoyance lately was the driver updates for the sound card where Vista drivers were installed when selecting XP as the version at the support site. That was followed when the same thing happened when updating at the MS update page selecting the optional updates for sound there. I then simply used a restore point to see the original cd drivers work.
I was pondering 4gb here for other reasons involving the loads video capturing/editing will place on a cpu as well as the amount of memory used to see whether the increase would help despite the 3gb barrier. I didn't know if you had a chance to read the article about this when I first came across it. You can read that at http://www.dansdata.com/askdan00015.htm
tlarkin
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the 64 bit is not faster per se. It allows access to 64bit architecture and memory addressing. More RAM does not equal faster.
Really, MS screwed this up royally. They should not have seperate versions of the OS. Instead they should have both 64bit and 32bit libraries natively on the OS, so you can run either or, and not have this huge compatibility problems. Several Linux distros do this as well as OS X.
As far as the digital receiver goes, are you referring to a router or an actual media receiver?
Really, MS screwed this up royally. They should not have seperate versions of the OS. Instead they should have both 64bit and 32bit libraries natively on the OS, so you can run either or, and not have this huge compatibility problems. Several Linux distros do this as well as OS X.
As far as the digital receiver goes, are you referring to a router or an actual media receiver?
Kornowski
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Yeah, I know what you mean, it sounds like a good idea to do that, I guess they didn't think about it
I mean the actual reciever, it's this one:
http://cgi.ebay.ie/Inventel-Wireles...ryZ45002QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD4VQQcmdZViewItem
I mean the actual reciever, it's this one:
http://cgi.ebay.ie/Inventel-Wireles...ryZ45002QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD4VQQcmdZViewItem