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Community weekly poll: What percentage of sw or hw are incompatiblities with Vista?
- 3/14/07 12:59 PM
What percentage of sw or hw are incompatiblities with Vista?
by Lee Koo (ADMIN) - 3/14/07 12:59 PM
If you are currently running Windows Vista, what percentage of your software and hardware drivers are incompatible with it?
- Less than 10 percent (tell us what they are)
- 20 to 30 percent (tell us what they are)
- 40 to 50 percent (tell us what they are)
- 60 to 70 percent (tell us what they are)
- 80 to 90 percent (tell us what they are)
- More than 90 percent (tell us what they are)
- I have no incompatibility issues.
Lack of information may be the problem!
by george.gordon - 3/14/07 4:25 PM In reply to: What percentage of sw or hw are incompatiblities with Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I've not yet migrated to Vista - however ....
Surely the hardware/driver suppliers have the main responsibility to supply information on (in)compatibility issues - prominently on their websites! Where I have registered ownership of (say) a printer with HP, I would expect them to tell me if I have a problem and what they are planning to do anout it.
Scanners are a problem
by Dr. Zoltar - 3/14/07 4:30 PM In reply to: Lack of information may be the problem! by george.gordonI have Vista installed at home and a copy installed at a neightbor's. Getting a new driver for the printer was a pain. However, it did eventually work. As for scanners, no such luck. I have an Agfa Snapscan 50 and my neighbor has an HP 4200 (I think). Anyway both venders said they would not be creating drivers for Vista because they deemed the scanners too old.
no more printing for me
by mhanc911 - 3/14/07 5:49 PM In reply to: Scanners are a problem by Dr. ZoltarI installed Vista recently and now I've given up hope on trying to print a document. I have a HP photosmart 1215 printer so I emailed HP for the driver and they said their engineers were working on it. Just some advice to upgraders: print everything you need while you still can in XP.
HP 1215 Photosmart Printer
by HowieSD - 3/15/07 11:48 PM In reply to: no more printing for me by mhanc911Today is your lucky day. I have a 1215 HP and had the same installation probs with Vista. (Many many probs)
HP told me to pick the driver for their Deskjet 990c from the net or windows. IT WORKS!!!
For the time being there is no icon or tool chest interface but your printr will be functional.
Good luck!
HowieSD
No network printing.
by Igiveup2 - 3/15/07 12:11 AM In reply to: Scanners are a problem by Dr. ZoltarNetgear print servers won't load Vista drivers. Don't support scan function either.
my vista installed fine
by hoffmanbike - 3/14/07 5:17 PM In reply to: Lack of information may be the problem! by george.gordonmy 2 pc's running vista business are running fine with few to no glitches and everything i've installed so far works wonderfully.
i have an acer c300 tablet w/ 1.5ghz centrino and 2gb ram and a newish 3.0 ghz p4 w/ HT, 1gb ram, and 256mb shared ati video card; ecs mobo
installed programs
utorrent 1.6.1
turbotax 2006
routersim 5
recover my files
winrar
ad-aware 6.?
spybot 1.4
vista codecs
adobe reader 8 (ecs) or 7 (tablet)
trillian 3.1 pro
Bitpim 12.0
ACDSee 8.0
nero 7.5 (vista version)
symantec corporate 10.2 (vista version)
office 2003 pro + onenote
tablet experience pack (on the tablet)
enter the matrix (ecs)
microsoft origami experince pack (on both thanks to microsoft sdk pack w/ orca being installed on both too)
microsoft digital image suite 2006
microsoft office 2007 trial (ecs)
flvplayer
megamanager
microsoft ink desktop (tablet)
and i got flash and shockwave player(s) to work on both pc's despite adobe having done absolutly nothing to help get them working under IE7
drivers
had to update the bios on the ecs mobo but that's ecs's fault
and a linksys 802.11g pci card that has never worked under xp did instantly under vista
i know i'll never be able to get updated drivers from acer (but that's acers fault)
had to download updated drivers for microsoft wireless desktop (tablet)
drivers for cellphone hook-up worked within seconds of plugging in
drivers for tablet hardware worked before the wireless desktop set even could
nothing on either computer has gone unrecognized, and those that were recognized but not installed correctly were fixed within a matter of minutes without any intervention by me
They tell you what they are planning to do do, all right!
by whozis - 3/14/07 6:11 PM In reply to: Lack of information may be the problem! by george.gordonMost of my software suppliers tell me that they plan to sell me new, expensive software--again! Most have no plans to patch or update, they say.
I am having better success with the hardware vendors providing up-to-date drivers.
A few say, "Tough luck!"
other operating systems?
by needforspeedskier - 3/14/07 4:39 PM In reply to: What percentage of sw or hw are incompatiblities with Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
You should probably take into accounted that people use other operating systems other than windows, such as linux
Vista incompatibilities
by johns123 - 3/14/07 4:45 PM In reply to: What percentage of sw or hw are incompatiblities with Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I'm running Vista Business as a test for my organization:
So far, these apps will not run under Vista ..
AutoCAD 2007
SolidWorks
Catia
CFDesign
NERO
EasyCD Creator
MathCAD
MatLab
F-secure, McAfee, Norton AV
Most hardware and printer drivers
Any apps or games requiring OpenGL support
any 64bit dongles and other security devices
I'm sure, in time, these vendors will write
Vista compatible versions of their products.
NERO 7 is compatible, and I could upgrade my
copy of NERO for $99. Right now, I estimate
that these "upgrades" will cost us about
$5000 per box, just to get back to where we
were in XP ... with no advantage at all.
Most of our security software fails under
Vista, so right now, we simply cannot buy
Vista and remain secure from hacking, porn,
vandalism ... and the threat of prosecution
created by that. Julie Amero, a substitute
school teacher, is still awaiting sentencing
from her conviction by a moronic witch-hunting
ignorant jury, because of porn pop-ups in
her classroom. And Vista comes standard with
Windows Media Player 11 set to allow peer-to-
peer music sharing, which is so illegal that
a young girl at Ohio State has been fined over
$550,000 for doing it ... and now she has to
settle by paying a $3000 fine ... along with
20 other students ( each ). I'm speculating that
Vista is in collusion with law enforcement, and
is reporting this .. while at the same time luring
these students into doing it. I see the same thing
going on in the gaming industry. Vista is now
opening its Microsoft On-line site .. and will
no doubt report any attempts at copying, or
running pirated games ... and NERO 7 will probably
report that, if attempted. Music sharing, and
on-line gaming are straight shots for hackers
... and kids ... to get into your PC, and nose
around. That tells me that Vista Security is
just not there other than it is a type of security
that can get you in legal trouble, and is aimed
at the user .. rather than outside invasion.
For a very good reason, the Feds are staying with
Win2000 ... your tax dollars. I suspect that "we"
will stay with XP, and it is rapidly becoming the
joke of the month around here .. nodding heads and
big grins.
Too many software I use daily doesn't work on my new notebo
by hiddengun88 - 3/14/07 4:47 PM In reply to: What percentage of sw or hw are incompatiblities with Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I had just purchased a new notebook w/ Vista home basic. Man, it was a nightmare, the software I used daily do not work with new OS are Quickbookpro 2005, Zone alarm internet security suite and Autocad LT 2006. The only software the work OK is Office XP.
Microsoft shall tried and coordinate w/ all software vendors to make sure more software are compatible before the release. Now, I can't do much w/ the new notebook and that defeats the purposes.
Besides, I believe the enhancements new OS are more asthetic then revolutionary. Things had been moved around w/ better looking icons. I wish there are more real enhancements and keep the XP look.
laptop problems with vista
by bum bum - 3/14/07 5:04 PM In reply to: Too many software I use daily doesn't work on my new notebo by hiddengun88after upgrading to vista my laptop is also experiencing alot of driverand software problems. most annoying is the fact that my touchpad drivers do not work and it makes using the mouse a difficult and most often non cooperative task. I also experienced compatibility issues with my media software and zone alarm fire wall.
Vista audio drivers and chip set
by cobraii1976 - 3/14/07 4:51 PM In reply to: What percentage of sw or hw are incompatiblities with Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Driver disk with M/B not Vista compatible. Manufacturer had up to date audio drivers, but said Via was responsible for chipset drivers. I didn't care much for that. In the end all worked very well.
Vista has some new features that are great and some not so.
Not working right with Vista
by rjb1961 - 3/14/07 4:52 PM In reply to: What percentage of sw or hw are incompatiblities with Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
No driver for my HP 7760 printer, but HP has a reasonable workaround until the driver is developed.
My VOIP telehone, a USR model, did not work. However I reseached and found that it was actually a Yealink VOIP telephone sold under the USR name. The Yealink website had a Vista driver and now works.
My Hauppauge TV card does not work. But it is over 8 years old and I guess that is expected.
What found interesting was my video card, a Radeon 9250. The card support dual monitors (VGA and my television) and works well under the 32 bit version of Vista. When I tried the 64 bit verison of Vista, the second monitor function of the card was not working.
All in all, I like Vista. It is unreasonable to expect that hardware from 8 years ago designed for Windows 98 to work 100% with new OS.
vista, not yet
by dave48858 - 3/14/07 4:52 PM In reply to: What percentage of sw or hw are incompatiblities with Vista? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
back when I had 95/98, I bought a $3000 software package for my $2000 plotter. Then came along xp, I'm like cool, get it, like it, install my $3000 software and the software can't find my key. It's right in my parallel port where it's supposto be, Grrrr. So I ended up using 98 for another year or two. Anyway, now I have a $3500 software package with a $30,000 printer/plotter. XP works everything just dandy.
I work in the back room of a computer shop and I see the computers coming in. "take this crap off my computer, put xp back on it" I've played with the vista enviroment, the facade version, it's just like a mac from what I could tell, woopdie doo. I'll let them work the bugs out of it long before I even think about trying the real thing
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