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A warning with vista

HexedHexed Member Posts: 10
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I recently installed Windows Vista Ultimate onto my pc! First thing i did was look at the media centre, i played some music and where was my sound!

I then found out looking on forums that some sound drivers are NOT compatible with Vista, and ones that are have alot of problems with them. I suggest looking going on the windows website for more information or typing your driver name into google with the word 'vista' next to it. This will come up with alot of forum posts which may help you.

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  • n25phillyn25philly Member Posts: 1,317
    Originally posted by Hexed


    I recently installed Windows Vista Ultimate onto my pc! First thing i did was look at the media centre, i played some music and where was my sound!
    I then found out looking on forums that some sound drivers are NOT compatible with Vista, and ones that are have alot of problems with them. I suggest looking going on the windows website for more information or typing your driver name into google with the word 'vista' next to it. This will come up with alot of forum posts which may help you.
    Uh, isn't always a good idea to make sure that there are drivers available for your equipment before installing a new operating system?

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  • HexedHexed Member Posts: 10

    My sound driver never even crossed my mind, and i would bet it doesnt with alot of people, especially people who have intergrated sound.

  • SpathotanSpathotan Member Posts: 3,928
    Vista will scan all your hardware on install, and do 1 of 3 things.



    1. It will auto install drivers for all your stuff, or..

    2. Provide you with a link to where you can download the driver for whichever devices did not auto-install, or....

    3. Do nothing if X hardware is just plain not supported by Vista, meaning it is just outdated end of story.

    "There's no star system Slave I can't reach, and there's no planet I can't find. There's nowhere in the Galaxy for you to run. Might as well give up now."
    — Boba Fett

  • AstropuyoAstropuyo Member RarePosts: 2,178
    Originally posted by Hexed


    My sound driver never even crossed my mind, and i would bet it doesnt with alot of people, especially people who have intergrated sound.



    Aint that the truth, you'd think the most basic driver components of one OS would be ready for another. Whether it be from the disk to a install method, aw well could worse.

    Could of been your video.

  • HexedHexed Member Posts: 10
    Originally posted by Spathotan

    Vista will scan all your hardware on install, and do 1 of 3 things.



    1. It will auto install drivers for all your stuff, or..

    2. Provide you with a link to where you can download the driver for whichever devices did not auto-install, or....

    3. Do nothing if X hardware is just plain not supported by Vista, meaning it is just outdated end of story.

    Vista did provide me with a link for my video driver and my antivirus update, but did NOT provide me with a link for my Soundcard neither did it recognise it was outdated, Microsoft have comfirmed that there are some known issues with sound drivers.
  • LordSlaterLordSlater Member Posts: 2,087
    This is why im not buying vista till i HAVE to.

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  • xpyrofuryxxpyrofuryx Member CommonPosts: 1,587
    All my drivers are supported, I had Vista Beta2 installed on this comp and everything worked like a charm!

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