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| Thread ID: 76481 | 2007-02-02 08:41:00 | question about Win Vista | kingping (11473) | Press F1 |
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| 521891 | 2007-02-05 01:34:00 | After reading the reports on Vista, and particularly noting the ‘Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor’ mentioned on page 22 of the (surprisingly) Office 2007 end of the book that arrived with this months’ PC World I decided to download it. Upon running the Advisor the very first window reads Fatal Execution Engine Error (0x7927e03e) I press 'OK' then……. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Another window says Application has generated an exception that could not be handled. Process id=0xe10 (3600), Thread id=0xe14 (3604). Click OK to terminate the application. Click CANCEL to debug the application. So pressed CANCEL --------------------------------------------------------------------- ..gives yet another panel.......... Header says VistaUpgradeAdvisor.exe - No debugger is available. An attempt to launch a JIT debugger with the following command resulted in an error code of 0x2 (2). Please check computer settings. cordbg.exe !a 0xe10 Click on Retry to have process wait while attaching a debugger manually. Click on Cancel to abort the JIT debug request. ......so I clicked Retry.............. and the panel disappeared. So I ran the application again. And the second window showed Process id=x2c8 (712), Thread id=0xb8c (2956). And the third window gave different addresses as well. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Since none of it makes any sense to me I suppose it means that even if I considered Vista I'd be out of luck. It's hardly a diagnostic tool though - unless you're a one in a million who can understand Martian, Arabic and Urdu all rolled into one! Please can anybody explain all the mumbo-jumbo and/or advise whether my machine has a serious problem, or whether it really does mean that Vista would be a no-no? |
Mike S (1766) | ||
| 521892 | 2007-02-05 01:49:00 | Its actually possible to do a clean install with the upgrade version of Vista. Microsoft originally claimed you need to install WinXP first but a work around has been leaked. You're still required to install Windows twice but XP isnt needed. Vista also has a compatibility mode like XP does to improve compatibility. For example if a piece of software wont run under Vista try using WinXP SP2 compatibility mode and see if it works. From the reviews I've read it seems the majority of software has no problems running under Vista. A few problem seem to arise with hardware compatibility, but the main culprits are nVidia and ATi with poor video drivers. But this isnt really any different to when XP was released everyone said they would never upgrade from 2k, but 5 years on and most users now use XP. |
Pete O'Neil (6584) | ||
| 521893 | 2007-02-05 07:10:00 | Last week i was running xp and did a vista upgrade advisor test and it told me that home premium was the one to get so i did and it will be here on wednesday. Now on saturday i installed vista RC1 ran the upgrade advisor test and it tells me to go for the ultimate edition, Confused i am why do i get two different readings for one OS. |
Hitech (9024) | ||
| 521894 | 2007-02-06 20:02:00 | Anyone know how to run this program on a Win2K machine?? You can't, unless someone has hacked it. The upgrade advisor is for XP SP2 & Vista. This page (www.microsoft.com) has a link at the bottom that explains why. |
autechre (266) | ||
| 521895 | 2007-02-07 03:44:00 | Will Vista Run Your Games: The Final Word www.extremetech.com |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 521896 | 2007-02-07 04:44:00 | Well Vista home premium is now running on my pc and i have to say since i installed it the net is faster my speed has gone from 2.8mbps a second to 3.5mbps when i had xp it was forever on 2.8mbps. I only had to install three drivers from the net and now everything is sweet as. |
Hitech (9024) | ||
| 521897 | 2007-02-07 05:02:00 | Well Vista home premium is now running on my pc and i have to say since i installed it the net is faster my speed has gone from 2.8mbps a second to 3.5mbps when i had xp it was forever on 2.8mbps. I only had to install three drivers from the net and now everything is sweet as. Good to hear all went well. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 521898 | 2007-02-07 07:33:00 | A friend of mine asked me today what difference does it make if a retailer sells an OEM edition of vista with another product, and why cant the OEM edition not be sold seperately. | Hitech (9024) | ||
| 521899 | 2007-02-07 07:38:00 | Don't be misled by these 10 Windows Vista myths articles.techrepublic.com.com |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 521900 | 2007-02-07 09:39:00 | Hmm, 10 myths, so someone who makes their living directly and indirectly from MS products is going to throw a spanner in their income? Yeah Right. To the thread starter. My advice would be to have your new machine loaded with Win XP, then have a look at a Vista upgrade when, at least, the first service pack is out and bedded in. If you go with Vista and you do have problems with your apps, it'll be pretty hard to go back and you'll have wasted an inordinate amount of time and resources. The mere fact that this is for business and possibly involves critical data (you don't actually say) would steer any prudent person away from any new OS until it was well and truly sorted. "Pre-equipped" is not yet mandatory AFAIK. If they don't want to sell you a new computer sans Vista, go elsewhere to business who understands customer service rather than coercion. |
Murray P (44) | ||
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