anyone using vista yet ?

[Starkler (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by Striker

What I should have said I'm not going to pay out a few hundred $ for something I dont need...XP Pro works fine for me ATM and I dont need any new features

I still haven't seen a compelling reason to upgrade from Win2k yet and suffer the hassles of activations etc

[casstony]

Originally Posted by Omaroo

I'm not into computer games (never have been) so this is as close as it gets for me.

If you have any interest in sci-fi, you could re-test your interest in games with the original 'Half life' or Star Wars 'Knights of the old republic'. Most games don't interest me but these are two of my favorites. And then you could tell us how they run under Vista

[JethroB76 (Jeff)]

Has anyone tried me old friend Cartes Du Ceil under vista?

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

Originally Posted by Isdonisgood

Has anyone tried me old friend Cartes Du Ceil under vista?

Yep - version 3 (beta) works a treat - as does the stable version 2.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by Rocket Boy

I'm having a few issues with my laptop running under XP.
It's crashed a fair few times while using the Toucam out in the field.

Now I can't use the "save as" function and the system seems to be accessing the HD all the time, the HD light is constantly flickering.

It's got 1 MB RAM and a 3.2GHz Pentium BTW.

I agree that waiting is best, I'm not planning to upgrade my main systems yet, no need, just the laptop.

Appreciate your thoughts.

Andrew, I run XP on both my laptops and neither has crashed. I use both with the Toucam (modified) and neither give any problems, and the Long Exposure mod uses more pooter power than normal Toucam.

Your problem sounds strange indeed.

Both my Laptops are old & small.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Originally Posted by Rocket Boy

It's got 1 MB RAM and a 3.2GHz Pentium BTW.

Well there's your problem with the hard drive light on all the time. Not enough RAM! Sorry, couldn't help myself.

I'm still using DOS 5 and don't want to upgrade my 386 with 2 MB RAM any time soon.

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

Well there's your problem with the hard drive light on all the time. Not enough RAM! Sorry, couldn't help myself.

Yes I'll pay that one !
Thanks CC.

[33South (Chris)]

Originally Posted by Rocket Boy

It's got 1 MB RAM and a 3.2GHz Pentium BTW.
Appreciate your thoughts.

Apart from adding more RAM it could be a disk space problem.

check the amount of free space, or if a defrag is needed.

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by 33South

Apart from adding more RAM it could be a disk space problem.

check the amount of free space, or if a defrag is needed.

Yeah I've defraged regularly Chris, and I think at 1GB Ram, my next option is to go up to 2GB but not sure if that's possible or would solve the problem.
It searches the HD even when idol.
And there's still enough empty space on the HD.

I think it's a registry problem, that's why I'm wondering if installing Vista will fix it and leave all my programs intact.

[Striker (Tony)]

Andrew,

I would try formatting and reloading a fresh copy of XP first because that laptop is complete over kill just to run a toucam.

2gb ram is better but 1 gig is ample for the apps neeeded to run a toucam.

I have a laptop pentium M 2 gig with 1 gig ram and I can run around 5-10 programs at the same time.

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by Striker

Andrew,

I would try formatting and reloading a fresh copy of XP first because that laptop is complete over kill just to run a toucam.

Yep, the lappy is used for business apps, so running the Toucam is a snap for this setup.
It's just handy to take the lappy out in the field.

Somewhere along the way though it's corrupted the system so I will do what you say, just reinstall XP.
I was just hoping that installing Vista over it would somehow fix it.

Like I said I'll be sticking with XP on my other machines, no need to upgrade yet.

[33South (Chris)]

Originally Posted by Rocket Boy

I think it's a registry problem, that's why I'm wondering if installing Vista will fix it and leave all my programs intact.

From my experiences over the last few days, I would not recommend the upgrade to Vista - it will introduce more problems than it fixes.

Like I've just found out my anti-virus software must be upgraded to the latest version, its TrenMicro Pc-Cillin and you need the 2007 version. Luckily mine is due for renewal this month anyway.
One good bit of news is the new version can be installed on up to 3 PCs at home at no extra cost over 1 machine.

Also there are some free registry scanners and fixers around.