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Vista drivers hunting

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:28:51 GMT

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Without Vista drivers, it's 2001 all over again

Hunt for software can be frustrating, time-consuming — and fruitless

When Vista launched, Microsoft says it made available 30,000 drivers, serving 1.7 million devices. Every month the company is adding between 1,500 and 2,000 drivers, or manufacturer links to them, at its support Web site.

But that hasn’t been the case for some of his gadgets, such as an ultra-secure flash drive and a USB bar code reader.

They don’t have the sex appeal of MP3 players, SmartPhones or digital cameras. Yet without updated drivers for Vista, some of those gadgets may not work with Vista, and it could start to feel like it’s 2001.

That’s when Microsoft’s last major Windows revision, XP, was released.

When Vista launched, Microsoft made available 30,000 drivers, serving 1.7 million devices, said Dave Wascha, the company’s director of platform partner product management.

Vista sp1 update or not

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:04:14 GMT

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Some consumers are having a hard time getting Windows Vista Service Pack 1 to install correctly.

"When I go to windows update on my laptop to download SP1 it doesn't find the update," groused one user on Microsoft's TechNet forum for Vista SP1.

Besides audio boards from SigmaTel, Realtek, Conexant and Creative Labs, a few other devices with unsupported device drivers are also affected, including two fingerprint scanners, a pair of graphics displays, a smart card controller, and a wireless card.

"I have just spent one to two hours figuring out that I have one of the problem [SigmaTel] drivers hence why windows update isn't offering me SP1. Neither is it offering me an updated new driver. In my book that is not a good customer experience and a bit of a waste of my time," complained one user, commenting on the Vista Team Blog.

Vista Sucks

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:46:30 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Save XP

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A petition to “Save Windows XP” has drawn more than 111,000 supporters — and continued shots across the Microsoft XP vs. Vista bow, a battle that began with Vista’s release last year.

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Among the concerns about Vista are the amount of computer memory and space it requires, its seemingly slower speed and frustration over the fact that third-party drivers for some printers and other devices are still not available from the companies that make those devices.

XP also will be available for sale until Jan. 31, 2009, by “system builders,” small businesses that custom-build “white box,” or generic, PCs.

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