Okay, most people are going to think I am a hardened fool for this, but I
just bought a new HP Pavilion a1630n desktop. It has the AMD 64X2 live chip,
2Gb, 250 GB Hard drive, 256Mb (shared) 6130LE graphics and the Realtec HD
Audio.

I haven't even gotten it warmed up really yet. I just finished burning the
XP restore disks and I am getting ready to freshly load RC2 X64 on it. Is
there anything I should know about before hanging myself?

The "get ready" only gave me the non-supported message on my N-Force network
card and my Realtek Audio. I have already found the Vista drivers.

RE: Brand Spankin New by Spirefm

Spirefm
Sun Oct 15 10:22:02 CDT 2006

Don't forget that Vista is still in beta testing so don't rely on it totally.
Keep your old machine - I hope you didn't trade it in. Quite a few drivers
are not yet available for Vista - especially the 64 bit version. Colin

"Gene Fitz" wrote:

> Okay, most people are going to think I am a hardened fool for this, but I
> just bought a new HP Pavilion a1630n desktop. It has the AMD 64X2 live chip,
> 2Gb, 250 GB Hard drive, 256Mb (shared) 6130LE graphics and the Realtec HD
> Audio.
>
> I haven't even gotten it warmed up really yet. I just finished burning the
> XP restore disks and I am getting ready to freshly load RC2 X64 on it. Is
> there anything I should know about before hanging myself?
>
> The "get ready" only gave me the non-supported message on my N-Force network
> card and my Realtek Audio. I have already found the Vista drivers.

RE: Brand Spankin New by JBonney

JBonney
Sun Oct 15 16:41:01 CDT 2006

Here are a few things...
http://blogs.msdn.com/dougste/archive/2006/04/13/575583.aspx

Notably, if you are planning to use IIS, get ready for the eventual
realization that none of your 32-bit Active X components will work.

"Spirefm" wrote:

> Don't forget that Vista is still in beta testing so don't rely on it totally.
> Keep your old machine - I hope you didn't trade it in. Quite a few drivers
> are not yet available for Vista - especially the 64 bit version. Colin
>
> "Gene Fitz" wrote:
>
> > Okay, most people are going to think I am a hardened fool for this, but I
> > just bought a new HP Pavilion a1630n desktop. It has the AMD 64X2 live chip,
> > 2Gb, 250 GB Hard drive, 256Mb (shared) 6130LE graphics and the Realtec HD
> > Audio.
> >
> > I haven't even gotten it warmed up really yet. I just finished burning the
> > XP restore disks and I am getting ready to freshly load RC2 X64 on it. Is
> > there anything I should know about before hanging myself?
> >
> > The "get ready" only gave me the non-supported message on my N-Force network
> > card and my Realtek Audio. I have already found the Vista drivers.

Re: Brand Spankin New by Jane

Jane
Sun Oct 15 16:53:22 CDT 2006

Which is why both XP Professional x64 and Vista x64 both come with a 32 bit
IE as well as a 64 bit IE. ActiveX work in the 32 bit browser ;-)

--
Jane, not plain ;) 64 bit enabled :)
Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation :-)
"JBonney" <JBonney@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BA251EE5-191D-413C-B230-A5AACDFE7FCF@microsoft.com...
> Here are a few things...
> http://blogs.msdn.com/dougste/archive/2006/04/13/575583.aspx
>
> Notably, if you are planning to use IIS, get ready for the eventual
> realization that none of your 32-bit Active X components will work.
>
> "Spirefm" wrote:
>
>> Don't forget that Vista is still in beta testing so don't rely on it
>> totally.
>> Keep your old machine - I hope you didn't trade it in. Quite a few
>> drivers
>> are not yet available for Vista - especially the 64 bit version. Colin
>>
>> "Gene Fitz" wrote:
>>
>> > Okay, most people are going to think I am a hardened fool for this, but
>> > I
>> > just bought a new HP Pavilion a1630n desktop. It has the AMD 64X2 live
>> > chip,
>> > 2Gb, 250 GB Hard drive, 256Mb (shared) 6130LE graphics and the Realtec
>> > HD
>> > Audio.
>> >
>> > I haven't even gotten it warmed up really yet. I just finished burning
>> > the
>> > XP restore disks and I am getting ready to freshly load RC2 X64 on it.
>> > Is
>> > there anything I should know about before hanging myself?
>> >
>> > The "get ready" only gave me the non-supported message on my N-Force
>> > network
>> > card and my Realtek Audio. I have already found the Vista drivers.