Usefull Apps for Vista X64 users

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Ive had Vista BETA 2 X64 installed for a few days now and I have to say, I like it a lot.

The one thing which is kind of frustrating is not being able to use some of the apps I have used for years on the X64 platform or simply do not work with Vista.

I have included a list of apps I am using at the moment.

If anyone recommends anymore, I will add them to this post under the appropiate category.

I will try to stick with freeware applications only where possible although if you do decide to use an application reguarly, it is nice to contribute to the developer :)

Where I have listed a paid for application, if you know of an alternative freeware application, please post.

Over time, this could become a usefull thread to anyone else who makes the jump to 64bit/Vista over the next few months.

CD/DVD Writing Software

CDBurnerXP Pro - When ran in XP SP2 Compatibility Mode
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

Image Mounting Software

Virtual ISO ($19.95)
http://www.braindonors.net/products/virtualiso.asp

One of the only applications of its kind ive seen which properly works on Vista x64, well worth the £12 in my opinion. Daemon tools PRO is released, this is one of the few, if not only, working alternatives on the Vista/x64 platform.

Compression/Extraction

TUGZip
http://www.tugzip.com/

Zip Genius *Not had chance to test
http://www.zipgenius.it/eng/index.php

Torrent Client

uTorrent
http://www.utorrent.com/

HDD Partitioning Software

Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0 ($49.99)
(Does not support Dymanic/Simple Disks)
http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/products/diskdirectorsuite/
One of the few partitioning programmes I know which will work on Vista x64.

*If you are having problems with the digital driver signing enforcement on boot, in Vista, run the following from the run menu:

Bcdedit.exe /set nointegritychecks ON - This disables the enforcement.

**I hope none of the above links break any rules of the forum, if so, please except my appologies and remove them.

Feel free to recommend your own Vista x64 applications which you have found usefull.
 
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I can't seem to get CD Burner Pro 3 to work with my installation of Vista. Comes up saying that there is no DVD in the drive when i try to burn an iso image, yet it erases fine.
 
BlizzardX said:
I can't seem to get CD Burner Pro 3 to work with my installation of Vista. Comes up saying that there is no DVD in the drive when i try to burn an iso image, yet it erases fine.
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http://www.cdburnerxp.se/testeddrives.php

Dont know if that will clarify anything.

Have you tried it on XP with your drive?

EDIT:

Try running in XP SP2 Compatibility mode - Worked for me :)
 
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This was the program I used in XP with the Sony DVD drive so it works fine under XP, but for some reason it knows the drive is there to erase the DVD-RW but if you try and write an ISO to it it always says the disc is full even though its just been erased
 
Also another thing, did you download or purchase virtual ISO? I cant get through to the developer as the email address doesn't want to work.
 
BlizzardX said:
Also another thing, did you download or purchase virtual ISO? I cant get through to the developer as the email address doesn't want to work.
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I purchased it. Will get the email addy for you.
 
Nope not at all, and none of the email address on the website work either, and part of their server is also down as you can't access certain areas without getting sql errors :-(
 
Another program for burning ISO's which actually works in Vista x64 is 'ImgBurn' lovely little program that works flawlessly, so until Nero works with Vista, I shall be using this for iso burning, and vista native burning for files.
 
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