Vista 64 bit compatibility

NotAGolf · 13 May 2008 at 12:09

Hello all.

I installed Vista 64bit (business) about a year ago now. When I first installed there were a few things that weren't compatible or were playing up; microsoft visual studio, netbeans, my linksys wirless adapter, and a few overclocking tools. So instead of faffing around trying to get it to work I installed xp (32bit) on another partition and used that for all my programming/overclocking needs and whatnot.

I've now got a bit of spare time on my hands so I'm gonna format my hardrive and give Vista a proper bash and attempt to do it all without XP. Is this a wise idea or shall I keep XP as a backup? Does anyone still have any problems with incompatible software/hardware under vista, especially the above mentioned apps?

Thanks for any advice.

bledd · 13 May 2008 at 12:15

i'd check for the wireless driver first.., linksys only have drivers for 'some' of their kit

they should just make a generic 64bit driver for all their usb adaptors, it's crazy

Burnsy2023 · 13 May 2008 at 12:40

I've run Visual Studio 2003/2005/2008 all successfully on business x64.

Netbeans has a known issue, but there is a workaround.

Not sure about the rest.

Burnsy

NotAGolf · 13 May 2008 at 12:44

Well I'm finishing my computer science degree in a few days so I hope that I will never have to touch visual studio or netbeans again

! I just want to get a general feel for what's working and what's not.

I did get my linksys adapter working last time but I think it was just a bodge driver from a random website so I could probably just do that again, but I would rather do it the proper way.