Upgraded to Vista

[David]

Me neither Alf.its been interesting I came across a lot of reviews of xp on my travels recently and I was amazed as there were a lot of very similar things said about xp,took up too much space was slow nearly all the things said about vista,Its just a personal thing but vista for me at least,is easier to understand and much more user friendly and there is better things like the loathed Aero,which I must admit I love 

[Glenn]

It's like us, David, we bought Sue a new Le Creuset pan, so ended up changing with the whole range, we ordered some pasties, ran out of freezer space and need to get a new freezer now. Never upgrade.

And he blames me for saying Donald Russell meat is good.

[Rik]

Actually, it was the DR meat which really started the rot, that filled the freezer and required a Le Creuset Grillet.

[Glenn]

There is a song like that

[Rik]

Burl Ives.

[David]

  Go on Rik  There was an.......................

[Rik]

Lady of mature years who inadvertently suffered an oesophageal reflex when an insect of unknown species entered her mouth

[David]

  No flies on you 

[Rik]

I have yet to ascertain the cause of this reflex and its unfortunate consequences

[David]

  I think she should have spat it out 

[David]

I still have had no luck with the drivers,but I have found the old system on a  partition,in theory could I copy to a flash stick or cd and reinstall the drvers I need ? 

[Rik]

I think she should have spat it out 

Risk assessment reveals that there is a possibility that she may suffer from hypoxia

[Rik]

I still have had no luck with the drivers,but I have found the old system on a  partition,in theory could I copy to a flash stick or cd and reinstall the drvers I need ? 

Can you identify the drivers?

[David]

Yes when I explore the content of the partition I can see where they are

[Glenn]

David, what is the model of PC, motherboard or sound card?

Also, if you run the MS Vista compatibility test what does it say?

[Rik]

Just pull them off to a flash device, then and point Vista at that to install them, or what Glenn says.

[Steve]

Try sisoftware lite to identify the soundcard here Then hopefully a driver can be found.

Spent part of the day myself look at a macbook and a macbook pro, expensive way of running vista but they are very nice pieces of kit

[Rik]

Go native, Steve.

[Steve]

Seen a lot of vista laptops today but build quality seems generally somewhat tacky compared to a mac

[Rik]

I think Apple could make big inroads in the next few years. I've definitely begun to think that way.

[David]

Thanks guys its worth a go

Have just installed siw on it to make things easier
Motherboard us nec GA 8TRC41om NF
cant find any info on the sound card though

[David]

Try sisoftware lite to identify the soundcard here Then hopefully a driver can be found.

Spent part of the day myself look at a macbook and a macbook pro, expensive way of running vista but they are very nice pieces of kit

Thanks Steve just pop next door and try this 

[Steve]

If you're not happy David do a clean install with a empty drive you can still do this with an upgrade disk  http://windowssecrets.com/2008/04/03/01-Its-official-upgrade-hack-included-in-Vista-SP1

I think Apple could make big inroads in the next few years. I've definitely begun to think that way.

I am very tempted  I seem to have found some backup options involving whs and file sharing should be ok. Cant decide whether I would need the macbook pro though,I suspect not.

[Glenn]

Is this on a Packard Bell PC?

[David]

Yes Glenn