My Nvidia Woes & ? about Vista Ultimate

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   First off I got so frustrated with the recent and constant Nvidia not responding and has recovered errors that I did a Disaster Restore.  So many things seem to have gotten misconfigured with Drivers in the last 2 months that I've had my Rig.  

Here are a few things I found out about incompatibility with Vista & Nvidia.  These Things may help you; but not really sure.  

Samsung Syncmaster Software Magictune will cause Nvidia Errors so dont install it.  I got many more of these errors after I installed it; and could just not recover from it which is why I did a Full Rig Clean Installation.

Vista SP1; not sure if it was all of the above or just a combination of all at the same time; but has anyone noticed any errors after the install; compared to none before it.  Still debating whether I want to install it.

NAM is not compatible with Vista 32bit (not sure about 64bit); but if you have a Dual OS like XP & Vista.  Then your Drivers put the Network Teaming in The Control Panel and it will show up when you pull up your control panel in Vista; or at least mine did.  But the problem is that Vista is not compatible with Network Teaming and can cause incompatibility errors.  

Also I cant be certain but seems my Error increase with Nvidia also coincided with my putting the Beta Nvida Driver in; I rolled back to 169.25; but I think at this point there were so many Driver related Issues it didnt seem to help much.  All I know is that for over a month and a half I didnt get one of these Errors; but After all of the above were installed in my Rig the Errors were continuous.  So far with the Clean Install I havent had any; but I also havent gotten a chance to play any games since Im reinstalling all my Software and Hardware.  Im also making sure to let some time go by between each and every update or installation of new software or Hardware so that I can pinpoint issues immediatly.  It got tot he point I couldnt even use my System Restore because of an incompatibility Issue.  That's why around 3am last night I did the Clean Disaster Install.

NOW The Questions:

Now here is my Question; I presently have the Dual Boot Config; Windows XP Home & Vista Home Premium (32bit).  But I want to go to Vista Ultimate.  My choices are to either upgrade my Vista Premium to Vista Ultimate; or to uninstall my Windows XP and put in Vista Ultimate 64bit.   I wound up loving Vista so much I never even went onto XP unless it was to see if I could duplicate the errors I was getting on Vista.  

THe Big ?: can you have a Dual OS with Vista 32 Bit & Vista 64.  Please someone let me know as soon as possible as I want to Order the 64 bit immediately as well as another Raptor Drive:  Kelly would love to hear your opinion since you were my Configurator as well as my Teacher and Analyst.  Thanks

Chris (Mysty)

Edited by Mysty - 24 Mar 2008 at 12:18pm

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Mysty Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 07 Oct 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 148	Quote Reply Topic: My Nvidia Woes & ? about Vista Ultimate Posted: 24 Mar 2008 at 12:11pm
	First off I got so frustrated with the recent and constant Nvidia not responding and has recovered errors that I did a Disaster Restore. So many things seem to have gotten misconfigured with Drivers in the last 2 months that I've had my Rig. Here are a few things I found out about incompatibility with Vista & Nvidia. These Things may help you; but not really sure. Samsung Syncmaster Software Magictune will cause Nvidia Errors so dont install it. I got many more of these errors after I installed it; and could just not recover from it which is why I did a Full Rig Clean Installation. Vista SP1; not sure if it was all of the above or just a combination of all at the same time; but has anyone noticed any errors after the install; compared to none before it. Still debating whether I want to install it. NAM is not compatible with Vista 32bit (not sure about 64bit); but if you have a Dual OS like XP & Vista. Then your Drivers put the Network Teaming in The Control Panel and it will show up when you pull up your control panel in Vista; or at least mine did. But the problem is that Vista is not compatible with Network Teaming and can cause incompatibility errors. Also I cant be certain but seems my Error increase with Nvidia also coincided with my putting the Beta Nvida Driver in; I rolled back to 169.25; but I think at this point there were so many Driver related Issues it didnt seem to help much. All I know is that for over a month and a half I didnt get one of these Errors; but After all of the above were installed in my Rig the Errors were continuous. So far with the Clean Install I havent had any; but I also havent gotten a chance to play any games since Im reinstalling all my Software and Hardware. Im also making sure to let some time go by between each and every update or installation of new software or Hardware so that I can pinpoint issues immediatly. It got tot he point I couldnt even use my System Restore because of an incompatibility Issue. That's why around 3am last night I did the Clean Disaster Install. NOW The Questions: Now here is my Question; I presently have the Dual Boot Config; Windows XP Home & Vista Home Premium (32bit). But I want to go to Vista Ultimate. My choices are to either upgrade my Vista Premium to Vista Ultimate; or to uninstall my Windows XP and put in Vista Ultimate 64bit. I wound up loving Vista so much I never even went onto XP unless it was to see if I could duplicate the errors I was getting on Vista. THe Big ?: can you have a Dual OS with Vista 32 Bit & Vista 64. Please someone let me know as soon as possible as I want to Order the 64 bit immediately as well as another Raptor Drive: Kelly would love to hear your opinion since you were my Configurator as well as my Teacher and Analyst. Thanks Chris (Mysty) Edited by Mysty - 24 Mar 2008 at 12:18pm

My Nvidia Woes & ? about Vista Ultimate

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