Vista 64 compatibility?
Posted by admin on May 1st, 2007
Building a new computer. Bought Vista Ultimate 64bit.Does that OS have a compatibility mode for 32bit software? Or do I need to run 64bit versions of everything? Will using the 64bit version of Vista severely limit what software I can use? Here are some of the programs I can think of now:MS Office 2003 MS Visual Studio 2005 FTP Voyager Boxer Text Editor Nero Photoshop CS2 Illustrator CS2 Acrobat Flash 8 Poser 7 Game: Supreme Commander Game: Planetside iTunes FrapsOh and I suppose I'll switch from Outlook to the mail program built into Vista... ? Anything you all want to share about that? For one, does that mail program have a builtin spamchecker? If so, how effective have you all found it to be? If it doesn't, is there a 3rdparty spamchecker that works with the 64bit Vista mail program?Thanks for any info/advice you can give! (I'm going to do a lot of Googling now to see what I can learn while I hope for response to this post) Scotter Scotter
May 4th, 2007 at 09:46 pm
Windows x64 will run your 32bit software for the most part. You'd have a tough time running just x64 apps since there are not very many.From your list I know I only use Nero and you will have to download the latest from their website for vista compatibility. Itunes may possibly have issues with Vista. On the rest you will have to either load them and try or google to find peoples experiences with them."Scotter"
May 7th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
I am running 64 bit Vista Ultimate, had not problems with Office 2003 Acrobat. I have not tried any other programs yet. "Scotter"
May 12th, 2007 at 09:54 pm
* Scotter: Yes. No. Yes. No 16bit programs (and this includes 32bit programs that come with 16bit installers), no programs that only come with 32bit drivers... [snip] No iTunes for 64bit Windows. The last iTunes version that runs on 64bit Windows is 6.0.4 which is outdated and suffers from several security holes... What for? Windows Mail is just a pimped Outlook Express. Why give up Outlook for that? Do you have any native x64 programs or more than 4GB RAM? If not then you will be much better suited with 32bit Vista...Benjamin
May 16th, 2007 at 05:36 am
I can't promote using Vista64 myself, since I'm still questioning whether we have a need yet for a 64bit OS. But since you listed some things that might actually need greater than 4GB of ram, I'll skip my thoughts on that. Currently I triple boot between XP, Vista32 and Vista64I mostly game, and I have Supreme Commander, it's a Games for Windows games, which means it should work under Vista64 as well. Check the Tech Support forums and you'll see there is problems with SupCom in general so hard to know where the problem is, but under Vista 64, Ive gotten 2 BSODs and 2 CTDs .. Under XP and Vista32 no BSODS and only 1 CTD.Office 2003 works fine, though Outlook is all I really use.I used FRAPS 2.8.2 and it would give me BSODs when playing Battlefield 2142 for more than 45 mins. Stopped using FRAPs and the BSODs went away "Scotter"
May 17th, 2007 at 01:29 am
Hi,I feel at this stage that you could end up very frustrated with Vista64 with at the current instabilities. regardsSteve.Dale M. White;37497 Wrote: Steve Steve's Profile: vistaheads.com/forums/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: vistaheads.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=38389
May 19th, 2007 at 08:54 pm
Thanks for all the great info! Yeah, I purchased 8 gig of RAM for this new machine and I want/need to use all of it. That is my number one reason for moving into a 64bit OS. Glad you illluminated that mail program. So it does not have a calendar? I actually preferred many things about Outlook Express and only reason I moved to Outlook was for the calendar. Outlook's way of handling contacts frustrates me. But if the new Windows Mail in Vista doesn't have a calendar then I'll stick with Outlook. I suppose that will make moving all my rules, etc. easier? Scotter "Benjamin Gawert"
May 22nd, 2007 at 02:24 am
Windows Mail does have a calendar "Scotter"
May 25th, 2007 at 09:56 pm
Ah! Has anyone here played with Vista Mail? Impressions? I'm going to go Google "reviews of Vista Mail" now to see what I can find. Scotter "John Barnes"
May 30th, 2007 at 04:36 am
"Scotter" im not impressed. things i could do in OE without any issue (IMAP to Exchange 2003 servers) wouldnt work in VM. Also, usenet posts i make with VM are not visible to my OE install on another machine.it defaults to sync every message in every folder when you use IMAP. I presonally dont like that, since i didnt want to sync 8GB of data. I had to manually uncheck 400+ imap folders (exchange public folders).Its ONLY virtue, in my opinion, is that it still does newsgroups.
Jun 3rd, 2007 at 08:44 pm
Makes Windows Live Mail Desktop look like a good choice. Several advantages there, including my hotmail accounts again available."Nut Cracker"
Jun 9th, 2007 at 03:04 am
Does WLMD do newsgroups? I no longer trust Windows Mail.Gary VanderMolen "John Barnes"
Jun 14th, 2007 at 01:56 am
yesIt's built uponOE as well. "Gary VanderMolen"
Jun 17th, 2007 at 07:32 am
what is there to trust or not trust about a news reader.mikeyhsd@sport.rr.commikeyhsd@sport.rr.com "Gary VanderMolen" Does WLMD do newsgroups? I no longer trust Windows Mail. Gary VanderMolen "John Barnes"
Jun 22nd, 2007 at 11:07 am
Actually, I was mainly worried about the integrity of my WinMail store of emails, but I wouldn't even bother to try an alternate like WLMD if it didn't do newsgroups.Gary VanderMolen"mikeyhsd" what is there to trust or not trust about a news reader.mikeyhsd@sport.rr.commikeyhsd@sport.rr.com "Gary VanderMolen" Does WLMD do newsgroups? I no longer trust Windows Mail.Gary VanderMolen "John Barnes"
Jun 25th, 2007 at 10:24 pm
So, exactly why don't you trust WinMail store of emails? Put them where you want them, back them up if you want to. Same as OE. "Gary VanderMolen"
Jun 27th, 2007 at 02:50 pm
the file structure has been dramatically changed in WM in attempt to get rid of the problems that existed with the old format.still need to use some reasonable precautions. like do not save mail in INBOX, but create user folders and move mail to them. NEVER, NEVER interrupt the compacting .mikeyhsd@sport.rr.commikeyhsd@sport.rr.com "Gary VanderMolen" Actually, I was mainly worried about the integrity of my WinMail store of emails, but I wouldn't even bother to try an alternate like WLMD if it didn't do newsgroups. Gary VanderMolen "mikeyhsd" what is there to trust or not trust about a news reader. mikeyhsd@sport.rr.commikeyhsd@sport.rr.com "Gary VanderMolen" Does WLMD do newsgroups? I no longer trust Windows Mail. Gary VanderMolen "John Barnes"
Jun 28th, 2007 at 05:58 am
Benjamin Gawert wrote in news:OOTJWN5WHHA.4132 @TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl: iTunes 7 runs fine on my Vista x64 install.There are known compatibility problems with Vista versus iTunes7 (which I haven't encountered), but it affects both 32bit and 64bit Vista, not just 64bit.