Oh My Gawd! So I got Vista on my desktop. Oops! It seems even though it passed the online check, my sound card is too old and not compatible. I tried a few “jimmied” drivers on the net to no avail. I’ll be going to Best Buy or Staples tomorrow to find a cheap ass 30 dollar sound card. I found a Soundblaster FOR 30 dollars that supposedly has Vista support. I am not paying 100+ bucks for a sound card for Vista. Not going to happen.
Oh and that commercial for Macs with the whole “Cancel or Allow” . . . . that’s not a joke . . . . they aren’t kidding.
Stay away from Vista!
Of course once I get everything running as it should be, I could have a totally different opinion . . . maybe.
*Update* After a lot of fiddling, I got the onboard (ie crappy built into the motherboard) audio working. It’s better than nothing, but I think I’ll still get that 30 dollar Sound Blaster which will work with the desktop.
Unfortunately my wireless card DOESN’T work. I’m not buying another one, I will by the longest network cable I can and have the BF run it under the floor and through the basement rafters to the desktop 🙂
Dustin
I can’t help but to comment on your Vista install. you sounded just like my husband when it came to the sound card issue. I had a feeling that Vista was really too good to be true. I have been reading your blog for a month and I enjoy seeing pics of your babies and the cat! Best of luck with the Vista though.
Until the security flaws are opened and all those problems with Vista they have written about since the release come to pass. It’s gonna cost us upwards of $200.00 CAD to upgrade our sound card, get more RAM and pay for the OS, even if we have a discount coupon when we spent $750.00 in January to rebuild the system. What’s another $300.00 we don’t have just yet!! Our box is brand new – Vista demands too much for the upgrade right now. UGH!!
I LOVE that Mac commercial…
Jeremy
It all sounds like a giant pain in the ass to me. I’ll stay with XP for a little bit longer I think.