Ok, I Have to Admit (Vista)...

**Tidder** · 07-15-2008, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by danielkh

Now see, that's why I ask. Saves me the trouble of unpacking and reloading......twice.

(and before you smarta$$es say something, that DOESN'T sound like something from a gay porno!)

Thanks!

Haha, yes it does! But it actually sounds more like erotica reading. "We started unpacking, and it wasn't but seconds later that we were all packed up... and that's when he reloaded on my face... twice. Camp David, I'll never forget you."

**danielkh** · 07-15-2008, 07:06 PM

Where WAS that pearl necklace....I know I left it around here somewhere.....

**netchris** · 07-15-2008, 10:20 PM

Originally Posted by netchris

sounds good, i'll be looking forward to seeing the results.

as far as boot times in server 2k8, right now i'm 50s cold boot to desktop and 21s resume from hibernate. that's a base install w/ no programs on there yet. i'm going to install tinyxp now and see if anything changes. might also take out some ram and see if that speeds up resume from hibernate time.

3GHz P4, 1GB PC3200, 80 gig 7200rpm sata is what im testing this on.. and some "ibm think center" mobo i scrounged up.

well tinyxp is giving me a 29 second cold boot and 10 second resume from hibernate.. even before minlogon (though this is with 1/4 the ram as the original configuration). all time measurements are including bios time -- from button press to usable desktop.

this is all without any of my apps installed yet so im thinking boot times may improve with minlogon, but then all my startup apps (a vst host, my frontend, gps software..) will just add back on to that.. and if i understand how hibernate works correctly, then hibernate times will stay the same no matter what i have running.

ill do more testing once i have everything installed, but looks like i'll be goin with xp (or stripped server2k3 if it ends up being better in some way). i originally wanted to go with server 2k8 or vista for the improved audio subsystem, but asio4all supposedly bypasses kmixer so then there's no reason for me not to use 2k3/xp.

and now on to setting up active crossover through a myriad of asio emulators, virtual sound cards, and vst plugins!

**crooper** · 10-09-2008, 09:30 PM

I've run Vista Ultimate 64 and 32 bit at home, and I don't notice any differences -- except that 32-bit sees my 4 gigs of ram as 3, and some older 32-bit only software works better.

Oh, my mic works in BF2 with my Creative sound card, too.

I would never downgrade to XP. There are frustrations in XP that were fixed in Vista. Like... copying multiple files where one in the middle is in use, installing on a disk that needs RAID drivers, networking is nicer, etc. I can put up with UAC crap for those little things that are big time savers.

And yes, Media Center rocks!

**danielkh** · 10-10-2008, 07:57 AM

Originally Posted by crooper

I've run Vista Ultimate 64 and 32 bit at home, and I don't notice any differences -- except that 32-bit sees my 4 gigs of ram as 3, and some older 32-bit only software works better.

Oh, my mic works in BF2 with my Creative sound card, too.

I would never downgrade to XP. There are frustrations in XP that were fixed in Vista. Like... copying multiple files where one in the middle is in use, installing on a disk that needs RAID drivers, networking is nicer, etc. I can put up with UAC crap for those little things that are big time savers.

And yes, Media Center rocks!

If you make the administrator account visible, then delete all other accounts and only use it, the UAC stuff is gone. If you google "Make administrative account visible", you'll get all kinds of links on how to do it. Makes vista 100x better to work with! I just couldn't control my onboard audio correctly or I would be running it too!

**tin_1** · 05-27-2009, 11:30 AM

Try MitchJS's Vista Mixer Control Line Explorer. It will list all of your available line inputs and let you change the volume of them all independantly! I also have HD Radio, XM radio w/optical, and a mic and it allowed me to control them all and assign them in RR.

I love Vista's resume times! It runs smoother and resumes faster than my XP install by far. I also HAD to go to Vista because my X-Fi pci card with optical dongle had to be re-enabled after every reboot and sometimes after resume in settings. Total pain in the A. Now, no worries.

**AudreeArrington** · 12-15-2009, 12:06 AM

I also like, if I had not had a voice problem. I think it should be better defined .....

Sound worked fine, but Streetdeck no longer see the individual ports on XM (line-in), so was unable to determine. Now I use the 3 separate bus-ins (XM, HDradio, HQCT) is not possible, it would work.