--- Tony Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just brought a new computer which has Windows XP on it. It also came with > a free Windows Vista upgrade voucher, in UK, Vista was launched today (for > business) and will be released in Jan 07 for home use. I am not sure if I > will upgrade straight away, I don't want all the early bugs to be worried > about.
Tony, I tried some of the release candidates of Vista. I set up my personal account as administrator. Even though I could install DX4WIN 7.02, I could not get it to copy the vichw11.sys driver into the Windows directory (insufficient permission). After several tries, I gave up. I had the same problem with Windows-64. Even when I installed DX4WIN as a 32-bit application. I'm typically an early adopter (see the first sentence I wrote). However, I see no compelling reason to upgrade from Windows XP to Vista. 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.us From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Dec 1 12:20:03 2006 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anders Janis SM4RNA) Date: Fri Dec 1 12:22:23 2006 Subject: [Dx4win] Windows Vista References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The vichw11.sys driver issue has nothing to do with account rights. The file is indeed copied to the desired directory during install. But x64 and Vista can only use 64 bit drivers and not Win32 drivers . That means that when you start Dx4Win it is not able to load the vichw11.sys driver and there by show the error message to install the driver. A good reason to use x64 or Vista is to be able to use the preforamance enhancement that the new 64-bit CPU's give. >From now most people with new PC's will have Vista installed. It is not possibly to just put the head in the sand and say that "Vista looks almost the same. No reason to use it" /Anders SM4RNA as administrator. Even though I could install DX4WIN 7.02, I could not > get it to copy the vichw11.sys driver ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tony Lord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 5:23 PM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Windows Vista > --- Tony Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I just brought a new computer which has Windows XP on it. It also came >> with >> a free Windows Vista upgrade voucher, in UK, Vista was launched today >> (for >> business) and will be released in Jan 07 for home use. I am not sure if I >> will upgrade straight away, I don't want all the early bugs to be worried >> about. > > Tony, I tried some of the release candidates of Vista. I set up my > personal > account as administrator. Even though I could install DX4WIN 7.02, I > could not > get it to copy the vichw11.sys driver into the Windows directory > (insufficient > permission). After several tries, I gave up. > > I had the same problem with Windows-64. Even when I installed DX4WIN as a > 32-bit application. > > I'm typically an early adopter (see the first sentence I wrote). > However, I > see no compelling reason to upgrade from Windows XP to Vista. > > 73 - Jim AD1C > > > -- > Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 > USA +978-251-9933, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, http://www.ad1c.us > _______________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
