Hey everyone, I have just installed Vista and it is quite nice.. But one problem, I cant find any sound drivers for my A7N8X-E Deluxe motherboard. I looked at the Nvidia site but they only had beta drivers for newer chipsets and none for mine.. Does anyone know where I could download theese drivers? I have the Nforce2 Ultra 400 chipset. Everything works fine but I have no sound. Vista says "No audio output device installed" Thanks for any help. Mattwizz3 : ) Sempron 2600+ @ 2.2GHz 1Gb DDR400 Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe 200GB SATA 2X 80Gb IDE 256Mb MSI 6800 Ultra

FYI. The Soundstorm audio technology was abandoned by nVidia last year. Try links below in compatibility mode for XP and see if they help. http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce... http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce...

Thanks Sabertoth, I'll download that. I just found out I cant access my SATA drives either. So do I just install the drivers like normal even though they are for XP? Thanks. Mattwizz3 : ) Sempron 2600+ @ 2.2GHz 1Gb DDR400 Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe 200GB SATA 2X 80Gb IDE 256Mb MSI 6800 Ultra

Cool, thanks Sabertooth it worked. I didnt realise that XP drivers would work with Vista. I guess I should be fine installing everything else then. Thanks alot. Mattwizz3 : ) Sempron 2600+ @ 2.2GHz 1Gb DDR400 Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe 200GB SATA 2X 80Gb IDE 256Mb MSI 6800 Ultra

OK.. I know this may have been asked already but here it goes. Umm, what is the reason for vista? Dont get me wrong, new things are great and I like vista. It looks nice, I like the gadgets and it seems to run nicely. But it definately is NOT worth me spending roughly $800(Australian) for an operating system which just looks cool.. Yes I guess it may be more secure than XP or something but security has never been an issue for me. I have only ever had 2 viruses in the last 4 years, the blaster worm and Sasser virus. Beleive it or not I only just installed an antivirus program about 3 weeks agao and I did a scan and my system was clean. Maby I'm just a safe browser? Like I said, I have nothing against new things and I'm definately not a Microsoft basher, I just think Microsoft is going to have trouble getting people to hand over their cash. I personally will never pay more than $200 for any software if its just for home use, I dont beleive its worth it. Mattwizz3 : ) Sempron 2600+ @ 2.2GHz 1Gb DDR400 Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe 200GB SATA 2X 80Gb IDE 256Mb MSI 6800 Ultra

"OK.. I know this may have been asked already but here it goes. Umm, what is the reason for vista?" I bet M$ loves questions like above too, because it's a subtle compliment as to how well done and successfull the Windows XP campaign overall was. Windows XP & Vista Side-by-Side Functionality aside though, you have to remember that M$ fundamentally was & despite its enormous size still is a "for-profit" organization with regular stockholders that expect no less than a worthy return on their investment. If you also review M$'s history, you'd notice the OS, most especially the versions based on the Windows NT 5.x Kernel brings in boookoos of money, some of which ironically has afforded M$ the wasteful luxury of dabbling into just about anything & everything without considering the odds of success to such moves first. With that out of the way, your beloved XP would have been around for roughly six years by the time Vista goes GOLD and after that long hiatus, you'd figure it's about time their R&D team ushers in a new or at least a much revised software (OS) that will further harness the preponderant hardware and technology that's emerging at this period of time and in the near future. Finally to the part that I understand but disagree with - the cost. While the asking price for Vista may not be dirt cheap, I do not think Vista is priced out of the reach of everyone, M$ created the branching to specifically accomodate this and I believe it is actually fairly average. Full versions - Windows Vista Home Basic: $199 - Windows Vista Home Premium: $239 - Windows Vista Business: $299 - Windows Vista Ultimate: $399 Upgrade versions - Windows Vista Home Basic Upgrade: $99 - Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade: $159 - Windows Vista Business Upgrade: $199 - Windows Vista Ultimate Upgrade: $259 The problem is with most people going for something that's out of their base requirement. The Home Basic Upgrade is as low as $99.00. IMHO, anyone that "critically needs" the $399.00 Full Vista Ultimate to accomplish their day-to-day computing task must be able to afford it - if they cannot afford it, they need to re-evaluate their computing priorities or business model.

Hi new to forums I have installed Vista RC 1 Build 5600 on my Gaming machine and it runs perfectly. There really for me only 2 features that would make me want to move from XP to Vista. 1. Bitlocker 2. The options you get when setting up a User Account. Bitlocker would be comforting when it comes to doing any data sensitive work, such as your tax forms. The options you have for the User Accts makes it nice for parents. Other then those, Vista is just fancier then XP, that is what I have observed so far. I do like Vista, but will wait a year or so and then buy an OEM version, much cheaper then the retail versions.