Roger <GetValidAddress DeleteThis @my.com> wrote:
> Sure although you'll have to go back a ways. I think you'll find
> comments in ZD net (George Ou
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=402&tag=nl.e539 ), Computer World, Info
> World (Check out Gripe Line), and I'm trying to remember the name of
> one other. I picked George's complaints as I remembered that one and
> I had to go back quite a ways to find it. The others would take some
> searching, but tend to be along the lines of DRM complaints, Signed
> drivers, or lack there of, and cost of Vista Ultimate. These would
> more than likely be under editorials in said magazines.
>
DRM complaints aren't a Windows Vista issue, they are a Media Center or Media
Player issue, which is also the current installed on Windows XP [if you keep
up to date].
In any event, I recall no issues playing DVD content off of my harddrive, but
I will try it out tonight.
BTW ... if you wonder, almost all creative labs hardware prior to X-Fi is
obsolete. They are based upon a kernel based audio stack that is old
technology and insecure [meaning it can crash the OS with bad drivers]. The
new X-Fi cards are based on user mode drivers and OpenAFS. I replaced my
[new] Audigy card with an X-Fi Extreme Gamer and my audio issues went away in
World of Warcraft [one down!]; the only issue is that Direct3D must be
emulated on Vista [no matter the sound card] and cames relying up on it lose
DD5.1/7.1. They have a compatibility project that is still in the works.
>>I have actually been using Vista. I guess that isn't as good as reading
>>articles about Beta 2 in a magazine though.
>
> I get gun shy after the one time reactivation try, DRM, and the
> complaints I read.
>>
I have installed and reactiveated Vista several times with no issue. I don't
buy the one time reactivation bit at all.
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