TSGL: 3rd party drivers?

Sun Apr 20 10:56:54 EDT 2008

Hi, Russ.  I'm one of those people who have had a few problems with 
Vista Home Premium on my new desktop, altho I wouldn't say I'm unhappy 
with it overall.  I did have a problem installing the new Vista SP1 and 
had to back out of the install.  Based on advice from several of the IT 
Technical writers, I've decided to wait awhile before trying to 
re-install SP1. 

Your comments below have raised several questions in my mind about Vista 
and some problems I'm still having that maybe you can clarify.  I 
haven't been able to find the answers using the Help resource in Vista.

1--If I turn off the User Account Control (UAC) as you suggest, does 
this mean that each user who now has an account setup with Vista loses 
the log on/log off capability that allows each user to set up their own 
individual system setup and display??  My wife and daughter both use the 
desktop and both have their setup and screen displays configured to the 
way they like it and would probably be unhappy if they lost that capability.

2--Every once in awhile I run into a problem trying to do something in 
Vista that results in a message popping up saying something like "you 
must have Administrator privileges to complete this action".  When I got 
the new desktop with Vista last Fall and turned the system on for the 
first time, it asked who would be setup as the Administrator.  I setup 
myself as the Administrator and I always log on to my user account using 
that same log on.  Why would I be getting these messages if I'm logged 
on as the Administrator??  I've searched but I have no idea what to do 
to make myself whatever type of Administrator that the computer is 
asking for in order to complete the action I'm trying to take.  As an 
example, I've had trouble installing the old standby freeware malware 
application "Spybot Search and Destroy" on the Vista desktop.  It won't 
install and download updates properly.  The Spyboy S&D tech folks have 
told me to be sure to uninstall the old Spybot S&D application first, 
then download the new version and to manually delete any remnants of the 
old Spyboy S&D application that remain after the uninstall.  I've 
uninstalled the old version using the Control Panel uninstall feature 
and while it removes it from the list of installed programs, the old 
Spybot S&D folder remains in the list of Program Files on the computer.  
When I go in and try to manually delete the folder and its contents, I 
get this message saying I have to have Administrator privileges to 
complete the deletion of the folder and contents to the Recycle Bin.  I 
have no idea how to make myself the Administrator that the system wants.

3--How do I get to the "Application's Properties Compatibilites Tab" as 
you suggest below??  Do I need to do this for each individual 
application program or can I do it just one time to make it applicable 
for ALL the applications??  Same  question for setting the privilege 
level to "Run this program as administrator" as you mention below.

Many thanks for any assistance.
Lee in the Mountains of Northern California

Russell W. Coover wrote:
> I realize that a lot of folks are unhappy with Vista, but I am curious what
> your purpose is for dual booting? Of course I am aware that XP remains the
> best OS for gaming at present, and that some, just a few, applications don't
> get along well with Vista, but those applications are becoming fewer and
> fewer, and I doubt you run any of them, unless you refuse to upgrade to the
> latest version. 
>
> I run Vista on 3 computers, XP on a 4th, and 2000 on a 5th, so I have a bit
> of experience with these machines. Almost any problem you have can be solved
> by shutting off User Account Control (UAC) and doing one or both of the
> following: 
>
> Go to the Application's Properties Compatibilities Tab and Check "Run this
> program in compatibility mode for ..." anything in the drop down box from
> Win 95 to Win XP (SP2) .... and/or
>
> Set your privilege level "Run this program as an administrator".
>
> Under these conditions, I'd guess you could run almost any old Windows
> software from Win 95 on. 
>
> Russ Coover  
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> Behalf Of Kathryn Bassett
> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 8:57 PM
> To: 'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'
> Subject: TSGL: 3rd party drivers?
>
> I'm going to be getting a new computer shortly and I hope you can give me
> some advice on where to turn regarding 3rd party drivers. The computer I've
> chosen only comes with Vista and I want to dual boot to XP. Sony says they
> don't have drivers to do that. First, what I'm getting, then on to the
> question.
>
> HYPERLINK
> http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SYCTOProcess?catalogId=10
> 551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&LBomId=8198552921665300946
> http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SYCTOProcess?catalogId=10
> 551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&LBomId=8198552921665300946 HYPERLINK
> http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SYCTOProcess?catalogId=10
> 551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&LBomId=8198552921665300946
> http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SYCTOProcess?catalogId=10
> 551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&LBomId=8198552921665300946
> I changed things like this:
> IntelR Core 2T Duo Processor T9500 (2.6GHZ)
> For sake of argument, I chose MicrosoftR Windows VistaR Business with
> Service Pack 1 but I want XP Pro
> 4 GB DDR-SDRAM (DDR2-667, 2 GBx2)
> 640 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive [5400 rpm]
> Optical Disc Drive, Display, Wireless, and Battery - default, and no TV
> Tuner.
>
> I have googled all kinds of combinations and guess I'm just not getting the
> right combination of search terms. Can you figure out where I would get all
> the various drivers I'd need to be able to dual boot and have things work
> under XPpro? 
>
> Hopefully, and thanks,
>
> --
> Kathryn Rhinehart Bassett (Pasadena CA)
> "Genealogy is my bag" "GH is my soap"
> kathryn at bassett.net
> HYPERLINK http://bassett.net http://bassett.net   
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