Comments on: Things that suck

By: Phil Sweet

Phil Sweet — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:44:56 +0000

SyncToy 1.4 now works and a 64-bit USB signed driver is now available for 2007 Streets and Trips GPS device.

Phil Sweet

By: Ivan Raide

Ivan Raide — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:02:05 +0000

Ok, this is kinda ironic because I don’t think MS has released a 64bit compatible version of UNC & FAT patch for WDS to index remote drives that work under Vista 64bit, ( I’m looking at your Brandon ) (just kidding)

I believe the driver/service is 32bit and can’t get the access it needs; though I whole-heartily apologize if this is no longer the case. It’s too bad 64bit is getting ignored by lots of people.

By: Jesse Houwing

Jesse Houwing — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:39:39 +0000

Add webcam drivers to that list. Most notably Logitech and Creative who have stated they will not be supporting a very large number of their webcams. Some still being sold and others out of shops less than a year. I’m glad I had taken the time to find a Windows XP x64 compatible webcam (from Creative), only discovering that it will never be officially supported on Vista. Luckely the Windows XP x64 driver works without a hitch.

Another one of these is Epson bundling an older version of Silverfast with their (quite expensive) Epson v700 Pro scanner. You need to buy an upgrade from Silverfast for Vista compatibility.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 06:23:42 +0000

Brandon C -

I found a “Vista x64 Codec Pack” that got everything playing back in Media Center just fine. Even my TV tuners and everything else is functioning fine now. In fact, I’ve had no problems at all with my main desktop running x64 for several months now.

The problem arose when I built my new PC a couple weeks ago. This weekend I hooked up the old PC (still running x64) in a different room and wanted to hook it up wirelessly. I plugged in my Netgear RangeMax 240 USB adapter, and was astonished to find not only that support for it has been totally discontinued – but that there never was and never will be any x64 support for it (or even official Vista support). I think that’s totally lame of Netgear and I won’t buy anymore Netgear wireless adapters until they support x64.

By: Brandon Clinger

Brandon Clinger — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:11:43 +0000

Oddly, I find software support lacking in 64bit, not drivers like a lot of people. I mean, what do people do with codecs? Windows DVD Maker, Media Center, and Windows Movie Maker are all 64bit, thus requireing the 64bit codec. Divx, xvid, and h.264 are all such great compressions with so little support for 64bit software.

By: Phil Sweet

Phil Sweet — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:37:45 +0000

I agree Brandon. Discovering a few things not there yet in 64-bit Vista. SyncToy 1.4 and Streets and Trips USB based GPS driver not working.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 01:36:49 +0000

3. is a bug in the Start++ tray process where, when idling, it takes up 30-70% CPU

Plz fix. D: (Not an april fool)