After almost a month staying abroad, I finally got chance to use my WinVista Desktop back

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Added on May 26, 2007, 12:07 amThe vista has the google power in it. It can search your "keyword" pretty well. Keywords that were typed in doc can be found. But this Google thing can be installed by Google desktop in Win XP too!

I didn't installed it in my old Win XP machine because my HD ran most of the time, taxed my performance so much. So as Vista!!!
When the HD is running, don't close the lid or it will hang!!! Hardware hang!!! Need to do hard reboot.

Worst of vista is even my USB thumbdrive and my external harddisk cannot be used. No driver was found suitable. What the Heck? When connect to my HD sony video cam also cannot found the HD.

hahahaa....when reading ur review, i was keep laughing here =.=...ha ha ha
seem like we need to communicate with our pc..lol
but u said u need to shout very loud, i think sometime it may be the mic problem....
and about the command...i will go have a test when i get my mic.... then will share with u here again... he he
anyway u let me feel that it is very fun... ha ha

toughnut,
it is just windows media player..the one come with vista...
i am playing mp3 songs.

1.song(start)
2.song(jerk)
3.song(jerk)
4.song(jerk)
5.Song (end)

all the song jerk at the end..of each song.2->4.
I try update my codecs..
anyway..just mp3..no vids.

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Added on May 28, 2007, 2:03 pmjust found out tht vista is wrapping all the audio driver n run it on OS...which mean Microsoft removal the hardware audio abstraction layer for Vista

http://www.creative.com/press/releases/welcome.asp?pid=12683

1st, since there is a hardware sound card processing, why the hell bother the CPU to process? I personally think this is not a wise choice.

2nd Does it mean the MS trying to monopoly the sound card market too?

about the problem i encounter...i need to turn of my sound card enhanced features...at control panel>sound props

Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) is an initiative unveiled in 2002 by Microsoft to standardize the hardware and class driver architecture for audio devices in modern Microsoft Windows operating systems. Three classes of audio devices are supported by default: USB, IEEE 1394 (Firewire), and Intel High Definition Audio, which supports PCI and PCI Express.
Starting with Windows Vista, Microsoft requires all computer and audio device manufacturers to support Universal Audio Architecture in order to pass Windows Logo.
The goal of the Universal Audio Architecture is to solve a very common problem in modern Microsoft Windows products, that of inconsistent support for audio. Due to the lack of a common system by which audio devices could describe their capabilities to the operating system, not to mention a lack of ability to control those capabilities, audio device manufacturers (such as Creative Labs, Realtek, Turtle Beach and others) have had to provide a series of control panels and custom interfaces to let a user control the device. This, in turn, requires kernel-mode drivers so that the user's actions can be communicated to the hardware itself. Poorly-written audio drivers have been a common source of system instability in Windows, especially with games that make use of extended audio card capabilities. These concerns prompted Microsoft to disable the audio stack entirely by default in Windows Server 2003.

UAA seeks to resolve this by putting forth a standardized interface which audio devices can follow, ensuring that the device's capabilities will be recognized and used effectively by Windows, without the need for additional drivers or custom control panels. It also provides a reasonable assurance that an audio device will still be able to work many years down the road, without requiring vendor-supplied drivers for a newer version of Windows.

Another goal of UAA is to provide better support for multi-channel audio in Windows so that, for example, multi-channel WMA Pro audio streams can be played without special driver support.

UAA is intended to be a complete replacement for developing WDM Audio Drivers; however, in some cases it may be necessary for an otherwise UAA-compliant audio device to expose capabilities that cannot be done through UAA. Windows will continue to fully support audio drivers that use the PortCls and AVStream drivers.[1]

eh check the temps of ure gpu... its so beautiful too.

WINDOWS VISTA GADGETS - do you know there are loads of really cool gadgets for Vista... I'm not referring to the defaults cause those suck. Go to Vista Gadget page to download them.

To list a few fun ones: Vodoo Doll, Calvin and Hobbes, Dilbert, Garfield, Jewel, etc.

u need to close your sound hardware enhancement.
i think tht will do..
ASUS driver wont a thang
the reason u having this problem is tht the VISTA is forcing everyone to follow their "so call AUDIO standard"...the VISTA is not using your SoundMAX Audio Driver.VISTA is using their own.
so dont even bother to update your driver. go to sound props then turn off your hardware sound enhancement...cheers! welcome to best buggy vista.

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Added on June 4, 2007, 11:22 am
just bcoz wanna change os?..kinda expensive thing to waste for.

i'm planning 2 install vista ultimate..
my frenz said many software stil not compatible with vista..
install multiple os li xp is one of the best way using vista nowadays...
is it true???

I would like to know if there anyone already manage to get Image Mount software without installing spyware that bundle together with it.

None that i know of. Coding is  different for Vista compared to XP. Expect them later.