Vista x64 SP1 is now being offered on WU. It appears that is available for users' machines which do not have problematical drivers. If you are not being offered SP1 and there are no optional driver updates offered either then you are on hold by design. It may take several tries on WU before the upgrade shows, so try a couple of times.

With the release of exFAT in SP1 I have been expecting to see some user reports on its use but so far nothing outside of the teckie forums. Are any of you using exFAT on a large drive yet? Have you run into any problems with the format command, "Format x: /FSEXFAT"? I am starting to consider using it whenever I buy another large external drive so I'd enjoy some discussion.

For those of you wanting SP1 on dvd from a retail channel, here a link to SP1. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116496

Please read the following announcement very carefully: http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2008/02/04/announcing-the-rtm-of-windows-vista-sp1.aspx It explains reasons why some folks will not be able to download SP1 from Windows Update right away. The more of us who understand the drivers issues the more there will be who can explain to posters why they may have to wait...

Hi all I am on the look out for a driver for my Raid Card (PCI NOT OB) I have downloaded 9 of them but none which will work with vista, I know the card works because it worked with XP home !!! I am on Vista Home Basic, Any one know what or where I can get them from ?? I do not want to boot into raid just run it in windows,

Anyone had any success with the ATI X1600 AGP 512MB video card? Tried several times and always got a blue screen with this card during setup, saying driver stuck in infinite loop. The only way I was able to get Vista installed was to slap in another video card (ATI X800... older but better card, but partially fried due to a fan failure and doesn't work for 3d games anymore), install the...

I find it hard to believe but the 3com network drivers appear to be missing or unsupported in the RC1(5600) build available on msdn: Im missing 3c920 and the other Generally compatible Etherlink 3c905c-TX. The 3-com list is mising although some 3 com drivers appear under broadcom list If anyone comes across a link to download let me know and il use XP session to download them ...

Am i imagining it my network card was detected but no drivers listed! 3 com 3c905c-tx (almost the industry standard network card) Under the network drivers listbox 3 com isnt even lited as a network card manufacturer... There are some listed under broadcom but thats about it. Any News:

Sorry about my English (I am from Germany). I hope somebody can help me with this: After I wake the computer up from the "energy-saving-mode" one of my hard drives (I have 2) disappears from the list of my devices. Only the system drive is left. It is a S-ATA drive that still remains, but the other one (connected via IDE-cable) is gone. When I restart normally, it is there again. When I shut...

To whom it may concern: I have an Acer 5102 WLMi Notebook, which came with an (ENE CB 712/714/810) “5-in-1” Memory Card Reader. The important identifying information is provided below: Acer Aspire 5102WLMi (w/o Bluetooth, Orbicam, or TV Tuner) Model No: BL51 AS5102WLMI-MCEEN-TL50/15.4 ACB/512M/100G US

I can not get into my web cam, when I click on it to open nothing happens, I did get a message saying that it was locked by another program but I have no idea what that is..can anyone help me???

Hi, I'm running Vista 32 bit on my home edition laptop. Lately, when I select sleep or hibernate when I'm leaving the laptop, it won't go into either. It just goes back to the Vista Windows log in/password screen. It will shut down if I tell it to, it just won't go into sleep or hibernate.

HI, I am using Vista 32 bit, home edition. I'm attempting to setup the Vista backup program. The program wizard has detected the external hard drive where I want the backups to be saved to, however it's not detecting C or D drive - it says they are "missing" and that there are 0 bytes. This program was running just fine until about 3 weeks ago. That's when my other external h/d was...

I've Vista Ultimate on a HP Media centre PC. I've an Nvidia 7500 video card and i connect it to a 50" plasma via DVI. I use the PC mainly for the media centre TV functions. I watch/control my TV through the PC The TV card has just blown. Question: I have cable tv into a digital set top box and will connect the TV out of the box to a new TV card. (Im based in Ireland, so only cards that...

I ran Vista Home Premium Upgrade - no problems doing upgrade. Ran Vista Window Experience and got the following: Processor:4.1 Memory:5.4 Graphics:5.9 Gaming Graphic:4.7

hi, i have an hp laptop running vista home premium. Well my girl hit the power button to put it into hibernation, she said it didnt do anything. Then she went to the start menu and put it into hibernate from there. Well, now the pc will not power on, it is showing no signs of power whatsoever. The onlt sign of power to the machine is the little light around the AC input jac is lit up when its...

ON SUNDAY MARCH 2ND I DECIDED TO REINSTALL VISTA HOME PREMIUM BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET WINDOWS MEDIA CENTER TO WORK. AFTERWARDS, WHEN I PLUGGED IN MY SEAGATE EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE AND TRIED TO USE THE BACKUP WIZARD I SAW THIS MESSAGE: -\"THE DISK CONTAINING THE BACKUP IS NOT ACCESSIBLE. PLEASE MAKE SURE IT IS TURNED ON AND CONNECTED TO THE COMPUTER.\" -I PANICKED AT FIRST BECAUSE I THOUGHT THIS...

First off, thanks ahead for any and all help. I just stepped into the Vista world and built a couple of PCs to play with. I'm running Vista Ultimate x64 and using Seagate 1.5TB SATA drives. I can't create a volume larger than 100 gig, if I try to make the whole drive one volume, it will not format and I get device I/O errors reported. I can create a 100 gig drive and that's it, the last 400+ is...

Hey, I have a Texas Instruments Card Reader DRIVER:, but I cannot access SD CARDS. When I put my 2GB SD Card in it asks me to format, but when I try to format it, It says It cannot format, thus making the card useless. anyone else have this problem ! :( -- colt22

Hey, I have x86 homepremium, and like when i had 64, i still get tons of errors from my ram (its bad ram, and i beleive its cuz its 4GB too) Anyways, what should I do, I have 2 Slots, but I want 3GB and it has to be DDR2.. Would it be effeicent to go 1(2GB PC-5200 DDR2SD 667) and 1(1GB PC-5200 DDR2SD 667? OR should i simply just do the same but have it 1GB and 1 GB instead of