Vista and downloads
Assmitten:
Quote from: jolrei on 2009 February 13, 03:53:16
Quote from: Assmitten on 2009 February 13, 03:31:49
Pescado: I am hearing that a lot of systems will not "accept" XP after shipping with Vista. You will have driver problems up the ass.
Even if you wipe and reformat the system before rebuilding on XP? Shouldn't be a problem if the system is totally clean.
I tried. I guess I was not awesome enough. I asked some nerds, and they said they couldn't get it to work either. I dunno.
BlueSoup:
I asked some nerds too, and sometimes you can't get motherboard, etc. drivers for the system if it was shipped with Vista - they just don't exist. Sometimes XP is just not an option.
ChibyMethos:
Well, one thing is for certain--I am NOT awesome enough to completely wipe and reload a hard drive with a new OS, and I didn't have time at the time to do that. I was under a very strict deadline when the first laptop exploded in a fireball visible from space.
However, I will try what Assmitten suggested and see if that works.
Quote from: Assmitten on 2009 February 13, 03:31:49
If you want to be a whiny quitter like all the sad Ubuntu/Unix evangelists around here, then be my guest.
Um . . .yeah. No. My brother is one of these and I have to supress the urge to punch him in the brain when he starts raving about the Eeeeevillll Microsoft. ::)
Quote from: Assmitten on 2009 February 13, 03:31:49
Vista is like getting dumped in the Outback with nothing but a flip flop and some string. Props if you can take it. Godspeed, and don't sleep in the same room with it.
I couldn't have said it better myself. 8)
snapzit:
I use Vista. It stores things differently than XP, but once I got used to it, it isn't so bad, other then it is a resource hog, kind of like a certain game I know....Taps foot and stares at the sky.
One thing I did notice is that I had no luck re-installing my old Sims 2 game into the new computer. Had to go and buy one that said "Vista". That said, most, if not all, of the EPs are Vista compatible now. During my less-than-awesome experience with a new operating system and the game itself, everything installed correctly and I now play on a fine new machine complete with resource hog feeding hardware.
Wiping and reinstalling an OS is a pain in the ass and takes eons.
What you may end up doing is starting your game over if you can't figure out where it is or if it is incompatible with Vista. I know, i know, no one wants to hear, much less DO that, but for me, well it worked way better than trying to figure out all the transition awfulness. After tussling with trying to transition, I threw up my hands and submitted to the OK I'll bend over now - and started over. I still had all my downloads - I hope you saved them - and simply created a new game using Vista. I've been playing on Vista for a year now with the new machine. The new computer renders terrific graphics.
If you can't find your downloads, get the game going first, with all the patches, EPs etc. Play it a little while without CC, then start incorporating your download folder )or if you still can't find it) downloading again. Organize your files whatever way works for you, and pay attention to download the ones that are associated with whatever EPs and stuff packs you have.
Stop trying to force the XP version on your Vista computer. It ain't gonna work. As for the remarks about Vista, all I can say is I distinctly remember similar remarks about XP until Microsoft fixed its bugs. Change is uncomfortable.
Chasing Sanity:
I had no issues installing my "XP" version of the game on Vista. I changed the compatibility in the programs properties to XP and installed the first patch. Also you don't get a download folder automatically unless you run bodyshop.
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