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Monica Lewinsky · 04-05-08, 07:43 AM

I have to chuckle every time a person makes a anti-Vista post like these, here.

I have three [3] Vista machines - my gaming rig, my work laptop, and the spouses business PC.

SHIII with GWX 2.0 no problem(s) on Vista - NONE. For SH IV - NEVER had one crash [ever] in two months of use with a new PC based on Vista. Cannot use SH IV on the laptop because of a CRAPPY Intel video graphics 945 series. ShIII runs just fine on my Vista based laptop. Laptop and spouse's PC have 2-gig RAM. My PC has 3-gig RAM. SHIII loads in 10-15 seconds. SH IV loads in 20-25 seconds.

Had a temp burp with one non-game program (Symantec ACT 2000) converting one database file. Installed this as a work around for $FREE$ and now use it almost everyday for kicks:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/dow...c/default.mspx

I have Vista Home Premuim on all machines. I created a XP Virtual machine and stuck in a valid XP CD and installed it. Then stuck in my SHIII DVD in the virtual machine - patched it to 1.4 - Damn thing worked including the sound on the virtual XP emulation mode! Kinda confusing running it in a Window mode - I am use to full screen - which later I figured out how to do.

Yesterday, Friday, created a Windows 98 Virtual PC. Stuck in a Windows 98 install CD. Pressed <del> (it is a fake CMOS or boot BIOS screen) while the Virtual CD was booting and reconfigured it to use my DVD as a source CD in Windows 98 Virtual PC. Installed the ORIGINAL version of Silent Hunter - I would be thwrice, doubled damned! IT WORKED, TOO!!!! including the sound.

So to you anti-Vista folks, go fly a kite.

BTW:
If you get Microsoft's Virtual PC 2007 (it is FREE), it claims that it is for Vista Business Edition or Vista Ultimate Editions only. Baloney! I am running it [Virtual PC-2007] on Vista Home Edition. Ignore the install warning box that it is not supported.

What Microsoft is telling you is:
Don't pick up a phone and expect free support on a problem you are having using Vista Home Edition to run Microsoft Virtual PC-2007.

The only downside I have found is USB based devices are not supported in the Virtual PC mode. Who cares? I am just trying to run an old game!

04-05-08, 07:43 AM	#11
Monica Lewinsky Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 845 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	I have to chuckle every time a person makes a anti-Vista post like these, here. I have three [3] Vista machines - my gaming rig, my work laptop, and the spouses business PC. SHIII with GWX 2.0 no problem(s) on Vista - NONE. For SH IV - NEVER had one crash [ever] in two months of use with a new PC based on Vista. Cannot use SH IV on the laptop because of a CRAPPY Intel video graphics 945 series. ShIII runs just fine on my Vista based laptop. Laptop and spouse's PC have 2-gig RAM. My PC has 3-gig RAM. SHIII loads in 10-15 seconds. SH IV loads in 20-25 seconds. Had a temp burp with one non-game program (Symantec ACT 2000) converting one database file. Installed this as a work around for $FREE$ and now use it almost everyday for kicks: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/dow...c/default.mspx I have Vista Home Premuim on all machines. I created a XP Virtual machine and stuck in a valid XP CD and installed it. Then stuck in my SHIII DVD in the virtual machine - patched it to 1.4 - Damn thing worked including the sound on the virtual XP emulation mode! Kinda confusing running it in a Window mode - I am use to full screen - which later I figured out how to do. Yesterday, Friday, created a Windows 98 Virtual PC. Stuck in a Windows 98 install CD. Pressed <del> (it is a fake CMOS or boot BIOS screen) while the Virtual CD was booting and reconfigured it to use my DVD as a source CD in Windows 98 Virtual PC. Installed the ORIGINAL version of Silent Hunter - I would be thwrice, doubled damned! IT WORKED, TOO!!!! including the sound. So to you anti-Vista folks, go fly a kite. BTW: If you get Microsoft's Virtual PC 2007 (it is FREE), it claims that it is for Vista Business Edition or Vista Ultimate Editions only. Baloney! I am running it [Virtual PC-2007] on Vista Home Edition. Ignore the install warning box that it is not supported. What Microsoft is telling you is: Don't pick up a phone and expect free support on a problem you are having using Vista Home Edition to run Microsoft Virtual PC-2007. The only downside I have found is USB based devices are not supported in the Virtual PC mode. Who cares? I am just trying to run an old game! __________________ Sink them all! Last edited by Monica Lewinsky; 04-05-08 at 07:54 AM.