x64 - Which One?

[Dan_D]

Joe: Why let it die? We're taling, if you don't wanna take part, dont.

Dan, yeah i see what yer saying about a new OS... i thought bout that "its new, gotta get used to it"... im having some compatibility issues, same issues ive had with Vista... regarding VNC. I use VNC because its a big preference of mine. But it doesnt seem to work properly with 7... i have vista x64 issues, and now use logmein, but now im having same issues with W7... it lets me login, but then doesnt accept my password.

I tried using it at lunch, and said "ugh i miss XP"

They'll eventually update VNC so that it works with Windows 7. Give it time. The OS hasn't even been released yet. I would just use RDP in the mean time provided the client machine supports it. It is one thing to adopt a new OS for gaming and general desktop use. It is quite another to do so for work related tasks. If you depend on the machine for productivity you should do extensive testing with your applications before making the switch. Sometimes that means you have to hold onto an older OS longer than you'd like. If you really want the new OS sometimes you have to create work arounds like I did. I've got a couple of applications I use for work that I've never been able to make with work with Windows Vista 32bit, x64 or Windows 7 x64. I also have a device that I need for capturing BIOS screen shots from the S-Video out on the video card of my test systems. I can't get it to work in Vista or Windows 7. So I keep an XP box around for those tasks. I'd love to eliminate that machine and use my Windows 2008 R2 server, or use Windows 7 for that machine but I can't just yet.

 

[Adam]

It needs to be on a productive scale, as well as for entertainment.

Im on Windwos XP x64 now, love it. Slight problem with Norton (okay lets hear it, TOLD YA SO... so im looking at that alternative... go ahead bust my chops you earned it).

I use it for CS4, and other remote access things.

I'm not a fan of RDP for the fact that it takes over the users PC, and i need to see exactly whats on my screen, as i left it.

I also install surveillance systems for a living. They JUST started supporting vista, kinda... i know they won't support W7 fully yet. They don't support x64 operating systems for their cards, but maybe their software might run, we'll see.

But i'll stick with Windows XP till they work out some of the kinks and more software is 100% available for W7.

 

[phide]

You've lost me completely. On all the machines I put windows 7 on, it came with IE8. Iexplore.exe, at least on the two sitting in front of me, executes IE8, not IE6. How did you get it to run 6?

If you need the IE6 renderer for development, try IETester. Extremely handy program.

 

[Adam]

No IE7 and IE8 (with a lot of changes) works. We require unsigned activex controls to be allowed. Somehow in vista this didnt work that well, but i think it works now.

I didn't actually test our camera software in W7... i'll do this from a test machine i have.

For now im still having antivirus issues. That microft security thing, doesnt support xp x64... but Symantec Corporate Edition clients do... which is what i have at work, so im just gonna use the client for my NAV.... i liked norton internet security because it had spyware protection as well... but we'll see what i'll do about that. I don't download much anyway but i like to be protected.