new comp. with vista home premium

[flybyrob]

oh also my friend said that my laptop should run fine on xp! said that all the components look like they will run with xp should i try that and save the trouble?

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by flybyrob

oh also my friend said that my laptop should run fine on xp! said that all the components look like they will run with xp should i try that and save the trouble?

Xp may run on this laptop ok, but that may not be the complete answer. Laptops for the most part use what is called "Shared" memory for Video memory. For video display this can cause a problem if there are too many background processes/programs running. The computer itself has the priority over the video so if too much is going on with the rest of the computer video is what suffers.
So even with XP a some background processes may have to be turned off to get the syncronization to work right. XP will be less demanding on the processor and will make getting it working easier than Vista though.

[flybyrob]

ok ill see if i can get it to work with vista first...thanks!

[flybyrob]

ok I still cant get it to work right! I did everything like it says to and still wont work right... the lyrics are way off and some of my songs wont even work...the music plays but the screen locks up and has no lyrics! I have a party coming up soon so i think im gonna buy a new laptop so I can get the right one to work. What kind of laptop should I get?

[ddouglass]

You can still get Dell laptops with XP instead of Vista and they are having a sale. Be sure to go to the Small Business section to get the XP option.

[RIKKI TIKKI]

I just purchased a HP laptop from Tiger Direct that had a choice ( actually it came with XP & Vista Business ), you can guess which one I chose.

Probably more bells and whistles than I need, but I hate wanting, and don't have, instead of having and don't need...

[JNS02]

FlyByRob,
I have a Dell with Vista and I have made all changes as required by MTU.

I have learned that the video changes MUST be made in NVidia control panel, NOT in windows display settings and AERO THEME must be OFF.

I also had problems until release 4.09d. Everything is running great for now

This is all I have for you for now. If you didn't do all change mentioned try them before putting XP on lappy. I tried that and everything worked except VIDEO OUT. XP could not support Video Card. (A friend also told me I could put XP on Dell XPS M1530)