Windows Vista Update

64 BIT OS NOT THE ANSWER IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SPEED

by ROCKYDABULL
(TEXAS)

BEFORE UPGRADING FROM A 32 BIT OS TO A 64 BIT OS I SUGGEST YOU DO THIS FIRST. MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE PROGRAMS AND PERIPHERALS THAT YOU HAVE INSTALLED HAVE 64 BIT DRIVERS FOR THEM FROM THE MERCHANTS. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE 64 BIT DRIVERS, THEN THE OS WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THE DEVICE DURING BOOT UP AND WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY LOAD THE DEVICES OR PROGRAMS FOR YOU. THIS IS NOT FOR ALL PROGRAMS AND ALL DEVICES AS SOME OF THEM USE THE GENERIC DRIVER. IF YOU OWN ANY PALM DEVICE OR TREO DEVICE, AS OF YET, PALM DOES NOT PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE 64 BIT OS AND THEREFORE YOUR DEVICES WILL NOT WORK NOR WILL YOU BE ABLE TO HOT SYNC ANY OF YOUR DEVICES. PALM DOESN'T SEEM TO WORRIED ABOUT GETTING ANY 64 BIT DRIVERS FOR THEIR DEVICES. THE 64 BIT OS HAS BEEN OUT ON THE MARKET FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND YET PALM HAS NO 64 BIT DRIVERS FOR IT'S DEVICES? ALSO, SOME PROGRAMS LOADED IN YOUR STARTUP FOLDER WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY LOAD SUCH AS BACKUP SOFTWARE UNLESS YOU HAVE 64 BIT SOFTWARE, AN UPDATE, OR UPGRADE FROM THE MERCHANT. I WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTED IN THE 64 BIT OS AND THOUGHT THAT MY SYSTEM (AN HP M8530F WITH 3 GB RAM) WOULD REALLY SCREAM BUT ALAS, IT ISN'T ANY MUCH FASTER THAN A 32 BIT SYSTEM. I TIMED MY SYSTEM BOOTUP SPEED WITH MY SYSTEM (HP a1030N) THAT IS NOT CORE DUO AND HAS 3 GB OF AM AND MY OLD HP CAME UP FASTER TO THE LOGON SCREEN BY 25 SECONDS. KEEP IN MIND THAT BOTH OF MY SYSTEMS I KEEP UP MAINTENANCE WITH DEFRAG AND SCANDISK SO FRAGMENTED FILES WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF THE DELAY. HOPE OTHER USERS CAN BENEFIT FROM MY DOWNFALLS.