Toastpcs said:
Well I had thought the same but when you watch the install it states "installing 64-bit drivers"
Then, it does use its own drivers, which are doubtless of the layered filtering variety, confirming my "suspicions"... & this is where (from what I have been reading lately about VISTA on the wire out here) most of the software incompatibilities exist for VISTA - with software that utilizes drivers.
(There must have been some changes to the DDK, specifically for VISTA, possibly even moreso for its 64-bit variety, & this I would NOT doubt a bit...)
I.E./E.G.-> You've probably seen this before (don't know how old you are, or how experienced with Windows designs over time) but... I know that I have!
(Especially during the transitions from Win16 to Win32, & later from the Win9x model of MS OS' (.vxd virtual device driver models especially), to Windows NT-based ones (.sys based driver WDM driver model, & current base design ancestry, which had variances from NT 3.x, to 3.5x, to 4.0, to 2000, to XP (not as "radical" imo, but there), to Server 2003 in 32-bit versions, let alone 64-bit models))
It may just be problems in how its installer is registering the driver in the registry alone... hope it is THAT simple, because that can be worked around in various installers, like InstallShield Pro, which lets you "script" in batches or registry files merges, after the fact of the typical file copies & such!
Toastpcs said:
So I'm assuming that it has the 64-bit drivers but I'm thinking that it's not compatable with win vista. But I could be wrong.
Well, that depends - do you know of any others using this tool with a Windows 64-bit OS version, other than VISTA?
If they can & do use it successfully??
Then it's most likely a hassle with VISTA, as you suspect, & some subtle "low-level" plumbing changes to it, especially in "kernel mode" (Ring 0/RPL 0 stuff) where Wiz might need to get ahold of any DDK packages they have out there for it, & iirc, they do...
From what I've been reading online, it appears any software that utilizes drivers is/are appearing to be the MOST problematic during OS migrations, like usual... in 32-bit forms no less, let alone 64-bit ones (stuff like AntiVirus etc., which iirc, also use layered filtering drivers for intercepting calls to files on disk, to scan them, prior to launches - much like this tool POSSIBLY operates as well while doing its job).
(&, as far as "low-level" changes in VISTA, as opposed to other Windows OS, even 64-bit ones? Man, there is a TON of that going on... mostly for the good imo @ least)
APK
P.S.=> In any event, you're @ the right spot online for this, the developer "lives here" & all that, plus other users of that tool tend to congregate here also... you can't do better than THAT! Ask Wiz... he is your best buddy now imo!
I've used the tool before, back when I used an ATI 9800XT Pro (circa 2003-2006 up until 6 months back or so tops), & it is a GOOD program, that does the job... good to see it has GOOD 'customized' structured err handlers too!
(& imo, that means Wiz codes well & knows what he's doing & can work around this MOST LIKELY, given time to study any diff.'s & possibly diff. DDK version for VISTA if it exists)... apk