For those we lost, We will not forget 09/11/2001 “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
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“The task of statesmanship has always been the re-definition of these rights in terms of a changing and growing social order.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt (Commonwealth Club Address, 1932)

“Roosevelt was wrong! The principles laid down in the Declaration of Independence are the principles of individual liberty. Our unalienable rights, given to us by God are given to us as individuals. Our rights do not come from society or the government, and they cannot be redefined by politicians. The nature of these rights carries with it the implication of individual responsibility, without which we surrender them.”
— Perri Nelson, November 6, 2008

Windows Vista

Published Sat, Feb 10 2007 7:34 PM
Technorati Tags: Computers and Internet

Well, I'm not sure this was a good idea. So far I haven't been able to activate my copy of Windows Vista Ultimate. Every time I try, "Windows Explorer" encounters a problem and has to close. Downloading and installing updates took forever too.

Visual Studio 2003 runs, but for some reason I can't run my local test copy of the blog software. That's going to make debugging the blog a pain.

My TV-Wonder VE card works, but the audio doesn't. I'm not sure what's up with that yet. The audio drivers don't seem to recognize the "line-in" input.

My Snapscan 1212u scanner (from Agfa) doesn't have a device driver that works with Windows Vista either. Agfa stopped supporting their scanners in 2001. It looks like I'm going to have to install it on one of the other computers, or scrap it and buy a new scanner.

I haven't managed to activate Office 2007 yet either. Something odd is going on there.

More later, but so far, this isn't exactly a promising upgrade

Update: At least now Windows Live Writer is working again on my main machine.

Update 2: The TV-Wonder VE card works with audio when I'm recording, but not when I'm viewing TV. It seems that Vista thinks that the line-in input can only be used for recording, and not for playback. At least I'll be able to record TV shows now. Or transfer my VHS tapes to DVD for home use.

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Justin Dube responded with: ATI MMC Ver?

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What version of MMC are you using with Vista and the TV Wonder VE?

Perri Nelson responded with:

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I'm not using the ATI MMC. It doesn't work properly on Vista for some reason. I am just using the TV viewer utility. It's a bit disappointing to use it this way, but I haven't seen a Vista compatible MMC on the ATI website yet.

Justin Dube responded with:

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There is one but not for the TV Wonder VE, did Vista pickup the drivers for the TV Wonder VE or did yuo have to use ATI's?

Perri Nelson responded with:

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I think it just used the ATI drivers that were already in place when I upgraded. I know that the Audio Crossbar was flagged as being incompatible.

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