Trying Windows Vista
Over the weekend I decided to test Windows Vista on my old PC. The install and hardware support were better than I expected considering the several articles I’ve seen and the coworker who assured me that my nVidia nForce2 motherboard (Abit NF7S) chipset was totally unsupported under Vista.
The install was fairly straightforward. Since I have an MSDN subscription and this is my .NET development machine, I could legally download the Vista ISO from the MSDN download site. The install was straightforward, and while nVidia does not offer drivers that can be downloaded, the NIC was supported in the original install … Continue Reading