Our readers pointed out that, after just about 6 months, Windows Vista has two major troubles: the require of appropriate drivers as well as lots of software compatibility problem.

We have been using Windows Vista as it was launched as well as, based on our skill, we agree with our readers.

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Driver problems

As Windows Vista's launch, the drivers have been a huge question. Lots of hardware components (old and new) had no drivers for Windows Vista or else, even if they had, their excellence was very underprivileged. One of the most well-known examples is Nvidia. When the GeForce 8800 graphic cards were launched, they were tagged as "Designed for Windows Vista". It is only normal that several people assumed the graphic cards would work fine with this operating system. Unluckily that was not the situation, as the Nvidia drivers had lots of problem. There were many posts on Nvidia's official forums commeting the bad state of the drivers. Several users even made internet pages for example nvidiaclassaction.info to collect confirmation for a class action suit.

Ever since then, Nvidia worked firm on the Windows Vista drivers as well as released lots of new along with enhanced versions. But, their most recent driver - Forceware version 158.24 - still has abundance of issues. Such as, well-liked games such as World of Warcraft have low frame rates while others stop working during play or else have degraded textures.

Nvidia is not the only corporation that has this problem. Other big hardware manufacturers for example Creative, renowned for their sound cards as well as sound systems, have related problems. When Windows Vista was launched, their drivers were generally in beta level. Even though they released so called "final versions", their drivers had loads of issues. Lots of consumer complained on the official forums as well as, after a while, Creative announced the ALchemy Project - a project that aims to present total DirectSound3D support for Sound Blaster X-Fi products in Windows Vista. Unluckily, old sound cards for example the Audigy 2 series are not so far supported. Due to lots of users' demand, they started the growth of ALchemy for Audigy sound cards. But, according to Creative, these products will be obtainable as a "low-cost" upgrade.

Having bad drivers is always superior to having no drivers. Even nowadays there are companies that do not present Windows Vista well-suited drivers for their hardware. For example, Mustek - a corporation renowned for their scanning solutions, has still no driver’s all set, not even in beta stages. Ever since the launch of Windows Vista and until nowadays their driver download page has remained untouched. The only fixation they concerned to do was to state that "Presently we don’t offer drivers or updates for Windows Vista". They have no forums as well as when we mail an e-mail demanding for a few feedback concerning Windows Vista drivers we received no explanation.

Unluckily Mustek is not the only case. There are several other Corporations doing the similar thing with lots of consumers suffer.

Application compatibility

Drivers are not the only trouble. Lots of software does not work also on the latest Microsoft operating system. That's because several software developers produced software that task only if the consumer has complete administrative rights. With the introduction of UAC (User Access Control) as well as additional system changes, lots of old programs have compatibility issues with the windows vista. The most well-known example of an application that was mismatched with Windows Vista is iTunes. At any time the Windows Vista "Safely Remove Hardware" aspect was used, it degraded the user's iPods, requiring a complete restore. Also, iTunes text and graphics had display problems with Windows Vista. But, upgrading to iTunes v7.2 or superior solves these issues.

Lots of additional software had or still have troubles. Most of these troubles are encountered with applications that set up legacy drivers in order to function. These applications can be CD/DVD burning utilities, VPN applications, virtualization solutions or even security suites. Other applications just refuse to install even though they could work on Windows Vista. This problem is due to the poor design of their installer. For example, some applications ask for the installation of Microsoft.NET Framework version 1.1 or 2.0. They won't install even though Windows Vista has a newer version of .NET Framework.

Conclusion

Just like with some additional innovative operating system, troubles are inbuilt. What matters nearly all is that both hardware producer as well as software developers operate in a practical way as well as present the necessary support to their consumers in an appropriate manner. Unluckily, Windows Vista's launch exposed many troubles even though Microsoft released it to PC hardware as well as software manufacturers, business clients, plus retail channels, months before it was released wide-reaching to the universal public.

With any luck, both PC hardware as well as software producer will attach their problem as soon as possible. And, perhaps, they will discover from their error so history won't go over itself with all fresh release of a main operating system.