FFXI on VIsta, Instructions below, post #4Follow

Admin edit: altering your title to make this the collectiveFFXI in Vista post:

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Product Details
Warranty Terms - Parts 1 year
Warranty Terms - Labor 1 year
Product Height 15.5"
Product Width 7.25"
Product Weight 23.4 lbs.
Product Depth 16.5"
Processor Brand Intel® Core(TM)2 Duo Desktop
Processor Speed 2.13GHz
System Bus 1066MHz
Cache Memory 2MB on die Level 2
System Memory (RAM) 2GB
System Memory (RAM) Expandable To 8GB
Type of Memory (RAM) PC4200 DDR2
Hard Drive Type SATA II (7200 rpm)
Hard Drive Size 400GB
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE
Video Memory 256MB
Personal Video Recorder (PVR) Yes
TV Tuner Yes
MPEG Yes
Audio High-definition (8-speaker support)
Speakers Amplified stereo speakers
Modem 56 Kbps* ITU V.92 *Capable of receiving 56 Kbps downloads. However, current regulations limit download speed to 53 Kbps.
Network Card Built-in Intel® 10/100 Mbps Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
Wireless Networking None
Recordable DVD Drive Yes, double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW
Recordable DVD Drive Speeds 4x DVD+R DL; 16x8x16 DVD+RW; 16x6x16 DVD-RW; 40x24x40 CD-RW
LightScribe Compatibility No
Digital Media Reader or Slots Yes, digital media card reader
Total Expansion Bays 3 (3.5"), 2 (5.25")
Available Expansion Bays 2 (3.5"), 1 (5.25")
Total Expansion Slots 2 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 1 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2
Available Expansion Slots 1 PCI, 2 DDR2
USB 2.0 Ports 8 (2 front, 6 rear)
IEEE 1394 Ports 2 (1 front, 1 rear)
S-Video Outputs 2
Additional Audio/Video Connectors SPDIF optical digital audio, DVI-I output, composite video
Serial Ports None
Parallel Ports None
Game Ports None
Keyboard Description Multimedia
Other Control Devices (mouse, etc.) Optical mouse and Media Center remote
Operating System Windows Vista Ultimate
Software Included Microsoft Works 8.5, Money 2006, Digital Image Starter Edition 2006; CyberLink Power2Go; Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0; RealNetworks RealPlayer; QuickTime; Gateway BigFix and more


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There it is, brand new outta the box, just brought it home yesterday. Now I need some help if possible from all the guru's around here. I'm not completely illeterate but I'm no professional. I need someone who as a lil bit of experience with the Windows Vista Ultimate.

There are a few problems I'm having that I hope everyone here can solve so I don't have to deal with idiots in tech support or at the store. Yes I did by the puter at bestbuy for a nice discount but I'm not that skilled with this new operating system. I'm also aware that Microsoft normally has a handful of bugs when they release there new operating systems.

ok, well last night I got home and got all the setup crap outta the way and got everything hooked up'd. I tried to pop in my FFXI Playonline CD + Game + Expansions and the autoplay feature would just not work. I couldn't get any of the install done. I tried to go through it using "Computer" the new "My Computer" or w/e and I would try and read the CD and it would crash. I then tried using a DVD + Music CD (Real + Bootleg) and I just couldn't get anything at all to work. After messing with this for a few hours I checked over the system specs and I only noticed a CDRW/DVDRW? drive. Now with my old puter I could use this drive to read and play cd's as well, has this changed with vista? If so do I just need to buy a CD/DVD drive thats a read-only?

now I was also having another problem with a game called Gunbound. Its a cheap cheasy online/download game. My new computer came with a version of McAfee and it came with the firewall active. Now I know a lil bit about this and tried to change the perameters of the firewall to allow this game to connect any way it wants. The problem comes in when I log into the game and then it checks to see if you have the game installed. Which I don't. What it then does it sit there trying to connect to their server for hours on end. My connection to my broadband is perfectly fine and I can surf the web but I just can't seem to connect to this damn game.

If anyone can help I would be greatly appreciative. Please only usefull posts also no flaming on what is or where I got it please. I would to keep this as an information base for all the people who just Vista and have the same problems I do.


Edited, Feb 7th 2007 8:16pm by Kaolian

SE has stated the POL viewer does not work in Vista.

I can login just fine with UAC and Aero. What I am having a problem with is the default nVidia driver won't load Character models other than my own. I have tried to find a newer driver at the nVidia site but they don't have a Vista driver for the GeForce Go 5200 card there. I also checked the Dell website since it is a Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop and had no luck either. If anyone knows of a place to get updated drivers for the GeForce Go 5200 I would really appreciate it.