Windows XP64 goes gold
 

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=22246

I'm pulling this down now from MSDN and should be installing on Saturday. :D

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And well into Sunday if my experience with the beta is anything to go by :D I think I might just pass on it.

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Where the place where u can send in a legit copy of Windows XP for a legit copy of Windows 64bit ? Will MS be still doing this ?

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why would they give you a legit copy of 64 bit if you sent them a dodgy 32 bit one , or have i misunderstood :erm:

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Don't know, I expect these details will be known in a week or so.
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sorry :disturbd: , i will get me coat :walk:

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Well, I should be getting hold of it soonish through the MSDN Academic Alliance.

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Is the release got a 365 day limit or something?

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Don't know - it had better not, we pay enough for the bloody licence!
It's a free upgrade for XP Pro users though, as mentioned above.

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whats the score with drivers??? i know theres nforce drivers out there and i know gigabyte have more beta than most but according to the msi site theres no sata drivers except those native to the nforce chipset

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Just for the record I got 3 legit copies of Windows XP ;)

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I had no problems with my Via SATA controller (after hunting out a floppy drive so I could load them at install). The only driver I couldn't find was one for my wireless card (RT2400 chipset).

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Yep, the drivers I need are all available.
FYI these are:
VIA SATA RAID.
Creative Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro
Radeon 9800 Pro
VIA chipset (network card, USB 2, firewire etc)

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I've heard that the release has a 30 days before activation. Not going to install until realtek get off their jacksi and give 64bit drivers for their wireless chipset, though as far as i've seen, wireless support as a whole is lacking :(

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ive installed it got drivers for almost everything just need drivers for my silicon image 0860 pci ata raid card :( The nforce 3 chipset drivers sorted just about everything found ac97 drivers and got my ati x800xt pe drivers easy enough just none for above card

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Well, all installed now.
I had a major problem during first boot up and I found out that it was due to the VIA SATA drivers being buggy so someone made their own, which work fine:
http://www.64bitstuff.com/index.php?download=26 (free registration needed to download).
The files have to be copied to a floppy and then you press F6 during installation of Windows.

I have installed the drivers for my Audigy 2 and the Radeon 9800 Pro with only one problem - apparently an .inf file was missing but they're still installed.
I expect to be updating the drivers whenever new versions are out.

Other interesting stuff I've noticed is that there is a 64-bit version of Explorer as well as 32-bit for plugins which don't work in the 64-bit one.
As a side note I'll mention that both Firefox and Thunderbird installed with no problems, Flash also works in the former.
I tried to install Media Player 10 but it said it was incompatible with this version of Windows - I checked and I already had a 64-bit version installed. :)

All the SP2 stuff is included from XP 32 and it looks like the task manager shows which programs are running 32-bit code (see screenshot).
I'm happy with it all so far, very stable (it's based on Server 2003, not XP) and the GUI is extremely fast. :Yikes:

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Interesting views, I've heard about to being really fast, can't wait to use it..but..just..need...one...driver /waves fist at 8180 chip

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I just need the 64bit processors to be a lot more affordable first heh.

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The gui is amazingly quick i didnt keep it running long as i could not find a driver for my raid card lol i searched a few forums and got nowhere ive emailed silicon image to see how long the wait will be,one things for sure once all the drivers are out of beta its gonna be something special
The 3200 939 chip is only £35 more than the 3200 barton and the 3000 939 is only £15 more

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Although the stepping is getting worse, i've got my 3000+ oc'ed to an 3800+, now benches comparably to 9800p w/ FX-53s! AMD are such fools for allowing this to happen.

My OC is modest aswell, just over 2.4ghz, most people cry over when they can't get 2.6, 2.7ghz....why can't people be satisfied!

Anyway, for the people who have got it working fine at driver level, would they keep it over XP, or keep dual booting for the time being? Thanks.

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Once the drivers are out of beta I will keep it(of course I will keep my ghost image of xp just in case)

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There's nothing I haven't been able to do yet in this OS, I plan to make a list of compatible programs/hardware soon.
Only Symantec have released an anti-virus program but that's not a big issue at the moment because there's only one 64 bit virus, and that's a harmless one.

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huh :confused: so your saying your not concerned about 32 bit viruses running?

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The majority of them won't thanks to NX.

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Should I be downloading this then Richard? :erm:

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Oh gawd! As if my self build wasn't tricky enough, now i have this 64 bit stuff to sort out as well. Still, I suppose that it's better It gets done now than in 6 months time when my new machine has been up and running for ages. :rolleyes:

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You can't unless you have an MSDN subscription at the moment, it's only been released to people/companies who have one and system builders.

I think the general release will be closer to the end of April.

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Avast has a 64 bit version, free too. Along with a couple of others listed here ;) 64 bit drivers too.

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/...?redir=IEGFC07

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If I was you mate, i'd get XP32 up and running properly first, and make sure there's no problems and you are happy. If you go in too far, and there is a problem, it doubles your trouble-shooting checklist that you have to go through to find the problem. Its best to do it in as small a steps as possible.

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You know, I just had that URL in my clipboard ready to paste into this thread but then I saw you posted it. :D
Useful list indeed. :tu:

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Good advice but doesn't the 64 bit install necessitate a re-format? In other words, I'll get my PC just the way I want it (software wise) and I'll have to start again. :disturbd:

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Yep, the downside that I can see is that you'll have to wait until the end of April until you can install.
Alternatively, I'd install XP 32 then use the Documents & Settings Transfer Wizard to backup your settings to a file on another partition/disk.

That's pretty much what I did to keep my documents - no problems here.

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Well, thats the best way to do it, but I am sure you can just do a straight XP upgrade and keep your settings, avoiding the reformat. Reformatting and backing up is a bit of agro, but its a lot less agro than setting up your system, having a vague problem, and having another whole set of issues that could be causing it.

You don't need to have XP32 running for that long to make sure its working, only a week or two. Make sure your favourite games work and stuff.

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Nope, the only way is to do a clean install which makes sense when you think about it - 32/64 bit kernels and all that.
The Settings Transfer wizard is the way to go.

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Thank you. :)

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Doh! Of course! :)

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Well this sucks.
No video will play full screen which is a serious enough problem to reinstall Win XP 32 tomorrow.
When ATI have sorted out their drivers then I'll install 64 bit again but until then, the CD is going to sit on the shelf gathering dust.

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inevitable there was gonna be problems,all drivers are still beta and there will problems for a while till theres full driver support

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Windows XP Pro x64 Edition is now available to the general public as a free upgrade:
http://microsoft.productorder.com/clientx64/

You still have to pay for shipping though, which is about £14.

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Hmm, i guess all the warezers will get the copy on the cheap then aswell, being that you can generate officially 'legitimate' ids/keys.

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There a bit tight with who can get it :confused: would have been nice for anyone with any xp32 on a 64 bit ready machine to get it,then some of em could pay me to install there new free upgrades :LOL: