I just found the problem. Apparently xfire was causing the crashes. After exiting xfire all of my install problems have gone away.
I tried install 7zip and also had the crash on browse problem, and leaving the directory default eventually causes it to crash anyway....
Yep, just clicking the browse button causes it to crash. If I leave the default directory alone VPC continues to install and eventually rolls...
It is currently running. I have tried restarting it but the installer still crashes when clicking browse, and still rolls back before finishing.
Problem description: When installing applications on a new install of Vista Ultimate x64 that use the standard Microsoft installer clicking Browse...
I think the problem here is mainly CPU. I get framerates in the teens with my 8800 GT and 4800+, with AA and AF having next to no effect on frame...
Why in the world would you install a game to the root directly? That's just asking for trouble!
Pretty UI. Fast searching Backup software is a million times faster. Holy ****, 14 hour backups under XP every week. In Vista it only takes a...
At a certain point it breaks down. When looking for a specific mp3 I don't bother going through my 50 songs by the same artist, thats in multiple...
I stopped reading there. ugh.
With Vista while running STALKER it only consumes 330MB of RAM. Hardly something to complain about or that's worth worry about. As for file...
Sounds like he wanted to know what OS to use, and asked for any ideas related to that topic.
I just tried the RightMark 3D sound benchmark, it made the high pitched noises, and not long after it completed I got a couple of sound errors and...
When playing Unreal Tournament 3 as soon as the round starts (If not before) I immediately get high pitched whines, and Vista slowly becomes...
One of the games that was giving me issues was Unreal 3 and its Hardware OpenAL. I assume this is more driver related then? And thanks for the...
Last night I finally took the plunge and upgraded to Vista, and so far its worked out fairly well but every game I try to play that uses hardware...
A processor with a higher clock will run hotter, no matter how high the load on it is. 3 cores at 3.5 GHz will consume more wattage at idle (or...
If you want to run under the Democrat party of course you have to get permission from them. He could still run as an independent if he wanted, or...
Maybe in some cases air cooling solutions won't be enough to handle 4 cores at 3GHz, but could handle 1 just fine. I'm not saying this will happen...
If heat was an issue and you wanted increased performance in a single threaded game you could overclock just one core if overclocking all four...
