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<blockquote data-quote="Furetto" data-source="post: 246291" data-attributes="member: 12375"><p><strong>Introduction</strong></p><p></p><p>Several months ago, I upgraded my whole MP machine. Having access to corporate licenses for most Microsoft products, I tried installing XP SP2 on it. This failed. My disc was somewhat damaged and the DVD drive was somewhat old. I still had an XP install disk without SP slipstreamed, but it did not support the SATA raid controller so I was supposed to load drivers through a floppy (which was not installed in this machine) or slipstream the driver into an XP boot-CD.</p><p></p><p><strong>Vista - first try</strong></p><p></p><p>As we were still having administrative issues for our Vista licenses at that time, I resorted to install a Vista RTM image I still had lying around in trial mode. This was at the very beginning when EVR support was available. My machine worked like a charm. Still waiting for my Vista key, I decided not to invest too much time in finalising the install (no antivirus for instance, this machine does go on the net and is also used for gaming).</p><p></p><p>One day I got infected by a virus... don't recall which one. But it does modify all running executables. Which led MediaPortal to try a repair every time I rebooted... MP as virus-detection tool... who would have thought that... Trying to clean this up, I screwed up big time and ended up nuking my windows-install.</p><p></p><p><strong>Vista - fully functional</strong></p><p></p><p>In the end, we managed to get a few Vista keys for individual install so that we could support Vista (by the way, I am a network engineer at a university which includes giving support for any possible OS). I decided to keep one of them for MePo. And to finalise the installation this time. I have McAfee antivirus running but only monitoring the system, not any of the MP directories, ...</p><p></p><p>The few suprises I had were easy to fix...</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Disabling UAC, in general not recommended on all possible blogs and forums, but the first thing I do on my personal machines. Mea Culpa <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Volume issue - solved in <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/general-support-51/volume-control-stuck-21760/index2.html#post151173" target="_blank">this post</a>. And if I understood correctly, solved in recent SVNs.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Part of MP goes to c:\ProgramData instead of C:\Program Files. This is mostly a surprise but gives problems if you use XMLTV. Copy the files over from ProgramData to Program Files (or vice verse, don't remember right now)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">EVR still having some minor quirks. Like FFWD and RWD not always working optimal. I don't mind too much. And I read in today's SVN report that some tries are being made to fix this.</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong>Vista SP1</strong></p><p>SP1 was released to Windows Update yesterday. There is <a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/offtopic-57/vista-sp1-upgrade-36767/" target="_blank">a post about experiences with SP1</a>. Due to lack of time, I have only installed it on one machine, at the office. I had absolutely no issues. At all. I had a very old MP installed on it, I installed the latest SVN over it. Still no issues. Now, I admit, this is not a full MP install. It is mainly to try things out when I am at the office.</p><p></p><p>SP1 will get installed on my "production" MP machine after the weekend, as I leaving the country for a long weekend in Paris <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p></p><p><strong>Conclusion</strong></p><p></p><p>Vista is definitely a good choice for MP if your machine is powerful (check out my system to see what I mean). As always, a clean install of both OS and MP is to be recommended. But as my machine at the office proves, it does not need to be.</p><p></p><p>Sorry to get a bit off-topic and to make such a long post. Just wanted to share my experience...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Furetto, post: 246291, member: 12375"] [B]Introduction[/B] Several months ago, I upgraded my whole MP machine. Having access to corporate licenses for most Microsoft products, I tried installing XP SP2 on it. This failed. My disc was somewhat damaged and the DVD drive was somewhat old. I still had an XP install disk without SP slipstreamed, but it did not support the SATA raid controller so I was supposed to load drivers through a floppy (which was not installed in this machine) or slipstream the driver into an XP boot-CD. [B]Vista - first try[/B] As we were still having administrative issues for our Vista licenses at that time, I resorted to install a Vista RTM image I still had lying around in trial mode. This was at the very beginning when EVR support was available. My machine worked like a charm. Still waiting for my Vista key, I decided not to invest too much time in finalising the install (no antivirus for instance, this machine does go on the net and is also used for gaming). One day I got infected by a virus... don't recall which one. But it does modify all running executables. Which led MediaPortal to try a repair every time I rebooted... MP as virus-detection tool... who would have thought that... Trying to clean this up, I screwed up big time and ended up nuking my windows-install. [B]Vista - fully functional[/B] In the end, we managed to get a few Vista keys for individual install so that we could support Vista (by the way, I am a network engineer at a university which includes giving support for any possible OS). I decided to keep one of them for MePo. And to finalise the installation this time. I have McAfee antivirus running but only monitoring the system, not any of the MP directories, ... The few suprises I had were easy to fix... [LIST] [*]Disabling UAC, in general not recommended on all possible blogs and forums, but the first thing I do on my personal machines. Mea Culpa :P [*]Volume issue - solved in [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/general-support-51/volume-control-stuck-21760/index2.html#post151173"]this post[/URL]. And if I understood correctly, solved in recent SVNs. [*]Part of MP goes to c:\ProgramData instead of C:\Program Files. This is mostly a surprise but gives problems if you use XMLTV. Copy the files over from ProgramData to Program Files (or vice verse, don't remember right now) [*]EVR still having some minor quirks. Like FFWD and RWD not always working optimal. I don't mind too much. And I read in today's SVN report that some tries are being made to fix this. [/LIST] [B]Vista SP1[/B] SP1 was released to Windows Update yesterday. There is [URL="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/offtopic-57/vista-sp1-upgrade-36767/"]a post about experiences with SP1[/URL]. Due to lack of time, I have only installed it on one machine, at the office. I had absolutely no issues. At all. I had a very old MP installed on it, I installed the latest SVN over it. Still no issues. Now, I admit, this is not a full MP install. It is mainly to try things out when I am at the office. SP1 will get installed on my "production" MP machine after the weekend, as I leaving the country for a long weekend in Paris :D [B]Conclusion[/B] Vista is definitely a good choice for MP if your machine is powerful (check out my system to see what I mean). As always, a clean install of both OS and MP is to be recommended. But as my machine at the office proves, it does not need to be. Sorry to get a bit off-topic and to make such a long post. Just wanted to share my experience... [/QUOTE]
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