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<blockquote data-quote="Mew" data-source="post: 710981" data-attributes="member: 29012">Hi drugodrfThis is correct, Windows XP allowed anaogue sound and digital sound to work together. Vista onwards does not (I think Microsoft rebuilt the sound stack in Windows Vista, the MIDI mapper also disappeared).I have used Windows 7 x64 in my HTPC since it came out in the UK, originally with 2Gb, now with 6Gb (although 1Gb seems to be reserved for hardware for some reason despite having a 1Gb ATI Radeon HD 5450). I can get the Imon software to driver the display (for time etc) I can't currently get it to work with MediaPortal. This has always seemed a bit hit and miss for me, even under XP, sometimes if I reinstall everything it works, sometimes it doesn't. I have always used an MCE remote rather than the Imon one. Since Vista the MCE remote drivers have been built into Windows (they were in XP MCE 2005 I believe).All my hardware has been bought since 2007 and I have had no issue with drivers (most of these were sorted out as x64 versions a while after Vista came out). Some software, such as FFDShow does need to have the 32 bit version installed rather than 64 bit but this is not an issue. Obviously if you are running 32 bit Windows there is no point having more than 3Gb of RAM as Windows x86 cannot use it.Mew</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mew, post: 710981, member: 29012"] Hi drugodrf This is correct, Windows XP allowed anaogue sound and digital sound to work together. Vista onwards does not (I think Microsoft rebuilt the sound stack in Windows Vista, the MIDI mapper also disappeared). I have used Windows 7 x64 in my HTPC since it came out in the UK, originally with 2Gb, now with 6Gb (although 1Gb seems to be reserved for hardware for some reason despite having a 1Gb ATI Radeon HD 5450). I can get the Imon software to driver the display (for time etc) I can't currently get it to work with MediaPortal. This has always seemed a bit hit and miss for me, even under XP, sometimes if I reinstall everything it works, sometimes it doesn't. I have always used an MCE remote rather than the Imon one. Since Vista the MCE remote drivers have been built into Windows (they were in XP MCE 2005 I believe). All my hardware has been bought since 2007 and I have had no issue with drivers (most of these were sorted out as x64 versions a while after Vista came out). Some software, such as FFDShow does need to have the 32 bit version installed rather than 64 bit but this is not an issue. Obviously if you are running 32 bit Windows there is no point having more than 3Gb of RAM as Windows x86 cannot use it. Mew [/QUOTE]

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