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ATi Drivers for Windows Vista 5365

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This is just a quick post to inform everyone in need of ATi Drivers for Microsoft Windows Vista Build 5365 on what to do…
The default drivers work fine if all you want from them is for Aero Glass to work. However, they result in very slow animations, and even simple tasks like scrolling in Internet Explorer hang for a couple of milliseconds at a time. If you follow this link you will get to a page to download the official 5308 drivers, which work perfectly on 5365… Best of luck!

Digital/Analog Audio & Sound Drivers for Windows Vista

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While Windows Vista may tout a “all-new and improved” audio stack with superb quality and resonance, it’s of no use if you don’t have the right sound card drivers for Windows Vista. The biggest problem with audio drivers for Windows Vista is with Digital Audio – most people can get their SPDIF or Digital outputs to spew analog sound – which just doesn’t work with hi-fi, digital speakers. NeoSmart Technologies has compiled a list of audio drivers for the most popular sound cards that experience trouble with Windows Vista, in hopes that our readers will find it useful.

  • SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio – Analog audio with the drivers works fine, but digital audio doesn’t.
  • Creative Sound Blaster Live! Series – No sound by default, Creative drivers won’t install.
  • Creative Audigy 1 – No sound by default, Creative drivers won’t install.
  • Creative Audigy 2 – No sound by default, Creative drivers won’t install.
  • Creative Audigy 4 – Creative drivers install but constantly stutter.
  • Creative X-Fi Series – Creative drivers install but constantly stutter.
  • SigmaTel HD Audio – Default Vista drivers don’t well in digital, bad bass
  • SigmaTel Integrated Audio – No compatible drivers; Digital N/A.
  • Other AC ’97 – No compatible drivers; Digital N/A.

The last two entries do not support Digital Audio, and are simply a manner of finding the right drivers compatible with your chipset; making them at once the easiest to solve due to the lack of complications, and the hardest due to the large variety of AC ’97 implementations.

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IntelliPoint & Intellitype on Vista

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There’s a new version of IntelliPoint & IntelliType out that addresses this issue!

To get IntelliPoint running on Vista:

  1. Grab the latest version of the Microsoft IntelliPoint software.
  2. Run setup, it will extract the files and folders to C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliPoint 5.x\
  3. After it extracts, exit setup.
  4. Open Windows Explorer, go to C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliPoint 5.x\IPoint\SETUP, and find “oemsetup.exe”
  5. Download intellipoint.ini from our servers.
  6. Drag and drop intellipoint.ini over oemsetup.exe; wait ten minutes, then go to CP -> Mouse and have a little look see.. It should be installed :)
  7. Enjoy!
  8. If after these steps some functionality is missing, see this forum topic on hard-coding the device ID.

To get IntelliType running on Vista:

  1. Grab the latest version of the Microsoft IntelliType software.
  2. Run setup, it will extract the files and folders to C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliType 5.x\
  3. After it extracts, exit setup.
  4. Open Windows Explorer, go to C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliType 5.x\IType\SETUP, and find “oemsetup.exe”
  5. Download intellitype.ini from our servers.
  6. Drag and drop IntelliType.ini over oemsetup.exe; wait ten minutes, then go to CP -> Mouse and have a little look see.. It should be installed :)
  7. Enjoy!