Vista x64 drivers on cd?

Hi all,

I am looking for the list of drivers that come on the
oem cd for Vista Home Premium that are 64 bit
compatible. Is such a thing out there?

thanks,
charles....

OEM versions of Windows Vista are either 32-bit or 64-bit.
The 64-bit drivers are located in the 64-bit OEM DVD.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

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"***** charles"wrote:

Hi all,

I am looking for the list of drivers that come on the
oem cd for Vista Home Premium that are 64 bit
compatible. Is such a thing out there?

thanks,
charles....

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
news:B7853CAA-A8B1-4380-9116-82F239998F11@microsoft.com...
> OEM versions of Windows Vista are either 32-bit or 64-bit.
> The 64-bit drivers are located in the 64-bit OEM DVD.

Yes, but how do I identify which hardware products go with
the drivers? We are talking about generic OEM cd's from
MS not special ones from any one manufacturing company.
I don't want to put a machine together where I must always
keep track of extra driver cd's add infinitum in the future.

thanks,
charles.....

> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows - Shell/User
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> "***** charles"wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am looking for the list of drivers that come on the
> oem cd for Vista Home Premium that are 64 bit
> compatible. Is such a thing out there?
>
> thanks,
> charles....
>
>

***** charles wrote:
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:B7853CAA-A8B1-4380-9116-82F239998F11@microsoft.com...
>> OEM versions of Windows Vista are either 32-bit or 64-bit.
>> The 64-bit drivers are located in the 64-bit OEM DVD.
>
> Yes, but how do I identify which hardware products go with
> the drivers? We are talking about generic OEM cd's from
> MS not special ones from any one manufacturing company.
> I don't want to put a machine together where I must always
> keep track of extra driver cd's add infinitum in the future.

Well, when you build your own machines that's exactly what you must do.
You should know what hardware is in your computer and you should be
getting the drivers from each hardware mftr.'s website anyway. The
drivers that are on the Vista install DVD are basic drivers and you
don't want to use them as a first choice in any case.


Malke
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MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

"Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:unu5OFzvHHA.736@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> ***** charles wrote:
> > "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:B7853CAA-A8B1-4380-9116-82F239998F11@microsoft.com...
> >> OEM versions of Windows Vista are either 32-bit or 64-bit.
> >> The 64-bit drivers are located in the 64-bit OEM DVD.
> >
> > Yes, but how do I identify which hardware products go with
> > the drivers? We are talking about generic OEM cd's from
> > MS not special ones from any one manufacturing company.
> > I don't want to put a machine together where I must always
> > keep track of extra driver cd's add infinitum in the future.
>
> Well, when you build your own machines that's exactly what you must do.
> You should know what hardware is in your computer and you should be
> getting the drivers from each hardware mftr.'s website anyway. The
> drivers that are on the Vista install DVD are basic drivers and you
> don't want to use them as a first choice in any case.
> Malke

You may not want to use them but I do. Here's my last shot -
is there a list of hardware anywhere that matches the drivers
that are on the Vista OEM DVD? In "the old days" MS had
the hcl. That's basically what I seek. Now a days the last
thing I saw was a menu based website where you had to guess
at the hardware that is supported. It seems that my only other
option is to get a Vista oem dvd and install it on a generic
computer. Then do a manual install for every part that it
supports where I write down every driver in the list. I would
like to avoid this if possible.

thanks,
charles.....

Charles

Try here:

Windows Quality Online Services: Windows Vista Hardware Compatibility List:
http://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/


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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"***** charles" <shultzjrX@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> "Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:unu5OFzvHHA.736@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> ***** charles wrote:
>> > "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
>> > news:B7853CAA-A8B1-4380-9116-82F239998F11@microsoft.com...
>> >> OEM versions of Windows Vista are either 32-bit or 64-bit.
>> >> The 64-bit drivers are located in the 64-bit OEM DVD.
>> >
>> > Yes, but how do I identify which hardware products go with
>> > the drivers? We are talking about generic OEM cd's from
>> > MS not special ones from any one manufacturing company.
>> > I don't want to put a machine together where I must always
>> > keep track of extra driver cd's add infinitum in the future.
>>
>> Well, when you build your own machines that's exactly what you must do.
>> You should know what hardware is in your computer and you should be
>> getting the drivers from each hardware mftr.'s website anyway. The
>> drivers that are on the Vista install DVD are basic drivers and you
>> don't want to use them as a first choice in any case.
>> Malke
>
> You may not want to use them but I do. Here's my last shot -
> is there a list of hardware anywhere that matches the drivers
> that are on the Vista OEM DVD? In "the old days" MS had
> the hcl. That's basically what I seek. Now a days the last
> thing I saw was a menu based website where you had to guess
> at the hardware that is supported. It seems that my only other
> option is to get a Vista oem dvd and install it on a generic
> computer. Then do a manual install for every part that it
> supports where I write down every driver in the list. I would
> like to avoid this if possible.
>
> thanks,
> charles.....
>
>