Gaming Damn you vista

[xcalibur]

So I got one issue which I can't seem to get around. I can't install the drivers or software for my graphics card. Each time I try, all it tells me is "Error! Can't initialize plug-ins directory. Please try again later."
Anyone know anything about this?

 

[jumpman17]

Are the drivers Vista compatable?

 

[xcalibur]

The problem doesn't come from the drivers. They're not vista compatible to I went to the main site and downloaded the vista ones. I can't install it for some reason. Each time I attempt to, it gives me the above error.

EDIT: The graphics card is an x1650 Pro

 

[martin88]

Clean up your temp folder and try again.

 

[Ferrariman]

I feel for you, man. Vista is like that pretty girl you've always wanted. Shes nice looking, sounds good and everybody loves her. But, in the end, she is nothing but a mean, pompous girl that doesn't care about you at all. See, sometimes you need to have the ugly nice girl.

 

[xcalibur]

Clean up your temp folder and try again.

Did that and it didn't work.

EDIT: I manually moved the tempfolder to somewhere else by changing it in the enviroment variables tab. That seems to have fixed my issue.

 

[cosmo2389]

They're not vista compatible to I went to the main site and downloaded the vista ones. I can't install it for some reason. Each time I attempt to, it gives me the above error.

This happened with my printer... Until a couple months ago the Vista compatible software failed to install correctly on my Vista system...
QUOTEI feel for you, man. Vista is like that pretty girl you've always wanted. Shes nice looking, sounds good and everybody loves her. But, in the end, she is nothing but a mean, pompous girl that doesn't care about you at all. See, sometimes you need to have the ugly nice girl.

I agree with your points! Whereas XP was the nice girl that could handle nearly any situation, Vista is the hot girl that thinks she's above everyone else and wants to report all your doings to Microsoft (luckily that part was phased out before being officially released).

 

[Salamantis]

Disregard...

 

[tomqman]

Try the Omega Drivers, they're compatible with your graphics, and omega is awesome

http://www.omegadrivers.net/ati_vista.php

EDIT: ah, I didn't see you fixed your problem

kool il try them later im having the same problem

 

[xcalibur]

Try the Omega Drivers, they're compatible with your graphics, and omega is awesome

http://www.omegadrivers.net/ati_vista.php

EDIT: ah, I didn't see you fixed your problem

I didn't. I finally installed it and it tells me that my driver is incompatible.
I'm going to try out omega now.
EDIT: There are no ATI omega drivers for vista :/

 

[tomqman]

Try the Omega Drivers, they're compatible with your graphics, and omega is awesome

http://www.omegadrivers.net/ati_vista.php

EDIT: ah, I didn't see you fixed your problem

I didn't. I finally installed it and it tells me that my driver is incompatible.
I'm going to try out omega now.
EDIT: There are no ATI omega drivers for vista :/

yer

looks like me and you are in the same boat.
i search for days trying to get vista to work with my x1650 and just gave up and went back to xp
let me know if you find anything

 

[xcalibur]

Try the Omega Drivers, they're compatible with your graphics, and omega is awesome

http://www.omegadrivers.net/ati_vista.php

EDIT: ah, I didn't see you fixed your problem

I didn't. I finally installed it and it tells me that my driver is incompatible.
I'm going to try out omega now.
EDIT: There are no ATI omega drivers for vista :/

yer

looks like me and you are in the same boat.
i search for days trying to get vista to work with my x1650 and just gave up and went back to xp
let me know if you find anything

You never managed to get it to work

?
Damn, I'm already downloading XP.

 

[Salamantis]

Yeah, why did you even bother with Vista lol

 

[tomqman]

Try the Omega Drivers, they're compatible with your graphics, and omega is awesome

http://www.omegadrivers.net/ati_vista.php

EDIT: ah, I didn't see you fixed your problem

I didn't. I finally installed it and it tells me that my driver is incompatible.
I'm going to try out omega now.
EDIT: There are no ATI omega drivers for vista :/

yer

looks like me and you are in the same boat.
i search for days trying to get vista to work with my x1650 and just gave up and went back to xp
let me know if you find anything

You never managed to get it to work

?
Damn, I'm already downloading XP.

the most i found out was that it could be a problem with my motherboard

 

[xcalibur]

Try the Omega Drivers, they're compatible with your graphics, and omega is awesome

http://www.omegadrivers.net/ati_vista.php

EDIT: ah, I didn't see you fixed your problem

I didn't. I finally installed it and it tells me that my driver is incompatible.
I'm going to try out omega now.
EDIT: There are no ATI omega drivers for vista :/

yer

looks like me and you are in the same boat.
i search for days trying to get vista to work with my x1650 and just gave up and went back to xp
let me know if you find anything

You never managed to get it to work

?
Damn, I'm already downloading XP.

the most i found out was that it could be a problem with my motherboard

Back to XP it is then...

 

[tomqman]

Back to XP it is then...

well we could try the omega xp drivers on vista(im not a home so i cant at the mo)