Features Not Supported in Windows XP 64-Bit Edition
A number of features in Windows XP Professional are not included with Windows XP 64-Bit Edition. The following is a list of these features.
Digital Media
The following digital media features are not included with Windows XP 64-Bit Edition:
Digital video disc (DVD) video playback
CD Recording
Kodak Imaging Accessory
Windows Media? Player
A subset of Windows Media? Technologies
DirectMusic®
Microsoft TV Technologies for Windows®
Video mixing renderer (VMR)
NetMeeting®
IEEE 1394 audio
Fax
Subsystems and Protocols
Windows XP 64-Bit Edition does not provide support for a number of older subsystems and transport protocols, including the following:
Microsoft® MS-DOS® subsystem
OS/2 subsystems
16-bit subsystems
Portable Operating System Interface for UNIX (POSIX) subsystem
Legacy transport protocols
Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange (IPX/SPX) LAN and WAN
AppleTalk Protocol LAN
Services for Macintosh
Data Link Control (DLC) LAN
NetBIOS Enhanced User Interface (NetBEUI) LAN
Service Advertising Protocol (SAP) Agent for Server
Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) router
Infrared Data Association (IrDA)
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Network BIOS (NetBIOS) gateway
Mobile Computing
Windows XP 64-Bit Edition does not provide support for features aimed primarily at users of portable computers. The following features are not included:
Hot docking/undocking
PC Card
IrDA
Terminal Services client for Handheld PC
Power Management
System Restore
The System Restore feature is not supported in Windows XP 64-Bit Edition.
Networking and Communications
The following networking and communications features are not included in Windows XP 64-Bit Edition:
Internet Locator Service (ILS)
MSN? Internet Access client
Message Queuing (MSMQ) Level 8 Listener
Originally posted by: MDE
gweilo8888, you quoted the specs for the Intel Itanium version of XP-64. The official name for the AMD64 version of XP is Windows XP for 64-bit Extended Systems (or something very similar).
Originally posted by: Darkenreaper57
Has anyone here had much luck with Windows XP 64-Bit Edition? I downloaded and installed the trial provided by microsoft on a separate partition, and i cannot find the drivers i need.
Someone mentioned the VIA Hyperion 64-Bit Drivers; i installed these but they didnt not seem to work. My audio driver was not even installed (i assume the hyperion drivers are supposed to install this). I even attempted to manually install via the Device Manager and pointing to the corresponding *.inf file. No luck.
Someone at school told me that i SHOULD be able to use 32-bit drivers with 64-bit XP. I tried this...no luck. Then someone else told me that there might/is (forgot which) a service pack or fix for this. Is this true? I would be happy for now if i could use my existing 32-bit drivers...as it is i dont even have drivers for the radon 9600 (yeah, i know that ATI doesnt plan on releasing until the OS debuts, but still it would be nice to get something that works for games).
I would also like to get the integrated broadcom wireless card to workn if at all possible.
Thanks for any help.
Originally posted by: gweilo8888
Thanks for the suggestion, might have to try it. Anybody have any ideas on my WLAN problem above?
Originally posted by: CruisinGT
First question-
Just to clarify, when you press Fn-F2, does the "e" light near the touchpad turn blue? If not, are any of the icons by it lit at any time (like the little plug or the cylinder?
Second question-
On the taskbar, when you right click the Broadcom Wireless Network Utility (the upside-down 'V', can you select the 'Enable Radio' option? If it gives you an error message, press Fn-F2 again and try the 'Enable Radio' option again. Does the little 'x' by it ever disappear??
Originally posted by: gweilo8888
Yes, this is the only way I can turn my wireless LAN on and off. If I select 'Enable Radio', the '((e))' light turns on and (usually) my wireless LAN starts up fine (although I've noticed that if I reenable it within a few seconds of disabling it, the wireless LAN doesn't work even though it says it is enabled and the '((e)) light is lit - disabling it, waiting 5-10 seconds, and then re-enabling it fixes this).
I'd really like to get the Fn-F2 shortcut working, as it is much quicker to press the key combination, than to move the mouse pointer to my system tray, wait for the menu to pop up, move the mouse pointer again and click on 'Enable / Disable'. Does anybody know if there's a driver that controls the Fn-Fx button combinations, or are these part of the hardware (perhaps controlled by the BIOS)?
Originally posted by: gweilo8888
All of the other Fn-Fx buttons are working just fine, including the (unlabelled, but documented in the manual) Fn-F1 to turn on/off the power and status LEDs. The only one that doesn't work is Fn-F2. All of the LED lights also work just fine.
Originally posted by: MDE
Anyone have the backlight on their screen flickering?