Drivers Compatibiliby between XP64 and Vista64?

[rafoard]

Hello
I´m going to get a new wireless pci network card for my pc Intel 64 bit
processor with Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and i see that this device
has compatible driver with Windows Vista 64 bit edition,so i don´t know if
it´s compatible with my O.S.
I suppose that this driver,being compatible with Vista64,is written for 64
bits O.S. but I´m not totally sure about the compatibility with XP x64
Edition.

P.D:The network card is a Hercules HWGPCI-54 with Ralink RT2500 Chipset.

Thank you in advance for your attention.

 

[PvdG42]

Re: Drivers Compatibiliby between XP64 and Vista64?

"rafoard" <rafoard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:721911AF-B973-424B-A64E-48CE59045621@microsoft.com...
> Hello
> I´m going to get a new wireless pci network card for my pc Intel 64 bit
> processor with Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and i see that this
> device
> has compatible driver with Windows Vista 64 bit edition,so i don´t know if
> it´s compatible with my O.S.
> I suppose that this driver,being compatible with Vista64,is written for 64
> bits O.S. but I´m not totally sure about the compatibility with XP x64
> Edition.
>
> P.D:The network card is a Hercules HWGPCI-54 with Ralink RT2500 Chipset.
>
> Thank you in advance for your attention.
>

In general, Vista drivers and XP drivers are very different (32 or 64 bit).
So drivers for XP don't work in Vista and vice-versa.
For more specific info, try to contact the NIC manufacturer or chipset
maker, whoever is offering the drivers.

 

[Dominic Payer]

Re: Drivers Compatibiliby between XP64 and Vista64?

See http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Windows.html


"rafoard" <rafoard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:721911AF-B973-424B-A64E-48CE59045621@microsoft.com...
> Hello
> I´m going to get a new wireless pci network card for my pc Intel 64 bit
> processor with Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and i see that this
> device
> has compatible driver with Windows Vista 64 bit edition,so i don´t know if
> it´s compatible with my O.S.
> I suppose that this driver,being compatible with Vista64,is written for 64
> bits O.S. but I´m not totally sure about the compatibility with XP x64
> Edition.
>
> P.D:The network card is a Hercules HWGPCI-54 with Ralink RT2500 Chipset.
>
> Thank you in advance for your attention.
>

 

[Dennis Pack]

Re: Drivers Compatibiliby between XP64 and Vista64?

Rafoard:
I have at least 2 wireless PCI cards with the Ralink RT2500 Chipset
that work properly with XP x64 and Vista x64. Follow the link that Dominic
Payer posted earlier for the drivers. Have a great day.

--
Dennis Pack
XP x64 SP2, Vista Enterprise x64
Office Professional Plus 2007

"rafoard" <rafoard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:721911AF-B973-424B-A64E-48CE59045621@microsoft.com...
> Hello
> I´m going to get a new wireless pci network card for my pc Intel 64 bit
> processor with Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and i see that this
> device
> has compatible driver with Windows Vista 64 bit edition,so i don´t know if
> it´s compatible with my O.S.
> I suppose that this driver,being compatible with Vista64,is written for 64
> bits O.S. but I´m not totally sure about the compatibility with XP x64
> Edition.
>
> P.D:The network card is a Hercules HWGPCI-54 with Ralink RT2500 Chipset.
>
> Thank you in advance for your attention.
>

 

[Graham]

Re: Drivers Compatibiliby between XP64 and Vista64?

rafoard wrote:
> I´m going to get a new wireless pci network card for my pc Intel 64 bit
> processor with Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and i see that this device
> has compatible driver with Windows Vista 64 bit edition,so i don´t know if
> it´s compatible with my O.S.
> I suppose that this driver,being compatible with Vista64,is written for 64
> bits O.S. but I´m not totally sure about the compatibility with XP x64
> Edition.

You might be lucky. I've got a Canon photo printer with no XP x64
drivers, but recently Vista x64 drivers appeared. Figuring I've got
nothing to lose (at worst I could restore from a backup), I tried to
install them, and they work.

Graham.