Originally Posted by dolivaw

The question was will DVDFab Platinum work with Vista Home Premium on a Dell Computer? My experience with just such a combination was, and is, an unqualified success - it worked perfectly. My experience with MCE, along with quite a few of my friends running a variety of different computers was that everyone I knew, which obviously is not everyone in the world, had problems with MCE and DVDFab in combination. I’m sorry to say I don’t recall the person who pointed out the obvious to me on this forum but when you look at what operating systems DVDFab is compatible with MCE is NOT mentioned. I can also say that although MCE and Vista Home Premium may share some features a quick call to a Microsoft and or Dell Technician will dispel any notion that they are identical operating systems – they most definitely aren’t! What would be the point in making an identical OS and calling it Vista? The mind boggles – they are different systems. I can also assure you the multitude of problems I had with MCE were not resolved by either Microsoft Tec department or the Dell Tec department. Their conclusion, problem after problem, and arrived at independently, was that MCE was in conflict at the software or hardware level and that the problems I was encountering were not going to be resolved – period. They suggested I switch to Windows XP Pro – which I did – and every single problem and conflict disappeared. When you install Vista it will tell you that you must remove Nero from your computer as they are not compatible – I like Nero and the software that MS uses, and causes the conflict, is, in my humble opinion, inferior. But Nero works well on XP Pro so I’m happy!

Dgbaker if you love MCE and are having no problems with it I’m absolutely thrilled for you but it does me or my friends no good whatever. Nor does it diminish in anyway the feedback from both MS and Dells Tec people that much of what I was attempting to do with the MCE operating system will never work because of incompatibility problems. I’d say as operating systems goes MCE does indeed fit very nicely into the laughable category.
dseldon