Thanks to J.C. for noticing this, Asus has just released a new drivers & utilities for Vista on R2H.
http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us
As you will notice in the Downloads page, now there is a Vista 32 bit entry in the operating system drop down box. I would recommend going through all categories, for example you will find the wi-fi driver in the Utilities section, probably because it is packaged along with the wi-fi utilities.
* Utilities:
- Intel Inf Update 8.1.1.1010 (latest versions as on Intel website);
- ATK2OSD2 (I'm assuming this is the utility that handles the special buttons and starts applications like Settings page or wireless);
- Asus NB Probe (no idea what is it);
- Asus Live Update Utility (this utility ever worked for anyone? :-);
- WinFlash;
- WLAN driver & application 2.0.8 (good, 7th of March, must try!);
- Ricoh card reader (maybe my Corsair SD 133x will working with ReadyBoost now?!).
Dan Dar3: I am very thankful for your contribution that you have given in this blog to all the users of Asus R2H. Thanks for sharing your experiences and knowledges.
ReplyDeleteThanks J.C., I appreciate your thoughts!
ReplyDeleteHello Dan Dar3:
ReplyDeleteI’ll try to write in English the best I can to ask you for help, for all the people (like me) that don’t have the knowledge to do a clean upgrade from Windows Tablet PC to Windows Vista.
In Windows Tablet PC that came with the R2H I tried to kill all the unnecessary process. I followed yours advice and I used for it the Systernals Autoruns utility but I think that I was not very well succeeded because I didn’t get an optimal result.
So, I decided to wait for the Windows Vista from the Asus’s Upgrade Program to make a new try and then I evidenced that Vista drivers have became available at Asus download site and I thought that it is the right time to make the upgrade to Windows Vista because I think that the receive the DVD with Windows Vista is too delayed At this moment, I visited Asus’s support website again and I found a lot of driver’s and programs and I’m very confused.
In resume: maybe you can help to all of us making a definitive tutorial of the upgrade process and what driver’s and programs you recommend in this procedure.
I imagine that this project will be a hardly job and certainly you are a busy person. Please, don’t think that I’m a sluggish person. I’m only afraid to make a lot of mistakes and crashed the device with severity.
I think that yours advice about the upgrade process will be helpful to all of us and this tutorial is only to facilitate the transition to Windows Vista.
Kind regards, J.C.
PS – Another official source for R2H’s drivers can be found here: ftp://ftp.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/R2H (source: TodoUMPC forum)
Hi J.C.,
ReplyDeleteYour English is just fine - Engllsh is not my primary language either, and I understand you perfectly.
What I should've specified from the begginig is that I installed Vista on a separate partition -I wanted to keep Windows XP working and I understand the upgrade process doesn't always work correctly.
I will try to put together a detailed post with my experiences with installing Vista and please feel free to ask any questions.
Thanks very much for the FTP link, I think I spotted a few Vista drivers I would try (audio, wireless, camera).
Audio_vista_070315.zip http://www.megaupload.com/?d=F8N3J4DS
ReplyDeleteCMOS_Camera_Bison_vista_070..zip http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PYAUFGOI
CMOS_Camera_D-Max_M331_vist..zip http://www.megaupload.com/?d=425V8NU9
LAN_vista_070315.zip http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EG8TR0Z3
AFLASH2_Vista_070313.zip http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BPG100TJ
ATK_Hotkey_VISTA_20070309.zip http://www.megaupload.com/?d=061EJKBU
FingerPrints_vista_070315.zip http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3ESTXJIZ
RICOH_Vista32bit_070125.zip http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IFJYC6NT
LifeFrame2_vista_070314.zip http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RNXOWD1N
ATKMedia_Vista32bit_070125.zip http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VDZSB5X5
ATKDrv_vista32_070117.zip http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NPTYO1FP
WLAN_ASUS_WL_159G_vista_070..zip http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NPU5Y63G
WinFlash_Vista32bit_070124.zip http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RRPN8L8D
INFUpdate_Vista_061122.zip http://www.megaupload.com/?d=W876P9VY
NB_Probe_vista_070122.zip http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RIW8QMDH
P4GIIX_Vista32bit_070125.zip http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SQJ5XUP1
Liveupdate_vista_070215.zip http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KN2LEEK8
ATKOSD2_Vista32bit_070126.zip http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0CG93B40
VGA_vista_070315.zip http://www.megaupload.com/?d=243YZOCW
Wireless_Console_VISTA_0703..zip http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2TR0RXQU
ASUS_Setting_Center_vista_0..zip http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZGXD9V65
TouchPad_Vista32_64_070125.zip http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CKYODV1T
Bluetooth_vista_070212.zip http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CEJT75OW
here are i believe all of the download for windows vista from the asus site. i have put them on megaupload for faster and more reliable downloads for the community as the asus site has been very sketchy for along time. hope that you all enjoy. ^^