The information in this article applies to the following configuration(s):

• Catalyst Vista RTM driver
• Radeon® X1600 series
• Radeon® X1300 series
• Windows Vista 64bit Edition

Symptoms
On some configurations, the Catalyst Control Center may take a longer than expected amount of time to launch under the Windows Vista 64bit Edition operating system.

Consider the following scenario:

1. You configure the Windows HotStart feature in Windows Vista to start a program directly from the system startup process.
2. The computer is asleep.
3. You press the access button for the program on the front panel of the computer or on the infrared remote control.
4. The computer wakes up.

In this scenario, the program does not start as quickly as expected. The program may take as long as a minute to start after the computer wakes up.

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When you try to use a Windows Vista-based computer behind a firewall device, network connectivity may fail. When network connectivity fails, you may see the following symptoms:

• Programs may respond slowly.
• Programs may stop responding.

Consider the following scenario:

• On a Windows Vista-based computer, you copy files to or from another computer on a network.
• This other computer is a Microsoft Windows XP-based computer or a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer.
• These files are each 100 megabytes (MB) or larger.
• You use Windows Explorer to copy the files. For example, you use a drag-and-drop operation in Windows Explorer to copy the files.

In this scenario, the file transfer operation may be slightly slower than expected. This problem occurs only in certain hardware configurations. This problem does not occur when you copy files to or from another Windows Vista-based computer.

When you view several multipage TIFF files in a row by using Windows Photo Gallery in Windows Vista, you may experience slow system performance. Additionally, memory usage increases significantly.

When you use a Component Object Model (COM) add-in to change programs that are installed on a Windows Vista-based computer, the changes may take longer than you expect to be completed.

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