i've been having really bad issues with 'windows rot' on my homebuilt desktop recently. things are starting to not work, issues are cropping up left and right. normally i'd just format and start over (love the smell of a clean windows installation, it makes my house smell better for some reason), but i'm wondering if it's time i finally made the move to windows vista. i'm worried, however, about my significant body of vst programs that i use with fl studio 8. i can't seem to find info on all of them online, and honestly i don't trust manufacturers statements, i'd rather have real-world descriptions of whether things work or not.
if you've used any of these, can you tell me if they work? i'd be using vista 32-bit.
fl studio 8
reason 4/recycle 2.1 (not really, but i play with it)
celemony melodyne 3 (absolute must )
m-audio mobilepre drivers
ni massive, absynth, guitar rig 3, b4 II, akoustik piano
gigastudio 3 (in rewire mode, i don't have a card compatible with it)
colossus
ethno world complete 3
emm knagalis
rob papen's predator and blue 1.7/1.01 (legacy stuff)
steinberg's virtual guitarist (original edition), electric edition, and virtual bassist (these are particularly important, vbassist's effects pedal is possibly the greatest lightweight guitar effects setup i've found)
edirol orchestral
ueberschall's elastik and liquidinstrument series
finale 2008
garritan gofriller cello
stormdrum (kompakt)
addictive drums (another biggie, i use it with everything)
vocaloid 2 (not a big deal, it's SO annoying to use when my wife's a vocalist)
the 4front keyboard vsts (epiano, rhodes, and piano)
izotope vinyl
the mda and dfx effect sets
audioease speakerphone
thanks so much if you can help out! i really appreciate any advice people can give.