Windows Vista Beta 1

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GaMeDtX

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Nope.  I ran the same programs in XP and Vista and Vista took the cake.  Everything is very smooth.  CPU very low, and also, I don't know if it because it's a beta but very few things appear to be running in the background.  The programs actually fit without having to scroll.  :)

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:o i might have to keep beta 1 aroud as my main os if this is the case! My xp is somewhat sluggish... :rofl:

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seems as though all the normal things worrk during setup, like shift + f10 will give a command prompt, then taskmgr can get you the task manager, but a little way into the install, I thought I would try openig the control panel, typed in control, and it started the gui while I was still in setup (I mean the start menu) the loading bar was still in the background.

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I'm testing Vista right now in games like Doom 3 and UT2004. I've been tweaking Vista for 3 hours now and it's working even faster than XP.

I disabled every graphical effect, removed the background and disabled as much services as possible.

I also installed the beta on my slow system:

AMD Duron 905MHz

Infineon 128 MB SDRAM 133MHz

XFX Geforce FX5600 128MB overclocked

Everything is working perfectly fine on this old system.

It looks like DirectX games (UT2004) are using less resources than on XP.

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seafirex

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They will usally let you in for a few beta, nothing big like msn messenger or things like that then later if you report bugs and are dedicated to them then you get some big beta test to do!!, hope this helps you understand better

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Sorry i should have read better, You are invited for the Vista beta test.

Happy download

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JCDerrick

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My microsoft connect page still says pending.. but my MSDN don't. lol

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You MAY, and I use caps for a reason, but may be experiencing the same issue I was. I actually found myself to be "Pending" yet I was able to download IE7 and Vista.

Check my post on PRO about how to check. After I went into the downloads area, my status changed from Pending to Approved. So either MS just happened to Approve me at that very second, or me visiting the downloads page did the trick. I'm inclined at this point to believe the later.

Either way... hope that helps some folks.

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HistoricalNeowin

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throw in a Dos bootdisk that supports NTFS, and edit boot.ini

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Dnt have a dos bootdisk...or no how to use it. Im using the boocfg /rebuild command in recovery console, hopefully i can fix it this way. I wrote a new bootsecotr to drive c aswell for good measure :p

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enunemi

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ive just installed IE7 and im getting a graphical error at the top of the toolbar

Any ideas?

has anyone had this problem, and also if so how did you fix it??

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It is your visual style or windowblinds skin. Try switching back to the default if that is indeed the XP version of ie7.

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AQUaDeX

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Raid Support anyone?

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Just use your Windows XP drivers, they should work, and be sure to create a floppy disk with the drivers on it so you can install them during the setup process, or else the setup wizard won't be able to detect your harddisk.

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