Windows Vista Beta 1

[Sammyinnit]

He means if you need to ask a question like that, the beta probably isn't best for you.

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That is what I ment.

[Crimson Behelit]

Wow, mine is ultra smooth too and I-m loving it. Not a single crash yet and the glass efect is working.

Running on:

Pentium M Dothan 1.7GHz

Radeon Mobility 9600 Proturbo 128MB

512MB PC2700

Every piece of hardware was detected, well not my modem but I dont care because I never use it lol.

I just found one glitch and I dont know why I cant remove this, it-s floating in front of every window I open :rofl:

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I believe that pop-up is related to keyboard-layouts and associated languages. I have the very same anomaly happen in KDE.

[gutsa]

Can Anyone Tell, What Is The Minimum Requirments Of Windows Vista ??

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There is no minimum at the present time (officially). There is a guess somewhere (not in the release notes like I thought) but it says that any midrange processor by todays standards should be enough. Any midrange video card, midrange this or that should be enough. I can tell you that a Pentium III 1 GHz with 512 MB Ram (100mhz FSB) and a 32MB ATI M4 Mobillity card can barely handle the graphics nature. This is not an extensive test though, as I have not gone through to tweak things. Also, remember, this is Beta 1. This is for technical fixes, not user experience fixes. Wait for Beta 2 before you accept any minimum requirements that you see or hear.

[jpack]

Does anyone know if the download is offered to "MSDN Library" Subscribers? Or do you have to be a higher level... "Operating System" "Enterprise" "Universal"

Thanks

[sacrifist]

So Microsoft are only releasing DVD ISOs?

Mmm one wonders how he going to install without a DVD burner :unsure:

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hmmm, Daemon Tools man

[gutsa]

MSDN TechNet Subscribers get the download. To my knowledge thats it. I pretty sure the Library subscribers (library only subscribers) will not have access until Beta 2.

[Allaccess]

Will i really get benefit testing 64bit version instead of 32bit ? (running athlon64 3500+)

[Ditto]

My comp is currently broken, the dvd i burnt was missing a few files, longhorn install broke half way thru, now i have no MBR...GREAT!!

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To fix your MBR boot from an old win 98 bootdisk and at the a:\ type the following

fdisk /mbr and hit enter then reboot

[toledo64fx]

what could i do to get this Vista.....

:ninja:

[gutsa]

Will i really get benefit testing 64bit version instead of 32bit ? (running athlon64 3500+)

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For Beta 1? I seriously doubt it. The reason is because of the drivers. Every driver you have on a 32 bit system is totally worthless in a 64 bit system. The 64 bit only supports 32 bit programs (emulated at that). You need to have entirely new drivers on a disk ready to go before you even think about it. You processor and mobo should be ready to go but, what about your video card? Your sound card? Your wireless devices (wireless devices by the way are so far behind with 64 bit drivers I could scream). Check out PlanetAMD for drivers and 64 bit help. They seem to have some interesting people trying to help out if you really have to try it.

[ohloveme]

How could I get Vista ? It's too fabulous to get this for general user like me ? Just Beta !!!

[.weir]

You need to bea beta tester or a just a shady character

[gutsa]

How could I get Vista ? It's too fabulous to get this for general user like me ? Just Beta !!!

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The only way is to be on the Beta team. You can go to beta.microsoft.com and put BetaReq as your guest ID and hope for the best. Anything else is illegal. I know there is a lot of hype for this Beta but I promise you, you'll be much happier with Beta 2. Beta 1 is not for general users. You wont know the difference for the most part (aside from the GUI and virtual folders). Seriously, for those of you that are not developers or IT guys managing networks and dozens of servers you arent missing much.

[.weir]

The only way is to be on the Beta team. You can go to beta.microsoft.com and put BetaReq as your guest ID and hope for the best. Anything else is illegal. I know there is a lot of hype for this Beta but I promise you, you'll be much happier with Beta 2. Beta 1 is not for general users. You wont know the difference for the most part (aside from the GUI and virtual folders). Seriously, for those of you that are not developers or IT guys managing networks and dozens of servers you arent missing much.

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Are you a beta tester? Are you using it? Because I downloaded my beta last night and installed it this morning before work (yes i got up early) and I was quite impressed with the improvements even for a first beta. Beta 2 will obviously be another step ahead for the OS, but it's a pretty big step from xp already

[-MaTT-]

Vista broke up my xp install. Not that i'm particularly attached to it, but if I could avoid a reinstall of it, i'd be happy =)

Vista works, but when on boot, when i select my xp install to boot with, there's only a black screen with a cursor blinking...

Any ideas?

[Ditto]

Vista broke up my xp install. Not that i'm particularly attached to it, but if I could avoid a reinstall of it, i'd be happy =)

Vista works, but when on boot, when i select my xp install to boot with, there's only a black screen with a cursor blinking...

Any ideas?

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Probably the best way to fix your XP would be to boot from the win xp cd and launch the install. When it asks you if you would like to repair a previous install say NO. Later on in the rpocess it will tell you that it has detected a priro install of win xp and will ask if you would like to attempt a repair. Let it do so. This should solve your problem though you may have to reinstall your drivers in XP. Hope this helps.

Ditto

[gutsa]

Are you a beta tester? Are you using it? Because I downloaded my beta last night and installed it this morning before work (yes i got up early) and I was quite impressed with the improvements even for a first beta. Beta 2 will obviously be another step ahead for the OS, but it's a pretty big step from xp already

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Yes I am. I did the same as you this morning. I am not saying there is no improvement but, I dont think the average person at this point will be impressed by it with relation to the hype. My thoughts as follows: The initial setup was great in that the setup process required such little input on my behalf. I did not like that little green bar after the first reboot as it did not show progress, it just kept running. Also, the install took about an hour and a half for me. (I know they plan on cutting this down severely for Beta 2) The start up time was faster for me then it was on XP after the setup had finished. The effects with the GUI (the start button lighting up, the window effect) thats all fine and is easily noticable. I like it actually. But, some items are still broken and non functional (realistically) yet. I love the OS and I cannot wait for the next version which has the improved start up times and a few more options here and there. I also liked the new Shut Down button/manager. Although, I might need to find a way to disable that 30 second count-down...or at least drop it down to 10 seconds. (I clicked it already dangit!) But like I said, I dont think Beta 1 is up to hype yet. Maybe I will change my mind later today when I get back on it but for now I still dont think the average person will be too impressed aside from the "shiny object" syndrome. Beta 2 is where I expect the really cool effects and features to be finalized out. (Although I am sure there will be builds given to us in the future to get us closer to the Beta 2. But this is just me. I promise though, If I am wrong and I change my mind, I will say that I was worng.

Edited July 28, 2005 by gutsa

[ThunderRiver]

I can't even install it yet. The setup keeps crashing after I click Next on the Activation key page. Never even got near any selections. But that's for running installation from Windows Xp.

[Plesk]

I dont have dvd at this time :(

How to install Vista ? Unpack iso on another patrition ? And start computer from fdd & run setup.exe ?

[Ditto]

I dont have dvd at this time :(

How to install Vista ? Unpack iso on another patrition ? And start computer from fdd & run setup.exe ?

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Simply mount the image on a Virtual DVD drive with Alcohol 120% and launch the install under XP. Worked great for me

Ditto

[ThunderRiver]

Plesk, I tried that on my machine, and setup crashes. I am still trying to zoom in on the cause of such crash. I do have MS OneCare and AntiSpyware installed. I even have IE7 Beta 1 installed as well on XP SP2. So, I will have to burn it to a DVDR sooner or later.

[Plesk]

Not work to me :( Setup exit on i click next...

I have Polish language Windows XP...

[Ditto]

Since the Vista install is image based, all the necessary files are copied over to the install before the reboot and the dvd image is not required to finish the install.

[Vista]

Simply mount the image on a Virtual DVD drive with Alcohol 120% and launch the install under XP. Worked great for me

Ditto

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Can this method be used to install the beta on a different partition than the one XP is on and give me a choice to boot into Vista or XP when starting the computer?

[Ditto]

you might want to try it with Daemon Tools if Alcohol does not work for you.