Windows Vista Beta 1

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Deepu Sudhakar

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You should be able to Deepu

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Thanks. Does this mean that activation is disabled in this build? Now that I think about it, I don't remember seeing any dialogs about activation when I installed it on my laptop.

Plus, does it bother anyone that the "Shutdown/Restart/Standby" button does not have any confirmation dialog? An accidental click on it could mean data loss.

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HistoricalNeowin

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Thanks. Does this mean that activation is disabled in this build?

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Its done a bit like XP Pro Corp at the mo, you enter the key when you install but thats all, i dont think it ever checks to see if another computer is using it or anything

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Ok I just got that BSOD again, but this time there was this little defect left on the screen in the upper right side, when I clicked on it, instant BSOD. It looks like it was a remnant of an IE tab or something...I'll try to get a screenshot if I can.

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Hurmoth

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Well, I have spent at least 18 hours on trying to install it on my laptop and It just will not work. Oh well. I could install it on my desktop but, I seriously do not want to change what I have set up, way too much of my work. All my hardware I have double checked to make sure it is supported only thing I am not sure about is my Intel Pro Wireless 2200 pci. I am seriously upset and frustrated at this.

I have no idea what the issue is, all my hardware is supported I even logged in and redownloaded the ISO thinking it may have been a bad burn or download.

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Do you have anything like Norton/Symantec Ghost or Acronis TrueImage so you can back the desktop up then install Vista B1?

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Thanks. Does this mean that activation is disabled in this build? Now that I think about it, I don't remember seeing any dialogs about activation when I installed it on my laptop.

Plus, does it bother anyone that the "Shutdown/Restart/Standby" button does not have any confirmation dialog? An accidental click on it could mean data loss.

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m$ changed the way activation pops up. Instead of popping on the first day it will wait till the last week or so and then pop up every day.

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My personal thoughts on Virtual Folders

I love using them for music but for pictures and documents i have found them rather iratating. With a couple of hundred test documents i think it just becomes unusable. I prefer just to browse my pictures and documents through a traditional folder based style.

As i said for music i love it, as all my music has corrent tags so applying the filters works great.

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Under network connections if you have a internet gateway section, click on the "Internet Connection" icon, the properties windows displays then disapears.

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ev0|

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Its done a bit like XP Pro Corp at the mo, you enter the key when you install but thats all, i dont think it ever checks to see if another computer is using it or anything

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There is activiation. Leaked keys won't activate. It just doesn't bother you right away like it used to. Improvement !

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jh_newroom

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I dont think its possible to take screenshot of the logon screen. I have however captured it right after i typed password and hit enter. It looks like the picture below, just with the win xp style user list. For your convenience I also show the save dialog, and as a bonus you can see an error message too  :fun:

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Question: Does anyone know why it doesnt work to use SERVERNAME - i have to use IP when connecting to other PCs... \\server\ does not work, \\10.0.0.1\ works...  :unsure:

Also, isnt it possible to map a network drive to a drive letter? It only adds a shortcut to the full path?

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In the release notes it mentions that computer browsing has been removed from net neighborhood(or whatever it is called now) from vista onwards. It might be a side effect.

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klop

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Am I doing something wrong?

I'm trying to install Vista but I get this message in a cmd window after the first reboot:

"This environment should only be used to recover from a failed installation. Type Exit and then Enter to resume setup."

I type exit and then enter, cmd close and my computer restarts...

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~D~

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Am I doing something wrong?

I'm trying to install Vista but I get this message in a cmd window after the first reboot:

"This environment should only be used to recover from a failed installation.  Type Exit and then Enter to resume setup."

I type exit and then enter, cmd close and my computer restarts...

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Do you have the DVD?

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