laz45 Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Where are the Vista Newsgroups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golazo Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 ms site i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caboosemoose Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 naw its actually quite normal. no nforce nic has worked since early longhorn builds. you will need a pci card for it to work.-cheers :D 586290763[/snapback] Umm, I have managed to get the ethernet controller working on sn25p shuttle which is nf4. It's a bit cluncky, but it works - what I found i have to do is to diabale the adapter after boot, take out the cable, then enable the adapter, then plug the cable back, in that precise order - then it works. The arrangement I am using is daisy chaining the vista box to another PC that's on a home LAN an dbridging the ethernet port to a homepna connection on the other (non-vista) box. On the non-vista box, the ethernet port is strangely reported as having no connection, so the whole thing is pretty screwed up, but it works so go figure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsutton Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Where are the Vista Newsgroups? 586291496[/snapback] Log on to Connect, select Longhorn - the information are there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caboosemoose Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 The most surpriceing thing about this beta is that it's more compatible than Windows XP x64.In x64 theres a lot of problem, and 50% of the software does not work properly - so far most software seems to work fine in Vista x32. I though Vista was supposed to be a completely new platform? 586289190[/snapback] My impression is that this OS is little more than Xp with added features / functionality rather than an actually new core OS, so it's not surprising that XP apps and drivers work OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iSimx Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 can someone post a screenshot of the logon screen THANKS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caboosemoose Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 QUestion to Vista users - what's your DVD playback like. I installed PowerDVD and video playback is choppy. However, playing a high def WMV9 or DivX clip in MP10 is smooth. Anyone else have this problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekrosoft13 Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 can any one tell me if this new super game mode that i was hearing about is already implemented in beta1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingloss Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 I had the same problem. What I did was this: Download the Ultra100 Windows Drivers, and extract the WinXP drivers (ultra.cat, ultra.sys, and ultra.inf) and put them on a floppy or burn them to a cdr. Then boot from your Vista DVD (when I tried to install from XP I'd get the BSOD whenever it would restart the computer, so try booting from DVD instead). Once you get to the setup screen that asks where you want to install Vista, look for the load driver button and click it. This is when you'll pop in your floppy or cdr that has the promise drivers on it. It'll then search for them and once it finds them it'll install them and then show your drives and let you select where to install the OS. 586291181[/snapback] I've been trying to get my access setup for the betanews groups without success, and I've been having problems getting my SATA driver loading during setup. This is exactly the infomation I was looking for. I'll be able to translate what you did for your controller to mine. Neowin does come up with the goods at times!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobsgrg Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 i can go on sites but cant use apps that require internet access like msn messenger, my connection only sends packets and doesnt receive any, can sum 1 help me plz :( 586291105[/snapback] I also have that exact problem :cry: no idea whats wrong as everything is fine in XP and as far as i can tell is setup the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgarf28 Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 i ve a problem with this beta...it use 50% of my cpu: and i can't close that porcess.... (sorry for my bad english) 586290831[/snapback] anyone?? :blush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+chorpeac MVC Posted July 29, 2005 MVC Share Posted July 29, 2005 Installing now on a bone stock Dell 700m. I wil report on progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qbat Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 How do I get transparent lock at the edges? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 How do I get transparent lock at the edges? 586291701[/snapback] You have to have the LDDM driver for your graphics card... or you can download TweakVista by going to www.tweakvista.com ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Did anyone have any driver related issues with an ATI Radeon 9600, or a Creative Labs Sound Blaster live 5.1. It looks like it isn't seeing the hardware or when the install tries to install the driver it says it can't find the appropriate hardware. I checked the IRQ settings on an off chance but they were all good under XP. Also anyone having issues with Open GL or Direct X I tried a few games after trying some other apps and the graphics were choppy (Probably because of the driver issue for the Graphics Card) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karma_police Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 have you tried the beta drivers from ATi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qbat Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 You have to have the LDDM driver for your graphics card... or you can download TweakVista by going to www.tweakvista.com ;) 586291715[/snapback] Okey, thanks.. I'll try TweakVista :) So , what you are saying is that the transparent look has not been implemented in Windows Vista yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karma_police Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Yes it has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljames28 Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Okey, thanks.. I'll try TweakVista :)So , what you are saying is that the transparent look has not been implemented in Windows Vista yet? 586291732[/snapback] Just not for your graphics card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qbat Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Yes it has. 586291738[/snapback] It has? Why doesn't I have the transparent look then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qbat Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Just not for your graphics card 586291741[/snapback] Okey :) Now I understand... I'll try to use TweakVista then :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 It has? Why doesn't I have the transparent look then? 586291742[/snapback] Right now the only supported cards are from ATI (as far as I know), so by using TweakVista, it disables checking your video card for support (or the drivers at least). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golazo Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 will i have transparent look on my gforce fx5200 or my gforce 4 mx4000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karma_police Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 The FX 5200 is supported too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Sagy Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Heh, I'm not sure what to expect (using an old age geforce2 mx card) but this is going to be an interesting test :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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