Windows Vista Build 5456 Released

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chrismaddern

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Nicely noticed ;-)

You will be able to use the update function from XP (there is talk of the last RC being updatable, but I'm not sure, have to ask John next time I see him) in October. This is a download of the final product as is going to enterprise :)

Chris

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ToneKnee

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Is it just me, or do the new cursors kind of look like Ubuntu's default cursors?

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(Windows on the left, Ubuntu's on the right)

Please, don't flame me. It's just something I noticed. I'm not saying Windows ripped off Ubuntu (I think a lot of Linux distros use this cursor set, actually).

I moved my cursor over the Windows one and it completely covered it, pixel by pixel. The Vista ones seem to have a more faint border though. I think that makes them look a lot less smooth...

I've already mentioned this! :p

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Quactaur

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Nicely noticed ;-)

You will be able to use the update function from XP (there is talk of the last RC being updatable, but I'm not sure, have to ask John next time I see him) in October. This is a download of the final product as is going to enterprise :)

Chris

Sorry, can you clarify? Do you mean 5456 or RC1 or RTM is going to be the one released to corporate clients as a download?

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Evolution

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Has anyone heard of any type of security testing?

Like purposely attempting to infect the system?

I haven't seen any, however if you're interested in finding out more about Vista's security then checkout http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvi...ty/default.mspx :)

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Maleko

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First, I didn't read all 13 pages, so some of this may already be in here, sorry for duplicating it.

Contrary to what is on the first page, you can upgrade from Beta 2 to 5456, it's just painfully slow to a clean install. Next, screenshots can be found over here if you are really interested in them.

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Evolution

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First, I didn't read all 13 pages, so some of this may already be in here, sorry for duplicating it.

Contrary to what is on the first page, you can upgrade from Beta 2 to 5456, it's just painfully slow to a clean install. Next, screenshots can be found over here if you are really interested in them.

I think your situation is just unique.... since every other review on the net for build 5456 indicates that it's faster than ever taking around 20-30 minutes to install.

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.Ark

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I think your situation is just unique.... since every other review on the net for build 5456 indicates that it's faster than ever taking around 20-30 minutes to install.

Yeah.. as evolution said... 5456 is typically taking about 20-30 mins to install and it was the case on both my laptop and my desktop.

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WisdomWolf

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I think your situation is just unique.... since every other review on the net for build 5456 indicates that it's faster than ever taking around 20-30 minutes to install.

I think he meant that the upgrade was slow in comparison to a clean install. If that's true then it's no different than XP to vista upgrade in Beta 2...that was just ridiculously slow.

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fishrman

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Performance has improved alot in this build, but also alot of new bugs so it crashes quite frequently. This is quite unusable as main OS so I went back to Beta 2.

That's not the way to do it. File your bugs about the crashes, but continue to fight the storm. If every tester did that when they had showstopper bugs, then not alot of the would get fixed; not would they?

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FiB3R

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Installed and using it right now. Gotta say that is seems pretty damn good, good enough to keep as my main OS from now on, but I'm dual booting so can always go back to TinyXP.

My system specs are:

OS: Windows Vista Professional 6.0 SP0 v. (Build #5456)

CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2000+, 1.67 GHz

Video: Radeon 9700 PRO

Memory: Used: 470/1023MB <---- with a few progs running

HD: Free: 626.12 GB/763.85 GB

My current installation is taking up around 11GB and thats with a few extra progs installed.

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Windam

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this build is awesome... first one to really give me a great feeling. glass is alot nicer in this build - alot more see-through, but aero basic is still ugly as can be. there is a ton of polish all over the place. the logon screen has a vista logo on it now too!

is the vista logo 24 bit color now or still using that 8 bit in XP

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Deihmos

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is the vista logo 24 bit color now or still using that 8 bit in XP

Can someone kindly tell me where i can get this build (64bit version) I have been searching and cannot find anything. The public beta is giving me too much trouble...I cannot get MS messenger installed and my Nvidia drivers are not working properly. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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Tech_Dude_5000

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Can someone kindly tell me where i can get this build (64bit version) I have been searching and cannot find anything. The public beta is giving me too much trouble...I cannot get MS messenger installed and my Nvidia drivers are not working properly. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

this bulid isn't plubic. i know, it should have been. a lot of talk is around saying this new bulid should have been the plubic bulid.

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