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I've been upgrading since Beta 2, so this is not a fresh install.

You're not a good beta tester, because a fresh installation is highly recommended when you test a new build. If you do a simple upgrade you wrong because you may still have the old bugs/inconsistencies leaved by the previous builds.

through his father who knows someone that knows someone that works for microsoft.

just kidding. looking at this guys post history it seems he works for microsoft himself.

MS oesn't have an Office in Brisbane.... yet

Is it stable/fast enough to be considered a RC1?

RC1 doesn't mean it's final! RC1 is just another development step, and this is just a new build, but Microsoft will release a lot of RC1 builds before final release. Anyway if you tried the public beta2, you'll notice a huge performance improvements in new public RC1

You're not a good beta tester, because a fresh installation is highly recommended when you test a new build. If you do a simple upgrade you wrong because you may still have the old bugs/inconsistencies leaved by the previous builds.

Thanks dude, you rock!, not. Actually I have two machines for testing, one that I upgrade and another that I do a fresh install on.

MS oesn't have an Office in Brisbane.... yet

Microsoft does have an office in Brisbane.

I've added some more photos to my initial post. Just kicking off an install to my other machine to test out Media Centre.

Heres a question:

If microsoft did updated the add font box, how do you see it looking like?

  • keep it the same look, just update the folder icons
  • scrap the entire dialog box and re do it from scratch
  • or something else.....

what are some of your opinions on this?

How about redoing it with a new small preview bar showing live previews as you select them there? :)

Sure, previews are elsewhere, but it would be convenient.

I would like to know too?! Dead tired of 5472.5. :ermm:

:D Thankyou!

Well I've heard August 15th for awhile now. So I was thinking it will be sometime today.

@ Franzon

I'm not a good beta tester because I upgrade? That's irrational. I've upgraded my last installation, as they requested feedback on the upgrade functionality. It's a listed scenario :yes:

Actually, he has done nothing wrong.

depending on the build, microsoft asks you to upgrade from different OS (ie. XP, Vista Home, Vista Premium, etc). This would obviously help to test out the upgrade process.

It is usually detailed on the documentation that MS releases (with the build) to testers on what they want testers to focus on for that particular build.

You're not a good beta tester, because a fresh installation is highly recommended when you test a new build. If you do a simple upgrade you wrong because you may still have the old bugs/inconsistencies leaved by the previous builds.

5520 is the most recent build at the moment.

While I'm not at liberty to divulge the full contents of the message, Microsoft has placed build 5520 into escrow as the RC1 release of Windows Vista. This build will be released to testers and the public after the Labor Day holiday in the US, which falls on Monday, September 4th. Currently, Microsoft expects to ship RC1 on or after September 7.

http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/Articl...93182.html?Ad=1

:)

Hey thanks for the extra screenshots, they look great; I have a question for you though; in the screenshot below it looks like the mini media player in the task bar by the system tray is detachable or in fact detached from the task bar, Am I right? I know you can detach the media player from the task bar but then it immediately goes into full mode, your screenshot makes it look as if it was not fully attached to the task bar in fact you can see task bar is like broken in two behind the mini player.

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What you are seeing is most likely Microsoft not finishing the drawing of the taskbar behind the toolbar... Even in XP you have to draw your own background when you create a task band. They default to the window color scheme, and would need custom drawing to look like they are sitting in a themed taskbar.

Hey thanks for the extra screenshots, they look great; I have a question for you though; in the screenshot below it looks like the mini media player in the task bar by the system tray is detachable or in fact detached from the task bar, Am I right? I know you can detach the media player from the task bar but then it immediately goes into full mode, your screenshot makes it look as if it was not fully attached to the task bar in fact you can see task bar is like broken in two behind the mini player.

It's a result of a bug. There are a couple of bugs in this build in the taskbar including screen flashing around the Start Menu and Media Player not drawing correctly when minimised to the taskbar.

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