The OFFICIAL Longhorn (ALPHA) Thread

[JK1150]

Wow, this is annoying me... everytime I try to install longhorn, it installs, and when I boot up, all i see is a little _ blinking!

This is after the Windows XP Freestyle boot screen???? wut did i do wrong?

[LonghornXP]

Wow, this is annoying me... everytime I try to install longhorn, it installs, and when I boot up, all i see is a little _ blinking!

This is after the Windows XP Freestyle boot screen???? wut did i do wrong?

I looked on a newsserver and downloaded the LonghornXP. I read where people were having all kinds of intall, and usage bugs. Some mentioned IE6.5. Also, people here and there mention using XP pro to do an upgrade cause the clean install doesn't work. Well, I decided to do an upgrade from Win Me. It started fine (from HD) but would not do the upgrade, would only let me do an advanced clean install. I could not delete the Win Me partition either. I created 6gig partition on the end of the my first drive. It set up just fine. I ran it, an it was fine. It has some bugs.

Run from HD. Do clean install. any windows will do.

[uniacid]

you don't hafta do a clean install, if you extract the image to your HD and have XP and can do an upgrade

[Jish]

"Longhorn XP Media Center Edition"

Looks like the side effect of upgrading MCE to LH. Dern cool if I say so.

[fishie]

any idea why when i go in an enable the sidebar and hit apply nothing happens?

[LonghornXP]

you don't hafta do a clean install, if you extract the image to your HD and have XP and can do an upgrade

True, you dont have to clean install, but it is almost always better to do clean installs than upgrades. I clean installed my XP, and I use 98% of the time. I am glad Longhorn installed without a problem given the reports from so many people claimed otherwise. It does at least have one bug so far that I can see. Not a major one,...will keep things posted.

[pagal]

how do you install windows longhorn in vmware ?? or as a main os?

i got winxp home on right now

you need windows xp professional. xp home is just designed so newbies and old people don't delete their system files, and not to install alpha builds of OSes ;)

>_< as of now, i'm on mandrake 9.0

i'm home now, and i can't even GET to xp setup because it keeps trying to finish the longhorn installation which doesn't work. so i've never use linux before, so i can't even friggin install gaim >_<

hey phil,

its very easy to install gaim. First, download the rpm from here and then from command-line type

su

enter your root password and then type

rpm -ivh gaim*

and that should be it.

pm me or post in the unix/linux forums if it doesn't work.

good luck.

[divinatum]

i just followed those directions to make a bootable CD image thats installable without XP Pro.. works good so far, its taking a while cauz of Virtual PC :(

[Chrysalis]

longhorn worked fine here apart from the already known bugs (downloading in IE6.5 etc.).

But it isnt really a new OS yet, it is using the .NET kernel with a new incomplete GUI and a new version of IE which again is incomplete.

When I opened the sidebar it had no clock etc. on it, I would like to know how to get stuff added to it thanks.

[briangw]

What about activation?

I signed up awhile ago for the Windows .Net beta and MS sent me a key. Now, people are saying you can use those keys for LH, but will it bypass activation, or do you still have to activate LH? Or, is LH similar to XP Corp ed. where you don't have to activate it?

TIA

[Groovedude]

What about activation?

I signed up awhile ago for the Windows .Net beta and MS sent me a key. Now, people are saying you can use those keys for LH, but will it bypass activation, or do you still have to activate LH? Or, is LH similar to XP Corp ed. where you don't have to activate it?

TIA

just use the key u got sent and activate...

[divinatum]

i heard theres a call-home feature when you connect to MSN or Hotmail :unsure:

[divinatum]

doubble post.. stupid computer.

[JK1150]

Ok, remember how I could only get it to boot with a _ after an XP Pro screen (i reinstalled). Well I can get into safemode, but nothing after that... Strangely, when I boot into safemode, it only shows 4 bit colors, and no higher than 640 res... any help?

[Glowstick]

To those who run Longhorn:

When you are in the Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc or in Computer Management), and open the Format Partition dialogue, what filesystems are offered?

And can you post a directory dump of \windows\system32\drivers?

Thanks.

[m0]

two quick questions

1. i got .net server rc1 in the post (snail mail) and it has a product key, can i use it 2 install longhorn?

2. the new longhorn...its setup.exe has the releasers irc details on it, my question, how do they edit it! its been done 2 setup.exe in the 8in1 by winbeta i think as well :cool:

thanks 4 ure help

im off 2 bed...

[divinatum]

To those who run Longhorn:

When you are in the Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc or in Computer Management), and open the Format Partition dialogue, what filesystems are offered?

And can you post a directory dump of \windows\system32\drivers?

Thanks.

format appears to be disabled, (mabye its cauz i only have 1 drive) and you got a program that prints directorys?

m0dm0: yes and Resource hacker. (i think winbeta made their own autorun for the 5in1 aind just made it look the same)

[Glowstick]

Err... DIR in CMD.EXE?

[Phil Gates]

has anyone tried playing counter strike or half life, anything on the HL engine with longhorn installed? any problems?

[Phil Gates]

can anyone point me towards a tutorial for installing Longhorn off of my HD?

[mercuryx013]

http://www.iexbeta.com/longhorn/bootcd.html

[Phil Gates]

also, i don't have the .iso file, i burnt it, and did the install before anyone made any kind of tutorial. had loads of setup problems, reformated, installed XP Pro SP1, and want to install the alpha again.

what do i do from My Computer/LH_3683_BETAS? just drag the files into a folder i named Longhorn which is on my desktop?

[mercuryx013]

You can always extract the image as an iso again, if you have the CD.

[Phil Gates]

You can always extract the image as an iso again, if you have the CD.

yep, i'm making a new cd, and i'll sell this old one. we'll make trillions.

why make trillions when we can make............... billions?

[JK1150]

Can someone help me tweak longhorn from safemode so that it will run on 160MB ram, like disabling winfs