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| Thread ID: 69676 | 2006-06-08 11:27:00 | Windows Vista Beta 2 out | Hitech (9024) | Press F1 |
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| 461664 | 2006-06-10 00:51:00 | This is why I don't want anything to do with it until the likes of Black Viper are out. What is Black Viper? I looked on Google and it looked like it could be some sort of a WinXP tweaking methodology. If so, (just to change the subject slightly) is it good? |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 461665 | 2006-06-10 02:17:00 | heres part of a post from another forum thread on Vista: "The glassy transparency of Aero is just a mess when you have multiple windows open. Apple abandoned transparency years ago, but even back then, they still did it better. They have also attempted (and failed) to do a slide out tab like on the Mac OS, but it looks like a hack-job. Background photos of exotic locations does not a beautiful OS make. :mad: There has been lots of changes, but 'change for change sake' in many situations, its like they have taken a messy room and just moved the mess around a bit. The right click menu feels castrated for no good reason." Seems a few people had hassles installing it too. Black Viper is one of the "tweak/rip" XP sites. Its no longer there but there are plenty of mirrors. Basically How To Get Rid of the Rubbish and have a lean and clean XP. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 461666 | 2006-06-10 02:42:00 | What is Black Viper? I looked on Google and it looked like it could be some sort of a WinXP tweaking methodology. If so, (just to change the subject slightly) is it good? Black Viper is good for tweaking XP's services. A good mirror is available here (majorgeeks.com). Make sure you read the instructions first. |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 461667 | 2006-06-10 03:18:00 | There has been lots of changes, but 'change for change sake' in many situations, its like they have taken a messy room and just moved the mess around a bit. The right click menu feels castrated for no good reason." Seems a few people had hassles installing it too. I think you hit the nail on the head. Changes for changes sake so that M$ can extract more money from the gulliable.. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 461668 | 2006-06-10 03:23:00 | Must be huge because I installed it on my 3.6Ghz P4 with 1MB DDR2 Ram in dual channel mode, NVidia 6800 graphics card with 512MB ram and it runs like a dog. Opening windows and doing stuff is painfull. It did detect everything on the MB except the sound chip but did pick up the HD audio. I may be a matter of tuning bt straight out of the install really puts me off. Well as I have upgraded my Jetstream plan, I thought I might download it but none of my machines have a GB of RAM. Maybe I should just stick to Linux downloads and application software downloads. :illogical |
dolby digital (5073) | ||
| 461669 | 2006-06-10 06:27:00 | According to their website it wants a lot less than what you have. But this is normal, the thing wanted 15Gb to install right? All that bloatware, DRM and seeing as XP spends a huge amount of time monitoring Actually it did the complete install in 7GB. Windows XP is now continually phoning home as well with it new validation scheme. Check any firewall logs and you may see it do it. I have noticed it and blocked it. Don't want it using any of my bandwidth. Actually just see on another site that MS have just admited that it's WGA phones home once per day. Story here www.betanews.com |
Big John (551) | ||
| 461670 | 2006-06-10 06:38:00 | Well as I have upgraded my Jetstream plan, I thought I might download it What? What a waste of bandwidth. Go and download something enjoyable instead. :D |
pctek (84) | ||
| 461671 | 2006-06-10 10:24:00 | I finished downloading it 2 days ago and it installed perfectly. If you have a Product Key (which you can obtain from the website), I am willing to help burn you a copy to save you from downloading - provided you send me a blank DVD, and a self-addressed reply-paid envelope. I'm not charging, just thought I'd help. Oh, by the way, I've only got the x86 (32-bit) English edition. |
bonkiebonks (7249) | ||
| 461672 | 2006-06-12 10:23:00 | I have the DVD iso file downloaded, burnt it to DVD and tried to install it. In NERO it said "the entered block size does not correspnd to the image length. the block size may be incorrect. Do you want to correct the value or ignore the problem?" I chose ignore and ran the install but after I enter the product key it says "unable to access the Windows image file" The install hangs here and I have to restart. What block size do I select? Options are: DATA MODE: 1, 2, Audio or HFS BLOCK SIZE: 2352 or 2048 IMAGE HEADER SIZE: ??? IMAGE TRAILER SIZE: ??? Once I figure it out I'm happy to give any F1'ers a copy with the product key. Cheers chiefnz |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 461673 | 2006-06-12 13:07:00 | Useful links: Windows Vista Torrent http://www.vistatorrent.com/ Windows Vista Beta: How to dual-boot Windows XP and Windows Vista www.lifehacker.com |
zqwerty (97) | ||
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