FYI - Vista RTM now on MSDN

RikWebb · 16 Nov 2006 at 23:34

Currently downloading at 700Kbs

All we need now are the Nvidia drivers for 8800 series !!

Happy downloading, anyone lucky enough to have MSDN subscription.

Rik

Voltage · 16 Nov 2006 at 23:47

dont you need vista drivers for everything? like motherboard, soundcard etc etc etc?

RikWebb · 16 Nov 2006 at 23:51

Confusion said:
dont you need vista drivers for everything? like motherboard, soundcard etc etc etc?

Got Gigabyte DQ6 - and all the drivers are on the GB website already

Voltage · 16 Nov 2006 at 23:53

ERR, no, i want to use a good 680i motherboard

RikWebb · 17 Nov 2006 at 00:02

Confusion said:
ERR, no, i want to use a good 680i motherboard

Well I sort of have a soft spot for the 'Quirky' GB DQ6

#u$%$£$ useless thing that it is!!

Baz · 17 Nov 2006 at 08:44

And it looks like it's on Technet as well

Voltage · 17 Nov 2006 at 08:53

well i should have this downloaded by the end of the day.

however there is no freaking drivers/software that i know i will use on my computer compatible for it :mad:

Mobius 1 · 17 Nov 2006 at 08:53

Damn, if only i had an account, how can i go about getting one?

PinkPig · 17 Nov 2006 at 09:54

-Tauren- said:
Damn, if only i had an account, how can i go about getting one?

Pay a good few hundred (thousand?) dollars, if I remember correctly.

Scottland · 17 Nov 2006 at 10:58

Not able to download at the moment, servers might be busy

riddlermarc · 17 Nov 2006 at 11:02

woohoo, just logged into my MSDN Universal account and found the downloads.. I'm only getting < 200kbps download though, oh well it's better than nothing

z0mbi3 · 17 Nov 2006 at 11:06

Confusion said:
dont you need vista drivers for everything? like motherboard, soundcard etc etc etc?

a lot of hardware works straight out of the box, so to speak. My wireless lan did.

Mobius 1 · 17 Nov 2006 at 11:20

PinkPig said:
Pay a good few hundred (thousand?) dollars, if I remember correctly.

Ah, i dont quite have that much unfotunately

lol. cheers for the info

Voltage · 17 Nov 2006 at 11:44

a lot of hardware works straight out of the box, so to speak. My wireless lan did.

i know loads of my stuff wont

for example my 8800gtx wont, my 680i, my x-fi, nero burner etc etc

i have the OS, i just cant use it yet :mad:

z0mbi3 · 17 Nov 2006 at 11:55

Confusion said:
i know loads of my stuff wont

for example my 8800gtx wont, my 680i, my x-fi, nero burner etc etc

i have the OS, i just cant use it yet

xfi beta drivers are knocking about.

riddlermarc · 17 Nov 2006 at 11:58

Confusion said:
well i should have this downloaded by the end of the day.

however there is no freaking drivers/software that i know i will use on my computer compatible for it

Stick with XP then :/ I am not running VIsta as a sole boot purely because at the mo (RC2) it won't handle either my mobile phone or camera connections.. if the OS doesn't support your hardware why force the issue?

riddlermarc · 17 Nov 2006 at 12:08

Has anyone managed to request a key from the MSDN site? When I hit the "Obtain Product Key" button I get an error:

Application Error

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Error while requesting Product Keys. Please try again later or contact customer support.

Please try again later.

Thank you for your patience.

IIRC this was also the case when the Vista betas came out, it took a while for the system to calm down and cope with the hits?

Scottland · 17 Nov 2006 at 12:17

I was getting the same ealier this morning.

NathanE · 17 Nov 2006 at 12:22

Finally the day has come!

Time to order a new rig

Voltage · 17 Nov 2006 at 12:54

as i said, youll be lucky to run it, not many people have drivers out for it yet.