Vista Beta 2 Goes Public Today

Darkwave · 11 Jun 2006 at 21:04

csmager said:
Check this out:
http://www.chris123nt.com/guides/5384/

Thanks a lot mate, you're a star.

Blackhorse · 11 Jun 2006 at 21:14

csmager said:
Posted and talked about a few pages back - they're old (Nov 05), and are very hit and miss. They're worth a go, but not actually a lot of use in many cases.

My bad sorry.
They seem to have brought sound to my machine so just assumed they were what was needed! :confused:

sunlitsix · 11 Jun 2006 at 21:15

finally got it working!

vista had a lot of trouble working with my alcatel speed touch 330 drivers, got constant BSOD's. good job id got a spare PCI modem

i really like it so far, the interface is a lot better than XP imo. its running very well too.

csmager · 11 Jun 2006 at 21:15

Blackhorse said:
My bad sorry.
They seem to have brought sound to my machine so just assumed they were what was needed!

Good good! As I said, they're definitely worth a go. But it seems a lot of people are having no joy with them. Creative really need to start to get their act together soon.

Darkwave · 11 Jun 2006 at 21:20

Bah, those tweaks for the security center didn't work.

It says "the security center service is turned off" and leaves the shield icon in the system tray. Did I do something wrong?

csmager · 11 Jun 2006 at 21:21

Did you reboot?

Darkwave · 11 Jun 2006 at 21:25

Sorted it, I am a complete moron and forgot to rename the .dll and .cpl files to .bak so that the system wouldn't read them.

It's sorted now, all fine and dandy with no useless icons cluttering the place up.

Thanks again mate.

Ol!ver · 11 Jun 2006 at 21:59

Is the x64 version worth downloading ahead of the 32bit version then, or is it a bit iffy like xp64?

SamG · 11 Jun 2006 at 22:04

Ol!ver said:
Is the x64 version worth downloading ahead of the 32bit version then, or is it a bit iffy like xp64?

If you have a Creative soundcard then install the 32bit version.

I tried the X64 version but could not get my creative soundcard to work so I downloaded the 32bit today.

I then got my Creative soundcard working using the latest XP drivers. The Vista beta drivers just didn't work at all.

The 32bit version also seems a lot quicker the 64bit.

TrUz · 11 Jun 2006 at 22:11

Don't forget most of Vista will have been compiled in Debug mode so it will make file sizes bigger and will also make things run a little slower as well.

TrUz

Mobius 1 · 11 Jun 2006 at 22:20

Mines using 500mb on memory, anyone elses that high?

lee87 · 11 Jun 2006 at 22:23

-Tauren- said:
Mines using 500mb on memory, anyone elses that high?

Mines using between 700/800mb.

Abooie · 11 Jun 2006 at 22:24

Sorted out my Asus laptop problem. My HD had an additional partition that wasn't visible to the Vista Installation routine; an Asus one, it had just less than a GB free and Vista must have been trying to install there which was why I was getting the 'inflating files' error. I deleted the partition with my Windows XP install manager and everything installed fine.

However, even though I love what I see I'm back on XP tonight.

1) I'm a semi-professional genealogist and my program Legacy just plain doesn't work under Vista. I've contacted it's developer to see what can be done.
2) Media Connect. I have a 360 and the full media connect functionality is region locked for this beta (to 1) so I went back to standard media share functionality and Vista failed every time I tried to share my library (in media player).
3) Sound problems with my laptops Realtek device.

Shame really but there you are.

But as for a beta I was genuinely impressed with how robust and polished it felt and I look forward to RC1.

Mobius 1 · 11 Jun 2006 at 22:33

Damn, 800? Tried a restart? What did vista rate your pc as? Here's mine...

Hope its ok to post this fairly small image

Lemme know if its not.

Conqueror · 11 Jun 2006 at 22:54

Hi Chaps

Maybe i have missed this is such a long thread but as far as i'm aware there will be 5 different flavours of Vista for the public to buy. ( Read it on the MS Vista website )

Does anyone know which version of the 5 this Beta is ?

Thx

Psyk · 11 Jun 2006 at 22:58

Anyone managed to get DivX and Xvid codecs to work for WMP11 on the 64bit version? VLC player works ok but I can't get WMP to play anything.

xyphic · 11 Jun 2006 at 22:59

Conqueror said:
Does anyone know which version of the 5 this Beta is ?

Ultimate.

csmager · 11 Jun 2006 at 23:01

Conqueror said:
( Read it on the MS Vista website )

Where it also says what SKU Beta 2 is...

Trox · 11 Jun 2006 at 23:08

sam garland said:
If you have a Creative soundcard then install the 32bit version.

I tried the X64 version but could not get my creative soundcard to work so I downloaded the 32bit today.

I then got my Creative soundcard working using the latest XP drivers. The Vista beta drivers just didn't work at all.

The 32bit version also seems a lot quicker the 64bit.

I have the 64bit Vista, and after a lot of hassle of trying to get my sound card working, trying various drivers i decided to try the XP drivers and it worked :/ wtf ?
Not complaining though, even got the creative control panel thingy going.

Six6siX · 11 Jun 2006 at 23:14

Trox said:
I have the 64bit Vista, and after a lot of hassle of trying to get my sound card working, trying various drivers i decided to try the XP drivers and it worked :/ wtf ?
Not complaining though, even got the creative control panel thingy going.

What card do you have?