Vista RC2 Released

joojoouk · 22 Oct 2006 at 22:50

Quote : I also may be blind, but is there a way to decrease the icons on the desktop size? they are mahoooooooosive

Press Control and use you'r mouse wheel.

Regards

jojooUK

McDaniel · 22 Oct 2006 at 23:04

Thanks guys,

I've just got RC2 installed and i have to say its about 200% faster on my system now, and my ratings gone from a 2.8 to a 5 (same hardware)

E6400 @ Stock (was a 3.5GHZ recently but my bios went silly)
2GB Ram
nVidia 7600GT

Mel_P · 23 Oct 2006 at 10:14

joojoouk said:
Quote : I also may be blind, but is there a way to decrease the icons on the desktop size? they are mahoooooooosive

Press Control and use you'r mouse wheel.

Regards

jojooUK

Right click on desktop.

webmonkeyuk · 23 Oct 2006 at 11:26

installed speedfan again an it just comes up with this when you start it

Mikey · 24 Oct 2006 at 11:43

McDaniel said:
Thanks guys,

I've just got RC2 installed and i have to say its about 200% faster on my system now, and my ratings gone from a 2.8 to a 5 (same hardware)

E6400 @ Stock (was a 3.5GHZ recently but my bios went silly)
2GB Ram
nVidia 7600GT

I've only got about 2.1 and I know that's down to the gfx card. Mmm looks like I'll be changing that then. Need to get the latest BIOS on my DS3 and get my 805D overclocked again, failing that sell it and get a conroe etc.

Need to look at other AV as well as I'm not that impressed with Avlast

Running RC2 x64

Need to get my Dell x51V syncing with it so I can install software on to it. Failing that I'll just have it sync'd with another machine

Anchundan · 24 Oct 2006 at 11:53

I've got 4.2 - not sure what the problem is - the graphics card isn't that old

Mikey · 24 Oct 2006 at 12:28

AlfCheesey said:
I've got 4.2 - not sure what the problem is - the graphics card isn't that old

I've only got a £30 x300 ATi. Something had to give more when I purchased the new parts

Need to confirm Virtual PC / server works with Vista.

iMacMart · 24 Oct 2006 at 13:10

webmonkeyuk said:
installed speedfan again an it just comes up with this when you start it

Opps just looked harder then, doesn't seem to like summit on your system, have you treid MBM5?

Scoobie Dave · 24 Oct 2006 at 13:57

AlfCheesey said:
I've got 4.2 - not sure what the problem is - the graphics card isn't that old

I think I scored 5.8 so im happy.

leaskovski · 24 Oct 2006 at 14:51

Scoobie Dave said:
I think I scored 5.8 so im happy.

Er, what are you guys using to generate these scores?

Oh and Vista does work in MS Virtual PC 2007.

InsomniaCalls · 24 Oct 2006 at 14:53

leaskovski said:
Oh and Vista does work in MS Virtual PC 2007.

Works in 2004, I'd imagine it'll be fine in 2007.

Edit: just realised that wasn't a question

Mikey · 24 Oct 2006 at 15:23

It's virtual pc / server that I want to work in Vista. Vista to be the host O/S

pinkacidbootson · 26 Oct 2006 at 23:09

Ive just installed Vista RC2 on a partition, but when i choose to load Vista when prompted it gives me an error:

\windows\system32\winload.exe

could not be loaded because it is missing or corrupt.

I looked on my V: drive (the partition on which Vista is installed) and the file "winload.exe" is in the system32 folder. Does this mean i'll have to burn another DVD? I used Nero the first time and everything went fine until this point.
I also tried repairing using the Vista boot DVD and it said "repaired successfully", but it didn't actually work.

pinkacidbootson · 27 Oct 2006 at 01:32

Just tried installing using Daemon Tools on a mounted drive, but i got the same error.

Does this mean there's something wrong with the ISO file?

Has anyone got a copy of RC2 they could send me in the post? It would be much appreciated.

Btw i had my V: partition drive set as 'logical', whereas my Windows XP C: drive is set as 'primary'. Could this be the cause of the problem?

THE CHOPPER · 27 Oct 2006 at 01:56

Have you guys got the anti-virus for rc2 yet guy's, there are creative xfi sound card drivers too now for those of you that own one

Mikey · 27 Oct 2006 at 08:57

I've continued tweaking this week and it's just way too slow, so I'm deffo going back to XP.

Slinwagh · 27 Oct 2006 at 09:05

Mikey said:
I've continued tweaking this week and it's just way too slow, so I'm deffo going back to XP.

Out of all the builds I have used 5744 for me is by far the best performing and most stable as of now.

I have it running as the only OS on the system in my sig and the only issue I had was with the Creative X-FI drivers that had to be re installed.

Mikey · 27 Oct 2006 at 09:55

Slinwagh said:
Out of all the builds I have used 5744 for me is by far the best performing and most stable as of now.

I have it running as the only OS on the system in my sig and the only issue I had was with the Creative X-FI drivers that had to be re installed.

Well looks like I'll have to upgrade my CPU and GFX card then...

Pentium 805D
Gigabyte DS3 (Was Abit AW8D)
2GB RAM
1 x 36GB WD Raptor (may get another one to RAID 0)
1 x Samsung 160GB HDD
1 x WD 160GB USB drive
NEC DVD-RW
Linksys 54G PCI WMP card

So out of this lot I reckon gfx card and CPU to change. Gfx card first, but I don't play games so just need one to sort out the Vista performance. Another addition to the system will soon be a TV card, but again uncertain which one at the moment.

pinkacidbootson · 27 Oct 2006 at 17:34

Got it working now, changed my V: drive to 'primary' (and had a powercut) and then the install worked perfectly! I think it looks fantastic, now i need to install all my drivers and stuff.

Is there any way to set my resolution to 1680x1050? The closest i can choose is 1600x1024 :confused:

even after i installed Forceware. The text is also blurry.

benjo plz. · 27 Oct 2006 at 20:07

Mikey said:
So out of this lot I reckon gfx card and CPU to change.

What GFX card do you have?