Vista RC2 Released

TrUz · 10 Oct 2006 at 11:49

Echo toxin said:
I just cannot stand the new explorer windows. There seems to be too much information going on which clutters it. Font size could be a bit bigger.

Is there any way you can get rid of the favourites bit at the top left? I much prefer the all folder view.

Clutter? I think the new explorer is fantastic, much easier to organised and manage you files/media etc... You will soon get used to it and grow to love it.

TrUz

kidloco · 10 Oct 2006 at 12:10

yep, I hated vista at first, a day of solid messing around and im now a convert. but mind you I havent tried installing all my favorite games and apps, guess thats when the swearing starts

Really is very nice once you get your head around the changes.

Gman · 10 Oct 2006 at 13:29

anyone got a problem with the explorer windos not remembering your preferences? For exmple one folder I might set it to display the files as a list, and in another i'll set it to details or medium icons. Now when I jump back to the previous one the setting sin there have now changed as well as most of the other folders. seems to change the control pan view as well.

Mang0 Tree · 10 Oct 2006 at 14:50

Are any of you guys running Vista with 3rd party AV and firewall, if you guys are, what AV and firewall will work with Vista?

Bony Maloney · 10 Oct 2006 at 15:21

Mang0 Tree said:
Are any of you guys running Vista with 3rd party AV and firewall, if you guys are, what AV and firewall will work with Vista?

Avast Free 4.7 works fine

I am using a router so no Firewall software. http://files.avast.com/iavs4pro/setupeng.exe

.Griff. · 10 Oct 2006 at 15:45

Mang0 Tree said:
Are any of you guys running Vista with 3rd party AV and firewall, if you guys are, what AV and firewall will work with Vista?

Live OneCare Beta 1.5 was released yesterday and that supports Vista (x86)

Echo toxin · 10 Oct 2006 at 16:33

Gman said:
anyone got a problem with the explorer windos not remembering your preferences? For exmple one folder I might set it to display the files as a list, and in another i'll set it to details or medium icons. Now when I jump back to the previous one the setting sin there have now changed as well as most of the other folders. seems to change the control pan view as well.

I think when you set a Window's position and display, you need to choose File > Exit to save the preferences. If you just click the close button, it won't remember.

cokecan · 10 Oct 2006 at 16:48

whats up with the RC2 links? everytime i go on a link to download the iso it just redirects me to the vista page on the microsoft website??

this happenin to anyone else?

kidloco · 10 Oct 2006 at 16:50

seems they have removed them, think they reliased that they are giving away a pretty finished top of the range OS for free.

Guess they want some peopl eto atcually buy the thing

cokecan · 10 Oct 2006 at 16:51

that sucks, i started downloading it yesterdya, got my cd key etc. then had to stop the download so i could restart my comp (was just using the download manager in firefox), come back to restart it and i cant get on any of them

EDIT: also i thought the keys expired when the actual version came out? so its not like they'd loose out on much by lettin people download RC2

Bony Maloney · 10 Oct 2006 at 16:51

cokecan72 said:
whats up with the RC2 links? everytime i go on a link to download the iso it just redirects me to the vista page on the microsoft website??

this happenin to anyone else?

The RC2 download window has closed m8. It was only available for a few days.

The Running Man · 10 Oct 2006 at 17:07

so... any word on the torrents?

Balb0wa · 10 Oct 2006 at 17:59

Got my vista off usenet yesterday, used my official key with it.

Been playing all afternoon with it, very nice indeed.

Couldnt get my logitech cam working despite someones work around that they posted installing the drivers in 32 bit sp2 mode. was a pro 4000 cam.

My netgear wg111t dongle worked fine though

Scoobie Dave · 10 Oct 2006 at 18:00

Does anyone know if RC2 suffers the same problem with the installation hanging like RC1 did when using a 7950 GX2 gfx card?
I had to borrow a old Nvidia card off my mate to get through the installation for RC1, then it was fine once it was loaded with my GX2 back in.

Any ideas?

The Running Man · 10 Oct 2006 at 18:01

for anyone who cares, the torrent of RC still seems to be going strong @ 17kb/s for me atm. 76% complete

iMacMart · 10 Oct 2006 at 18:05

Anyone got COD2 installed on RC2??

I treid and got an error say ing it wasn't compatible with that version of Vista??

Even though it works fine (other than EAX sound) on RC1?

Can someone confirm please?

marc2003 · 10 Oct 2006 at 18:36

tweakinfreak said:
Anyone got COD2 installed on RC2??

I treid and got an error say ing it wasn't compatible with that version of Vista??

Even though it works fine (other than EAX sound) on RC1?

Can someone confirm please?

just installed fine here on rc2. only error i got was that i need to install the latest adobe flash player. i guess that's for the menu thingy on the dvd.....

x800pro, ati rc1 drivers
audigy2 platinum ex, xp drivers

plays just as well as it did on xp. admittedly only tried the first few minutes of the training level.....

Echo toxin · 10 Oct 2006 at 18:45

csmager said:
Hardware support for DirectSound 3D has been removed in Vista - so there's no EAX for any games that use DirectSound:

http://www.openal.org/openal_vista.html

Why do I suddenly feel quite depressed whilst looking at my back catalogue of games...

Scoobie Dave · 10 Oct 2006 at 18:56

Scoobie Dave said:
Does anyone know if RC2 suffers the same problem with the installation hanging like RC1 did when using a 7950 GX2 gfx card?
I had to borrow a old Nvidia card off my mate to get through the installation for RC1, then it was fine once it was loaded with my GX2 back in.

Any ideas?

Anyone installed with a GX2?

iMacMart · 10 Oct 2006 at 18:58

Yeah I hear you echo

Only had my XFi Xtreme a few weeks and now I can't use it fully!!

I hope Creative get their drivers sorted soon!!