biker9075 Posted June 8, 2006 CID Share Posted June 8, 2006 The drive came pre-installed in my Laptap, I am going to look in the manual too see if it says Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean5900xt Posted June 8, 2006 CID Share Posted June 8, 2006 Is it worth the download, time and work? ?? whats the time of trial period- 180 days or what? maybe an new topic ::::::: Likes are : Dislikes are: Time-limited software Windows Vista Beta 2 (and RC1) is time-limited, pre-release software that will expire on June 1, 2007. thats a pretty good ammount of time to test lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biker9075 Posted June 8, 2006 CID Share Posted June 8, 2006 Just read the manual and it turns out I CAN use the DVD R's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHalf Posted June 8, 2006 CID Share Posted June 8, 2006 Whoa Vista needs a lot of space! Running raid on hardware raid I needed to dedicate a single drive to the OS. So I have an old SCSI drive (86GB) that I implemented into my disk array and Vista is almost reeady to install. My problem..mobo needs adjustment to allow SCSI and VISTAS' gobbling of resources to run on SATA drives or PATA drives. I will work it out. TheHalf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biker9075 Posted June 9, 2006 CID Share Posted June 9, 2006 I was just reading this from InformationWeek.com: 3) You're stuck with Vista There is no easy way to turn back the clock and return the PC now running Vista Beta 2 to the box's earlier operating system. You're stuck, sort of. "Once you install Windows Vista Beta 2 you cannot roll back to the previous operating system installation -- you will either have to acquire and install the final released edition of Windows Vista or reinstall a previous edition of Windows," says Microsoft. It then gives some advice all should heed: "Before installing Windows Vista Beta 2 on any computer, please remember to back up all your files." One way to avoid a total re-install of, say, Windows XP, would be to back up the PC to an external drive using a disk imaging program such as Symantec's Norton Ghost before trying Vista. With that done, you could ditch Beta 2 by simply reimaging the PC's hard disk from the external drive. 4) You're stuck with Vista, deux Ominous words from Microsoft: "You may not be able to upgrade your installation of Windows Vista Beta 2 to the final, commercially available edition of Windows Vista." Naturally, you'll need the final version of Vista -- what, you thought Microsoft was giving this away? -- but you may also have to do what's called a "clean" install. In other words, the installation of the final Vista may be possible only by wiping out all that's on the hard drive of the PC. Note the "may" in the caution. We suggest you take that to mean "will." Its really going to be that hard to bring XP back if say I don't like it or say I don't want to purchase the final version after this beta expires? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted June 9, 2006 CID Share Posted June 9, 2006 I was just reading this from InformationWeek.com: Its really going to be that hard to bring XP back if say I don't like it or say I don't want to purchase the final version after this beta expires? That's why you should install Vista on a separate partition/hard drive. If you don't like it, you'll always have the option to format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biker9075 Posted June 9, 2006 CID Share Posted June 9, 2006 Since I don't have another hard drive thats going to be bit of a problem, I think i might have to call it quits on Vista Beta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jeffwalker9999 Posted June 9, 2006 CID Share Posted June 9, 2006 Not Verified -But from trusted friend - so posting ++++++++ Autorun does not work when installing on Windows Vista from DVD. Workaround: Insert the Start DVD. The DVD begins the installation. Close the Autorun Installation window. Navigate to the DVD drive that contains the Start DVD (for example, E:). Right-click and then select Run as Administrator. +++++++++++++ Built-in administrator account is disabled in Windows Vista Beta 2. Built-in administrator account is disabled by default in Windows Vista Beta 2. To enable administrator access, you must explicitly enable the Built-in Administrator account. Workaround: After Windows is installed, use the net command to enable administrator access: net user administrator /active:yes & & & & & Use the Local Users and Groups MMC console to change the properties of the account. 1. Open the MMC console. 2. Select "Local Users and Groups". 3. Right-click the administrator account, and then select Properties. The Administrator Properties window appears. 4. In the General tab, clear the "Account is Disabled" option. Note: If you are upgrading from Windows XP, and if the Built-in Administrator account is the only active local administrator account, the Built-in Administrator account remains enabled and in Admin Approval Mode. On an other note ::: [[ this offer still stands ]] http://members.cox.net/jeffwalker9999/invite-to-join-foldershare-p2p-network.html 60.5 % downloaded - using gigaget DL Manager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted June 9, 2006 CID Share Posted June 9, 2006 im 66% done now at 73.5kb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted June 9, 2006 CID Share Posted June 9, 2006 Create a Shortcut for Flip 3D Would you like to add a shortcut to your desktop or quick launch bar that launches the new Flip 3D tab replacement? 1. Right click on your desktop and select New and then Shortcut. 2. Copy and paste RunDll32 DwmApi #105 into the location box and hit Next. 3. Enter in a name for your shortcut and hit Finish. 4. Copy/Cut/Drag or Paste your new shortcut where ever you want. More of this at: TweakVista Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted June 9, 2006 CID Share Posted June 9, 2006 got it dled, averaged 550kB/s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biker9075 Posted June 9, 2006 CID Share Posted June 9, 2006 So is there any way for me to use Vista and revert back to XP easily without using a secend hard drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted June 9, 2006 CID Share Posted June 9, 2006 # Installation limitations There are two installation scenarios for Windows Vista Beta 2 (and RC1): 1. You can do a clean installation. This process will overwrite any data that you have on your hard disk or on your installation partition. The overwritten data will be lost and unrecoverable. 2. You can upgrade an existing installation of Windows XP. No other installation scenarios are supported. Upgrading to this beta from any other edition of Windows requires a clean installation, as described in option 1. In addition, once you install Windows Vista Beta 2 (or RC1) you cannot roll back to the previous operating system installation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biker9075 Posted June 9, 2006 CID Share Posted June 9, 2006 And how would I go by installing a previous version of windows? The OS came pre-installed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted June 9, 2006 CID Share Posted June 9, 2006 anyone having problems installing? im installing it on my other comp which has windows xp pro sp2 it says something about setup.exe and such Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biker9075 Posted June 9, 2006 CID Share Posted June 9, 2006 anyone having problems installing? im installing it on my other comp which has windows xp pro sp2 it says something about setup.exe and such Not Verified -But from trusted friend - so posting ++++++++ Autorun does not work when installing on Windows Vista from DVD. Workaround: Insert the Start DVD. The DVD begins the installation. Close the Autorun Installation window. Navigate to the DVD drive that contains the Start DVD (for example, E:). Right-click and then select Run as Administrator. That should solve your problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted June 9, 2006 CID Share Posted June 9, 2006 would that help if the first time i tried installing by booting from the disk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted June 9, 2006 CID Share Posted June 9, 2006 Download finally finished for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted June 9, 2006 CID Share Posted June 9, 2006 sweet amc, how long it take you, and what is your guess of average dl speed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted June 9, 2006 CID Share Posted June 9, 2006 sweet amc, how long it take you, and what is your guess of average dl speed? Avg download speed was about 60kb and it took me pretty much all day today, i would say about 12 hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock01 Posted June 9, 2006 CID Share Posted June 9, 2006 whats your advertised speeds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted June 9, 2006 CID Share Posted June 9, 2006 whats your advertised speeds? 1.5dl and 384 ul~Verizon DSL, i guess servers were overloaded because i usually can download around 170 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted June 9, 2006 Author CID Share Posted June 9, 2006 amc11890 did you use the download manager or the direct download link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinlay Posted June 9, 2006 CID Share Posted June 9, 2006 well i download vista it took me around about 5 hours to download. got it installed and it runs pretty good on my AMD 1.7 and a gig of ram.Got one question when i do a print screen and do a paste in paint i get this ugly pic?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA3LE Posted June 9, 2006 CID Share Posted June 9, 2006 i totally missed it my first time as well. but i would right down that key, becusae they will only give you 2. I ended up writing the info about the key in the article at http://www.testmy.net/articles/article-638 --- I still haven't been abel to install, I'm dealing with RAID driver issues.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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