Windows Vista Beta is available to download

vinnieza · Post by **vinnieza** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:55 pm

@vlamm pic don't work

Vlammetje · Post by **Vlammetje** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:44 pm

that's ok vin, neither does the vista download for me

Post by **fac51** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 4:27 pm

some vista rc1 desktop pics here:

http://www.guru4u.co.uk/images/vista1.jpg

http://www.guru4u.co.uk/images/vista2.jpg

http://www.guru4u.co.uk/images/vista3.jpg

Post by **fac51** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:33 am

latest version available for a limited time - may sort out your driver issue kev?

http://download.windowsvista.com/previe ... d-5728.htm

Post by **117** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:37 am

hmmmmm, don't really wanna sit here and download a huge ISO on the off chance that it might possibly sort out a driver issue! just gonna format the vista partition and wait till it gets released

Post by **fac51** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:43 am

fair enough, just going to update RC1 to it now.

Post by **fac51** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 8:37 am

final build before release now out

http://download.windowsvista.com/previe ... wnload.htm

Post by **fac51** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 1:51 pm

and so far it gets the

far faster than previous builds, virtually all device drivers installed from the start and less annoying pop ups.

Post by **117** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 4:21 pm

hmmmm might give it a go if i can trust my net connection for long enough

Post by **117** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:24 pm

finally got it, just burning the iso to disc - what's the craic with installing over an existing Vista install? (it doesn't mention it on the site like it did for the other releases)

Post by **fac51** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:37 pm

you can upgrade an older version of vista to a newer one although it takes ages so best to format and go fresh.

Post by **117** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:50 pm

k mate ta

Post by **117** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:55 pm

posting at home using IE7 on Vista

after install I chucked in my USB Key with the current drivers for the wireless card, installed them using Device Manager (rather than using the sw installer that comes with the drivers) - it installed straight away and almost immediately connected to my wireless network, then Windows Update downloaded drivers for all other HW that wasn't immediately supported.

I likes it so far, I likes it indeed

Post by **fac51** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:35 pm

nice one kev!

Post by **117** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:30 am

Ed mate make sure you keep yourself secure when using Vista - I installed OneCare Live straight away and naturally assumed i'd be pretty safe - however ran a NOD32 scan last night on my Vista partition and it picked up 54 (yes, fifty-four) trojans, some of which were in the sent folder of the Windows Live Mail Desktop program