Re: Windows Vista Beta 2 Download Available
 

Trust me, at the minute there is no background defragmentation going on while Vista is installing and due to the large amount of data being copied to the disk, you end up with quite a fragmented system partition.

I think this is something MS need to consider before Vista hits RTM.

Re: Windows Vista Beta 2 Download Available
 

Whoever was using IP: 24.165.54.135 and trying to climb out of the secure folder hosting Vista on my FTP is a damn moron!!

I have passed my logs on to "OCEANIC-INTERNET-RR" and the hawaii ISP which was being used.

When you connect to my FTP server, you may have seen a little notice which explains ALL activity is logged and checked.
Trying to climb out of a jailshelled FTP folder is not only futile, but borderline moronic on a server which openly states full logging is enabled and tracked.

Any more of this crap & I will drop the FTP service.

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Wah mate, whats going on? Take a chill pill. :erm:

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I can understand Stu being annoyed, shame some people need to abuse peoples generosity.

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So can I - I have recently pulled my ftp because of abuse.

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Didn't i already post how to get the beta using a non-ntl proxy? Off topic I'm still using that proxy for downloads because it's fast...

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Just use Xp and sod Vista. :D

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erm how would you feel if you offered say a free room for someone for a night, they move in nick your keys and then try to sign the deads of the house!!!

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Pretty good as I would then go and rob there car and sell it.

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car? house? what? silly

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Dual Boot .....

Can't say I had any problems with dual booting, installed to Disk 1 Partition 1 without any worries, now on start up I can choose between Vista or XP, no editing of anything required.

Although took me a minute to realise that Vista assigned different drive letters to my other partition with XP on it.

I think the key factor is simply not to install to the same physical drive as XP.

Still a few probs though, Audigy 2 won't install (tried the trick mentioned previously in this thread, didn't work for me) Scanner (Epson Perfection 1670) has no driver either. Also TV card is installed with a BDA Driver instead of a WDM, so no progs work with it!! All say no card found!

Anyone know of Tuner software that uses the BDA Driver with an Asus (Phillips) 7134 TV Card ?? (don't say Media Portal either, didn't work).

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This is why microsoft should use p2p apps like torrent.

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All nice and legal I see ;)

Lovely to work along side the ISP guidlines in your terms and conditions eh.

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always i promise, nothing legal here. try before you buy (and thats not a joke you should my legit dvd collection)

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I got it downloaded, ok & installed on my slave 'D' drive, with no problems - dual boot with XP also ok.

To be fair I didn't explore much, i couldn't imagine getting my Radeon 'TV Wonder' working without a fight, or the associated dvd & VHS player, so, for me, it isn't worth the effort at this stage. :)

Just saying 'it looked nice' would be damning with faint praise, so I'll reserve judgement, for now :)

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All that useless eye candy I hope that ain't gonna be all Vista is desired for.

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Shades of Deja Vu... ??

Seem to remember everyone dragging XP down too when it first came out.... ( I know, tons of probs still ongoing too... !!)

Let's give Vista a chance though eh..... after all it's still a beta, and I'm happy to test it and send feedback to hopefully make a small contribution that will make it better.....

Re: Windows Vista Beta 2 Download Available
 

i've seen the beta on a few PC magazines as well so if you still want it might be worth looking there

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If your upgrading from xp get ready for a long install and pathetic performance.It's ok on a clean install.But like i said if your uping it get ready to format your hard drive

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Sorry people, the few bad apples have forced me to stop the public FTP :(

If you wish to download it from my box (100mbit global transit) drop me a PM and I'll hook you up individualy ;)

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hi stuart, its a shame that some people just abuse a public resource like this.
I also offer mine ftp too! but again on Stuart W terms.

anyone who mis-uses my machine and the log will go directly to ntl or the appropriate isp without thinking twice!!

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I thought that at first.

But I've had a few weeks to play with it and now I can't bring myself to go back. Here's why:

1. Media Center - just brilliant and works flawlessly. Beats any of the other TV programs I've tried

2. Old programs - all my old programs and games have been made to work really well

3. Hardware support - even where a Vista driver has been unavailable I've been able to use old XP drivers without too many issues

4. User interface - the 3-d effect really does make it a better experience in my view

5. Sleep mode - so much more effective than the old Standby and faster than the old Hibernate

6. Explorer - I much prefer having my own choice of folders and links in the left pane. The icon view is better, giving an idea of what's inside the folders.

7. Search - better implemented than any of the downloadable tools - just clcik Start and search for anything

8. Start Menu - I've finally stopped using the classic Start Menu from Win95 - this Start menu actually works really well

9. Performance - takes longer to boot up and switch between users which is a pain. But with 1.5GB RAM it flies better than XP and handles multitasking way better. I can run loads of things and the system remains responsive even when at 100% CPU

So I'm saying, stick with XP if you want to, but the future isn't XP.

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i quite fancy having a go with Vista but at 30 or more gigs ,:Yikes: download .
does it take up that much space on your hard drive?

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Vista is not a 30 gig download.. It's 3 or 4..

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some posts say they have brought it on dvd ,anyone got a link so i can do the same ,dont fancy that big download .

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Have a look in Smiths.. Apparently it's been on the coverdisk for several PC mags.

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yep did that but couldn't find it

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Dont beat yourself up about it to much lol

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ah well , thanks for your help chaps

windows vista installation problem
 

got an acer laptop right with 256mb ram and it said i could install vista beta 2 so i went to install and it said i only have 190mb! whats up

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At a guess I'd say that it's using 64mb for gfx?

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what its got a graphics card yeah

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My laptop has a graphics card - but it has it's own memory. I'm assuming you're shares it's memory.

Anyway - know you know why it's reporting less ram :)

Incidentally I thought (and i'm obviously wrong) that vista needed 512mb ram ro install?

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It uses 600MB with a default install so it'd probably run on 256MB but with a Hell of a lot of pageing. I doubt it'd even run that well on 512.

Re: [MERGED] Windows Vista Beta 2 Download Available
 

Had a weird problem.Had a machine with vista and xp installed sold the guts leaving me with the spare hard drives not the os one.Funny thing is the boot loader for vista had installed itself on a dvd images hard drive and made it system so when I installed new guts and xp the vista loader was still there very confusing.Its gone now but the drive had to be installed on a different controller to confuse it,Anyone who of an easy way to get rid of the loader on a drive with no os on it??

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Try fixmbr on the recovery console maybe?

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how do you get that to fix the mbr on a non boot disk though? you open recovery and log into an os. you can bootcfg /rebuild but the rogue loader isnt recognised as an operating system

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zapping the disk with
http://www.bttr-software.de/products/bootmgr/
should clear the mbr.

or just boot with the linux livecd and use kparted
a 'partion magic' type app for linux.
http://xmelegance.org/kparted/index.html

i think Kanotix 2005-2.iso had it on there

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cheers ill take a look

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XOSL could also do it as you can write several types of bootblock to overwrite the bad one.

as could Ranish Partition Manager
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...&postcount=195

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Do people spend all day looking at fancy effects?

OR do you use the computer, I have found Vista to be more bloated than a American fast food junkie it is silly with all those animations.