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Esel_Gesi
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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Mar 2006 23:50    Post subject:


This screen has some new things in it such as the sidebar which aparently can have custom and third party "gadgets" added to it. I can't quite get the things on there that I want yet but I have it displayed with the default ones. The second one is a photo slide show which is pretty cool. Also the windows journal lets you take notes. It's pretty difficult you write with a regualr mouse but with a pen or tablet pc this would be pretty awesome. You can add photos and highlight certain things. Lastly the windows calendar lets you add appointments and reminders etc. pretty useful. Very Happy

@Skid - I dont think i understand what you mean. config for what? Smile
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[sYn]
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PostPosted: Thu, 2nd Mar 2006 00:01    Post subject:
Think he wants to know your PC specs Smile!
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Esel_Gesi
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PostPosted: Thu, 2nd Mar 2006 00:11    Post subject:
oh... errr
P4 3.0 GHZ
1GB pc3200
radeon x850xt... etc.

BTW after booting into vista a few times and turning off some unnecessary services its running a lot faster.
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[sYn]
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PostPosted: Thu, 2nd Mar 2006 17:38    Post subject:
Fast enough for use as a primary OS? Have you given games a try as that was a pretty major issue with the builds prior to this..?
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skidrow
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PostPosted: Thu, 2nd Mar 2006 17:58    Post subject:
its on dvd right :\

i currently have 1 dvdplayer and that's in my main pc. I dont install vista on that yet haha. ;<
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kosmiq




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PostPosted: Thu, 2nd Mar 2006 19:20    Post subject:
Imagine if Microsoft would put more time into making a stable OS then into creating all that useless eyecandy...

Half the CPU power and GPU power will be used to render Vista only.. Playing a game on top of that will be fucking impossible...


Behold his GLORY! Bow for the technical master!
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Esel_Gesi
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PostPosted: Thu, 2nd Mar 2006 19:21    Post subject:
@sYn - Yea fast enough that I would use it as my primary OS and I am sure it will be optomized more by the time of the final. I haven't tried to play any games on it just yet. I'll give that a shot in a little bit.

@skidrow - Yea it's dvd.
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Esel_Gesi
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PostPosted: Thu, 2nd Mar 2006 20:42    Post subject:
whoKnows wrote:
Some infos on all the editions wich will be available, quite a lot Wink

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_editions.asp


LOL
Quote:

* Vista Professional Edition
* Vista Semi-Professional Edition
* Vista Slightly Professional Edition
* Vista Complete Amateur Edition
* Vista Server Edition
* Vista Server Premium Edition
* Vista Server Not Bad But Not As Good As Premium Edition
* Vista Server My Other Edition Is Premium Edition Edition
* Vista 5 User License Edition
* Vista Site License Edition
* Vista Country License Edition
* Vista Planetary License Edition
* Vista Galaxy License Edition
* Vista Universe License Edition
* Vista Universe License Without Windows Media Player Edition*
* Vista Home Edition
* Vista Home Premium Edition
* Vista Home Premium Edition With Some Server Features
* Vista Home I Can't Believe It's Not Server Edition
* Vista Away From Home But Have My Laptop With Me Edition
* Vista Gamers Edition
* Vista Mostly Play Games but Also Like to Surf the Net Edition
* Vista Boot Straight Into World of Warcraft and Never Be Seen Again Edition
* Vista Just Read Email And Clean Up Viruses Edition
* Vista Downloaded Via Bittorrent Just Wait For The Subpoena Edition
* Vista Erases Your iPod Edition (with Free Creative Player Voucher Included)
* Vista Beginners Edition
* Vista Intermediate Edition
* Vista Advanced Edition
* Vista Write My Own Drivers Edition
* Vista One Finger On The Reset Button Edition
* Vista Uninstall And Reinstall XP Edition
* Vista ME Just Joking! Practical Jokers Edition


http://www.bbspot.com/News/2006/03/windows-vista-multiple-versions.html
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PostPosted: Thu, 2nd Mar 2006 22:56    Post subject:
Hahaha!


* Vista Boot Straight Into World of Warcraft and Never Be Seen Again Edition Razz

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panzieman




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PostPosted: Sat, 4th Mar 2006 17:28    Post subject:
I'm running an Athlon XP 3000+, 9600 and 1gb of ram. It won't run vista fast enough to be the primary OS?
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ceanth




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PostPosted: Sat, 4th Mar 2006 17:53    Post subject:
hold on how useable is this version you guys are using? Ummmm might see if i can get this and try and install it in vmware or something like that (if thats possible)
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crossmr




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PostPosted: Sun, 5th Mar 2006 07:52    Post subject:
Thats what I'm wondering I've got:
P4 3.0ghz
2 GB dual channel ram
x800GT

I've got an open partition.but if the performance sucks..there isn't much point..

Intel i5 6500 3.2Ghz, Geforce 970GTX 2GB, 16 GB Ram, Windows 7
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[sYn]
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PostPosted: Sun, 5th Mar 2006 08:43    Post subject:
I can't seem to find any solid benchmark information, or anything to say that games run decent in this build..
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Mortibus




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PostPosted: Wed, 8th Mar 2006 03:36    Post subject:
[sYn] wrote:
I can't seem to find any solid benchmark information, or anything to say that games run decent in this build..

games run perfect on this build,nfsmw no more sttutering Shocked
tried GTASA=runs better than on xp with same settings,
Hitman3=same as on xp,
Driv3r[yes i know Rolling Eyes ]=better than on xp,more smooth less slowdowns
but still a bit bugy,wife likes new freecell so need crack for sure Razz
i like chess it's kick ass, tho a bit easy with hints
btw in task manager it shows 600mb+ ram used but still games run smooth,i don't get it how Confused
how to do 3d flips? i tried win+tab no go Crying or Very sad
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$n@ke




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PostPosted: Wed, 8th Mar 2006 12:03    Post subject:
ELIZ wrote:
*cut
how to do 3d flips? i tried win+tab no go Crying or Very sad


In the release b4 this one, the button was in the quick-menu, next to the old "start" button (wich now is the round blue windows button).

You have to click the extend-arrow button, its in there if im right.
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Mortibus




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PostPosted: Wed, 8th Mar 2006 17:43    Post subject:
$n@ke wrote:
ELIZ wrote:
*cut
how to do 3d flips? i tried win+tab no go Crying or Very sad


In the release b4 this one, the button was in the quick-menu, next to the old "start" button (wich now is the round blue windows button).

You have to click the extend-arrow button, its in there if im right.

got confused here would u be kind enough to post some screens where that button is
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deelix
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PostPosted: Wed, 8th Mar 2006 17:47    Post subject:
my 600mhz server was born ready for vista Twisted Evil
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[sYn]
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PostPosted: Wed, 8th Mar 2006 18:01    Post subject:
ELIZ wrote:
[sYn] wrote:
I can't seem to find any solid benchmark information, or anything to say that games run decent in this build..

games run perfect on this build,nfsmw no more sttutering Shocked
tried GTASA=runs better than on xp with same settings,
Hitman3=same as on xp,
Driv3r[yes i know Rolling Eyes ]=better than on xp,more smooth less slowdowns
but still a bit bugy,wife likes new freecell so need crack for sure Razz
i like chess it's kick ass, tho a bit easy with hints
btw in task manager it shows 600mb+ ram used but still games run smooth,i don't get it how Confused
how to do 3d flips? i tried win+tab no go Crying or Very sad


Nice to hear Very Happy! Think Ill be installing this as soon as I can Smile! How big is the install?
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DV2




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PostPosted: Thu, 9th Mar 2006 00:16    Post subject:
if you install Vista without partitions (no OS installed) and after all you uninstall it to re-install XP,does it affects internet n stuff later or...? NEED TO KNOW!

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Basil-Brush




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PostPosted: Thu, 9th Mar 2006 01:00    Post subject:
deelix wrote:
my 600mhz server was born ready for vista Twisted Evil


yeah know what you mean

It installed it on my 1gig p3 but none of the transparent windows worked, I tried the 'rate this computer' bit and it kinda told me to fuck off Laughing
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[sYn]
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PostPosted: Thu, 9th Mar 2006 01:12    Post subject:
DV2 wrote:
if you install Vista without partitions (no OS installed) and after all you uninstall it to re-install XP,does it affects internet n stuff later or...? NEED TO KNOW!


Ermmm.. what? How could if effect anything if you've removed the OS...? The question doesnt make any logical sense.
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Mortibus




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PostPosted: Thu, 9th Mar 2006 03:08    Post subject:
i installed mounting via alc120% through win xp on other HD not partition & it took me about same time as installing xp it's like 20 minutes top,i had trouble installing creative driver for sb24bit live but after several atempts it fit it in & still doesn't work right i think it works in software mode only but that driver is old so what do u expect,installed winxp nvidia driver 81.95 without problems,now will try this http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_87.15.html
but currently using xp cause works much faster & vista got too many efx that realy annoying me,but all in all it's pretty much stable for beta not a single crash
btw rated my pc as "3" Pent4 3ghz 1gb ram
install takes about 7gigs Shocked


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[sYn]
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PostPosted: Thu, 9th Mar 2006 03:11    Post subject:
So how does this compatability mode for XP drivers work? Because they dont work as standard right?
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Mortibus




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PostPosted: Thu, 9th Mar 2006 03:16    Post subject:
[sYn] wrote:
So how does this compatability mode for XP drivers work? Because they dont work as standard right?

if it won't run for the first time then it will say that try in compatability mode blabla & it runs,i had problem with sound driver it crashed almost at the end all the time,but that driver is old as i said,also winrar didn't want to install till i figured out that pressing right mb & run it as admin altho i'm already admin & it worked,well it's beta alright
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[sYn]
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PostPosted: Thu, 9th Mar 2006 03:21    Post subject:
Naw, thats probably a release feature Wink
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Ronhrin
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PostPosted: Thu, 9th Mar 2006 13:12    Post subject:
I'm trying to install Windows Vista within a VMWare machine, but I have some problems.

first the entire setup process is only with 16 colors and I cannot understand why.

I'm able to format the virtual HD but then it won't allow me to go further into the setup process.
the next button is just disabled and I have a message on the bottom saying "to detect HD please go to reboot and check your BIOS"

any sugestions where these problems can be solved?

He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither
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deelix
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PostPosted: Thu, 9th Mar 2006 14:01    Post subject:
Damn, the whole interface cool looking style is sucking up memory as hell, they say you need about 2gb ram to experience the full side of vista... =\
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PostPosted: Thu, 9th Mar 2006 22:53    Post subject:
is there a big difference between the 32 and 64bit version?
only found the 32bit version of vista but got a 64bit cpu, just wondering if i should bother dl'ing vista32 for 64cpu....

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Ronhrin
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PostPosted: Wed, 15th Mar 2006 18:54    Post subject:
does anyone know how to activate the 3D desktop on windows vista?

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Narog




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PostPosted: Wed, 15th Mar 2006 19:56    Post subject:
1. Does Vista try to "phone home" or in any other way make life difficult for people using pirated software?

2. Is it possible to turn off all that fucking eye-candy to make it look like (and consume as much resources as) classic Windows?
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