Vista RC*#@+*#@#%^*

[jofultner]

Wow how many of you have been down the Vista beta and Vista RC-1 road.Man if the conflicts I was having with the beta version was not bad enough I reformatted and installed RC-1 when it arrived in the mail.I must say I am sure they are onto something but nothing I need at the moment.It was so quirky and incompatible with so much that after 2 months of pulling my hair out not to say RC-1 didn`t recognize my optical drives so my burner software would not work...I said to heck with it,Complete Full format and reinstall my good old XP home SP/2(after backing up needed programs).Now I am so happy I could scream!It was fun for a bit but the conflicts got old soon enough...Jo

[Indybird]

I had the exact same problem with Beta, what are your pc specs? I was having compatibility problems with my gfx card and tv tuner.

[jofultner]

Well the rig I was using was Asus A7N8X-deluxe with Athlon XP3000+ and AGP Radeon 9600pro.The beta kept having software compatible problems,for instance my paid PC-cillian anti-virus would no longer work among others.Then RC-1 would only recognize my lite-on dvd/cd-rw and my LG dvd-ram as cd-rom and could not update the drivers?Nor would my ashampoo burning studio 6 work.Any way enough of that foolishness!!!

[SgtM]

I've been running RC1 since the week it came out. Now, I dont boot to it often (dual booting with XP pro) because the wife and kids use the PC also, but I haven't found many problems with it. TV tuner works fine. I haven't tried nero, AVG anti virus, or Ad aware yet though.

[silverdemon]

I have installed it on my old laptop and there was only one small problem with my video drivers. They were not 100% supported or something, but everything worked fine.
Though I don't use that laptop very often it has been running for maybe 2 months or so without much problems

[AKA_RA]

XP still doesnt work properly for me, so im reeeally not looking forward to Vista

[cbelmo159]

I heard Vista prevents you from downloading copy right files. like downloading songs from Lime Wire, Is this true?

[Zephik]

Windows Vista has some issues to work out, but if they can fix everything, It should be pretty rockin. I mainly like the way it looks, but you can easily accomplish that by using programs such as DesktopX.

Do they offer the updated Vista programs for use on pre-vista boxes? I like the new Microsoft programs and especially the new windows media player layout. Pretty slick looking!

I heard Vista prevents you from downloading copy right files. like downloading songs from Lime Wire, Is this true?

It doesn't matter. That topic is not to be discussed on these forums. Read "The Rules of the Road". Even if the mods say it's okay to discuss whether vista prevents that or not, it would eventually lead to something that shouldn't be discussed. So I am going to say, just stay away from that particular topic. Welcome to the boards btw! I hope you enjoy your stay, but be sure to read the "The Rules of the Road".

-SnowFire

[ESX]

Do they offer the updated Vista programs for use on pre-vista boxes? I like the new Microsoft programs and especially the new windows media player layout. Pretty slick looking!

Thats Windows Media Player 11

[Zephik]

You know, last time I tried to find that to download they didn't have it! lol

So I can be a tard at times, get over it. ^^

*Downloaded*

-SnowFire