Installing Windows Vista February 2006 CTP Build 5308, any help/tips/info?

[hobo]eclipse · Mar 1, 2006, 11:56 PM

as the title saiys i got a copy of the latest feb 5308 build, wanna take a peek around in there, does any body have any suggestions or help on any thing i should know about, i as far as drivers go??? specifically that radeon driver foir the earlier build?? also will it be runnin 64 bit vista??

[hobo]eclipse · Mar 2, 2006, 12:33 AM

are there 2 different versions for 64 and 32 bit, or is it all contained in one?

[hobo]eclipse · Mar 2, 2006, 02:28 AM

well after only installing the OS the only unknown in device manager has sumthin to do with ati, i believe it the WDM stuff

germanjulian · Mar 2, 2006, 12:32 PM

yes the CD is for both 32bit and 64bit.
and you should easily find the latest vista drivers for 32bit and 64bit vista on www.ati.com

how is it. I am waiting for the new build which came out yesterday

Same version but with loads of bug fixes from last week.

This is the stable one i was told (I work with someone from M$ here)

[hobo]eclipse · Mar 2, 2006, 12:48 PM

u mean the . 17 \ .60 thing, i read sum where from googlin the only updates were to server, not any client side? dunno, i ll dig around. how can i confirm if im runnin 32\64 bit??

the video driver that default installs mostly looks ok but a couple right click menus looked like really old old text, downloaded that ATI driver that is for the previous build, extracted and manually installed the driver only, reboot and all looks good

dai · Mar 2, 2006, 09:22 PM

creative audigy vista beta driver causes bsod
same with avg
ms intelli mouse driver will not install,mouse works but only scrolls down
one of the priority updates will not install
network problem not evident in this release

EcPercy · Mar 10, 2006, 01:03 AM

Helpful tip of the day: Don't install Vista Beta Builds. Stick with XP.

The fact that Vista "still" does not work with the most popular soundcards (SBLive! 5.1 and The Audigy Series) should tell you enough. Not to mention that the latest Nvidia drivers for it also suck. You also cannot really install many programs, for instance, Symantec AV or games because they don't work properly.

tastyweat · Apr 6, 2006, 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EcPercy

Helpful tip of the day: Don't install Vista Beta Builds. Stick with XP.

The fact that Vista "still" does not work with the most popular soundcards (SBLive! 5.1 and The Audigy Series) should tell you enough. Not to mention that the latest Nvidia drivers for it also suck. You also cannot really install many programs, for instance, Symantec AV or games because they don't work properly.

Who would want to install Symantec anyway? System hog POS that misses 10-20% of viruses

Some people like having a preview of new software/hardware... myself included... I installed the latest build of vista last night... fell asleep mid install and only got a 2 min peek this morning without any display drivers installed - looks quite nice. I have too many OSes installed on my machine now lol - but XP Pro is still my main one - I have that + vista + xp pro x64 and thinking of building a cheap server for vista server

EcPercy · Apr 16, 2006, 12:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tastyweat

Who would want to install Symantec anyway? System hog POS that misses 10-20% of viruses

You have your opinion about SAV, but I get SAV free from work so why not use it? 40MB... oh, omfg... that's so much wasted resources.. I mean I only have 2GB of ram what else do you expect me to do besides use it?

I was merely pointing out that you are not going to get a lot done because vista does not work with a lot of common programs.

http://members.cox.net/kpurcel2/beta/Legit_Vista.PNG

sportphantom · Apr 27, 2006, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EcPercy

The fact that Vista "still" does not work with the most popular soundcards (SBLive! 5.1 and The Audigy Series) should tell you enough.

that's a fact that it's not possible even to detect sound card.. audio and video codecs are ready.. but "no audio device"..

Mar 1, 2006, 11:56 PM	#1
[hobo]eclipse ...just bummin 'round Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,907 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Installing Windows Vista February 2006 CTP Build 5308, any help/tips/info? as the title saiys i got a copy of the latest feb 5308 build, wanna take a peek around in there, does any body have any suggestions or help on any thing i should know about, i as far as drivers go??? specifically that radeon driver foir the earlier build?? also will it be runnin 64 bit vista??

Mar 2, 2006, 12:32 PM	#4
germanjulian Back in London Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: London Posts: 1,797 Rep Power: 0	yes the CD is for both 32bit and 64bit. and you should easily find the latest vista drivers for 32bit and 64bit vista on www.ati.com how is it. I am waiting for the new build which came out yesterday Same version but with loads of bug fixes from last week. This is the stable one i was told (I work with someone from M$ here) __________________ /\|\ Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Intel C2D E6600, 2GB Corsair XMS2-6400C4 DDR2, E-VGA GeForce 7800 GT, Creative X-Fi Extreme Music, 500GB Seagate 7200.10 SATA, Lian Li PC-V1100 Aluminum Case Black, etc. http://germanjulian.com /\|\

Mar 2, 2006, 12:33 AM	Thread Starter #2
[hobo]eclipse ...just bummin 'round Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,907 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	are there 2 different versions for 64 and 32 bit, or is it all contained in one?

Mar 2, 2006, 02:28 AM	Thread Starter #3
[hobo]eclipse ...just bummin 'round Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,907 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	well after only installing the OS the only unknown in device manager has sumthin to do with ati, i believe it the WDM stuff

Mar 2, 2006, 12:48 PM	Thread Starter #5
[hobo]eclipse ...just bummin 'round Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,907 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	u mean the . 17 \ .60 thing, i read sum where from googlin the only updates were to server, not any client side? dunno, i ll dig around. how can i confirm if im runnin 32\64 bit?? the video driver that default installs mostly looks ok but a couple right click menus looked like really old old text, downloaded that ATI driver that is for the previous build, extracted and manually installed the driver only, reboot and all looks good

Mar 2, 2006, 09:22 PM	#6
dai DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 126 Rep Power: 0	creative audigy vista beta driver causes bsod same with avg ms intelli mouse driver will not install,mouse works but only scrolls down one of the priority updates will not install network problem not evident in this release

Mar 10, 2006, 01:03 AM	#7
EcPercy HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Iraq Posts: 1,535 Rep Power: 0	Helpful tip of the day: Don't install Vista Beta Builds. Stick with XP. The fact that Vista "still" does not work with the most popular soundcards (SBLive! 5.1 and The Audigy Series) should tell you enough. Not to mention that the latest Nvidia drivers for it also suck. You also cannot really install many programs, for instance, Symantec AV or games because they don't work properly.