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Windows Vista Beta 1 is already superior to Linux.
Microsoft intended the Beta release of the software for "developers, IT professionals and technology experts", but based on some of the questions being asked in that newsgroup, it's fairly safe to say that anyone who knows how to press the ON/OFF button on their PC is trying to install it.

Office and Vista Beta 2 Notifcations!
I've been dual-booting for about 10 years now, since WinNT4/95, up through the Vista beta (with up to 8 WinXP/Vista versions on the menu at one point). 2. How are they/it partitioned? 3. Which is the System Partition? (DO NOT USE DRIVE LETTERS!! Tell me whether it is the first partition on the second HDD - or

can't boot into XP after attempted Vista install
Can't get into Safe mode either so I can't load any drivers. if I reinstall I can at least try the ULI drivers.. I am running Vista Beta 2 build 5384 x86 on my A8R32-MVP with SATA drive without RAID very few problems. Don't know yet though if that luck will continue with Vista RC1 ;^) You can download the Uli 220

Vista Primary Partition Too Small
Zack Whittaker ad...@zacknet.co.uk microsoft public windows developer winfx announcements Afraid not - have you tried in safe mode, or even tried Booting vista beta 2 64bit off a dvd... loads the first loading screen then the screen that looks like windows xp loading with that loading bar at the bottom.

Windows Vista Beta2 Available
Please let us know how you fixed the problem as I am sure that the question will be asked frequently once Vista is officially released to the general public. John okrave...@gmail.com wrote: So I ordered the Vista Beta 2 DVD from M$. I have a spare HDD, so I figured my info was safe. Upon trying to install Vista,

Security feature in Microsoft's new Windows (Vista) could ...
I was finally able to get into beta 2 in Safe mode after a reinstall (#3) without adding drivers at install time (which caused fatal errors!). I installed the ATI drivers and still no go into anything but Safe mode. I lose contact with the monitor and it reboots. I'll try RC1 for ha-has and see what happens,

Vista beta 2 install problem
Sort of kidding, but Vista Beta 2 is exactly that - beta. If you're using the Wacom technology (not Fine Point), I would download the latest drivers from their If necessary, you may also need to install the digitizer from Compaq - even in Safe Mode. -- Chris H. Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC Tablet Creations

Do You Want To Be Part Of Microsoft's Revolution?
I've reinstalled Windows Vista Beta 2 into a 20 GB partition (first partition of the disk), same as I did in my earlier attempts. After a cold reset, I boot Vista again and get the option to select "Safe mode with command prompt" (from which I conclude that Vista must have registered the previous attempt as

Guest Login Password
Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no I don't have any information as to exactly when, but I think that very soon is a safe bet. -- Tom Porterfield.

Vista beta 2 install problem
I am now able to boot in to Vista without any crashes. IndustrialParts wrote: I was able to connect a 100GB SATA HDD and see the install complete. I went in through Safe Mode and found some Event ID 6000 in Error Log that said 'Winlogon notification subscriber <SessionEnv> was unavailable to handle a

Bug#379628: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] CALL FOR HELP: Vista beta ...
My P4 is EMT 64 capable so I installe XP Pro SP2 (32b) one the ITE IDE RAID DRive, and Install Vista Beta 2 on the SATA RAID drive. install Beta 2, drive detection/format works nice and quicker than RC1 but, install seems to be blocked on the first restart (crcdisk.sys is the last drv indicated in safe mode).

office 2007 beta 2 "Language of this installation package is not ...
Which Vista build? Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP] -------------- http://pschmid.net *** Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR): office 2007 beta on a dedicated Vista Beta stand alone machine What is the workaround for this problem. -- Ride safe. Barry Sunny Ocala FL http://home.att.net/~b.lockyer/index.htm.

Bug#379628: [Linux-NTFS-Dev] Bug#379628: CALL FOR HELP: Vista beta ...
I've not been able to fully test how well this feature works compared to the Netcraft toolbar, but I suspect I'll have more data by the time Beta 2 hits. This isn't happening in Beta 1, but it will be added in the future. Too, IE 7 Vista will support something called IE 7 Safe Mode (though that name could

Subject: DVD/CD Rom Doesn't recognize any media in Windows
All posts I've seen was old, or if it wasn't then it used old Vista Beta. GParted was used with Vista RC1 in the below article. Btw, it would be also nice to test ntfsclone, if one is interested: 1) ntfsclone --overwrite vista.img vista_partition 2) zero the entire vista partition (not the disk!

New VM Additions for Windows Vista
Tuesday kicked off its Get Net Safe tour in Phoenix to | help people be safe and secure on the Internet. ...... Also: Windows Live Messenger and Windows Vista: Worse together ,----[ Quote ] | There've been plenty of problems reported by Windows Vista beta | testers attempting to run Windows Live Messenger (version

A8R32-MVP Deluxe and Vista beta problems
I've tryed for over a month on the test machine with clean install of Vista Beta 2 (latest Version 5384) and I have downloaded the Beta for Office three times and tried to In any case, feel for the people who have such faith in MS that they believe it is safe to use these beta versions for real world needs.

MS Natural Keyboard 4000 F keys...
Dana Cline - MVP dcl...@scriptpro.com microsoft public windows mediacenter I don't know of any way to "back out" of the Vista Beta...apparently it _can_ be used 2. going into safe mode and using the remove program. "the remove program is un useable in safe mode." so if anyone can think of another way i would be

Windows Vista Beta 2 is public and ready to download!
S8ER S...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public windows developer winfx general If your instalation of Beta 1 runs fast in Safe mode but in normal mode seems to 'freeze' up you may want to try one of two things. 1) disable the processor driver 2) Install XP AMD Driver available from AMD.com I installed Beta 1

Vista Beta 1 - I hope this helps out some AMD users out there.
If your Gateway uses the Fine Point technology, you might try installing the drivers in Safe Mode, but from my experience you're not going to get very good The pen and tablet features have always worked fine. They quit working when I installed Vista Beta 2. The computer does not recognize my pen at all.

Vista Newsgroups don't show
I managed to install Vista on a second partition and even got the Aero UX working, the primary one runs Win XP Pro SP 2 and it looks like they can live in peace side by side. My big problem now is I can't activate Windows Vista Beta 1 because I can't get my on board network interface Broadcom 440x 10/100