Vista RC1 Released to public

Jimmy 2004 · Sep 7, 2006, 03:02 PM

The first release candidate of Microsoft's next operating system has now been released. Anyone who already has a Product Key from the Vista Beta 2 can use that and Microsoft will supply new Product Codes to new testers soon. Post back on how you get on, there are both 32bit and 64bit releases.

Download it from here. Their download manager is trash for me with IE7 but you can use your own (just mine can't handle over 2GB).

Batou1986 · Sep 7, 2006, 03:17 PM

sweet now i can finally dl the 64 bit edition

mikek75 · Sep 7, 2006, 04:42 PM

Cheers for the heads up, hopefully this version will recognise my wireless network

Jimmy 2004 · Sep 9, 2006, 09:40 PM

Wouldn't count on it sorting your wireless... I just got it installed (64bit) and it still doesn't work to start with and I can't use XP drivers. To get the drivers I'll need to connect to windows update, with the catch being I need my wireless network in order to connect to it. Looks like I'll be moving my PC to get that update.

Ubuntu on the other hand needs no extra drivers and the wireless connection works fine 'out of the box'.

cdawall · Sep 9, 2006, 09:44 PM

hehehe im downloading it now

lets see how it likes my amd s754 the original 64bit

cdawall · Sep 9, 2006, 09:50 PM

holy crap 256k a sec this will take forever grrr calculated it if i stay @256k it will take 1 Days 9 Hours 27 Minutes 40.41 Seconds hehe thats not kool

edit part well its not taking as long as i thought apperantly it connected 4x to the same thing

and is down to 3-4hrs if it keeps the same connection speed

that wont happen will it?

mikek75 · Sep 9, 2006, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimmy 2004

Wouldn't count on it sorting your wireless... I just got it installed (64bit) and it still doesn't work to start with and I can't use XP drivers. To get the drivers I'll need to connect to windows update, with the catch being I need my wireless network in order to connect to it. Looks like I'll be moving my PC to get that update.

Ubuntu on the other hand needs no extra drivers and the wireless connection works fine 'out of the box'.

Success! My wireless card (belkin pci) was installed automatically with vista drivers. At first it still didn't work so went back to xp(dual booting) ,logged into router and changed channel to 9.
All of a sudden, went back to vista and bingo! Works quite well except that avast anti-virus is blocked by the program compatability wizard( despite avast website saying it will work ).
I'm sure teething as a toddler was less painful than this

Jimmy 2004 · Sep 10, 2006, 08:20 AM

Hmm, my wireless is a PCI Belkin too and that doesn't work. Perhaps it will work when I reboot then!

As for cdawall's comment is that 256kilobytes or 256kilobits? If it's 256kilobytes it's downloading at 2megabit speeds so 3-4 hours is about right.

mikek75 · Sep 10, 2006, 08:34 AM

Thats odd. My card is a Belkin f5d7000, about 2 years old and by the time Vista booted the first time the drivers were installed. Maybe try it in a different slot to force os to re-install? Might work....

newmodder · Sep 10, 2006, 03:18 PM

which would be better to download for me, 32bit or 64 bit?

cdawall · Sep 10, 2006, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimmy 2004

As for cdawall's comment is that 256kilobytes or 256kilobits? If it's 256kilobytes it's downloading at 2megabit speeds so 3-4 hours is about right.

yeah i figured it eventually

Quote:

Originally Posted by newmodder

which would be better to download for me, 32bit or 64 bit?

you have a 64bit amd go for 64bit

btw ido i have to have pix-shader 2.x for the beta to work?

ti4200=1.x pixel shader

Jimmy 2004 · Sep 10, 2006, 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikek75

Thats odd. My card is a Belkin f5d7000, about 2 years old and by the time Vista booted the first time the drivers were installed. Maybe try it in a different slot to force os to re-install? Might work....

Vista reconises there is a card there, but doesn't have the drivers for it. It's the same card you have, is your Vista the 32 bit version?

mikek75 · Sep 10, 2006, 09:46 PM

Yeah ,32 bit. Thats a bit weird innit... Suppose thats why its pre release

newmodder · Sep 11, 2006, 02:19 AM

well i just got it installed, the first thing i try is play BF2...haha no go, same thing happened with the Beta 2 version...any one have a fix for this?

W2hCYK · Sep 13, 2006, 01:34 AM

I have an extra 77gb partition and I will be trying this tonight once its done downloading. :-)

Sep 7, 2006, 03:02 PM	#1
Jimmy 2004 Eligible for custom title Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: England Posts: 5,047 (1.66/day) Thanks: 134 Thanked 276 Times in 185 Posts System Specs	Vista RC1 Released to public The first release candidate of Microsoft's next operating system has now been released. Anyone who already has a Product Key from the Vista Beta 2 can use that and Microsoft will supply new Product Codes to new testers soon. Post back on how you get on, there are both 32bit and 64bit releases. Download it from here. Their download manager is trash for me with IE7 but you can use your own (just mine can't handle over 2GB).

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Sep 7, 2006, 03:17 PM	#2
Batou1986 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Baltimore MD Posts: 1,936 (0.69/day) Thanks: 123 Thanked 282 Times in 236 Posts System Specs	sweet now i can finally dl the 64 bit edition

Sep 7, 2006, 04:42 PM	#3
mikek75 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Chippenham, Wilts, United Kingdom Posts: 1,171 (0.48/day) Thanks: 81 Thanked 121 Times in 115 Posts System Specs	Cheers for the heads up, hopefully this version will recognise my wireless network

Sep 9, 2006, 09:40 PM	#4
Jimmy 2004 Eligible for custom title Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: England Posts: 5,047 (1.66/day) Thanks: 134 Thanked 276 Times in 185 Posts System Specs	Wouldn't count on it sorting your wireless... I just got it installed (64bit) and it still doesn't work to start with and I can't use XP drivers. To get the drivers I'll need to connect to windows update, with the catch being I need my wireless network in order to connect to it. Looks like I'll be moving my PC to get that update. Ubuntu on the other hand needs no extra drivers and the wireless connection works fine 'out of the box'.

Sep 9, 2006, 09:44 PM	#5
cdawall where the hell are my stars Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: some AF base Posts: 16,021 (6.43/day) Thanks: 457 Thanked 2,753 Times in 2,222 Posts System Specs	hehehe im downloading it now lets see how it likes my amd s754 the original 64bit __________________

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cdawall where the hell are my stars Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: some AF base Posts: 16,021 (6.43/day) Thanks: 457 Thanked 2,753 Times in 2,222 Posts System Specs	holy crap 256k a sec this will take forever grrr calculated it if i stay @256k it will take 1 Days 9 Hours 27 Minutes 40.41 Seconds hehe thats not kool edit part well its not taking as long as i thought apperantly it connected 4x to the same thing and is down to 3-4hrs if it keeps the same connection speed that wont happen will it? __________________ Last edited by cdawall; Sep 9, 2006 at 10:26 PM.

Sep 10, 2006, 08:20 AM	#8
Jimmy 2004 Eligible for custom title Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: England Posts: 5,047 (1.66/day) Thanks: 134 Thanked 276 Times in 185 Posts System Specs	Hmm, my wireless is a PCI Belkin too and that doesn't work. Perhaps it will work when I reboot then! As for cdawall's comment is that 256kilobytes or 256kilobits? If it's 256kilobytes it's downloading at 2megabit speeds so 3-4 hours is about right.

Sep 10, 2006, 08:34 AM	#9
mikek75 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Chippenham, Wilts, United Kingdom Posts: 1,171 (0.48/day) Thanks: 81 Thanked 121 Times in 115 Posts System Specs	Thats odd. My card is a Belkin f5d7000, about 2 years old and by the time Vista booted the first time the drivers were installed. Maybe try it in a different slot to force os to re-install? Might work....

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Sep 10, 2006, 09:46 PM	#13
mikek75 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Chippenham, Wilts, United Kingdom Posts: 1,171 (0.48/day) Thanks: 81 Thanked 121 Times in 115 Posts System Specs	Yeah ,32 bit. Thats a bit weird innit... Suppose thats why its pre release

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