Vista

Rich · 10th December 2006, 08:14

So, anyone running Microsoft Vista?

Your thoughts??

Simon · 10th December 2006, 10:27

Yep. Vista is silly coz as of yet no one has made a RAID driver for it.

Which means I can't run it.

Did have the intention of dual-booting XP and Vista, but until someone makes a RAID driver then I'm a bit stuck. (Last check was end of November, so if someone knows of one available then let me know...

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BMC123 · 13th December 2006, 18:18

I thought about it, and then ran the update adviser just to check, and it seems there are compatibility problems with one of my music software "dongles" and some of my music software, so it can wait until that's sorted

Keith · 14th December 2006, 12:47

I have it running on a spare HP D530 it needs >512MB to instal

It looks very slick the GUI is a vast improvement on the previous Betas.
Do I like it, dunno it is just windows with bells on after all

It has a very annoying security feature it constantly asks you to give it permission to run certain apps I have not worked out how to turn that feature off yet

It also loaded sound drivers for the built in soundcard but I can' get a peep out of it. I will need to reinstall XP just to convince myself the sound still works

It comes with windows media centre built in and that looks interesting as I have not played with that yet.

Because my company pays for my Technet plus subscription I get most MS products to play with, most are over my head but a few make it worth while. I signed up for the now closed customer preview program and was able to download Vista and activation code for free.

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Simon Banned - Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: - Posts: 10,318 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Yep. Vista is silly coz as of yet no one has made a RAID driver for it. Which means I can't run it. Did have the intention of dual-booting XP and Vista, but until someone makes a RAID driver then I'm a bit stuck. (Last check was end of November, so if someone knows of one available then let me know... )

14th December 2006, 12:47	#4
Keith This is my second home ZT400 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ellesmere Posts: 5,948 Thanks: 0 Thanked 43 Times in 29 Posts	I have it running on a spare HP D530 it needs >512MB to instal It looks very slick the GUI is a vast improvement on the previous Betas. Do I like it, dunno it is just windows with bells on after all It has a very annoying security feature it constantly asks you to give it permission to run certain apps I have not worked out how to turn that feature off yet It also loaded sound drivers for the built in soundcard but I can' get a peep out of it. I will need to reinstall XP just to convince myself the sound still works It comes with windows media centre built in and that looks interesting as I have not played with that yet. Because my company pays for my Technet plus subscription I get most MS products to play with, most are over my head but a few make it worth while. I signed up for the now closed customer preview program and was able to download Vista and activation code for free.