Installing Vista Beta 2

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Hi,

When I try to install the Beta, my main monitor does not work however the
S-Video out does work, not a big problem.
However, when I get to the stage of entering my product key, it refuses to
accept it as a valid key, I am sure I've typed it in correctly and I have
tried using both 32 and 64 bit editions.

Any ideas?
 
Yeah, double checked all that, just tried it again the error message is.

"' Failed to open Windows Image. '"

Or at least something to that effect anyway, is there a way to do a checksum
 
Martin, if you mean is there a way to check your burned ISO, there is a CRC,
but you would have to get those values from MSDN for that build. Check and
see in the release note or page you have access to at MSDN and see if they
have given you a CRC utility to download.

CH
 
CH, I didnt download through MSDN, I used the Customer Preview Program. Ive
checked the release notes and I couldn't see one there.

I am trying to install Build 5384 if anyone else has this problem.
 
Right then, the checksums seem to be correct, however when I burn the ISO to
a disc I get the same problem. When I try to load it in Windows XP the error
returned is that Autorun.inf is corrupt or invalid. So clearly
somethings messed up.

Anyone know anyway to contact Microsoft?

Mart
 
What was your burn speed? Microsoft recommends your lowest setting,
preferably 1x or 2x. They are aware of this problem and are testing for
links to various media.
 
I have seen a couple of posts about different results with +R vs -R. Also
about filter settings for the optical drive.
 
Right oh matey, I'll have a play around over the weekend, but I'm beginning
to think my ISO's are corrupt.
 
I don't know if this CRC utility could be made to work for a later build,
but I'm happy to supply the one for Beta 2 along with my standard burn
notes:

Reburn Option:

1) Burn slowly. 4X should be fine. Some of this probably varies with the
DVD writer
and the media.

2) Make sure to select an ISO tab if there is one on the burning software,
and make sure to close the session on the burn.

3) Try this tweak on your Windows XP drive and burn from there:

Get to Dev Manager by typing devmgmt.msc in run/win key + pause break or
Rt.click My Computer>Prop>hardware tab>Device Manager if you like 5 steps
instead of one cmd. If you're set to PMI here change to DMO and if set to
DMO change to PMI using these 5 steps:

1) Click the + in front of IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers

2) Double Click the Secondary IDE Controller

3) Click Advanced Settings

4) Under Device 1  Next to Transfer Mode choose DMA (or vise versa)>Click
OK

5) Reboot your System

6) Check your burn with a CRC utility and the links for this are below
including the direct Taco Bell link. It is very classy, sophisticated, and
very Wagner Edstrom/McCann Ericson esque for MSFT to adopt a Taco Bell url
for their public Beta 2 CRC checker. *Rock on Redmond Rednecks.*

Obtain CRC Utility for Vista Beta 2 Here: (The CRC utility is a way to check
the integrity of the ISO Burn which is probably where your problem
lies--it's #1 on the list):

Here's a link:

The CRC utility for Beta 2 is contained here (Scroll down to the bottom
under "Additional Information"

Microsoft® Windows® Software Development Kit (SDK) for Beta 2 of Windows
Vista and WinFX Runtime Components
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...73-F5EA-4B7B-B022-97755838DB94&displaylang=en

Additional Information:

To verify that your download of an ISO file for the Windows SDK Beta 2 build
is not corrupt, download the CRC Utility. (Note: this is not a Microsoft
application. Use at your own risk.)

To run the CRC test, open a command prompt and run the utility. providing it
the name of the file (i.e. crc
c:\6.0.5383.1.1.WindowsSDK_Vista_idw.DVD.Rel.img) The CRC utility will run
two tests on the ISO: it will verify if the ISO is valid, and it will give
the AutoCRC signature for the file. The AutoCRC signature for the Windows
SDK Beta 2 ISO is 0x28434EEF. You should also confirm the size of the ISO is
correct: 1.14 GB (1,229,355,008 bytes).

If it fails any of these three tests, re-download the ISO.

I really like the direct link to it though if you right click CRC here>left
click Properties:
http://tacobell.iexbeta.com/longhorn/crc.exe
 
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