Is everyone happy with Vista?

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Colin Barnhorst said:
Black? Where are you seeing black? The Aero Theme is not black. Perhaps
you are having a video driver issue.
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Nah I thought I had glass but it appears I do not even though my drivers
supprt wddm
 
I advise you against buying an OEM dvd (with the customary piece of
hardware). You will get no support whatsoever. Buy the retail upgrade
edition so that you get support from PSS. You would probably be buying Home
Basic (if that's how retail packaging works out). Use Instant Upgrade to
reach the edition you want.
 
I too am very happy with Vista and it is the only OS on my main computer. My other computer is running XP Pro. It is a Dell P3-500, so it will never be upgraded to Vista. So far, I am impressed with how stable Vista is. Now that I am getting use to the way things are dome in Vista, XP seems just a little strange. As for security, I would rather lean to the side of caution than leave everything open for any one to do stuff to my computer. It is a big improvement on XP. The only things, beside bug fixes, that I would like to see is increased speed. so far Beta 2 (5383) is much faster than the previous betas, but could be a tick faster.

William
For the most part, I am enjoying Vista beta 2. It is refreshing when it comes to finding files via the search features. Search is almost everywhere. Granted there are a few bugs, but that is to be expected being beta :). I honestly feel that with all the bug reports that are being sent in, RC1 will be even better.

It works great with Office 2007 beta 2. I haven't had any issues with running the software. Windows Sidebar is an awesome feature. I am sure glad that it is part of Vista.

I for 1 will be purchasing Vista when it is released next year.

Jason
 
If you see WDDM beside the card in Device Manager then you certainly should
have Glass. Do you know what is interfering?
 
Colin Barnhorst said:
If you see WDDM beside the card in Device Manager then you certainly
should have Glass. Do you know what is interfering?
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Nah unfortunately it does not have WDDM in the description or by the name.
I was obviously wrong about it being supported.
 
I think he means the taskbar, Windows Mail Title bar, right hand side of
Windows Start Menu(dark grey with some transparency), Outlook is also
Black...etc
It is definately "darker" than standard XP/MCE.
 
Colin Barnhorst said:
I advise you against buying an OEM dvd (with the customary piece of
hardware). You will get no support whatsoever. Buy the retail upgrade
edition so that you get support from PSS. You would probably be buying
Home Basic (if that's how retail packaging works out). Use Instant Upgrade
to reach the edition you want.
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Thanks, that is probably what I would do is to get the upgrade. Not sure
what version I would get but it would probably be the home basic one,
depending on what features I may be missing.
 
Colin Barnhorst said:
Sorry about that.
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Its no problem :-)
I have always said that functionality was more important than pretty looks.
It would have been nice to see it in action, but I look on the bright side -
it would have used system resources anyway ;-)
 
NoNoBadDog! said:
The current version is BETA 2; There will still be at least a Release
Candidate (RC 1); and possibly an RC2.

It does not matter what experiences others are having. The only way
you'll know if it is for you is to try it.
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Of course everybody's experiences would be different, I was just curious as
to whether people were happy with it or not.
 
So far, after a couple of weeks, I think this is the best beta OS so far.
I have not had a crash, everything works. The more I use Vista Explorer,
the more I like it. I think the change in the interface of Office (except
in Outlook) is much more dramatic than in Vista.
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Just managed to install mine today and everything is fine. Running glass
with no problems at all or slowdown which is surprising. Not sure I like
the black though, hoping they have other colours.
 
Robert Robinson said:
The current Vista beta #5384 is very stable. We have had no hangs or BSOD
and the OS is generally working properly. We has disabled as many of the
"security features" as is possible, logon as Administrator, and use
Firefox and Thunderbird for Internet communications. We would certainly
not use Internet Explorer if there was an alternate application program.
The big question is what is left in Vista, after the above changes, that
makes it any improvement over Windows 2003 Server/XT ? The answer to this
question is unknown at this time.
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Yesterday for something to do I reinstalled an old beta. It was extremely
buggy and unusable. I dropped the theme down to basic but still problematic
and freezing, crashing, couldnt operate windows mail. The download for for
the public beta just finished today and I have had it installed about an
hour now.
I am delighted to see that so far there are no problems at all. MS have
definitely optimised the code, its not sluggish, glass runs perfectly (so
far in) and I am really happy with it. I can actually use windows mail. lol
So far bug free. I have yet to push it with some graphics applications, I
am saving that for another day.
 
Kerry Brown said:
I have a test system with very similar specs. I want to test how Vista
runs on minimal hardware. I do not use Aero Glass as the graphics card
doesn't have WDDM drivers. It is slower than XP on the same machine. I was
however pleasantly surprised to find that the system is usable. I use
Office 2007 Beta and Expressions Web Design Beta on it. It is a viable
computer for Office, Outlook connected to Exchange, and light web design
work. Beta 2 is more stable than previous versions but it is possible to
mess it up. The worst problem I've had so far was messing up a user
profile by going to java.com and letting it install java online. IE 7 quit
working for that profile. It only affected the user I used to install java
(a standard user). I was able to logon as an administrator and fix the
problem by uninstalling the version of java that was loaded automatically
and installing the proper beta version for Vista. I recommend setting up a
standard user and running as that user. This way it's hard to mess up the
system. This also seems to mitigate the impact of UAC. If you try to do
something that needs admin privileges it usually only asks you once for an
admin user name and password then performs the task. If you are actually
logged on as the admin you keep getting multiple UAC prompts for the same
task.

This is one experience only on a very plain jane system - Vista Beta 2 32
bit installed on a P4 1.6 GHz, 1 GB ram, Intel 845 chipset, ATI Radeon
7000 AGP with 64 MB, one PATA 20 GB hard drive, and one combo CD/DVD
burner. On a laptop you may run into driver problems.
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Thats something I wish to switch off - the security prompts everytime I wish
to change a setting. Would you know where that is please?
 
Colin Barnhorst said:
It is nearly feature-complete, if that is what you mean by final, and if
no new decisions affecting the feature set are made (always possible).

I am happy with it as a beta. I would not be happy with it as a final.
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If it was final, what aspects would you have not been happy about?
 
I have a Dell Dimension E510 and I DEFINATLY plan on upgrading to the GM
Vista when it comes out.
I thing I do not regret is getting a Dell windows OEM disk as opposed to a
Dell system restore disk (restores ther system to the way it was with all
Dell's crap on it.)


I too am very happy with Vista and it is the only OS on my main computer. My
other computer is running XP Pro. It is a Dell P3-500, so it will never be
upgraded to Vista. So far, I am impressed with how stable Vista is. Now that
I am getting use to the way things are dome in Vista, XP seems just a little
strange. As for security, I would rather lean to the side of caution than
leave everything open for any one to do stuff to my computer. It is a big
improvement on XP. The only things, beside bug fixes, that I would like to
see is increased speed. so far Beta 2 (5383) is much faster than the
previous betas, but could be a tick faster.

William
For the most part, I am enjoying Vista beta 2. It is refreshing when it
comes to finding files via the search features. Search is almost
everywhere. Granted there are a few bugs, but that is to be expected being
beta :). I honestly feel that with all the bug reports that are being sent
in, RC1 will be even better.

It works great with Office 2007 beta 2. I haven't had any issues with
running the software. Windows Sidebar is an awesome feature. I am sure
glad that it is part of Vista.

I for 1 will be purchasing Vista when it is released next year.

Jason
 
Good move. It means that you can do neat stuff like a repair install and
have a cd to supply if you need to run system file checker. Most users
underestimate just how important that can be. Another thing you can do with
an OEM disk is create a slipstreamed cd to incorporate a new service pack
when one releases.
 
I am terribly happy with it. everything that used to work with XP works with
Vista, and it appears more smooth, more easy to use than XP. After one week,
I did not encounter any problem using it.
 
Here is how it went so far...

1. Was able to install it okay. I made recovery disks of my XP and read
through many of the forums before I started.

2. Had to do a repair on my Microsoft programs but after I did they run
fine, actually faster than in XP.

3. Connected to networks and internet fine.

4. Was getting the blue screen of death, but after uninstalling Real Player
and AOL, that does not happen anymore.

5. Had to get rid of the antivirus software I had, downloaded Avast based
on one of the forums.

Am going to work on my printerinstallation tonight.

Suggestions:

Back up all data,make sure you know where your recovery CD's are, set aside
easilly an afternoon, test, test, test.

Suggestions to Microsoft:

Make the installation process easier!
 
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