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RC1 Review (almost 2 weeks later)
Using a Compaq Presario V4240US...
1. Somewhat funny but trying to make a copy of the RC1 DVD I had burned almost two weeks ago was a hassle! DVD Copy just wasn't having it! I downloaded the ISO and only made one copy, the ISO got lost when I did a clean install and since the liscense is for 10 computers I am subjecting a friends computer to the Beta also... so he gets his own DVD in case theres a problem and one of us isn't home, we'll have our own copies for repair/verification of problems. 2. Lightscribe, a HP technology isn't working properly. From what I can tell, it's got one of those OS checks to make sure you are running a version it's programmed for, and it wont run because RC1 isn't on the list. I went back to XP to see how quick I could get it working in THAT system...very easy. Again - from what I can tell is the CD/DVD labeling programs get patched by the Lightscribe updates downloaded from HP, it inserts another option into the labeling software called "Lightscribe" so instead of printing the disc label to paper, it sends the label to the burner to be completed. HP tech support replied "We only support the pre-installed OS", bummer but probably to streamline tech/customer support. But she did point me towards the updates that might solve my problem, but only work in XP and not RC1 so far. The customer support rep replied that they would escalate it to the proper department, what about when this isn't a BETA anymore, hopefully the software issues are resolved by then! It worked fine in BETA 2, as an upgrade from XP, so I'll try upgrading to RC1 from XP with the software working and see if it works then. 3. Dual boot works, unless you install XP after RC1. I read a post on here that mentions a program on the RC1 DVD called bcdedit that can fix that but by the time I got the DVD from my friend I had already deleted the XP partition. I booted from the DVD and did the repair boot options and got Vista back up and running, except the CD/DVD burner...I guess RC1 doesn't like Lightscribe drives, or the drives don't like RC1...so far. READING from the drive after a clean install works fine. 4. I installed CDBurnerXP, a freeware CD/DVD burning application, it did not recognize my Lightscribe drive in RC1. 5. Basically, programs that do OS version checks and do not install INSTEAD of just giving a warning about the OS version - are not working. You could just dual boot and copy over the program from XP to RC1, but thats kinda technical, and if installation puts reg keys, services, and/or scheduled tasks...you wont get those by copying a folder. |
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RC1 Review (almost 2 weeks later)
Those are issues, there are a few new bits of the system I've discovered that
are interesting. The built in Resource Monitor is helpful, more robust and easy to understand as well. This is located within the Performance tab of the Task Manager, so press ctrl+alt+del and click Start Task Manager, Performance, then Resource Monitor. There is also a Services tab within the Task Manager that can show you what services are installed/running/stopped etc. Pretty helpful and I'm impressed that they are building on something Windows users are familiar with instead of replacing it, which wouldn't be bad either, but I somewhat like the way this works. Note: All Third-Party software is still valuable like Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, E-mail apps, Browsers, and anything else that MS decides to include with their system. Third-Party sometimes even has tons of features that MS programs don't, but I don't think MS should be prevented from coming up with their own programs or even including them in their OS packages. How would we download a Third-Party program if IE wasn't included? Anti-Competetive? We aren't prevented from using Third-Party programs, but there are programs included. "Warren" wrote: Using a Compaq Presario V4240US... 1. Somewhat funny but trying to make a copy of the RC1 DVD I had burned almost two weeks ago was a hassle! DVD Copy just wasn't having it! I downloaded the ISO and only made one copy, the ISO got lost when I did a clean install and since the liscense is for 10 computers I am subjecting a friends computer to the Beta also... so he gets his own DVD in case theres a problem and one of us isn't home, we'll have our own copies for repair/verification of problems. 2. Lightscribe, a HP technology isn't working properly. From what I can tell, it's got one of those OS checks to make sure you are running a version it's programmed for, and it wont run because RC1 isn't on the list. I went back to XP to see how quick I could get it working in THAT system...very easy. Again - from what I can tell is the CD/DVD labeling programs get patched by the Lightscribe updates downloaded from HP, it inserts another option into the labeling software called "Lightscribe" so instead of printing the disc label to paper, it sends the label to the burner to be completed. HP tech support replied "We only support the pre-installed OS", bummer but probably to streamline tech/customer support. But she did point me towards the updates that might solve my problem, but only work in XP and not RC1 so far. The customer support rep replied that they would escalate it to the proper department, what about when this isn't a BETA anymore, hopefully the software issues are resolved by then! It worked fine in BETA 2, as an upgrade from XP, so I'll try upgrading to RC1 from XP with the software working and see if it works then. 3. Dual boot works, unless you install XP after RC1. I read a post on here that mentions a program on the RC1 DVD called bcdedit that can fix that but by the time I got the DVD from my friend I had already deleted the XP partition. I booted from the DVD and did the repair boot options and got Vista back up and running, except the CD/DVD burner...I guess RC1 doesn't like Lightscribe drives, or the drives don't like RC1...so far. READING from the drive after a clean install works fine. 4. I installed CDBurnerXP, a freeware CD/DVD burning application, it did not recognize my Lightscribe drive in RC1. 5. Basically, programs that do OS version checks and do not install INSTEAD of just giving a warning about the OS version - are not working. You could just dual boot and copy over the program from XP to RC1, but thats kinda technical, and if installation puts reg keys, services, and/or scheduled tasks...you wont get those by copying a folder. |