Hello, i am using windows vista beta2 and wonder if RC1 is a patch or if i
need to re-install all programs after installing RC1?

Depends on if you upgrade or not. RC1 is a full OS and not a patch. I however, recommend a clean install with this build.
"The Asker" wrote in message news Hello, i am using windows vista beta2 and wonder if RC1 is a patch or if i
need to re-install all programs after installing RC1?

Is it possible to upgrade vista beta2 to RC1?

"Jay" wrote:

Depends on if you upgrade or not. RC1 is a full OS and not a patch. I
however, recommend a clean install with this build.
"The Asker" wrote in message
news Hello, i am using windows vista beta2 and wonder if RC1 is a patch or if
i
need to re-install all programs after installing RC1?

I personally have not tried that. However, I would backup any files and do a clean install.
"The Asker" wrote in message news Is it possible to upgrade vista beta2 to RC1?

"Jay" wrote:

Depends on if you upgrade or not. RC1 is a full OS and not a patch. I
however, recommend a clean install with this build.
"The Asker" wrote in message
news Hello, i am using windows vista beta2 and wonder if RC1 is a patch or if
i
need to re-install all programs after installing RC1?

okay, thank you for the answers

"Jay" wrote:

I personally have not tried that. However, I would backup any files and
do a clean install.
"The Asker" wrote in message
news Is it possible to upgrade vista beta2 to RC1?

"Jay" wrote:

Depends on if you upgrade or not. RC1 is a full OS and not a patch.
I
however, recommend a clean install with this build.
"The Asker" wrote in message
news Hello, i am using windows vista beta2 and wonder if RC1 is a patch
or if
i
need to re-install all programs after installing RC1?

According the the Microsoft Vista website, you can uprade to RC1 from Beta
2. They do recomend that you install any updates to Beta 2 before
upgrading...

"The Asker" wrote in message
...
okay, thank you for the answers

"Jay" wrote:

I personally have not tried that. However, I would backup any files and
do a clean install.
"The Asker" wrote in message
news Is it possible to upgrade vista beta2 to RC1?

"Jay" wrote:

Depends on if you upgrade or not. RC1 is a full OS and not a patch.
I
however, recommend a clean install with this build.
"The Asker" wrote in message
news Hello, i am using windows vista beta2 and wonder if RC1 is a patch
or if
i
need to re-install all programs after installing RC1?

I tried to to install RC1 as a clean install on a new drive, but I had so
many problems and could not get services running, password was messed up,
etc, so finally reformatted and installed beta 2 again. Had to start in safe
mode or it just keeps rebooting. Once i got driver issues settled and got a
normal boot, I upgraded to RC1. It took over an hour for the upgrade, but
finally finished. Now running beautifully, much smoother than the beta 2. If
it works this nicely now, should be much more refined by launch. Very
impressive. I will run for a while and then probably switch to my "new
machine". Have a KVM switch and two machines because dual boot bites big
time!

"SBC" wrote:

According the the Microsoft Vista website, you can uprade to RC1 from Beta
2. They do recomend that you install any updates to Beta 2 before
upgrading...

"The Asker" wrote in message
...
okay, thank you for the answers

"Jay" wrote:

I personally have not tried that. However, I would backup any files and
do a clean install.
"The Asker" wrote in message
news Is it possible to upgrade vista beta2 to RC1?

"Jay" wrote:

Depends on if you upgrade or not. RC1 is a full OS and not a patch.
I
however, recommend a clean install with this build.
"The Asker" wrote in message
news Hello, i am using windows vista beta2 and wonder if RC1 is a patch
or if
i
need to re-install all programs after installing RC1?