Hi,
Has anyone noticed how many people are having trouble installing RC1???
Wether as an upgrade to previous releases or as a clean installation (I've
tried both ways several times now).
For the last day I have been trying to install RC1 without success. Having
read through the posts on installation and setup there seems to be an awful
lot of people having the same problems as myself. All or the majority of who
like myself were able to install and run the Beta 2 build with no problems
whatsoever. This leads to the question How has the RC1 taken a step backwards
from the Beta 2 for so many people? Sure we all use different equipment but
all of this equipment was capable of running the previous releases but
apparantly not this one. Why, what has changed the only thing to change has
been the O/S, which seems like a major step backwards.
I'll still try to install it and won't give up until I have installed it as
I hate to be beaten
--
Ghost

Indeed, it looks like there should be a substantial FIX in the pipes
for RC1, very soon...-


"ghost in the machine" wrote
in message news
Hi,
Has anyone noticed how many people are having trouble installing RC1???
Wether as an upgrade to previous releases or as a clean installation (I've
tried both ways several times now).
For the last day I have been trying to install RC1 without success. Having
read through the posts on installation and setup there seems to be an
awful
lot of people having the same problems as myself. All or the majority of
who
like myself were able to install and run the Beta 2 build with no problems
whatsoever. This leads to the question How has the RC1 taken a step
backwards
from the Beta 2 for so many people? Sure we all use different equipment
but
all of this equipment was capable of running the previous releases but
apparantly not this one. Why, what has changed the only thing to change
has
been the O/S, which seems like a major step backwards.
I'll still try to install it and won't give up until I have installed it
as
I hate to be beaten
--
Ghost

"Jdr" wrote in message
...
Indeed, it looks like there should be a substantial FIX in the pipes
for RC1, very soon...-


Microsoft Vista is still a mess

More RC1 ramblings

WE'VE HAD THE pleasure of using Vista since its very early builds. The first
release candidate is now upon us, and was made available to download by
TechBeta and Technology Adoption Program program subscribers last week.
MSDN and TechNet subscribers should now also be able to grab the
near-complete RC1 release, build number 5600. One INQUIRER columnist has
already given us his positive and then negative spin on RC1, and further
testing from this hack has uncovered further problems.

Throughout the testing of the past releases, it was strikingly evident how
incomplete Vista's code was. Various incomplete features, missing graphics,
place-holder text messages, and a plethora of bugs, left many feeling very
underwhelmed, and increasingly worried by the next operating system from
Microsoft.

A release candidate should consist of all features that will appear in the
finished product, in an almost final state, with simple bug fixing and
last-minute problem finding being the main concerns of the testers and
developers. A beta 2 'pre-RC1' build, numbered 5536, of Vista was only
recently made available for download just before RC1, and was considered
surprisingly stable and bug-free compared to previous betas. RC1, then,
should easily cope under scrutiny from the INQUIRER.

Installation
The install didn't go well. The test system had a Nvidia based RAID setup
over two SATA disks which had been running XP perfectly for some time. Vista
refused to see the RAID, even with beta Vista-specific drivers from Nvidia.
Booting Vista from within XP allowed setup to see the hard-disks, but after
the preliminary setup routines, and a reboot, Vista failed to again see the
drives. Searching Nvidia forums gave an answer - load the Vista specific
drivers in an XP-based Vista setup even when it recognizes the RAID. The
install then worked. Its surprising one of the most utilised RAID supporting
motherboardchipsets from one of the biggest suppliers of chipsets are still
having problems with their Vista drivers at this very late stage.

Previous critical examination of Microsoft's new beloved font types in our
Office 2007 articles seems to have fallen on deaf ears - the installation
font looked awful, with random spacing occurring between letters much like
that in the Office beta's. It looks amateurish at best.

More...


http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34268

I actually went backwards after a failed install on MSI K8. Loaded Vista on
a NF2 just fine. Have you tried the Vista Upgrade advisor?
"ghost in the machine" wrote:

Hi,
Has anyone noticed how many people are having trouble installing RC1???
Wether as an upgrade to previous releases or as a clean installation (I've
tried both ways several times now).
For the last day I have been trying to install RC1 without success. Having
read through the posts on installation and setup there seems to be an awful
lot of people having the same problems as myself. All or the majority of who
like myself were able to install and run the Beta 2 build with no problems
whatsoever. This leads to the question How has the RC1 taken a step backwards
from the Beta 2 for so many people? Sure we all use different equipment but
all of this equipment was capable of running the previous releases but
apparantly not this one. Why, what has changed the only thing to change has
been the O/S, which seems like a major step backwards.
I'll still try to install it and won't give up until I have installed it as
I hate to be beaten
--
Ghost