I've installed rc1 by upgrade on both my hp laptop and desktop and the install runs find until it gets to the final step of "finalizing updgrade" and then it seems like it is in a infinite Loop. I let both set overnight and found still chugging away on the same step in the morning. Is this normall? How long is the finaly step of loading back all the program files and documents suppose to...

both laptop and desktop rc1 reaches the "finalizing upgrade" state and the never seems to finish. Left desktop on all night next day still chugging away on final step. Is the this normal? -- Quiet Beta Tester

I downloaded the RC1 file but the zip i downloaded has no iso or other file except for a readme file.. do i have to be using beta 2 in order to see the file? I am using normal windows xp pro- not the betas right now.. what to do? thanks in advance..

I downloaded the RC1 file but the zip i downloaded has no iso or other file except for a readme file.. do i have to be using beta 2 in order to see the file? I am using normal windows xp pro- not the betas right now.. what to do? thanks in advance.. RC1 download only has readme file !! ??

I downloaded the RC1 file but the zip i downloaded has no iso or other file except for a readme file.. do i have to be using beta 2 in order to see the file? I am using normal windows xp pro- not the betas right now.. what to do? thanks in advance..

Screen savers do not work in RC1 any help out there Thanks LarryM

When i downloaded the RC1 there was nothing inside the zip file except a readme file.. Am i suppose to be runn beta two in order to see the file? ( i downloaded it to a windows xp machine) what do i do?

Greeatings, I downloaded RC1, got an email (finally) with my key, and when I try to run the setup I get the following error: "Setup cannot determine if this computer support this version of Windows." And then exits. Anyone know what causes this and if there's a way around it?

Home do I know whether my system is 32 or 62 bit? I wanted to preview Vista RC1 on my second hard drive. Daniel

I D/L'ed then burned the RC1 64 bit ISO and installed as an upgrade on my Compaq V2300Z with ML-37 Turion 64 Proc. The install went fine and begins start up (it gets to a black screen with "Windows Vista RC1" and "Build 5600" in the bottom right corner) then it reboots itself. Safe mode with networking and safe mode have the same result. I rolled the install back to Build 5384. Has...

Is there a correct proceedure outlined anywhere I can look at ? Or can I simply install the 32 bit RC1 then the 64 bit RC1 ? -- scribble...scribble...scribble...

Hello, I'm having an issue with install - it could be my video card or my monitor or the combo of the two. I have an X850 connected via DVI to my 30" dell. I've installed Windows XP on it from scratch numerous times without incident but I had a similar issue when trying Media Center. During install - it will start with the install bar (black and white screen) at the very beginning but then...

I have installed various versions of the betas. ALL clean installs. ever since pre-RC1 and RC1 i cannot get my WM2003se phone or WM2003se PDA to sync with outlook. I am running Office 2007 Beta 2 and it has worked in the past. anyone syncing with RC1? Dave P

I am drawing a blank too. Literally. nVidia Ge-Force 6600 with (you guessed it) DVI-I. Beta 2 ran OK on my nV 5200 card. I upgraded to the 6600 and it woulnd't install the new driver. It would still boot in to VGA resolution. Looks like the problem got worse on RC1. Things are supposed to improve, aren't they? Compatibility is a very important thing to most people. I hope MS understands the...

I am trying to install Vista Beta 2 on a machine that I previously had Windows XP running on the machine without any issue. When I ran the install from the DVD (which I had previously used on another machine without any issue) the install process begain and I got to the colored background in the install and an error message poped up. The following is the information that was displayed. "The...

Hello everybody. I hope anybody here may help me. I have the following problem: I want to instll Vista RC1 on a computer equiped with a Asus P5B del/Wifi, 2x Hitchi 80Gb SATAII drives. Everybody works fine until I chose the destination drive for installation... De Raid0 partition shows up, I select it and create 1 partition, I click Next and then I get followin message:

If I start to create the DVD form the ISO file I get an error concerning the cluster size: "cluster size doesn't match to image size" (translated from german...). There is no possibility to change the cluster size. If I burn the DVD and check the data, I get several error messages (sector... has a different contant than in the original file). I tried with severa ISO foles and different burning...

how to install windows vista rc1 after i burn iso file to dvd, and can i install it like a windows xp? and about the product key, is this a product..... (it comes with this e-mail) From: Subject: Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 is Now Available . Installing RC1 requires a valid Microsoft Product Key. You should use the same Product Key that was...

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...

I have put RC1 onto DVD and ran to install. It reaches the enter Key phase and then does nothing. The mouse cursor is still working so the system hasnt crashed. I know a few people have this problem and i was hoping someone may have found a solution. Please help Thanks