Vista is Out!

eejit · 15-11-2006, 04:19 PM

http://bink.nu/Article8844.bink

Whohoo.

webman · 15-11-2006, 04:20 PM

Oh joy

eejit · 15-11-2006, 04:22 PM

I agree webman; you get the champagne, I'll grab the glasses.

Geoff · 15-11-2006, 04:41 PM

The dirty pirates have had it for ages. :P

eejit · 15-11-2006, 04:46 PM

They have, but they've been reluctant to roll it out to a couple of IT Rooms for testing.

NetworkGeezer · 20-11-2006, 08:06 PM

It's also now availible for MSDN and Technet Subscribers too.

Geeks start your browsers

Simcfc73 · 20-11-2006, 08:58 PM

I downloaded the images last week and updated my home PC over the weekend. It took quite a while as I was doing an upgrade (god I hate upgrading) and I need to delete a few programs including daemon tools and nero but it eventually went on.

After the install I had to reinstall AVG and AVG spyware and zonealarm doesn't work but everything else seems to be okay, oh except google toolbar which throws up errors all the time when you close IE7 browser.

Nice things I've found thats good.

Aero desktop is very nice, the switch between windows taskbar icon is good, the sidebar is okay (memory hog though) and the whole design looks alot slicker than XP.

Some of the group policy settings look useful. The Windows firewall and advanced setting is an easier way to use Ipsec looks interesting. I seem to have lots of different langauges available in the classic ADM too for some reason.
Love the thumbnails when you select mouse over an miminised windows.
Seems very user friendly.

Things I ain't keen on.

Resource hog. My games hate it.
I got it to crash twice within 6 hours which is better than most Microsoft Os's prior to SP1.
The new all programs menu which lives in a box, pain in the arse when you have more than 20 items, and its slow.
Defrag is harder to find although you can schedule it.
No quick user switching, although thats cos of the version I installed.
Help and Support gives me IE7 errors so I don't have any help available.

Can't see me putting it anywhere near my school for a few years, especially as the start menu redirector doesn't work.

Still like it though.

Dos_Box · 20-11-2006, 11:09 PM

I don't think I shall bother for the time being as it dosen't do anything that XP is not currently doing coupled with the fact that half of my admin tools would not work.

john · 21-11-2006, 12:41 AM

I have put Ultimate RTM on my machine at home (As a MS Tester of it I got a full retail copy of Ultimate edition as a gift), I am highly impressed with it.
I love the thumbnails, Aero, Flip 3D, Side bar, I find it uses less memory than XP, runs quicker and smoother, and in general seems more polished in a way than XP, even though that is well done.

Gatt · 21-11-2006, 06:42 AM

Downloaded the business edition last night - gonnna try it on a test pc at the school before it goes near my home pc's

Suspect a lot of stuff wont work (Nero, Daemon Tools, Mcafee AV...

eejit · 21-11-2006, 07:20 AM

Nero works fine for me, can't comment about the other two items. Booting to desktop is generally 45 seconds quicker on my test machine.

Jake · 21-11-2006, 10:07 AM

Loving it so far, although my Nvidia based cards dont play games properly without heavy artifacting and corruption. However my ATI card based machines are running my games perfectly, put it down to crappy Nvidia drivers

pooley · 21-11-2006, 10:39 AM

Love the gui

Hate the fact that my wireless connection drops out if I try and download or transfer large files between pc's. If they fix that I will buy it.

StewartKnight · 21-11-2006, 11:19 AM

What I'd like to know is, where have you got the keys from?
Can someone PM me please!

Gatt · 21-11-2006, 11:23 AM

Keys available from Technet Subscriptions or from your schools Volume License

Downloaded the DVD ISO last night from MVLS - well the .img file - converted it to an ISO with WinISO then burnt to DVD with Nero - but now it wwont open up!!
Boot from DVD gives "cannot find BootMgr" error and if put into windows it just gives me a readme.txt file about UDF format.

What did I do wrong?

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15-11-2006, 04:19 PM	#1
eejit Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 460 Thanks: 3 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Rep Power: 8	Vista is Out! http://bink.nu/Article8844.bink Whohoo.

15-11-2006, 04:20 PM	#2
webman Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: County Durham Posts: 5,569 Thanks: 90 Thanked 83 Times in 67 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 37	Re: Vista is Out! Oh joy

15-11-2006, 04:22 PM	#3
eejit Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 460 Thanks: 3 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Rep Power: 8	Re: Vista is Out! I agree webman; you get the champagne, I'll grab the glasses.

15-11-2006, 04:41 PM	#4
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15-11-2006, 04:46 PM	#5
eejit Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 460 Thanks: 3 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Rep Power: 8	Re: Vista is Out! They have, but they've been reluctant to roll it out to a couple of IT Rooms for testing.

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NetworkGeezer Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,194 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Rep Power: 0	Re: Vista is Out! It's also now availible for MSDN and Technet Subscribers too. Geeks start your browsers

20-11-2006, 08:58 PM	#7
Simcfc73 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: North Posts: 547 Thanks: 1 Thanked 8 Times in 6 Posts Rep Power: 10	Re: Vista is Out! I downloaded the images last week and updated my home PC over the weekend. It took quite a while as I was doing an upgrade (god I hate upgrading) and I need to delete a few programs including daemon tools and nero but it eventually went on. After the install I had to reinstall AVG and AVG spyware and zonealarm doesn't work but everything else seems to be okay, oh except google toolbar which throws up errors all the time when you close IE7 browser. Nice things I've found thats good. Aero desktop is very nice, the switch between windows taskbar icon is good, the sidebar is okay (memory hog though) and the whole design looks alot slicker than XP. Some of the group policy settings look useful. The Windows firewall and advanced setting is an easier way to use Ipsec looks interesting. I seem to have lots of different langauges available in the classic ADM too for some reason. Love the thumbnails when you select mouse over an miminised windows. Seems very user friendly. Things I ain't keen on. Resource hog. My games hate it. I got it to crash twice within 6 hours which is better than most Microsoft Os's prior to SP1. The new all programs menu which lives in a box, pain in the arse when you have more than 20 items, and its slow. Defrag is harder to find although you can schedule it. No quick user switching, although thats cos of the version I installed. Help and Support gives me IE7 errors so I don't have any help available. Can't see me putting it anywhere near my school for a few years, especially as the start menu redirector doesn't work. Still like it though.

20-11-2006, 11:09 PM	#8
Dos_Box Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Preston, Lancashire Posts: 3,648 Thanks: 7 Thanked 111 Times in 53 Posts Blog Entries: 6 Rep Power: 37	Re: Vista is Out! I don't think I shall bother for the time being as it dosen't do anything that XP is not currently doing coupled with the fact that half of my admin tools would not work.

21-11-2006, 12:41 AM	#9
john Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northern England Posts: 4,329 Thanks: 88 Thanked 50 Times in 45 Posts Rep Power: 24	Re: Vista is Out! I have put Ultimate RTM on my machine at home (As a MS Tester of it I got a full retail copy of Ultimate edition as a gift), I am highly impressed with it. I love the thumbnails, Aero, Flip 3D, Side bar, I find it uses less memory than XP, runs quicker and smoother, and in general seems more polished in a way than XP, even though that is well done.

21-11-2006, 06:42 AM	#10
Gatt Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Moorside High, Swinton / Middleton, Rochdale Posts: 2,156 Thanks: 82 Thanked 38 Times in 28 Posts Rep Power: 19	Re: Vista is Out! Downloaded the business edition last night - gonnna try it on a test pc at the school before it goes near my home pc's Suspect a lot of stuff wont work (Nero, Daemon Tools, Mcafee AV...

21-11-2006, 07:20 AM	#11
eejit Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 460 Thanks: 3 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Rep Power: 8	Re: Vista is Out! Nero works fine for me, can't comment about the other two items. Booting to desktop is generally 45 seconds quicker on my test machine.

21-11-2006, 10:07 AM	#12
Jake Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sunny South Coast Posts: 867 Thanks: 3 Thanked 8 Times in 6 Posts Rep Power: 8	Re: Vista is Out! Loving it so far, although my Nvidia based cards dont play games properly without heavy artifacting and corruption. However my ATI card based machines are running my games perfectly, put it down to crappy Nvidia drivers

21-11-2006, 10:39 AM	#13
pooley Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: S Wales Posts: 335 Thanks: 5 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts Rep Power: 8	Re: Vista is Out! Love the gui Hate the fact that my wireless connection drops out if I try and download or transfer large files between pc's. If they fix that I will buy it.

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Gatt Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Moorside High, Swinton / Middleton, Rochdale Posts: 2,156 Thanks: 82 Thanked 38 Times in 28 Posts Rep Power: 19	Re: Vista is Out! Keys available from Technet Subscriptions or from your schools Volume License Downloaded the DVD ISO last night from MVLS - well the .img file - converted it to an ISO with WinISO then burnt to DVD with Nero - but now it wwont open up!! Boot from DVD gives "cannot find BootMgr" error and if put into windows it just gives me a readme.txt file about UDF format. What did I do wrong?

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