Vista RC1 Released

dammit · #1 September 7th, 2006, 06:45 PM

The Dude · #2 September 8th, 2006, 01:11 AM

Its strange......You can DL the whole OS from the link above....

Why pay all that $$$ if you can grab it from there?? (M$ is very against this behavior i think)

Just think its kinda strange they would allow Dl of it....

dammit · #3 September 8th, 2006, 01:28 AM

Dunno mate ... seems like an M$ site ???

**smurfy** · #4 September 8th, 2006, 02:56 AM

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Why pay all that $$$ if you can grab it from there?? (M$ is very against this behavior i think)

Just think its kinda strange they would allow Dl of it....

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...y/preview.mspx

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The final major pre-release of Windows Vista—Release Candidate 1 (RC1)—is now available for priority access by Customer Preview Program (CPP) participants only. If you registered for this program in June, please look for a recent e-mail message from Microsoft (sent in early September) with information regarding RC1. If you are not registered but would like to receive Windows Vista RC1, the CPP will open to new participants in the coming weeks.

leroys1000 · #5 September 8th, 2006, 03:39 AM

I got it,but the deal is it times out and doesn't function
after june 2007.

chapper · #6 September 8th, 2006, 05:05 AM

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Originally Posted by leroys1000

I got it,but the deal is it times out and doesn't function
after june 2007.

It's free M$ isn't it? Miracles will never cease

Grab it & run!

The Dude · #7 September 9th, 2006, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by smurfy

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...y/preview.mspx

Ah.....Thank you Smurfy

**Snurfen** · #8 September 9th, 2006, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by leroys1000

I got it,but the deal is it times out and doesn't function
after june 2007.

Usually needs a few attempts - the MS download sites are usually flat out 24/7.

G_Dem · #9 September 10th, 2006, 08:24 PM

Has anyone installed it yet? My download is on 70% so will be installing it soon over the beta. I wonder if there is any drivers for my Avermedia TV card yet....

**Snurfen** · #10 September 10th, 2006, 08:53 PM

Plan on installing it some time this week. Got a few servers to build and a new AD tree to add to the domain, so may be a bit busy for a few days :-(

asa_sniper · #11 September 10th, 2006, 09:07 PM

I tried downloading it awhile back.. Just takes forever even on a 6/mb connection plus need their download manager. So I just ordered the DVDs this way there is no chance for a bad download. Ya you pay 10 bucks but you get all the releases until 2007! But still does not support squat in the way of real world drivers.

G_Dem · #12 September 10th, 2006, 09:18 PM

Just finished the download after a couple of hours but it said something about the integrity being questionable, MD5 mismatch or something along those lines. Restarting the dowload now.

The Wizard · #13 September 10th, 2006, 11:30 PM

The download is an iso, which needs burning to a DVDR with Nero or similar.
If you registered in June and received a product key for the beta, you can use this for RC1.

dammit · #14 September 11th, 2006, 12:47 AM

Leaving it alone personally... I like you Mavericks who try this stuff!!!!

asa_sniper · #15 September 11th, 2006, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by The Wizard

The download is an iso, which needs burning to a DVDR with Nero or similar.
If you registered in June and received a product key for the beta, you can use this for RC1.

Yes you can use it. Hoping that was a question?

As of right now it does support my ati driver and audio driver. I think one firewall is vista ready.

And it runs real slow for about 24 hours while it indexes your entire pc. The runs pretty smooth,

On my system it eats about 25% of the first core for the first 24 hours. Then down to 0% but takes (just to run with all eye candy on) around 572 megs of ram