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Vista Beta 2 first impressions
Well, I loaded it up on a PC that was on the approved/certified list to run Vista Beta 2. I did a clean install, and couldn't get the sound to work. It said all the drivers were loaded and it was running, but no sound. Next, I ghosted a drive with XP on it, and did an Upgrade. Now I had sound, BUT, it wouldn't let me log on except as a Guest. Finally hacked it, and got the Admin account working. After 18 hours, the desktop got hosed, and couldn't recover it. Did another Upgrade to it to fix it, and have been able to keep it running for 2 days now. Knowing that it is a beta, it runs OK.... Not really stable yet. No BSOD's yet, but lots of warnings of drivers that stop working and programs that stop responding. A simple reboot fixes it most of the time. Vent and UT2K4 had a few issues on the first day, but now run smoothly. I'm hoping that RC1 will have fixed a lot of this. Once I get my hands on that I will be able to decide if I will adopt early or if I will wait until my next PC upgrade, being I just upgraded to a whole new PC last month.
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