Any Windows Updates Before RC1?

[Will]

Are there going to be any Windows Updates to Beta 2 before there is a
release candidate 1? I'm finding the Vista Beta 2 to be extremely raw
software. The default Microsoft video drivers with the nVidia 6800 aren't
very good. The nVidia drivers were abysmal. I'm getting plenty of errors
using various applications such as Windows Mail that cause it to restart.
It doesn't feel usable by anyone but a pure beta tester at this point.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

The next drop for the CPP participants is RC1.

 

[Bill]

I am using NVIDIA's 88.61 driver set with the GeForce 6800 card - works
great.

I downloaded the drivers in XP, copied to Vista and installed. I know NVIDIA
suggests removing old NVIDIA drivers before installing new ones. With a
clean install of Vista there shouldn't be any ''old'' ones on the system.

 

[Todd]

Let me rephrase your question for you.

If you really mean Windows Updates, yes there are updates several times a
week. Open Windows Explorer, click on Tools, and select Windows Update.

You mention, nVidia drivers. I got a new nVidia driver from Windows Update,
and now my video card works better, and has more options on my Vista boot
than it does on my Windows 2000 boot. I have tried getting the latest
driver from the nVidia site for Windows 2000, but when I try to install it
it tells me that it can't find the hardware.

If you mean new downloads there is a new build 8456 already out for the MSDN
and Technet subscribers.

If you got your build 8354 download as a CPP subscriber, then no, there will
not be any more downloads before RC1.

Todd

 

[Tom Lake]

If you mean new downloads there is a new build 8456 already out for the

MSDN
and Technet subscribers.

Maybe TechNet has the latest but MSDN still has the Beta 2 from May 23.

Tom Lake

 

[Jane C]

Todd, your keyboard appears to be suffering from numeric dyslexia ;o) Beta
2 is 5384........

--
Jane, not plain 64bit enabled
Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation

Let me rephrase your question for you.

If you really mean Windows Updates, yes there are updates several times a
week. Open Windows Explorer, click on Tools, and select Windows Update.

You mention, nVidia drivers. I got a new nVidia driver from Windows
Update,
and now my video card works better, and has more options on my Vista boot
than it does on my Windows 2000 boot. I have tried getting the latest
driver from the nVidia site for Windows 2000, but when I try to install it
it tells me that it can't find the hardware.

If you mean new downloads there is a new build 8456 already out for the
MSDN
and Technet subscribers.

If you got your build 8354 download as a CPP subscriber, then no, there
will
not be any more downloads before RC1.

Todd

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Well he did miss the "5", but the latest Beta 2 build available to the
TechBeta testers is in fact 5456. All the builds until RC1 will be Beta 2
builds. We had a dozen Beta 1 builds in TechBeta.

Todd, your keyboard appears to be suffering from numeric dyslexia ;o)
Beta 2 is 5384........

 

[Chad Harris]

MSFT releases a Vista build every day to some testers if they want it, about
once a month to Beta and TAP testers, and to what they consider the unwashed
masses and suckers they market a build about every 4 months from Beta 2
which will include RC! and RC2 at least--so called "milestone Builds"
although to look at them what constitutes "Milestone" in them is difficult
to discern.

MSFT's party line on 3rd party drivers is they have nothing to do with the
moronically slow pace of release of these drivers but in reality they plead
with hardware manufacturers to release drivers much sooner and the hardware
manufacturers ignore MSFT as you can see.

CH

 

[Chad Harris]

5456.5 isn't available for MSDN and MSFT hasn't been making interim builds
available to them. The wisdom in this--zero.

CH

Let me rephrase your question for you.

If you really mean Windows Updates, yes there are updates several times a
week. Open Windows Explorer, click on Tools, and select Windows Update.

You mention, nVidia drivers. I got a new nVidia driver from Windows
Update,
and now my video card works better, and has more options on my Vista boot
than it does on my Windows 2000 boot. I have tried getting the latest
driver from the nVidia site for Windows 2000, but when I try to install it
it tells me that it can't find the hardware.

If you mean new downloads there is a new build 8456 already out for the
MSDN
and Technet subscribers.

If you got your build 8354 download as a CPP subscriber, then no, there
will
not be any more downloads before RC1.

Todd