Sad and then happy

[MICHAEL]

Well, I installed build 5536. It didn't go quite as planned.

I wanted to try a straight upgrade. I put the disk in and ran it
from my Vista 5384 desktop. Everything seemed to go fine,
a bit long- took about 80 minutes. When I got to the final screen-
"Please wait while Windows loads your desktop for the first time",
something like that. All of a sudden it rebooted, I thought it was part
of the setup. Okay.... I let it restart. I let it restart several times.
It just wouldn't finish. I tried the repair option. Nada. I tried unplugging
everything. Nada. When Vista went through the compatibility check,
it didn't flag anything. I had Office beta installed, Trend beta installed,
and a few other things. Nothing got flagged by the conflict inspection
that Vista runs.

So, anyway. I just did a clean install. No problems, it installed in about
20 minutes. First observations: Much better build, by far. Responsive
and quick. Shorter boot time. However, I still had to fiddle around with
my sound drivers to get them to work. After install and then update, the
sound (SigmaTel) didn't work. I used the WinXP install program for SigmaTel.
Just like I had to do in Beta 2. I had sound. Then I ran update again, it found
the updated drivers, installed them, and the sound is wonderful.

My built in wireless card was having all kind of issues- it worked flawlessly
in Beta 2. So, I tried a wireless Linksys USB adaptor, now it works flawlessly.
It didn't work so well with Beta 2. Although, I still had to use the drivers from
the Linksys WinXP disk.

I see a bunch of improvements. I'm still messing around with stuff. Getting
ready to install Trend's beta AV for Vista. It had worked well in build 5384.

Okay, guys and gals, let's get in some feedback.


-Michael

 

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Thanks for the info MICHAEL.
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[GeoffP]

Well, I installed build 5536. It didn't go quite as planned.

I wanted to try a straight upgrade. I put the disk in and ran it
from my Vista 5384 desktop. Everything seemed to go fine,
a bit long- took about 80 minutes. When I got to the final screen-
"Please wait while Windows loads your desktop for the first time",
something like that. All of a sudden it rebooted, I thought it was part
of the setup. Okay.... I let it restart. I let it restart several times.
It just wouldn't finish. I tried the repair option. Nada. I tried
unplugging
everything. Nada. When Vista went through the compatibility check,
it didn't flag anything. I had Office beta installed, Trend beta
installed,
and a few other things. Nothing got flagged by the conflict inspection
that Vista runs.

So, anyway. I just did a clean install. No problems, it installed in
about
20 minutes. First observations: Much better build, by far. Responsive
and quick. Shorter boot time. However, I still had to fiddle around with
my sound drivers to get them to work. After install and then update, the
sound (SigmaTel) didn't work. I used the WinXP install program for
SigmaTel.
Just like I had to do in Beta 2. I had sound. Then I ran update again,
it found
the updated drivers, installed them, and the sound is wonderful.

My built in wireless card was having all kind of issues- it worked
flawlessly
in Beta 2. So, I tried a wireless Linksys USB adaptor, now it works
flawlessly.
It didn't work so well with Beta 2. Although, I still had to use the
drivers from
the Linksys WinXP disk.
I see a bunch of improvements. I'm still messing around with stuff.
Getting
ready to install Trend's beta AV for Vista. It had worked well in build
5384.

Okay, guys and gals, let's get in some feedback.


-Michael

Similar feelings, went for an upgrade installation, half expecting to have
to go back to a clean reinstall, certainly took 75 minutes to get to the
final 'Upgrading Windows' message, then a reboot and then (the 'sad' bit)
the dreaded 'black screen', but lots of disk activity. Had to go out so left
it for about 30-45 minutes, when I came back still plenty of disk activity
and still the 'black screen'. Rebooted to do a clean reinstall from XP but
wasn't quick enough and Vista booted in and (the happy bit) finished the
installation correctly with all hardware and installed software (apart from
Avast, which I knew about) seemingly running without problems.

Very impressed with the response time in 5536 compared with 5384 and the
only problem I have encountered so far is that the new Windows Experience
Index will not complete ('unknown error has caused WinSat to fail in an
unexpected way'). If that's the only problem I encounter there won't be too
many complaints from me.

Geoff