Vista RC2 Thread

start your posts with "your model":

ASUS W3J:

So I now have Vista RC2 triple booting with Linux and XP. BLUETOOTH WORKS!! I have to say that this install really screwed up the booting configurations. RC1 went fine but RC2 caused many problems. Past that things seem ok. One thing that is driving me nuts is that msconfig takes 1 minute to load! WTF

What are your experiences with RC2?

 

Onboard sound doesn't work on my A8Jm

 

Mine was not workng and then I installed the sound drivers from the ASUS site and now I have audio

 

Deus,
Could you share the wisdom of how did you manage to install Vista on w3j? Thanks.

 

Could you please explain how you intalled vista on a W3J?

 

anyone installed RC2 on A8Js ?
When you said the boot is screwed up, what do you mean?
if i will install on my machine RC2, can i go back to xp? I have made a backup image...

 

how did u install bluetooth ? i have f3ja may be it will for me

thx

 

I am not sure what you mean by Hoe did I install it? I burned the iso to disk and put it in the drive?? What issues are you running into?

 

anyone get sound working in Vista on A8Jm?

 

Yeah, you just go to Device Manager, choose to update the driver for the audio, and have it search for a driver off the A8Jm CD.

BAM! Working sound.

 

What is the diffrent from RC1 to RC2? any changes...?
more stable or the same..?

 

Ashand, google it and you'll surely get better answers in a few minutes.

Couldn't find the info elsewhere, so here comes a basic question:

Do i need a specific bios for my V1J (do these notebooks generally need?), if i wish to install Vista? Or should the latest one be just fine? How come the W3J needs a hack for Vista to install?

I'd rather ask dumb questions than jump the gun.

Cameron: "What'd i do?"
Ferris: "..."
Cameron "What'd i do?!"
Ferris: "...You killed the car."

 

Anyway.,,when installing VISTA telling me that the BT will not work... so im thinking if to upgrade or not..

 

Installed RC2, everything is working, except 2-3 unknown hardware...strange,
Nvidia drivers dont work, my screen resolution is 1024X768 now, but my screen support 1440X990...any Nvidia drivers for VISTA?
Intel PROWireless software not working, anyone know on a beta or software that can work with vista?

 

Yeah, I have yet to get the wireless working

 

I am running RC2 on my V6J and everything is working perfectly. Aero is running great...speed is at least as good as XP if not actually faster. Very impressed with this latest release.

Lee

 

Anyone's iTunes crashing? I'm trying to find a way to update my iPod in Vista without using iTunes -- any suggestions?

Also, does anyone recommend installing antivirus? I can't think of a reason to do that right now.

 

i installed avast it is work great on vista and it is free for home users

 

Installed Vista on V1J yesterday. Installation completed without a hitch. Vista found drivers for most of the devices during installation, and the rest could be installed by updating the drivers from the driver disc provided with the notebook.

One exception: the fingerprint scanner wasn't recognized by Vista, nor did the Asus drivers help.

Overall seems quite ready, except for the Media Center which is eating up 30-60% processor time and 40% of 2gb physical memory just playing an mp3 file...

 

anyone tried the rtm ati drivers? i'm having troubles with it, the screen wont come back to life after closing the lid, i need to suspend then re-awaken the device to get the screen back.

sometimes, after booting, the login screen is not displayed, just a black screen. anyone had this problem? im using an s96j.

 

go to http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/ and do some reading.
they work just fine.....


else use the search function of this forum!


insane

 

If I install Vista RC2, could I still play games? Like Counterstrike or Battlefield 2142? Cause I have an RC2 disc but I don't want to install it If I can't play games.