Agree with most of what you said, however, I didn't understand the reference to the Windows.old. As I understand it the windows.old is for taking an existing installation and protecting it.
Did you not put the beta on a new partition? If so, that would be too risky for me to try. In fact I'm so paranoid, I put it on it's own drive <g>! Vincent Winterling Vineland, NJ -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Sims Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 1:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Vista: Initial impressions True. I backed up all of my data 72GB worth of it videos, mp3 files and docs to DVD-DL +R disk. I hate it when Windows Vista Beta 2 insists on copying your applications to D:\windows.old becuase then you have to copy every application back to your original D:\Program files folder. Arrrgggg! I had to reinstall my nVidia Nforce2 mobo drivers for the PCI bridge in order to install my netgear WG311T wireless card to work. My SB Audigy 2.0 I have not gotten that to work yet as per reinstall it again to get it to work I hope it does tonight. But I have a slight problem with getting my WG311T wireless card to work I have to connect to my netgear WGR 624 router by right clicking on the WG311T icon in the system tray click Connect To and select WGR 624 to get the router to refresh the ip in order to connect. I'll think I have to set up the router to refresh the IP DHCP address automatically so that I won't have to go though this everytime I want to connect to the net. The unique features that impress me are the Aero glass UI which you can see through a top application window to the windows underneath it. Also I find that the 3D cascade and flip effect is totaly cool! Come to think of it I bet Apple OS X doesn't have this feature yet! Security is the real issue in WIndows Vista Beta 2. The firewall has been beefed up slightly but not much more and works the same in Windows XP. But I find the user account prompts very annoying for every program install, file copy, setting, configuration and installation. The background screen would grey out leaving the prompt window on top highlighted in focus. But the advantage of this is that a non-admin user would not be able to install or change anything in Windows Vista without the blessing of the Administrator which is very ideal not only in a work environment but its very best use for keeping the kids from messing up the configuration and installing IM programs on your PC period. Now that's what I call total security. Its about time. Marc Sims Data Technician I Prince George's Community College >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sunday, June 11, 2006 >>> Let's see. It's beta so you expect it to be bit rough around the edges. Backup your family jewels before playing with it because IMHO it really is still not ready for prime time. Installing networking drivers and audio drivers was problematic given the age of the MOBO, but they did work. Windows couldn't locate anything, and nvidia has some vista ready stuff but it wouldn't work with my setup. Finally broke out the drivers that came with the motherboard and they took after some grumbling from Vista. Sound was restored as were network connections. Under the hood, security is definitely strengthened but I'm not sure why M/soft seems intent on locking everything down. The user account control is just plain annoying. You can't make any changes without being second guessed and questioned. More later as I continue to play... Vincent Winterling Vineland, NJ -- ---------------------------------------- To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
