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liam858
June 27th, 2006, 11:40 AM
Little more than a month after issuing a bug-laden Windows Vista Beta 2, Microsoft has shipped its first post-Beta 2 interim build of the next Windows and it makes up a lot of lost ground. Indeed, it's hard not to view this build and not believe that Microsoft is absolutely back on track.


Linky: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_5465_gallery_01.asp


Liam
SuperSparks
June 28th, 2006, 08:01 PM
Well I just got 5456 installed this evening. It's early days, but so far I like it, it does seem more stable, and there are some interesting new toys to play with. User Account Control is still as annoying as ever though, and will be disabled tomorrow.

I just wish Creative would produce some x64 drivers for my X-Fi :(
fink
June 28th, 2006, 08:37 PM
Where did you guys get 5456 from? Did you just d/l the latest version? The DVD I got yesterday is ver 5384.
SuperSparks
June 28th, 2006, 08:42 PM
Unfortunately 5456 is only available to the official beta testers on the MS Connect site. Beta 2 (5384) is the only version that is generally available to all.
liam858
June 28th, 2006, 08:44 PM
...And i don't actually have it, i just posted the review from Paul Thurott's site, and forgot to quote the paragraph above...


Liam
fink
June 28th, 2006, 09:19 PM
I am an official Beta tester on the connect site. I chose to have them send me a CD a couple of months ago and just got it yesterday. Perhaps I should have d/l'd it.
SuperSparks
June 29th, 2006, 11:17 AM
Yep, they only send a handful of builds on disc, all the other builds have to be downloaded. They are good fast servers on MS Connect anyway :)
fink
June 29th, 2006, 12:01 PM
Nice of them to tell us that.

If I download the current available iso, and I presume that will be the latest release, can I do an over the top type installation/upgrade and save all the settings and work I've done so far?

EDIT.. actually it looks like the current download is the ver I already have judging by the URL/file name.. 5384.
SuperSparks
June 29th, 2006, 01:30 PM
Nope, the latest versiuon is 5456, you shouldn't have too much trouble finding it on MS Connect. AFAIK there ids no propblem with upgrading your existing Setup, thopugh I didn't try it myself, I decided to go for a clean install.