Download Vista Release Candidate 1

[bcastner]

Enjoy:

http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/rc1/en/download.htm

(Do not let it upgrade XP. You want to configure a dual boot)



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[Glenn9999]

2.52GB. DVD ISO. Looks like another forced hardware upgrade. Unless they bust it up onto 3 or 4 CDs.

 

[pmonett]

Seems that RC1 is not actually the best of versions :

[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34268[/url]

Pascal.

 

[PRPhx]

I just bought an HP Pavilion a1540n (amd X2 4200+, 2GB RAm, a 250GB SATA drive). Vista build 5536 loaded fine. (altho I had to call MS to get a product id. You know, the 48 character id.. what a pain..)

After activation (GAds, I HATE India.. the individual on the other end ard a hard time with understanding what I was reading to him. AND it took 2 calls. First call, their system was down).

I will say the pre-RC1 build is fast, looked good (even with an on board video controller). However, there were a few things that simply didn't work or didn't work well. What ever name/password you enter during install is then made an Administrator on the local pc. No problem. BUT trying to do something as simple as running CHKDSk gives an error saying you need a higher level of permission to run the command. WTF. What a pain. Also, I've run into a couple of other situations that absolutely make Vista a deal killer. One is that some of my cd's won't read. Vista thinks it's blank. Reads fine under other OS's and/or other pc's. Not good at all. The bigger deal busterm, at this pointt, is that I have to log into work from home. So, I loaded the latest ver. of Cisco VPN. When trying to run the program, I get a message that says the VPN service must be started. What the hell. It IS already running. I even shut it down and restarted it. Still no luck. Time to remove Vista and hope they do a better job before it's released to consumers.

 

[bcastner]

What ever name/password you enter during install is then made an Administrator on the local pc."

No, it is not.

In Windows Vista we made numerous changes to our user account model. Standard users are now the default user type for new accounts created after initial setup. The Power Users group is effectively deprecated. In addition, we’ve made it much easier to run as a standard user and even administrators run with limited Windows privileges and user rights by default. But people often ask us, “What about the built-in administrator account? Isn’t it a security risk to have an administrator account with no password?” Yes, in some cases this administrator account could be used to circumvent other security mechanisms. For example, parental controls could not be effective if the child could simply login with the built-in administrator account and do whatever they want, including disabling the Parental Controls.

In Windows Vista RC1 we will have completed a series of changes to disable the built in administrator account under most circumstances. These changes apply to the default administrator account named Administrator, which is created during setup.

The built-in administrator account is disabled by default in Windows Vista on new installations.

If Windows Vista determines during an upgrade from Windows XP that the built-in Administrator is the only active local administrator account, Windows Vista leaves the account enabled and places the account in Admin Approval Mode. The built-in administrator account, by default, cannot log on to the computer in safe mode. Please see the following sections for more information.

On non-domain joined computers, when there is at least one enabled local administrator account, safe mode will not allow logon with the disabled built-in administrator account. Instead, any local administrator account can be used to logon. If the last local administrator account is inadvertently demoted, disabled or deleted, safe mode will allow the disabled built-in administrator account to logon for disaster recovery.

On domain joined computers, the disabled built-in administrator account cannot logon in safe mode. By default a user account that is a member of the Domain Admins group can log on to the computer to create a local administrator if none exists. If the domain administrative account had never logged on before, then the computer must be started in Safe Mode with Networking since the credentials will not have been cached. Once the machine is disjoined, it will revert back to the non-domain joined behavior depicted previously.

Be aware that disabling the built-in administrator account means that it is important that you do not forgot the user name and passwords for the other administrator accounts on that PC. If you do, you may end up a in a situation where you are unable to make further admin changes to your PC—or even event not be able to login at all. To make sure that happens we recommend the follow tips for home users:

Use the Forgotten Password wizard via the User Accounts Control Panel to create a password reset disk for your account. Store this disk or removable USB device in a safe place.
Create a password hint for your account.
Write down your username and password and store it in a safe location.

For CISCO VPN Client, you need the Windows Vista x86 Beta client

For your CD-Rom drive, you need to contact the manufacturer for the appropriate driver. If you are using Packet Writing software, contact the software manufacturer for the appropriate upgrade.




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[PRPhx]

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bcastner (IS/IT--Management) 12 Sep 06 15:31
"What ever name/password you enter during install is then made an Administrator on the local pc."

No, it is not.</Quote>

Let me rephrase it then. What ever name and password you enter during build 5536, pre-RC1, then becomes a part of the Administrator group, in effect making the name the administrator. No where did I say that the user, Administrator, was made active.

As far as the CD-rom goes, the reading problem doesn't happen all the time. Out of 15-20 cd I tried, I had a problem with maybe 2. So it's not really a driver issues, more of a vista issue, not being fully debugged yet.

Overall, again, I'll say I liked what I saw. MS still needs to polish some things before it's released.

 

[bcastner]

What ever name/password you enter during install is then made an Administrator on the local pc. No problem. BUT trying to do something as simple as running CHKDSk gives an error saying you need a higher level of permission to run the command. WTF. What a pain.

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[bcastner]

See also: thread602-1277395



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