bjorland

Actually, you could let vLite do its job & then add the updates manually. Or you could add in the updates & then customise down your *.WIM with vLite.... I must be doing somenthing wrong. Can't get the cab file installed. I see that Vista already has pkgmgr in it, but also downloaded the one in the link above, and it is the same one. Here is the command I typed in CMD (run as Admin). start /w pkgmgr /ip /m:e:\temp\dreamscene\dreamscene.cab /s:e:\temp\sandbox Would like to get this installed as I don't want to install Dreamscene via update everytime I redo Vista.

I played a bit with Vista build 5384, and most of my software and games ran on it, except some very old games. DivX 6 work fine, my Winfast PVR software also work, and my sound drivers worked 50%, only have stereo and Vista didn't even pick up my nvidia mobo and soundcard. I took off Vista because my Logitech Racing wheel didn't work under it. Now this weekend I tried out build 5536, and the installation is quicker and vista is more stable, but that is it. They went a step backward with software compatibility. My WInfast PVR software works only in WinXP compatibility mode, without it I only get a black screen. DivX runs, but converter gives errors at the end of a conversion and DivX Player is flickering the whole time. Deamon Tools doesn't install, in 5384 it worked. Quake 4 installs, but doesn't run, tried win98 compatilibilty, it starts then complains about opengl. So then took build 5536 off, installed 5384, installed all my software, tested it and it worked, Then upgraded to 5536, took 3 years (being sarcastic) to upgrade, then my performance score was lower, deamon tools gives errors now, can't uninstall it, but the funny thing is that DivX is still working. Now why didn't it work on a clean install of 5536. Vista looks great and much nicer than WinXp, but if hardly any old your old software is going to work in it, then Microsoft has some serious work still to do.

I get 3.4 in Build 5536. Then installed build 5384 and upgraded to build 5536, now only getting 3.2. Out of what is this score, 10, 10, 100???

I have a Logitech Force EX Steering Wheel, and I don't see any beta drivers from Logitech anyware. My steering wheel has no force feedback using the default Microsoft Drivers and also can't customize any buttons in NFS. When installing the XP drivers, it sees it as a Force RX Steering wheel, and the logitech calibration software doesn't work. In NFS the controls goes crazy and you can hardly make any selections in the menus. Any one else have problems with Logitech gaming hardware in Vista? PS! This was one Beta2, got Build 5536 now, must still install & try it out.

I like the new interface, but must admit that the new start menu is a bit slow when you quickly need to launch a program, it doesn't flow as nicely as the xp one. One thing I liked in the Longhorn Alpha was when you were in a picture folder, when you hovered over a picture, it zoomed the picture by about 300%, I see this feature is removed from Vista Beta1.

I never had this problem with my old monitor and you can go into safe mode or vga mode, because even during post and boot up it shows these funny lines.

I found the problem. Friday night I adjusted the OSD settings on my 19 inch Gigabyte monitor, rebooted for something and the screen went all funny again. I managed to get my monitor to factory settings again, and it worked. So my conclusion is that the OSD settings are very sensitive and it looks like the monitor's width and height doesn't like to be set to far. Just happy that I found the cause of the problem.

My 17 inch monitor has been going strong for about 8 years. My monitor switches off after 20 minutes (Windows power settings in control panel). 4 weeks ago when I got to my pc and moved the mouse to get the pc to wake up, the monitor stayed off. It gets power, as the power light is burning, but nothing shows on screen. I unplugged it and left it for a few hours and even days, but still no luck. So I got my brother's monitor and it works fine. So conclusion if my 17 inch is broken. So 2 weeks ago I go and buy a Gigabyte 19 inch. For 12 days it worked perfect. On Monday afternoon I get to my pc, move the mouse to have the screen come on and something similar happened. The screen came on, but showed black & white lines (similar to when you choose a resolution that the monitor doesn't support) all over and you can't see a thing on the screen. I used different power cables, plugged the power into the wall and not through the pc that is connect the a UPS. Still nothing. Got a laptop to test the monitor, same thing show on the screen, black and white lines. The day (about 24 hours later), I switched my pc on just to make sure the monitor is broken before I pack it in its box to take back to the shop where I bought it, there the monitor works again. No how is this possible and what could be the reason for the 1 monitor to pack up from sleep mode and the other to show the lines but work again the next day?