Vista 5472.5

[3aces]

has anyone used this and can they stat the improvements please...what i have read on the internet leads me 2 believe..its a massive improment

[Biohead]

I don't think it runs as quick as 5456, but it is alot more compatible hardware wise. Also, it can connect to ANY region Xbox 360 now rather than just Region 1 (NTSC), which is why I use is mainly.

[3aces]

I don't think it runs as quick as 5456, but it is alot more compatible hardware wise. Also, it can connect to ANY region Xbox 360 now rather than just Region 1 (NTSC), which is why I use is mainly.

what about media center..that crashed my beta 2 installation

[Biohead]

Its never crashed on me yet. Initially its slow, but once you've run it once or twice it's fine.

[MagicAndre1981]

Is it faster then Build 5465.5 or slower?

[smokeytl]

I am running onboard graphics on an intel board with 5472.5, whenever i change my display settings it freezes up the the start menu and the task bar but does not freeze the desktop. Any one see this problem?

Edited July 19, 2006 by smokeytl

[3aces]

hmmm im using onboard graphics with beta 2,it seems to be fine!!

[3aces]

well an update, i manage to get this installed and running...and it is amazingly quick compared to beta 2..but has to many BSOD's, now i think its drivers for my graphics set but im not sure...i will look at it at some point today

[Eck]

Installed it to an added hard drive so I hopefully wouldn't have the SystemRestore of XP deleting the restore points of Vista problem. I didn't give it a drive letter when creating a partition in XP's Disk Management and let Vista format it during install. Maybe if XP can't see it then its Restore Point check won't delete the Vista points. Also am using the Vista bootloader for the first time, letting it run things. No Partition Magic stuff this time. I think they say it's not fully compatible for good reason. Last time I tried to reinstall XP for the newer RyanVM update pack and somehow got all my partitions deleted. I know I didn't tell it to do that! Anyway, just XP on one drive and Vista on the other all using the Vista Bootloader now.

I had a problem in 5456 that having Firefox as default browser disabled the ability for the Internet Explorer Favorites Center to expand any favorites folders. I could open it in Windows Explorer, but then they would open in Firefox. Only activating the old fashioned IE toolbar and using the dropdown would enable my favorites folders to function in IE. This time I didn't even install Firefox yet and of course the IE favorites are working fine. I'm not sure if I'll bother installing Firefox if it's not gonna be my default. I want to play around with the new IE for a while first, then I'll see.

Windows Media Player 11 used to (in the 5456) not play copy protected DVD's. Now it does, but with no audio! Good thing PowerDVD 7 Deluxe works. It deactivates Aero and must be run as administrator, but it works. Had all sorts of problems getting my upgrade version to install and activate properly. I actually needed to download the cd version that comes with a keygen (that I didn't use) to get the thing installed properly and activated (with my purchased key). My installing 6 first, then 7 (the only way to get the ones Cyberlink provides to upgrade) worked on 5456, but I needed to cheat (partially) to get the stuff I bought to work! He, he, I get the SRS surround stuff with the cd version. But since I use Creative's CMSS I turn that off anyway so I'm still not using anything I didn't pay for. Good boy!

WMP 11 visualizations on 5456 hadn't worked on the mp3's on my hard drive, only on cd's. Now, with 5472, they work on everything. However, G-Force still doesn't install properly or run (so I uninstalled it).

I've yet to install QuickTime and RealPlayer or Nero 6. I'll see if that stuff messes anything up in WMP 11. Don't know whether they had anything to do with my previous WMP 11 problems but I'll find out soon.

In 5456 sometimes copying from cdr's to the hard drive didn't happen until I accessed it different ways. Now they copy fine. However the progress window doesn't always acurately give me a time remaining. Lots of times it starts with stuff like 24 hours remaining! But it copies normally in a minute or so for lots of files. Just doesn't predict the time well. Funny that 5456 did.

Seems zippier than 5456 and also installed a lot faster.

Funny that my Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro works with the Windows PlayControl better if I install all the Creative cd junk first than if I just install the latest XP driver. Only the DVD Audio Player doesn't install. Soundfonts haven't worked yet, just the Microsoft Roland midi. And the EAX Console doesn't open but all the stuff works and is controlled fine by AudioConsole. Just don't click on the Restore Defaults tab! And use Windows PlayControl for the volume, not the Creative Volume Control or it'll crash. I update all the software then install the latest XP driver all with driver signing and UAP off, then turn both back on as the XP drivers are signed, as are all the other drivers I use. Only my HP scanner and the Creative Gameport need to be disabled for now. I use the Vista 2100/2300U drivers for my Apollo 2500U and the printer works fine.

What I mean by working better with Windows PlayControl is that the "Allow programs to have exclusive control" remains checked with the whole package installed. That's broken without all the cd stuff installed for some reason. But it's nice that all the Advanced EAX EQ stuff works either way. Sounds better than WMP's EQ.

So they've still got some stuff to fix up but each version is an improvement.

Only had one explorer freeze so far. Probably a video driver related problem. I'm using the ATI Catalyst Vista Beta drivers. No blue screens or instablility yet.

Edited July 23, 2006 by Eck