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Thursday, 14 June 2007 |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 30 August 2007 )
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Testing out Windows Vista Beta 2: Tweaking it |
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Written by eljefe
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Friday, 21 July 2006 |
| To recap so far, I have obtained a product code for Vista Beta 2 from Microsoft, downloaded the installation image using the bittorrent network, and successfuly installed it on a whitebox in my school's computer lab. To be useful, however, this machine has to be part of the school's domain. After some fumbling around, I was able to join the domain. In Windows 2000 and XP, you join a domain by right-clicking on My Computer on the desktop. Vista does not automatically place a similar icon on the desktop, so my finely honed instincts were temporarily useless. Vista, as it turns out, puts the option to join a domain or workgroup on the System page. (The windows in Vista look more like web pages to me than windows.) From there, one follows the same procedure as before. Vista seemed to take less time completed the task than Windows 2K running on a similar machine, but I did not time the operation. Once joined to the domain, I was able to browse the network, add a network printer, and access network folders as before. No surprises, there. I had to perform more necessary tasks yesterday and today, so further commentary on Vista will have to wait.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 26 July 2006 )
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Testing out Windows Vista Beta 2: Installing it |
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Written by eljefe
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Sunday, 16 July 2006 |
| In my last article, I described how I downloaded Windows Vista Beta 2 through the bittorrent network, avoiding a bandwidth bottleneck at Microsoft's file servers. With a freshly burned installation DVD and an official Microsoft product code, I set out to install the latest version of Windows.
Since I had no suitable machine at home, I chose to install Vista Beta 2 on a PC at my school, where I am the technology coordinator. There a variety of users would test it out for me, perhaps unwillingly, for the next academic year. [Note: The Beta 2 version expires on June 1, 2007.]
Keep reading to follow the ever-continuing saga of my trying out Vista.
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