My experience with 5728 so far

> "Will Schuitman" <willsch@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> news:C073585C-6B19-4244-9C7C-E49399AEC09F@microsoft.com...

>>I downloaded build 5728 last night to my surprise the Akamai download
>>manager worked very well however there wasn't much bandwidth.
>>
>> after the download finished I burnt the Iso file to disk this also went
>> very well
>>
>> I ran the disk from within build 5600 and chose the upgrade option I
>> found it to go very slow the entire process took almost 3 hours
>> On a special note I had accidently left my usb stick plugged in with
>> readyboost enabled and to my surprise this didn't effect the upgrade
>> installation at all. and after the upgrade installation readyboost was
>> still enabled.
>> The only other issue I had was my sound drivers(soundmax). Under build
>> 5600 I had to reinstall them in compatibility mode for winxp in order to
>> have sound in media center, after the upgrade installtion I had to
>> reinstall them again in compatibilty mode to have sound in media center.
>>
>> All my previously installed programs under build 5600 still work under
>> build 5728 after the upgrade installation
>>
>> Other than that I had no BSOD's at all and no other issues so far
>>
>> It seems like MSFT may have got it right this time great job

>
> Same here, I've added a link to a modified inf to allow Toshiba users with
> Nvidia Go 7300/7600 to install the Vista driver package off the Nvidia
> website ( http://kaiwai.blogspot.com)
>
> So far, things for me has been very stable, not one crash yet, it is very
> fast and snappy; infact, more teh snappy than Windows XP: personally, keep
> pushing out a new build every two weeks until the shipment date, take the
> feedback as valid and address the genuine system integrity issues that are
> raised rather than dismissing them off hand.
>
> Apart from that, I'm going to be a happy Vista + Office user next year
>
> Matty

>I downloaded build 5728 last night to my surprise the Akamai download
>manager worked very well however there wasn't much bandwidth.
>
> after the download finished I burnt the Iso file to disk this also went
> very well
>
> I ran the disk from within build 5600 and chose the upgrade option I found
> it to go very slow the entire process took almost 3 hours
> On a special note I had accidently left my usb stick plugged in with
> readyboost enabled and to my surprise this didn't effect the upgrade
> installation at all. and after the upgrade installation readyboost was
> still enabled.
> The only other issue I had was my sound drivers(soundmax). Under build
> 5600 I had to reinstall them in compatibility mode for winxp in order to
> have sound in media center, after the upgrade installtion I had to
> reinstall them again in compatibilty mode to have sound in media center.
>
> All my previously installed programs under build 5600 still work under
> build 5728 after the upgrade installation
>
> Other than that I had no BSOD's at all and no other issues so far
>
> It seems like MSFT may have got it right this time great job

> My experience was not so good. I did an upgrade install over 5600 and
> that part went well. I am using a Dell XPS Gen 2 with an external Dell
> 2405 monitor. Under 5600, I can turn off the laptop monitor and boot
> directly to the external monitor after setting it up in the Display
> Settings. However, under 5728, this function does not work. The system
> can't even distinguish between the two monitors. Even though 5728 is
> faster, I don't want to have to go over to my laptop to log in and press
> the hardware key to get the external monitor working. I have gone back to
> 5600 until MS gets this fixed.
>
>
> "Will Schuitman" <willsch@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> news:C073585C-6B19-4244-9C7C-E49399AEC09F@microsoft.com...

>>I downloaded build 5728 last night to my surprise the Akamai download
>>manager worked very well however there wasn't much bandwidth.
>>
>> after the download finished I burnt the Iso file to disk this also went
>> very well
>>
>> I ran the disk from within build 5600 and chose the upgrade option I
>> found it to go very slow the entire process took almost 3 hours
>> On a special note I had accidently left my usb stick plugged in with
>> readyboost enabled and to my surprise this didn't effect the upgrade
>> installation at all. and after the upgrade installation readyboost was
>> still enabled.
>> The only other issue I had was my sound drivers(soundmax). Under build
>> 5600 I had to reinstall them in compatibility mode for winxp in order to
>> have sound in media center, after the upgrade installtion I had to
>> reinstall them again in compatibilty mode to have sound in media center.
>>
>> All my previously installed programs under build 5600 still work under
>> build 5728 after the upgrade installation
>>
>> Other than that I had no BSOD's at all and no other issues so far
>>
>> It seems like MSFT may have got it right this time great job

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