Comments on: Installing Vista RC2 As My Main OS Was Definitely A Bad Idea

By: Steve Myers

Steve Myers — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:14:06 +0000

I was unable to load either the initial beta program nor the RC2. I have a relatively powerful desktop Presario with a P4 3.06G speed processor, 2GB RAM, 200GB memory and a score of bells & whistles (including both CDROM and DVD burner drives. Vista would hiccup during file extraction and die to a blue screen. I tried to load it on my Compaq laptop (specially beefed up to meet Vista’s opening bid) and the LT whizzed past where to 800lb primate fell on its face – and got to the cleanup post-install. . .and crashed. It took me a long time to deinstall my Norton programs (as indicated I should in the Vista “see if your PC can hack it” routine) and a midnight to dawn “almost install” to raise my hopes the LT install would succeed. I was on the horn to HP and Microsoft several times, sent a huge log file to MS, but we never came to a conclusion why neither computer was incapable of loading Vista. HP’s tech, somewhere in Mumbai or Nova Scotia, opined my desktop motherboard was not designed to accept Vista. The LT failure remains a mystery.
My question now is: will the retail Vista OS fail on my computers?

By: Steve Myers

Steve Myers — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:14:00 +0000