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I installed Vista last week and the system worked fine as long as I left off software and hardware. The just are not many drivers yet to support Vista.
I really loved the look and the way the system operates. Beacuse of all the bugs and problems Vista had to go as much as I hated to give it up. I formated and reinstalled XP. When I reinstalled XP I did not have a single problem. Smooth as silk. I really hated to dump Vista, just to many bugs at this time.
I think when all the problems are addressed it will be a great system to have. I just have to have my PC working well all the time. I know I downloaded the beta of XP and I do not remember all the problems I had with Vista.
Hopefully MS will get the act together and we will have a release soon!!!!

I understand that it did not work out with your system and Vista. But it it is just a work in progress. I am sure that the final release will be smoother then silk. The reason Microsoft has Beta testing is because they would like to know what needs worked on. Constructive criticism is very important and I am sure Microsoft is doing it's best in assisting us with answers and developing the final product.
"Mike" wrote:

I installed Vista last week and the system worked fine as long as I left off software and hardware. The just are not many drivers yet to support Vista.
I really loved the look and the way the system operates. Beacuse of all the bugs and problems Vista had to go as much as I hated to give it up. I formated and reinstalled XP. When I reinstalled XP I did not have a single problem. Smooth as silk. I really hated to dump Vista, just to many bugs at this time.
I think when all the problems are addressed it will be a great system to have. I just have to have my PC working well all the time. I know I downloaded the beta of XP and I do not remember all the problems I had with Vista.
Hopefully MS will get the act together and we will have a release soon!!!!

"Mike" wrote in message

I installed Vista last week and the system worked fine as long as I left off software and hardware. The just are not many drivers yet to support Vista.
I really loved the look and the way the system operates. Beacuse of all the bugs and problems Vista had to go as much as I hated to give it up. I formated and reinstalled XP. When I reinstalled XP I did not have a single problem. Smooth as silk. I really hated to dump Vista, just to many bugs at this time.
I think when all the problems are addressed it will be a great system to have. I just have to have my PC working well all the time. I know I downloaded the beta of XP and I do not remember all the problems I had with Vista.
Hopefully MS will get the act together and we will have a release soon!!!!

Well of course there are bugs. This beta is not meant as an OS replacement for XP, its bound to have bugs. Only install it if you are willing to help iron out the bugs. :-)

Yup, business as usual bar beta bugs.
For me the biggest gain to upgrade to Vista is the eye candy, and Microsoft Word is easier to use at the same time it's more confusing because they changed the interface. Other than that, it's XP 2 the sequel. Hope it won't cost me too much to upgrade. I didn't see any other functionality that I must have that I don't already XP.
"Mike" wrote in message

I installed Vista last week and the system worked fine as long as I left off software and hardware. The just are not many drivers yet to support Vista.
I really loved the look and the way the system operates. Beacuse of all the bugs and problems Vista had to go as much as I hated to give it up. I formated and reinstalled XP. When I reinstalled XP I did not have a single problem. Smooth as silk. I really hated to dump Vista, just to many bugs at this time.
I think when all the problems are addressed it will be a great system to have. I just have to have my PC working well all the time. I know I downloaded the beta of XP and I do not remember all the problems I had with Vista.
Hopefully MS will get the act together and we will have a release soon!!!!

To my understanding, MS will not release anything before they release RC1 to public. Obviously there are (many) bugs in beta 2. Since it passes the beta qualifications, it's in general better than most CTPs released to TAP and tech beta testers before. Please also note that you should not install beta 2 in production units.
The hardware issues remind me of what we had during Whistler beta, which most win98 drivers broke apart. -- Leo Jei (beBoy)
"Mike" wrote in message

I installed Vista last week and the system worked fine as long as I left off software and hardware. The just are not many drivers yet to support Vista.
I really loved the look and the way the system operates. Beacuse of all the bugs and problems Vista had to go as much as I hated to give it up. I formated and reinstalled XP. When I reinstalled XP I did not have a single problem. Smooth as silk. I really hated to dump Vista, just to many bugs at this time.
I think when all the problems are addressed it will be a great system to have. I just have to have my PC working well all the time. I know I downloaded the beta of XP and I do not remember all the problems I had with Vista.
Hopefully MS will get the act together and we will have a release soon!!!!

I am having problems getting the windows vista beta 2 to work on my laptop. It is an emachine m6805. Vista and the newest ATI catalyst drivers are installed, but it is still going slower than molasses. Also when the computer goes into sleep mode, it will not recover. Could anybody help me by telling me what I am doing wrong?

"duffman" wrote in message

I am having problems getting the windows vista beta 2 to work on my laptop. It is an emachine m6805. Vista and the newest ATI catalyst drivers are installed, but it is still going slower than molasses. Also when the computer goes into sleep mode, it will not recover. Could anybody help me by telling me what I am doing wrong?

You don't give much information to go on. Did you upgrade from XP to Vista? If you are dual-booting, which version of Vista is installed and what size is the partition? Have you increased the RAM from 512MB to at least 1GB? Have you checked the Task Manager to see if there is a process using unusually high resources? Are there any devices in Device Manager that are not working properly?
-- Mark
My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.

Mark- I installed Vista Beta 2 Build 5384 by itself on a newly formatted partition. I was under the assumption that this version of Vista can not be used as an upgrade, and I did not want to mess with a dual boot. I have not upgraded from 512mb ram, and there are no devices that are currently not working in the device manager. However, when I go into system performance there are two drivers that it says are slowing down my system. I think one is for my video(ati mobility radeon 9600), and the other is for my trackpad. I don't understand this, though, because I have the latest Windows Vista Catalyst drivers installled for the video card, and the trackpad is functioning perfectly. Thanks for the help, and let me know if you have any other suggestions.

"duffman" wrote in message

Mark- I installed Vista Beta 2 Build 5384 by itself on a newly formatted partition. I was under the assumption that this version of Vista can not be used as an upgrade, and I did not want to mess with a dual boot. I have not upgraded from 512mb ram, and there are no devices that are currently not working in the device manager. However, when I go into system performance there are two drivers that it says are slowing down my system. I think one is for my video(ati mobility radeon 9600), and the other is for my trackpad. I don't understand this, though, because I have the latest Windows Vista Catalyst drivers installled for the video card, and the trackpad is functioning perfectly. Thanks for the help, and let me know if you have any other suggestions.

Okay;
I have Vista running on a partition, also. I have 1.5GB of RAM, and after startup and letting it sit for an hour or so, I have approximately 500MB of RAM in play, with Vista, an AV program and Diskeeper running and all services running that run by default (i.e.: I have not manually hacked Vista to turn any services off). I tried the ATI beta drivers on one of my Vista installs, but found the ones that ATI had supplied to MSFT to be more efficient, so for subsequent installations, I did not install ATI's beta drivers.
I am only guessing here, so bear with me. If you have only had Vista running for a few hours, then it may likely be that the indexing process is crawling around looking for stuff. This will take some time, and while the initial indexing is occurring, it is a resource hit, to be sure. When I first fire up, I am using well over 750MB of RAM for at least 10 minutes, after which things start to settle in. I also noticed that the longer Vista is in use (not uptime, just how long it has been installed) the amount of RAM being used is becoming less, incrementally.
I am not sure about the track pad, as I have not had this issue. Perhaps it is a driver that while functional, is just not exactly perfect for Vista.
If any of this seems plausible, just let it sit running overnight (remember to disable autosleep), and then reboot. That should take care of the indexing issue. Consider more RAM, since the minimum recommendation from MSFT for a premium edition of Vista is 1GB. Also consider doing a driver rollback for the graphics card.
-- Mark
My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.

"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:

"duffman" wrote in message
Mark- I installed Vista Beta 2 Build 5384 by itself on a newly formatted partition. I was under the assumption that this version of Vista can not be used as an upgrade, and I did not want to mess with a dual boot. I have not upgraded from 512mb ram, and there are no devices that are currently not working in the device manager. However, when I go into system performance there are two drivers that it says are slowing down my system. I think one is for my video(ati mobility radeon 9600), and the other is for my trackpad. I don't understand this, though, because I have the latest Windows Vista Catalyst drivers installled for the video card, and the trackpad is functioning perfectly. Thanks for the help, and let me know if you have any other suggestions.
Okay;
I have Vista running on a partition, also. I have 1.5GB of RAM, and after startup and letting it sit for an hour or so, I have approximately 500MB of RAM in play, with Vista, an AV program and Diskeeper running and all services running that run by default (i.e.: I have not manually hacked Vista to turn any services off). I tried the ATI beta drivers on one of my Vista installs, but found the ones that ATI had supplied to MSFT to be more efficient, so for subsequent installations, I did not install ATI's beta drivers.
I am only guessing here, so bear with me. If you have only had Vista running for a few hours, then it may likely be that the indexing process is crawling around looking for stuff. This will take some time, and while the initial indexing is occurring, it is a resource hit, to be sure. When I first fire up, I am using well over 750MB of RAM for at least 10 minutes, after which things start to settle in. I also noticed that the longer Vista is in use (not uptime, just how long it has been installed) the amount of RAM being used is becoming less, incrementally.
I am not sure about the track pad, as I have not had this issue. Perhaps it is a driver that while functional, is just not exactly perfect for Vista.
If any of this seems plausible, just let it sit running overnight (remember to disable autosleep), and then reboot. That should take care of the indexing issue. Consider more RAM, since the minimum recommendation from MSFT for a premium edition of Vista is 1GB. Also consider doing a driver rollback for the graphics card.
-- Mark
My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.

"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:

"duffman" wrote in message
Mark- I installed Vista Beta 2 Build 5384 by itself on a newly formatted partition. I was under the assumption that this version of Vista can not be used as an upgrade, and I did not want to mess with a dual boot. I have not upgraded from 512mb ram, and there are no devices that are currently not working in the device manager. However, when I go into system performance there are two drivers that it says are slowing down my system. I think one is for my video(ati mobility radeon 9600), and the other is for my trackpad. I don't understand this, though, because I have the latest Windows Vista Catalyst drivers installled for the video card, and the trackpad is functioning perfectly. Thanks for the help, and let me know if you have any other suggestions.
Okay;
I have Vista running on a partition, also. I have 1.5GB of RAM, and after startup and letting it sit for an hour or so, I have approximately 500MB of RAM in play, with Vista, an AV program and Diskeeper running and all services running that run by default (i.e.: I have not manually hacked Vista to turn any services off). I tried the ATI beta drivers on one of my Vista installs, but found the ones that ATI had supplied to MSFT to be more efficient, so for subsequent installations, I did not install ATI's beta drivers.
I am only guessing here, so bear with me. If you have only had Vista running for a few hours, then it may likely be that the indexing process is crawling around looking for stuff. This will take some time, and while the initial indexing is occurring, it is a resource hit, to be sure. When I first fire up, I am using well over 750MB of RAM for at least 10 minutes, after which things start to settle in. I also noticed that the longer Vista is in use (not uptime, just how long it has been installed) the amount of RAM being used is becoming less, incrementally.
I am not sure about the track pad, as I have not had this issue. Perhaps it is a driver that while functional, is just not exactly perfect for Vista.
If any of this seems plausible, just let it sit running overnight (remember to disable autosleep), and then reboot. That should take care of the indexing issue. Consider more RAM, since the minimum recommendation from MSFT for a premium edition of Vista is 1GB. Also consider doing a driver rollback for the graphics card.
-- Mark
My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.

can't instal Vista to Windows XP beyond 21% of expanding files .Error message "in windows setup error occured while preparing Windows setup to booth into the next stage" Am intalling Vista in the C drive.Urgently need your assistance. Geoffrey
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:

"duffman" wrote in message
Mark- I installed Vista Beta 2 Build 5384 by itself on a newly formatted partition. I was under the assumption that this version of Vista can not be used as an upgrade, and I did not want to mess with a dual boot. I have not upgraded from 512mb ram, and there are no devices that are currently not working in the device manager. However, when I go into system performance there are two drivers that it says are slowing down my system. I think one is for my video(ati mobility radeon 9600), and the other is for my trackpad. I don't understand this, though, because I have the latest Windows Vista Catalyst drivers installled for the video card, and the trackpad is functioning perfectly. Thanks for the help, and let me know if you have any other suggestions.
Okay;
I have Vista running on a partition, also. I have 1.5GB of RAM, and after startup and letting it sit for an hour or so, I have approximately 500MB of RAM in play, with Vista, an AV program and Diskeeper running and all services running that run by default (i.e.: I have not manually hacked Vista to turn any services off). I tried the ATI beta drivers on one of my Vista installs, but found the ones that ATI had supplied to MSFT to be more efficient, so for subsequent installations, I did not install ATI's beta drivers.
I am only guessing here, so bear with me. If you have only had Vista running for a few hours, then it may likely be that the indexing process is crawling around looking for stuff. This will take some time, and while the initial indexing is occurring, it is a resource hit, to be sure. When I first fire up, I am using well over 750MB of RAM for at least 10 minutes, after which things start to settle in. I also noticed that the longer Vista is in use (not uptime, just how long it has been installed) the amount of RAM being used is becoming less, incrementally.
I am not sure about the track pad, as I have not had this issue. Perhaps it is a driver that while functional, is just not exactly perfect for Vista.
If any of this seems plausible, just let it sit running overnight (remember to disable autosleep), and then reboot. That should take care of the indexing issue. Consider more RAM, since the minimum recommendation from MSFT for a premium edition of Vista is 1GB. Also consider doing a driver rollback for the graphics card.
-- Mark
My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.

"geoffrey" wrote in message

can't instal Vista to Windows XP beyond 21% of expanding files .Error message "in windows setup error occured while preparing Windows setup to booth into the next stage" Am intalling Vista in the C drive.Urgently need your assistance. Geoffrey

I can never tell if I actually am clairvoyant or not, but, would you by chance have a SATA hard drive? It was not listed in your system description.
-- Mark
My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.

The hard drive is not SATA.The free space in the C drive is 155GB.Am using windows XP a year old Home edition.Last week I unistalled Microsoft Office 2007 beta after the Outlook packed up. I have a microsoft dvd disc which am intending to send back.Still needs your assistance.
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:

"geoffrey" wrote in message can't instal Vista to Windows XP beyond 21% of expanding files .Error message "in windows setup error occured while preparing Windows setup to booth into the next stage" Am intalling Vista in the C drive.Urgently need your assistance. Geoffrey
I can never tell if I actually am clairvoyant or not, but, would you by chance have a SATA hard drive? It was not listed in your system description.
-- Mark
My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.

"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:

"geoffrey" wrote in message can't instal Vista to Windows XP beyond 21% of expanding files .Error message "in windows setup error occured while preparing Windows setup to booth into the next stage" Am intalling Vista in the C drive.Urgently need your assistance. Geoffrey
I can never tell if I actually am clairvoyant or not, but, would you by chance have a SATA hard drive? It was not listed in your system description.
-- Mark
My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.

"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:

"geoffrey" wrote in message can't instal Vista to Windows XP beyond 21% of expanding files .Error message "in windows setup error occured while preparing Windows setup to booth into the next stage" Am intalling Vista in the C drive.Urgently need your assistance. Geoffrey
I can never tell if I actually am clairvoyant or not, but, would you by chance have a SATA hard drive? It was not listed in your system description.
-- Mark
My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.

"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:

"geoffrey" wrote in message can't instal Vista to Windows XP beyond 21% of expanding files .Error message "in windows setup error occured while preparing Windows setup to booth into the next stage" Am intalling Vista in the C drive.Urgently need your assistance. Geoffrey
I can never tell if I actually am clairvoyant or not, but, would you by chance have a SATA hard drive? It was not listed in your system description.
-- Mark
My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.

"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:

"geoffrey" wrote in message can't instal Vista to Windows XP beyond 21% of expanding files .Error message "in windows setup error occured while preparing Windows setup to booth into the next stage" Am intalling Vista in the C drive.Urgently need your assistance. Geoffrey
I can never tell if I actually am clairvoyant or not, but, would you by chance have a SATA hard drive? It was not listed in your system description.
-- Mark
My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.

"geoffrey" wrote in message

The hard drive is not SATA.The free space in the C drive is 155GB.Am using windows XP a year old Home edition.Last week I unistalled Microsoft Office 2007 beta after the Outlook packed up. I have a microsoft dvd disc which am intending to send back.Still needs your assistance.

Are you attempting to upgrade XP or perform a clean installation?
-- Mark
My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.

Just checked,.The hard drive is 400GB (2*200) 7200RPM SerialATA Drive. What do I do next? The Vista upgrade advisory shows I can use the Ultimate type of the Vista. geoffrey
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:

"geoffrey" wrote in message can't instal Vista to Windows XP beyond 21% of expanding files .Error message "in windows setup error occured while preparing Windows setup to booth into the next stage" Am intalling Vista in the C drive.Urgently need your assistance. Geoffrey
I can never tell if I actually am clairvoyant or not, but, would you by chance have a SATA hard drive? It was not listed in your system description.
-- Mark
My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.

The hard drive 400GB (2*200) 7200RPM SerialATA.Memory 1042Mb.I suppose this us my problem.How can I rectify this; and would it be responsible for my Outlook packing up , and I had to unistal Microsoft Office 2007 beta I had installed earlier. "Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:

"geoffrey" wrote in message can't instal Vista to Windows XP beyond 21% of expanding files .Error message "in windows setup error occured while preparing Windows setup to booth into the next stage" Am intalling Vista in the C drive.Urgently need your assistance. Geoffrey
I can never tell if I actually am clairvoyant or not, but, would you by chance have a SATA hard drive? It was not listed in your system description.
-- Mark
My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.

The hard drive is 400GB(2*200) 7200RPM Serial ATA Drive.Would this be responsible for my woes; and would ot also explain why my Outlook packed up when I instaled Microsoft 2007 beta (which I had to unistal).I need your help.
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:

"geoffrey" wrote in message can't instal Vista to Windows XP beyond 21% of expanding files .Error message "in windows setup error occured while preparing Windows setup to booth into the next stage" Am intalling Vista in the C drive.Urgently need your assistance. Geoffrey
I can never tell if I actually am clairvoyant or not, but, would you by chance have a SATA hard drive? It was not listed in your system description.
-- Mark
My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.

my hard drive 400GB(2*200)7200RPM serialATA drive, Can you help me out; and would it explain why I had to ounistal Migrosoft Office 2007 beta which I had instal earlier.I use Windows XP Home edition andVista UPgrade advisory showed I can use the ULTIMATE type.
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:

"geoffrey" wrote in message can't instal Vista to Windows XP beyond 21% of expanding files .Error message "in windows setup error occured while preparing Windows setup to booth into the next stage" Am intalling Vista in the C drive.Urgently need your assistance. Geoffrey
I can never tell if I actually am clairvoyant or not, but, would you by chance have a SATA hard drive? It was not listed in your system description.
-- Mark
My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.

"geoffrey" wrote in message

The hard drive 400GB (2*200) 7200RPM SerialATA.Memory 1042Mb.I suppose this us my problem.How can I rectify this; and would it be responsible for my Outlook packing up , and I had to unistal Microsoft Office 2007 beta I had installed earlier.

I doubt a SATA drive is the gremlin responsible for Outlook taking off on you, but I digress.
When you come to the screen during installation that gives you the option of a (wording may be off) standard or custom installation, over on the left side of the screen there is a blue hyperlink that say "Load drivers." You need to click on that and then direct Vista to your floppy drive or whatever you have that has the drivers for the SATA hard drive on it. Vista does not have the drivers for your hard drive controller, and simply can't find it and therefore can't go any farther. You may also have to go into your BIOS and disable your RAID controller.
I also strongly advise that you do not upgrade your only computer to Vista. This is incomplete software that is designed for testing purposes and will expire with no ability for you to roll back or in any way recover back to XP. If you want to experience Vista I suggest you install it on a different computer, or at the very least, on a separate partition in your main computer. Expect data loss to be eminent and severe, so make sure you have a good backup of all documents.
If you have any questions about SATA drives, search the newsgroup. There are no less than 80 (yes, eighty) different threads that discuss this exact issue. There are also many threads containing a wealth of information regarding dual-booting, containing both instructionals and caveats.
Good Luck,
-- Mark
My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.

My thought exactly since that right where the first restart occurs on my system (SATA).
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote in message

"geoffrey" wrote in message can't instal Vista to Windows XP beyond 21% of expanding files .Error message "in windows setup error occured while preparing Windows setup to booth into the next stage" Am intalling Vista in the C drive.Urgently need your assistance. Geoffrey
I can never tell if I actually am clairvoyant or not, but, would you by chance have a SATA hard drive? It was not listed in your system description.
-- Mark
My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.

Sending it back won't do anything. Vista needs a something more from you. Go into Drive Management and make the target partition Active. When you get to the target partition selection screen make sure you are providing any hard drive controller drivers your system uses at the Load Drivers prompt. The drivers can be on floppy, cd, or usb flash drive.
"geoffrey" wrote in message

The hard drive is not SATA.The free space in the C drive is 155GB.Am using windows XP a year old Home edition.Last week I unistalled Microsoft Office 2007 beta after the Outlook packed up. I have a microsoft dvd disc which am intending to send back.Still needs your assistance.
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:
"geoffrey" wrote in message can't instal Vista to Windows XP beyond 21% of expanding files .Error message "in windows setup error occured while preparing Windows setup to booth into the next stage" Am intalling Vista in the C drive.Urgently need your assistance. Geoffrey
I can never tell if I actually am clairvoyant or not, but, would you by chance have a SATA hard drive? It was not listed in your system description.
-- Mark
My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.

What? That I'm clairvoyant? Thank you, Colin!
-- Mark
My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message

My thought exactly since that right where the first restart occurs on my system (SATA).

The web-based newsreader is giving you a false error. You might want to check to see if the posting was successful after all before sending again. You might also like the Windows Mail when you get Vista up and running. From XP try using Outlook Express for your newsreading.
"geoffrey" wrote in message

my hard drive 400GB(2*200)7200RPM serialATA drive, Can you help me out; and would it explain why I had to ounistal Migrosoft Office 2007 beta which I had instal earlier.I use Windows XP Home edition andVista UPgrade advisory showed I can use the ULTIMATE type.
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:
"geoffrey" wrote in message can't instal Vista to Windows XP beyond 21% of expanding files .Error message "in windows setup error occured while preparing Windows setup to booth into the next stage" Am intalling Vista in the C drive.Urgently need your assistance. Geoffrey
I can never tell if I actually am clairvoyant or not, but, would you by chance have a SATA hard drive? It was not listed in your system description.
-- Mark
My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.

You need to provide the SATA drivers for your hard disk controller at the screen where you choose your target partition. This is normal behavior for your system.
"geoffrey" wrote in message

my hard drive 400GB(2*200)7200RPM serialATA drive, Can you help me out; and would it explain why I had to ounistal Migrosoft Office 2007 beta which I had instal earlier.I use Windows XP Home edition andVista UPgrade advisory showed I can use the ULTIMATE type.
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:
"geoffrey" wrote in message can't instal Vista to Windows XP beyond 21% of expanding files .Error message "in windows setup error occured while preparing Windows setup to booth into the next stage" Am intalling Vista in the C drive.Urgently need your assistance. Geoffrey
I can never tell if I actually am clairvoyant or not, but, would you by chance have a SATA hard drive? It was not listed in your system description.
-- Mark
My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.

Does that make you a happy medium?
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote in message

What? That I'm clairvoyant? Thank you, Colin!
-- Mark
My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message My thought exactly since that right where the first restart occurs on my system (SATA).

Oh my...
-- Mark
My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message

Does that make you a happy medium?
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote in message What? That I'm clairvoyant? Thank you, Colin!
-- Mark
My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.

I am havind trouble getting windows vista beta 2 to work on my laptop. It is an emachine m6805. Vista and the newest ATI catalyst drivers are installed, and the machine still goes slower than molasses. Also, when the computer goes into sleep mode, it will not wake up. Could anyone tell me what I am doing wrong? Thanks.