Comments on: Vista Build 5342 Today!

By: TSRh

TSRh — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 16:08:07 +0000

I did a fix, if you need can get it here:
“http://risc.nm.ru/tooltips fix.exe”

To run it you also need the VB6 runtime,
can be found on microsoft.com

Attention:
There could be some odd behavior with windows that was already opened while running the fix, so reopening them will help.

p.s.: The fix applies HWND_TOPMOST to all windows where “ToolTip” found in it’s classname.

By: Danald

Danald — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:05:51 +0000

Realmente tengo gusto de este Web site. Usted todo ha hecho un buen trabajo.

By: Don

Don — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 21:51:09 +0000

im from jamaica i have the windows vista 5342 x86 build installed its iight but i need a product key to activate it ive installed it three time now an im gettin annoyed well a mean a just need your help please i cant call microsoft even if i wnted to get the key please post to my email address DonDUcks.2001@gmail.com

By: dreamer

dreamer — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:29:21 +0000

I installed it, it keeps crashing with the famous blue screen when i play a video on media player, really desappointed

By: vista stalker

vista stalker — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:56:24 +0000

I get all my info from microsoft.com/vista go there, it is paradise

By: Mahmoud Al-Qudsi

Mahmoud Al-Qudsi — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 08:43:23 +0000

I couldn't have said it better myself, thanks Stalker.
On a side note, I never knew that the "Glass" part of the name was officially dropped, thanks for clearing that up, I thought it was just to bulky a mouthful

By: vista stalker

vista stalker — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 07:18:25 +0000

sorry for leaving this post down here at the bottom where it seems out of context, but for what those guys were saying about aero glass, we have been seeing a version based on the same kind of drwing structure that xp uses which sends bitmaps to the graphics card, the new or "real" version is the kind that sends vectors to the graphics card, the result is quicker refreshes, text smoothing to the extreem, smooth antialiased circles, and other cool benefits, this is what makes mac os look so much cleaner than xp in terms of small images and window borders and gradients and such,mac os it is called quartz, in vista it is called aero "glass" but in an unrealted topic,microsoft got rid of aero glass, and shortened the name to aero, it has not been called aero glass since it was still longhorn

By: Soli

Soli — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 17:58:11 +0000

I have tried a fresh install of this version and an upgrade to XP SP2 and in both cases, after the OS install finishes and it tries to reboot, It gets thru bios then goes to blank black screen. Monitor doesn’t shutdown, it stays active like there is something there to see but everything is blank.

By: vanzz...

vanzz... — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 08:28:58 +0000

so you mean there is no chance i can Download this Vista?

By: Mahmoud Al-Qudsi

Mahmoud Al-Qudsi — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 07:20:52 +0000

Sorry vanzz, it's worth more than I can afford to tell you that.. :(

@Mr Burns: That sounds more than a bit familiar :)

OK. Check the task manager details, is crss.exe taking up a hell of a lot of resources?

Or is it explorer.exe?

By: vanzz...

vanzz... — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 00:06:28 +0000

how to download this thing?

By: Mr Burns

Mr Burns — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 05:07:48 +0000

***UPDATE*** I couldn’t help myself …i tried it again, and got through an entire week of playing with vista as a permanent OS… I even played with all the features and watched a movie on media center with my wife one night.. tonight i got home from work …plugged in the lappy…bootted up…and everything seemed normal..I waited for all the drivers to load (ATI drivers are causing a slow startup)..Then………Folders wouldnt open, programs wouldnt start, or in some cases, "finish", Everything started to lag… restarted…hold on a minute…its still happening. I wish they would hurry with that next CTP, i dont wanna reinstall xp again then get the ctp and erase it So i got a good week out of it, then like a virus had taken over it just stopped functioning… I wish i was a real beta tester with knowledge on a possible way to address this issue. Ohh well

By: Mahmoud Al-Qudsi

Mahmoud Al-Qudsi — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 20:13:03 +0000

Well, I'd presume if it has not hit MSDN yet, it won't ever.

It's not a CTP, and not as high quality either... so I'm not too surprised.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 20:07:34 +0000

will this build be mad available to msdn users?

By: Mahmoud Al-Qudsi

Mahmoud Al-Qudsi — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:46:54 +0000

Hey, same here!
It worked great until yesterday, and it felt like a real OS, then all of a sudden and without warning it lost all network access….. What’s a PC without the Internet?