Vista SP1 RC Public Beta
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{Ron!n}
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no the link came after i installed sp1 so unless i reinstall it it wont come.
I was gone for 4 days but i changed the settings to keep the display on all the time.
I came back and it was the same problem, however, i infer from my downloads that seem to have taken around three days ( i cant really tell) that it stayed on for three days and must have failed on the fourth so thats a step forward i think.
P.S. but shouldnt having the display never turn off stop that from happening at all?
I was gone for 4 days but i changed the settings to keep the display on all the time.
I came back and it was the same problem, however, i infer from my downloads that seem to have taken around three days ( i cant really tell) that it stayed on for three days and must have failed on the fourth so thats a step forward i think.
P.S. but shouldnt having the display never turn off stop that from happening at all?
{Ron!n}
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well i put it on no sleeping no hibernating and no turning off display.
So why should it even turn off?
P.S. there is no hibernating for vista laptops i think. The only settings i have are turn off display, sleep, and turn off hd in advanced power options
P.P.S. i just realized that my settings had returned to turn off display after 10 minutes, dont know how, so i cant say. im going to see what happens of i put it on no turn off
So why should it even turn off?
P.S. there is no hibernating for vista laptops i think. The only settings i have are turn off display, sleep, and turn off hd in advanced power options
P.P.S. i just realized that my settings had returned to turn off display after 10 minutes, dont know how, so i cant say. im going to see what happens of i put it on no turn off
{Ron!n}
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Well two things:
1- I included a snapshot of my advanced power options.
2- I put it on no turning off display, when i woke up the screensaver was stuck and the download had been interrupted. so what would that be from video drivers or vista? (even though i did as u said about the wireless network adapters thing)
1- I included a snapshot of my advanced power options.
2- I put it on no turning off display, when i woke up the screensaver was stuck and the download had been interrupted. so what would that be from video drivers or vista? (even though i did as u said about the wireless network adapters thing)
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CG, this thread has inadvertently solved that mystery I reported a while back; that my tower was emitting a weird "switch off" click periodically.
Vista had the hard drives set to switch off after 20 minutes. As I have 3 hard drives this may have been a bit difficult for it to decide what to do. Looking into these Advanced Settings seems to have solved that.
Vista had the hard drives set to switch off after 20 minutes. As I have 3 hard drives this may have been a bit difficult for it to decide what to do. Looking into these Advanced Settings seems to have solved that.
{Ron!n}
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Well i dunno if this helps, but when this blank screen comes the cd drive opens and closes and if i put in a cd itll make sounds like its reading it.
Plus for some reason the download continues to stop when this happens, seeing as that is what affects me most when this happens does anybody have a solution? any help would be appreciated.:brows::brows::brows:
P.S. i put the wireless and realtek network adapters on no turn off to conserve power
Plus for some reason the download continues to stop when this happens, seeing as that is what affects me most when this happens does anybody have a solution? any help would be appreciated.:brows::brows::brows:
P.S. i put the wireless and realtek network adapters on no turn off to conserve power
It sounds like a driver issue.
Check for updates for all sound, video, and chipset drivers. Use DriverCleaner first to remove all traces of old versions.
The reason the CD drive still works: it's a hardware function. It has its own chipset and firmware/BIOS which tells it what to do independant of the status of the operating system.
Check for updates for all sound, video, and chipset drivers. Use DriverCleaner first to remove all traces of old versions.
The reason the CD drive still works: it's a hardware function. It has its own chipset and firmware/BIOS which tells it what to do independant of the status of the operating system.
Well, I did finally manage to get SP1 RC to uninstall by disabling my virus protection, firewall and Winpatrol (as I had done when I was having the installation problems).
Had to do a registry fix for yet another watermark.......grrr. LOL
Strangely, a whole bunch of security updates were immediately offered. These were partly the ones that should have been offered last update Tuesday, but weren't.
I guess I'm out of luck for any more RC candidates, so will just have to be patient and wait for the final RTM. I hope that they have it available as a full download as well as pushed to WU when that happens.
Had to do a registry fix for yet another watermark.......grrr. LOL
Strangely, a whole bunch of security updates were immediately offered. These were partly the ones that should have been offered last update Tuesday, but weren't.
I guess I'm out of luck for any more RC candidates, so will just have to be patient and wait for the final RTM. I hope that they have it available as a full download as well as pushed to WU when that happens.
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