Thursday, November 16, 2006
I’ve only been running the latest RTM version of Windows Version 6.0 (Build 6000) for 4 days and I’ve been trying hard to find new stuff that wasn’t there in RC1 so I could blog about it... Unfortunately, I am not having much luck... all my demos work fine and I can find no new features (unless you count increased speed and stability as features). Of course, I was expecting that, but I was hopeful there would be something new...
So when you install Vista (it is available right now on the msdn subscriptions page) expect almost no new features. I say "almost" because there are a few new desktop backgrounds to choose from, a whole bunch of new icons used for various built-in apps (e.g. mail, sidebar) and a complete new set of sounds (I like them, very subtle... very zen-like) :-)
Also, FYI, I went for an upgrade from RC1 and it worked fine (same is not true for RC2, which is why I did not install that on my main machine ;-)). The only thing the upgrade lost was my Quick Launch icons/apps and some other setting (which embarrassingly I don’t remember now!).
BTW, I also removed Office 2007 B2TR and installed the RTM (you cannot just upgrade that). Absolutely no issues there except I also had to remove some other apps that made the installer think office b2tr was still installed.
So when you install Vista (it is available right now on the msdn subscriptions page) expect almost no new features. I say "almost" because there are a few new desktop backgrounds to choose from, a whole bunch of new icons used for various built-in apps (e.g. mail, sidebar) and a complete new set of sounds (I like them, very subtle... very zen-like) :-)
Also, FYI, I went for an upgrade from RC1 and it worked fine (same is not true for RC2, which is why I did not install that on my main machine ;-)). The only thing the upgrade lost was my Quick Launch icons/apps and some other setting (which embarrassingly I don’t remember now!).
BTW, I also removed Office 2007 B2TR and installed the RTM (you cannot just upgrade that). Absolutely no issues there except I also had to remove some other apps that made the installer think office b2tr was still installed.
Labels: Vista
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