Apokarteron
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I don't follow, what kind of key it that? I'm refering to a licence that you place when intstalling.
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I don't follow, what kind of key it that? I'm refering to a licence that you place when intstalling.
The license comes with a product key when you buy a retail version. The number you type in when Windows first comes up is the product key. The numbers seen at the download page are similar to what is seen when downloading a Linux distro where you see the md5 checksum. "use a utility that can verify a file's MD5 checksum" is often seen on Linux forums.
Supposedly some simply let the beta version upgrade XP to Vista. The recommendation to avoid problems with any existing installation of Windows, Linux, or another OS is to completely isolate the default drive in your system. This would require the use of a second drive set as a stand alone master.
When RC1 is up and running you could then it as a slave to the primary drive and use a boot loader on a removable disk or use the F8 boot menu if available. Those two methods spare constantly going into the bios and changing the boot device order there. Plus your regular drive remains uneffected. The beta version will install onto an NTFS type partition. The installer will delete anything already there.
When RC1 is up and running you could then it as a slave to the primary drive and use a boot loader on a removable disk or use the F8 boot menu if available. Those two methods spare constantly going into the bios and changing the boot device order there. Plus your regular drive remains uneffected. The beta version will install onto an NTFS type partition. The installer will delete anything already there.
Saurian
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While you were going through, it should have come up with a page for you to print that had an activation key on it which was good till June of 2007. If you missed this, you need to go through the process and find one. Supposedly though, RC1 keys are good for like 10 uses or something.
Oh yeah, make sure you have a gig of memory. I'm running 512MB and Vista at home, and it's rough. 350MB memory usage, 470MB page file usage. Vista is definately going to be not just a 1GIG minimum, but 2GB preferred OS. 512 just isn't gonna cut the cheese at all anymore.
Before slapping a Linux distro back on the 2gb of ram noticed the slight drag due to having more demand for memory. The choice of versions was included in the 2.5gb approximate sized dvd iso image. You could select the beta version of from any of the five primary 32bit versions from a menu in the installer. One added feature deals with the background being seen on the task bar for the Start menu that was always a solid color. If you have a picture type wall paper it now shows there as well.