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Having waited for RC2 to arrive to sort out my Media Center woes on my Mac Mini, it was worth it. A combination of Bootcamp 1.1.1, Vista build 5744 (available a day earlier than I had anticipated) and Sigmatel installation (forced copy from Bootcamp XP
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I was within a day or so of returning the Maxtor Mini when a colleague Callum Meek tempted me to try and use compatibility mode on the software. No it didn't work but I did notice a little button on the properties for the Maxtor OneTouch Manager (Privileges
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Quick tips: Search on the top right of every page (like searching control panel for power) Search using the Start Search (windows button) - e.g. %temp% takes you to the corresponding environment variable directory Issues found: IE7 connections to various
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At home my Mac Mini is still running RC1. The video problem is being investigated (triaged) by the internal team and Im confident of success - it currently looks like it may be network adapter driver related. I tried various things to see if they would
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Windows Mobile Device Center (WMDC) can be found on the control panel in Vista RC1. Unlike its similarly sounding Sync Center this application is essentially, from my perspective, a fancy looking active sync with more features. Interestingly enough the
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When installting RC1 I was probably a bit harsh on my comments. Well the part about it defeating me (so far) is probably true. My home Sony laptop I came home to, was quiet. I felt a moement of joy and I continued on a path of success as I discovered
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Vista RC1 was available to me as an employee to try. So, having prep'd myself with my Maxtor Mini Onetouch and backed up my home computers I went about installing the new OS. My home PC is a Sony Vaio A190 and its quite handy and portable as well as being
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I'm very excited about the new release of Vista. Having bought a lovely Maxtor Mini 100Gb drive and backed up my work and personal machines I'm ready to take the plunge on all fronts to RC1. Unfortunately last night I discovered that Bootcamp assistant
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