Comments on: Is Windows Vista RC1 a release candidate?

By: Sean Amos

Sean Amos — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:36:19 +0000

I have the retail version of vista ultimate and it STILL crashes when connecting to a VPN. No update to fix this issue as of yet to top it off. If anyone knows a workaround, would love to hear it.

By: Jan Wikholm

Jan Wikholm — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:16:32 +0000

I had problems with Windows Vista’s VPN causing instant hard crashes. For more info, read my article here: http://jw.fi/2006/9/15/windows-vista-release-candidate-really

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:49:30 +0000

@MaxTD. I also tested it on a Esprimo E5600, SIS761. I encountered the same problem with the beta 2 and RC1. And you are right, it is annoying because power management is enabled by default. So I had my first Vista crash a few minutes after installing it.

@joey It is interesting that I had lesser problems with beta 2. I was quite disappointed when RC1 came out and none of the bugs I found in beta 2 were fixed.

By: joey

joey — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:43:40 +0000

when in R&D, we would characterize RCs as builds that could go out the door if we didn’t find any showstopper bugs. this was still a bit discretionary, but vista is more beta 2, then RC1.

By: MaxTD

MaxTD — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:11:19 +0000

Concerning “Forever sleep…”: Which model of the Esprimo did you try on?
I ran into this problem too with an earlier release. This is really annoying because I thought powermanagement is a thing that I could rely on. I used the 5600 SIS chipset Esprimo which except of the audio drivers installed like a charm.
Greets
Max