I encountered the following 7 bugs in Vista Pre-RC1 install:

1) No driver for Silicon Image SIL ATA serial ATA drive controller
2) No driver for 3Com 10/100 Ethernet card
3) No driver for Terratec PCI/128 sound card
4) Installing Win XP drivers for 3) above causes a blue screen on the next
boot
5) Internationalisation setup does not allow Location: Switzerland; User
Settings: English; Keyboard Layout: US International
6) When you uninstall drivers and then try to re-install the same ones, the
process fails: most likely due to LUA "protection"...
7) When you boot to last known good state, and then try to re-install
drivers, you get the same problem as 6) above

What is the solution?



... my solution is FORMAT D: ...

C'mon MS this release is completely useless; and it is certainly nothing
like release ready!!

I had same error with Silicon drive controller in 5536 but got it working by
upgrading from a fresh XP install. Using RC1 had no issue at all installing
from a bare drive with no upgrade. Consider using RC1.

"Andrew Fiddian-Green" wrote:

> I encountered the following 7 bugs in Vista Pre-RC1 install:
>
> 1) No driver for Silicon Image SIL ATA serial ATA drive controller
> 2) No driver for 3Com 10/100 Ethernet card
> 3) No driver for Terratec PCI/128 sound card
> 4) Installing Win XP drivers for 3) above causes a blue screen on the next
> boot
> 5) Internationalisation setup does not allow Location: Switzerland; User
> Settings: English; Keyboard Layout: US International
> 6) When you uninstall drivers and then try to re-install the same ones, the
> process fails: most likely due to LUA "protection"...
> 7) When you boot to last known good state, and then try to re-install
> drivers, you get the same problem as 6) above
>
> What is the solution?
>
> ... my solution is FORMAT D: ...
>
> C'mon MS this release is completely useless; and it is certainly nothing
> like release ready!!
>
>
>

you mean format whatevervistaisinstalledon: ^^

"Andrew Fiddian-Green" wrote:

> I encountered the following 7 bugs in Vista Pre-RC1 install:
>
> 1) No driver for Silicon Image SIL ATA serial ATA drive controller
> 2) No driver for 3Com 10/100 Ethernet card
> 3) No driver for Terratec PCI/128 sound card
> 4) Installing Win XP drivers for 3) above causes a blue screen on the next
> boot
> 5) Internationalisation setup does not allow Location: Switzerland; User
> Settings: English; Keyboard Layout: US International
> 6) When you uninstall drivers and then try to re-install the same ones, the
> process fails: most likely due to LUA "protection"...
> 7) When you boot to last known good state, and then try to re-install
> drivers, you get the same problem as 6) above
>
> What is the solution?
>
> ... my solution is FORMAT D: ...
>
> C'mon MS this release is completely useless; and it is certainly nothing
> like release ready!!
>
>
>

> you mean format whatevervistaisinstalledon: ^^

indeed...

First off, Missing device drivers aren't bugs. It's up to hardware vendors to
supply drivers to MS for them to include them in the new OS. Don't flame MS
because of your own ignorance.

Secondly, your hardware must be fairly outdated or crap. I have two seperate
SATA/EIDE RAID devices that installed perfectly without me having to do
anything. Actually every piece of hardware was detected and installed in
Pre-RC1.

"Andrew Fiddian-Green" wrote:

> I encountered the following 7 bugs in Vista Pre-RC1 install:
>
> 1) No driver for Silicon Image SIL ATA serial ATA drive controller
> 2) No driver for 3Com 10/100 Ethernet card
> 3) No driver for Terratec PCI/128 sound card
> 4) Installing Win XP drivers for 3) above causes a blue screen on the next
> boot
> 5) Internationalisation setup does not allow Location: Switzerland; User
> Settings: English; Keyboard Layout: US International
> 6) When you uninstall drivers and then try to re-install the same ones, the
> process fails: most likely due to LUA "protection"...
> 7) When you boot to last known good state, and then try to re-install
> drivers, you get the same problem as 6) above
>
> What is the solution?
>
> ... my solution is FORMAT D: ...
>
> C'mon MS this release is completely useless; and it is certainly nothing
> like release ready!!
>
>
>

I am neither flaming not ignorant.

But I am offended by YOUR assertions 1) concerning my PC and 2) concerning
myself.

cyberwolf is a very useful and helpful member of these forums

"Andrew Fiddian-Green" <nn@dd> wrote in message
news:uKqpWVO0GHA.4580@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I am neither flaming not ignorant.
>
> But I am offended by YOUR assertions 1) concerning my PC and 2) concerning
> myself.
>
>

> cyberwolf is a very useful and helpful member of these forums

I don't doubt it. -- But he should be more polite...

I don't think he was falming anyone and also you saying he is ignorant show's
yours ... Just my Opinion.

"Cyberwolf" wrote:

> First off, Missing device drivers aren't bugs. It's up to hardware vendors to
> supply drivers to MS for them to include them in the new OS. Don't flame MS
> because of your own ignorance.
>
> Secondly, your hardware must be fairly outdated or crap. I have two seperate
> SATA/EIDE RAID devices that installed perfectly without me having to do
> anything. Actually every piece of hardware was detected and installed in
> Pre-RC1.
>
> "Andrew Fiddian-Green" wrote:
>
> > I encountered the following 7 bugs in Vista Pre-RC1 install:
> >
> > 1) No driver for Silicon Image SIL ATA serial ATA drive controller
> > 2) No driver for 3Com 10/100 Ethernet card
> > 3) No driver for Terratec PCI/128 sound card
> > 4) Installing Win XP drivers for 3) above causes a blue screen on the next
> > boot
> > 5) Internationalisation setup does not allow Location: Switzerland; User
> > Settings: English; Keyboard Layout: US International
> > 6) When you uninstall drivers and then try to re-install the same ones, the
> > process fails: most likely due to LUA "protection"...
> > 7) When you boot to last known good state, and then try to re-install
> > drivers, you get the same problem as 6) above
> >
> > What is the solution?
> >
> > ... my solution is FORMAT D: ...
> >
> > C'mon MS this release is completely useless; and it is certainly nothing
> > like release ready!!
> >
> >
> >