was thinking about downloading the beta version of vista to screw around with but still want to keep XP on my machine as the main OS.
anyone here done this?
i thoght i read an article about not being able to dual boot with vista if you enable the encryptrion/security “bitlocker”.
just dont enable that and you should be ok
thanks jon… oh, and does anyone know how I can get the beta2 version? I looked on microsofts webiste but it said that you cant d/l it yet?
I’m sure I can get it thru P2P but would like an official copy (aka, not pirated)
I think Microsoft is going to do a public beta release eventually. Whether this is beta2 or later I’m not sure.
You can easily dual boot with your current version of Windows. I did this with Beta 1. The installer for Vista actually gives you the option to dual boot.
Haha about 3-4 years (just for kicks) I was triple booting XP, Linux, and a way early Alpha release of Longhorn (maybe 3063?) that was basically XP with a fruity theme and an instability patch. 
The booting part worked fine. 
kevin… my stupidity doesnt allow me to use irc :tdown:
does it require a cd key or anything like that (for those that have used it)? thanks gents
ok, got it on the way 
… but yeah, does it use a cd key or anything?
God when I tried it the fucking thing crashed on me constantly
newsgroups steve not irc, but im sure its on irc also.
and wherever ur getting it, it prolly is cracked or the key is included