Broken Links

Maldax · 23rd July 2006, 12:11

It could be me, I am running Vista Beta with Office 2007 Beta (Beta me up Man) but none of the links that I get in mail or RSS feeds work! Is it just me?

It Get

Quote:

Hi, You wanted to see /forum/5594
The link that took you here may be wrong (none)

Please go to http://www.civinfo.com

Ta.

If it's just me then Pottsy, you need to spend more time making your forum compatable with software thats not out yet!

Hartside · 23rd July 2006, 13:05

Nice to meet an official Microsoft beta tester

Raegten · 23rd July 2006, 13:20

I got the beta of Vista too.....now all I need is a test pc to install it on?! Don't want too have to clear down my own PC and start from scratch.
How are you finding it and what spec is the pc you're running it on? (sorry if this is slightly off topic...)

Pottsy · 23rd July 2006, 13:32

When you get the email, you should get a link like
http://www.civinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5597#5597

Which of course works fine in XP etc. Where does it fail? If you paste the link into the browser, does it work? I have IE7 beta here (just for testing the forum) and it works fine in that, and I thought Vista Beta was using the same IE.

I suspect that this is Beta syndrome, there are about a trillion phpbb forums like this, so if Vista breaks it - I blame Vista! Does Vista support Firefox?

Just had a look - RSS also works fine in IE7:

basegreen · 23rd July 2006, 13:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raegten

I got the beta of Vista too.....now all I need is a test pc to install it on?! Don't want too have to clear down my own PC and start from scratch.
How are you finding it and what spec is the pc you're running it on? (sorry if this is slightly off topic...)

What do you want to know - I'm involved in the development of Vista at the moment.

Basically, you'll need about a gig of memory, and a processor from the last couple of years to get it running.

If you want the aero/glass graphical features, you'll need a 3d graphics card capable of running DirectX 9c.

You can install Vista alongside your existing windows installation, by dual booting.

Let me know if you have any more Qs.

basegreen · 23rd July 2006, 13:34

Vista has IE7, the latter beta builds have a later build than the IE7 public beta.

FF works great in Vista.

Pottsy · 23rd July 2006, 13:38

Maldax, might be better wating for Beta 8 (MS will call this Vista SP2)...

basegreen · 23rd July 2006, 13:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pottsy

Maldax, might be better wating for Beta 8 (MS will call this Vista SP2)...

It's looking good in my opinion, certainly better than XP was at this stage.

We're looking for a Q1 2007 release, maybe earlier for the business editions.

Raegten · 23rd July 2006, 16:58

Basegreen, how stable is the public beta? Should I risk dual booting it on my own pc do you think? I have a laptop that might be a better option....I don't use it as much and it would actually be more up to date...not sure about the memory on it tho.
If I do go for the dual boot option are you aware of any problems uninstalling it afterwards?

basegreen · 23rd July 2006, 17:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raegten

Basegreen, how stable is the public beta? Should I risk dual booting it on my own pc do you think? I have a laptop that might be a better option....I don't use it as much and it would actually be more up to date...not sure about the memory on it tho.
If I do go for the dual boot option are you aware of any problems uninstalling it afterwards?

If you dual boot, all you need to to "uninstall" is to edit the win.ini file in the root of the main C: drive to remove mention of the vista OS. then delete the OS files from the HD (depending on how you've partitioned, or not as the case may be)

The latest PUBLIC beta is probably Beta2, rather than the CTP build doing the rounds on your favourite P2P method of choice. It's very stable, and well worth a look.

Maldax · 23rd July 2006, 21:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raegten

Basegreen, how stable is the public beta? Should I risk dual booting it on my own pc do you think? I have a laptop that might be a better option....I don't use it as much and it would actually be more up to date...not sure about the memory on it tho.
If I do go for the dual boot option are you aware of any problems uninstalling it afterwards?

I had dual boot for a bit then bit the bullet and it's my only OS and I love it! I do have a kicka*se PC. Dual core 3.2G 2Gig Ram etc etc Glass is a thing of beauty

I think the problem I have is Office 2007 as links in Outlook seem to turning

http://www.civinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5478

into

[url]http://www.civinfo.com/forum/5478[/url]

Very odd

from both the RSS feed and Mail

Still I think I can live with it

It does work great on my phone

basegreen · 23rd July 2006, 21:34

Is that something to do with security? Maybe you have some settings which affect urls?

One little tip - make sure you change your mouse pointers to the new aero ones.. They're great :P

Maldax · 23rd July 2006, 21:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by basegreen

Is that something to do with security? Maybe you have some settings which affect urls?

One little tip - make sure you change your mouse pointers to the new aero ones.. They're great :P

Dont think I have any

Do I need to turn them on?

basegreen · 23rd July 2006, 21:41

If you go into the mouse options, it's one of the mouse pointer sets in there. Which build are y ou using?

btw, although Aero/glass is really nice, there's some superb work going on in the Linux community too.

Check this out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz_2vKq5cZk&NR

Maldax · 23rd July 2006, 21:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by basegreen

If you go into the mouse options, it's one of the mouse pointer sets in there. Which build are y ou using?

btw, although Aero/glass is really nice, there's some superb work going on in the Linux community too.

Check this out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz_2vKq5cZk&NR

I am not 100% sure but I think that version of Linux would make me travel sick

I am on build 5384 only got standard mice

Raegten · 23rd July 2006, 21:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by basegreen

If you go into the mouse options, it's one of the mouse pointer sets in there. Which build are y ou using?

btw, although Aero/glass is really nice, there's some superb work going on in the Linux community too.

Check this out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz_2vKq5cZk&NR

WOW

basegreen · 23rd July 2006, 21:53

Shame.

You can download, and install the set here:

http://www.gurudesign.no/downloads/aero_cursors.zip

You can also run these pointers under Windows XP! Well worth a look, install instructions included in the zip.

BG.

Maldax · 23rd July 2006, 22:02

Nice

basegreen · 23rd July 2006, 22:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maldax

Nice

Like I say, let me know if you need anything else

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23rd July 2006, 13:05	#2 (permalink)
Hartside Supporter Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 4th May 2006 Location: Northumberland Posts: 549 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Nice to meet an official Microsoft beta tester

23rd July 2006, 13:20	#3 (permalink)
Raegten Locking Wheelnut Join Date: 4th May 2006 Location: Dublin Posts: 125 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I got the beta of Vista too.....now all I need is a test pc to install it on?! Don't want too have to clear down my own PC and start from scratch. How are you finding it and what spec is the pc you're running it on? (sorry if this is slightly off topic...)

23rd July 2006, 13:34	#6 (permalink)
basegreen Super Moderator Civinfo guru Join Date: 15th April 2006 Location: noitacoL Posts: 2,865 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Vista has IE7, the latter beta builds have a later build than the IE7 public beta. FF works great in Vista.

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Pottsy Administrator Civinfo guru Join Date: 10th April 2006 Location: Leics Posts: 4,760 Thanks: 7 Thanked 61 Times in 32 Posts	Maldax, might be better wating for Beta 8 (MS will call this Vista SP2)...

23rd July 2006, 16:58	#9 (permalink)
Raegten Locking Wheelnut Join Date: 4th May 2006 Location: Dublin Posts: 125 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Basegreen, how stable is the public beta? Should I risk dual booting it on my own pc do you think? I have a laptop that might be a better option....I don't use it as much and it would actually be more up to date...not sure about the memory on it tho. If I do go for the dual boot option are you aware of any problems uninstalling it afterwards?

23rd July 2006, 21:34	#12 (permalink)
basegreen Super Moderator Civinfo guru Join Date: 15th April 2006 Location: noitacoL Posts: 2,865 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Is that something to do with security? Maybe you have some settings which affect urls? One little tip - make sure you change your mouse pointers to the new aero ones.. They're great :P

23rd July 2006, 21:41	#14 (permalink)
basegreen Super Moderator Civinfo guru Join Date: 15th April 2006 Location: noitacoL Posts: 2,865 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	If you go into the mouse options, it's one of the mouse pointer sets in there. Which build are y ou using? btw, although Aero/glass is really nice, there's some superb work going on in the Linux community too. Check this out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz_2vKq5cZk&NR

23rd July 2006, 21:53	#17 (permalink)
basegreen Super Moderator Civinfo guru Join Date: 15th April 2006 Location: noitacoL Posts: 2,865 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Shame. You can download, and install the set here: http://www.gurudesign.no/downloads/aero_cursors.zip You can also run these pointers under Windows XP! Well worth a look, install instructions included in the zip. BG.

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Maldax Supporter Rocketship door handle Join Date: 12th June 2006 Location: Reading, Berks Posts: 1,046 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Nice