rEdshiFt 1 Report post Posted October 29, 2004 hi has anyone tried installing/running the new windows OS - Microsoft Codename Longhorn ? (Yes of course, its beta) what was ur experience ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vishal Gupta 4 Report post Posted October 29, 2004 i didnt tri it. but i heard a lot about it. its all over different from recent versions. it has new File system WinFS. but it requires a lot of system resources. U must have at least 256 or 512 MB RAM. There r so many themes r available on net for Win XP, that converts Win XP look into Longhorn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rEdshiFt 1 Report post Posted October 29, 2004 s vishal, theres a lotta stuff available out there... i have somethin called Longorn_Transformation_pack6 currently installed ... looks pretty good...it changes the looks of a lot more stuff on the pc than the usual 'themes' do...(there are stand-alone longorn themes available also) infact, i have the actual longhorn build 4074 iso...750mb...its been sittin there for a month..dont wanna install it yet... as u said, they say the optimum is 512RAM(i have 256)...and they also say its better to have 2GB free in the installation drive !! thats some heavy demand...its gotta wait till my next upgrade...(hopefuly soon) SO -thats MY experience...i thought someone might have got it going succesfully...im sure somebody has... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harsh 1 Report post Posted October 30, 2004 i had tried Longhorn PDC , full os, beta version, 6 months back. since then there has been no newer version. it was under development stage, so that version didnt have much new stuff. waiting for a newer beta... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rEdshiFt 1 Report post Posted October 30, 2004 Oh wow...so how is it harsh ? to start with, what r the noticible differences? its supposed to be more 'stable' than XP...can v like actually feel this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harsh 1 Report post Posted October 30, 2004 boss, its a pre-release. so never expect a beta os to be stable. minor interface changes are there, but not noticable. more or less, similar to xp only. nothing much to get excited as it's too early version. final release it expected in 2006. so we need to wait till 2nd half of 2005 to see what exactly they are going to put in final release. so as of now, enjoy xp sp2, which is the so called safest and fastest os so far... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rEdshiFt 1 Report post Posted October 30, 2004 ok buddy...I'll take that piece of advise...will stick to sp2..it IS actually quite stable...never had any "crash" r anything (ups failures dont count right?) let longhorn sit idle for coupla more months... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rEdshiFt 1 Report post Posted October 30, 2004 jus thought a coupla screenshot would add more color to it if ur interested in more reviews & screenshots check it out here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karpar 1 Report post Posted October 30, 2004 I'm hoping the Transformation Pack will work wonders redshift. I'm downloading that 13mb file on a dial-up! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RSumit 0 Report post Posted October 30, 2004 Have u tried this software called Talisman Desktop. http://www.lighttek.com) It has similar thems which let u change the entire look of xp. Infact theres a theme exactly like the 1st screenshot in redshifts post. And you can edit any aspect of the theme in any parameter. You can even add links, buttons, menu etc dirctly on the desktop... and do everything visually. But its a shareware. Editing is allowed for first few weeks. Heres some screenshots: ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greens 21 Report post Posted October 31, 2004 Cooooooooooooool Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted October 31, 2004 Do not try Talisman if you have a slower PC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karpar 1 Report post Posted October 31, 2004 It looks great! The Longhorn look is nothing compared to this! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rEdshiFt 1 Report post Posted October 31, 2004 this is much better than the longhorn look... thanx for the share sumit.... there r So many functions...and its gonna take a while to get used to the new menus & buttons......i miss the good ol rightclickin my desktop btw, i managed to remove the 30_day nag screen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RSumit 0 Report post Posted October 31, 2004 (edited) Ya, u miss the right click menu. And also win start menu in hide win taskbar mode. And here u'll get some more beautiful themes for Talisman. http://pcdesktops.emuunlim.com/downloads/talisman2 Edited October 31, 2004 by RSumit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saurav 22 Report post Posted October 31, 2004 does anyone know code to register talisman. pls send me PM. posting codes over here is not allowed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted November 1, 2004 Some more images of LongHorn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hyper 0 Report post Posted November 1, 2004 here it is... enjoy the code for talisman.............find ur veriosn & get the code.... http://freeserials.com/serials/search.php?q=talisman BTW....get any crack/code at www.freeserials.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andycool87 0 Report post Posted March 22, 2005 (edited) ok guys gettin back to longhorn Microsoft announced in i think december or maybe even earlier that when it releases the first version of longhorn officially they will exclude the much awaited new file system coz they feel it still isnt stable and they need to remove all vulnerabilities and hence require more time guess dont wanna screw up as the did with ME and initially wid XP anyways this yr we will get the looks but not the fs Edited March 22, 2005 by andycool87 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted April 27, 2005 Some more pics of longhorn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
