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1. jtreefrog

   
   Posted on: November 28, 2006 at 3:49PM  

   Is there a place to send vista "bugs" ?  I'm using the released edition from MSDN and am having an issue with graphics - specifically the bundled games.  Chess is the worst - you can't see the board because is shows up as weird, grainy graphics.  Sometimes in freecell, the messages that popup in the lower corner have garbled text rather than anything readable.  Please point me in the right direction?
2. dudu

   
   Posted on: November 28, 2006 at 4:09PM  

   Nice gadget. Added it to my sidebar.
3. jecrawf

   
   Posted on: November 28, 2006 at 6:56PM  

   Is this for real??

   I found this posted on http://digg.com/

   http://www.powertogether.com/, article titled "Free Office 2007 Professional & Windows Vista DVDs from Microsoft". The deal is you watch 3 webcasts, give some personal info, and maybe in 6-8 weeks you'll get a free fully licensed copy of Vista or Office 2007 in the mail.

   Doesn't sound legit to me, I couldn't find it in a search at microsoft.com. Anyone know if this is for real??
4. newscientist2000

   
   Posted on: November 28, 2006 at 9:06PM  

   Thanks I just changed back to the default site Theme so I can see it.  Looks good.
5. LiveGadgets

   
   Posted on: November 28, 2006 at 11:48PM  

   I found this posting on the Japanese website "Windows Forest" talking about the countdown gadget, or at least I THINK that's what they're talking about. ;)

   http://www.forest.impress.co.jp/article/2006/11/28/vistacountdown.html
6. Nick White

   
   Posted on: November 29, 2006 at 12:46AM  

   Hey jtreefrog:  You can submit feedback via this feedback form: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/sentiments/default.mspx.

   If you need tech support, you might seek help in the public Windows Vista newsgroups:  http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/.
7. Stormbringer_za

   
   Posted on: November 29, 2006 at 4:08AM  

   I have looked everywhere for an answer to my problem...

   My sidebar just vanished and does not start up again after a restart or running the sidebar.exe file. If you run the EXE file nothing happens. and if you try and install a gadget it says "Unspecified error".

   This happened on 3 different computer now, after an install it works for a while and all of a sudden after a restart its gone.
8. Neelesh Pandey

   
   Posted on: November 29, 2006 at 6:53AM  

   Folks,

   Any idea when will Vista be available in localized languages?

   RC2 was released in Spanish-French-German-Japanese

   Is there a chance that Vista will be released on MSDN for the above languages by Dec 15? Excuse me if this comment appears on the wrong topic...still some information would help me
9. Nick White

   
   Posted on: November 29, 2006 at 12:29PM  

   Hey jecrawf, et al: that site is indeed legit; it's an offer put together by our US subsidiary, and so only US residents are eligible.

   If you have questions on how the program runs, you'll want to use the Contact Us link in the page footer to submit questions or feedback.

   FYI, their servers are overloaded right now, so if you have trouble accessing the site, keep trying.  I know that the team behind this is expanding their server capacity at the moment and so the experience should improve shortly.
10. niklas

    
    Posted on: November 29, 2006 at 1:18PM  

    Nick White, you can download language packs from windows update in vista, but they are optional, so you'll have to look for dem manuelly