Changes from Windows x64 RC2 to RTM?

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"mayr-software" <klaus@mayr-software.de> wrote in message
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>I recently downloaded and installed the RTM-Versions of Windows Server 2003
> x64 and Windows XP x64. Both Setups run without any problems, except for a
> message
> in "Installing devices" about a driver that may not be compatible and so
> on.
>
> The one and only foreign driver i use is the SATA-controller driver that
> worked since Beta 2 without any problems. After the final reboot my system
> does not boot into
> the logo screen, but reboots immediately after selecting the x64 from
> boot.ini and
> loading some files.
>
> In RC2 with the same driver version i had no problems during and after the
> setup except that almost nothing of my hardware had working drivers, but
> the
> systems
> booted quickly to the desktop waiting for activation.
>
> What may have changed here since RC2? Will i just need to upgrade my SATA
> drivers?

Yes it sounds like you need to get later SATA drivers.
It is not uncommon for vendors beta drivers that were written for a Beta OS
to not function correctly on the final production release.
Ideally you should never run Beta drivers on any production system

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"mayr-software" <klaus@mayr-software.de> wrote in message
news 2A66D32-D806-45CA-AEEE-129258D3E690@microsoft.com...
>I recently downloaded and installed the RTM-Versions of Windows Server 2003
> x64 and Windows XP x64. Both Setups run without any problems, except for a
> message
> in "Installing devices" about a driver that may not be compatible and so
> on.
>
> The one and only foreign driver i use is the SATA-controller driver that
> worked since Beta 2 without any problems. After the final reboot my system
> does not boot into
> the logo screen, but reboots immediately after selecting the x64 from
> boot.ini and
> loading some files.
>
> In RC2 with the same driver version i had no problems during and after the
> setup except that almost nothing of my hardware had working drivers, but
> the
> systems
> booted quickly to the desktop waiting for activation.
>
> What may have changed here since RC2? Will i just need to upgrade my SATA
> drivers?
>
> kind regards
> mayr-software