Success. I now have sound, graphics drivers, and vista beta 2 is the perfect replacement. It runs a bit slow, and I can take advantage of any of the new effects, such as Flip3d, toolbar thumbnails or aero glass effects, but as soon as I get a new graphics card, some time next year, Vista should be amazing.
By the way, for the performance rating, on "gaming graphics", I have an entry saying "not detected".and a measly 1.0 rating. What is gaming graphics there to measure? I assumed it was my graphics card, but there is a seperate entry for that.