Windows 7

[visualk]

Has anyone tried the new Windows 7? Its great, I am looking for some tweaking or add-on features for it...can anyone share what they have found.

[thextinct]

Just installed the RTM yesterday night. Its really nice. No problems yet. :D
I hope it stays that way :)

[Carl64]

Ran both the betas and now I'm running the RC. No problems at all, it is really an awesome OS. Probably wont go to RTM until it hits MSDNAA.

[nobb]

Are tweaks necessary? The system requirements are already pretty low. Here's an interesting article I came up on...Windows 7 ran on a P2 266mhz:

http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/windows-7-runs-on-a-pentium-ii-with-96mb-ram-20090622/

I dont think even XP could do that...

[403Gemini]

With respect to drivers, when do you think we will see manufacturers start putting out Windows 7 specific drivers? Or can you simply use the vista ones?

[TorqueDog]

Vista ones will suffice; Windows 7 is really just Windows Vista Service Pack 147568. :nut: But what a service pack. :thumbsup:

[Kavy]

Originally posted by 403Gemini
With respect to drivers, when do you think we will see manufacturers start putting out Windows 7 specific drivers? Or can you simply use the vista ones?

Nvidia has win 7 specific drivers that give me 19 more fps then vista did on the same puter.

Agree win7 so far is all good, im waiting for the piss off.

[Mibz]

Anybody had sound problems yet? It's the only thing stopping a lot of people from switching but I haven't had a problem with onboard sound yet.

[403Gemini]

Impressive! When does this go retail, i wouldnt mind switching from vista to 7 :D

[visualk]

has anyone installed AntiVirus on it yet? Shaw F Secure doesnt seem to work on it yet.

Also I wanted better visualzations for Windows Media Player, anyone know where to get some from?

[Kavy]

Originally posted by Mibz
Anybody had sound problems yet? It's the only thing stopping a lot of people from switching but I haven't had a problem with onboard sound yet.

I did at first but just installed the vista SigmaTel drivers and Its been good since

[mdeluxe]

Originally posted by 403Gemini
Impressive! When does this go retail, i wouldnt mind switching from vista to 7 :D

I herd it was mid October. but maybe double check

[GoChris]

Originally posted by mdeluxe


I herd it was mid October. but maybe double check

Oct 22

[raymondman]

i hope its not a piece of shit like vista; i cant stand vista. its like having a pc that refuses to do anything you want it to.

[kirberman]

Using the RTM as well since the day after it was released on my Dell M1330. Not one single problem, I expected that since I was using the beta since Feb this year with no problems either. This is the best OS MS has ever come out with.

[sabad66]

I use AVG Free on windows 7 RC with no problems.

Anyone know if beta testers get any deals on Windows 7? I wanna use the final version but don't have $300+ to dish out on the full version right now.

[raymondman]

what does RTM stand for?

[Xtrema]

Release To Manufacturer

[raymondman]

Originally posted by Xtrema
Release To Manufacturer

thanx

[nj2Type-S]

anything is better than vista....:banghead:

[sr20s14zenki]

Loving it so far, very fast, but we will see 6 months down the road if it gets slow and starts hogging memory for no particular reason. On a side note, how much performance does a 64 bit processor versus a 32 bit processor add?

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by sr20s14zenki
Loving it so far, very fast, but we will see 6 months down the road if it gets slow and starts hogging memory for no particular reason. On a side note, how much performance does a 64 bit processor versus a 32 bit processor add?

It doesn't or at most cases negligible.

64bit OS is for 64bit apps to access larger pool of memory. But rarely any program for general consumers use more than 4GB.

[thextinct]

Started getting some problems after 3 days of usage. Problem is : Windows Explorer stopped working.. I get this almost always when I try to open my Videos Folder :(

Windows No good anymoreee :(

[Kavy]

Originally posted by thextinct
Started getting some problems after 3 days of usage. Problem is : Windows Explorer stopped working.. I get this almost always when I try to open my Videos Folder :(

Windows No good anymoreee :(

Clean install, do not upgrade win 7.

[Proboscis]

anyone want the windows 98 RTM?

[thextinct]

Originally posted by Kavy


Clean install, do not upgrade win 7.

I did clean install of it.. Worked flawlessly for 2-3 days and then suddenly started giving me problems. But its just one problem for now which is a good thing :)

[Mibz]

Originally posted by Proboscis
anyone want the windows 98 RTM? SE?

[tha_bandit]

Originally posted by thextinct


I did clean install of it.. Worked flawlessly for 2-3 days and then suddenly started giving me problems. But its just one problem for now which is a good thing :)

you prob visted too many porn sites....

seriously though, I think it was hardware issues with the macbook (i told u about the sound issue before), it works fine now since build 7100 with the boot camp drivers (for vista, on your restore discs) :dunno:

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by thextinct
Started getting some problems after 3 days of usage. Problem is : Windows Explorer stopped working.. I get this almost always when I try to open my Videos Folder :(

Windows No good anymoreee :(

Check your storage controller driver. 7100 had a problem with my Aspire One where it corrupt data on disk until it was totally unbootable after a week or two of usage.

[thextinct]

Originally posted by tha_bandit



seriously though, I think it was hardware issues with the macbook (i told u about the sound issue before), it works fine now since build 7100 with the boot camp drivers (for vista, on your restore discs) :dunno:


Its not on the macbook. Installed Ultimate RTM on Core 2 Duo Lenovo. N sound in not giving me any problems with it. Just the Windows Explorer. :banghead:

[tha_bandit]

Originally posted by thextinct



Its not on the macbook. Installed Ultimate RTM on Core 2 Duo Lenovo. N sound in not giving me any problems with it. Just the Windows Explorer. :banghead:

well then, I'm sticking to my original idea, prob too much porn on the Lenovo too.....:poosie:

[aaronck]

Would love to try 7, but I'd hate to use a beta and have to reinstall the full version later-I guess I'll wait for the full version to come out

[97'Scort]

I'm hoping they'll put it for sale super cheap for students, like they did for The Ultimate Steal. They have a listing for windows 7 on the student website, so it makes me optimistic :)

http://www.microsoft.com/student/en/us/software/windows-7.aspx

Also, prices already?
http://www.windowsvienna.com/

[visualk]

is there any good add ons? I want better visualizations (graphics) for Windows Media player in Media Center

[eblend]

Originally posted by aaronck
Would love to try 7, but I'd hate to use a beta and have to reinstall the full version later-I guess I'll wait for the full version to come out

RTM is the final version and is out now

[DJ Lazy]

Is anyone having audio issues with Win7 RTM on Macbooks?

The max volume in Windows is about half of what it is in OSX... I've tried a few suggested drivers with no luck... and been through the usual Device Manager bs...

[nobb]

Just to let you guys know, you can get Windows 7 and a bunch of other software like Vista, XP, etc by signing up for an IEEE membership ($40) and then going through MSDNAA.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=408778

Im downloading the RTM of Windows 7 both in 64 and 32 bit and going to be installing it later on two other computers. MSDNAA also gives access for a French version of Win7...does anyone know if you can install the French version then install a language pack or whatever to turn it into english?

[bashir26]

I'm still using 7201 x64 when it first came out. It is very very stable for me.

[sabad66]

Both x64 and x86 of Windows 7 Professional available on MSDN Academic Alliance :clap:

[tha_bandit]

Originally posted by DJ Lazy
Is anyone having audio issues with Win7 RTM on Macbooks?

The max volume in Windows is about half of what it is in OSX... I've tried a few suggested drivers with no luck... and been through the usual Device Manager bs...

u need the drivers from the realtek website, search google for MacBook win 7 audio drivers or something, the realtek website ones work good

[DannyO]

Has anybody seen any benchmarks comparing the RTM to past RCs in terms of gaming performance? its probably more down to drivers than Windows itself, but just curious if its worth an upgrade, I got RC 7100 with a lot installed in it, don't really want to re-install everything unless it would be worth it.

[Zero102]

Originally posted by sabad66
Both x64 and x86 of Windows 7 Professional available on MSDN Academic Alliance :clap:

Indeed they are, running build 7600 right now (and have been for over a week). I saw them and thought it must have been a mistake :)

[Super_Geo]

Hey, any further thoughts from you early Win7 adopters now that it's a been another couple of weeks? Still runing fast? Any issues come up yet?

I just downloaded and installed it on my laptop today, I'm really liking it compared to XP (never upgraded to Vista), but I'm a bit hesitant to put it on my HTPC in case it gets really bogged down in the future cause it's a pain in the ass re-installing an operating system on it (my LCD TV doesn't support lower resolutions, so I have to bust out a 19" LCD and hook it up to the computer to do the install... real pain in the ass).

[kylejw]

Loving it. I hated Vista and never ended up using it, so I'm coming from XP Pro.

I haven't run into any compatibility issues, even Matlab R2007 is working, I expected to need 2009 but am relieved I didnt.

I set Media Center up like this:

http://mintywhite.com/windows-7/customise-windows-7-media-center-part-1/

Now Media Center has replaced Meedio on my computer.

[Super_Geo]

Originally posted by kylejw
I set Media Center up like this:

http://mintywhite.com/windows-7/customise-windows-7-media-center-part-1/

Now Media Center has replaced Meedio on my computer.

That looks pretty sick! I'm going to have to get it... will take a while getting everything set up though. It'll probably have to wait until next weekend (and will probably need a big bag of weed).

[black13]

does anyone know how you can activate the ultimate edition? and how can I tell which build version i have?

[kylejw]

Originally posted by Super_Geo


That looks pretty sick! I'm going to have to get it... will take a while getting everything set up though. It'll probably have to wait until next weekend (and will probably need a big bag of weed).

It actually didn't take TOO long, I skipped some stuff I didn't care fo, and my collection took a big hit when my hard drive crapped out a little while ago...

End result is great though, I can click on an actor or director and it shows me other movies/shows by that person.

[Zhariak]

w00t!

I'm downloading it right now :)

(LEGALLY ofcourse! I'm a registered partner)

[Zhariak]

Hmm, got it installed. 64-bit version...

First time logging in it's already clamiing that drivers it shipped with are not signed...

Surprised how much driver supput is built in though.

Kinda pissed I've had to run quite a few proggies as Vista with "compatibility mode" no major issues though

[Xtrema]

Got my 7 Pro while the MSDNAA was still offering it.

So far so good. Driver support is a lot better than RC1. Don't get random BSOD on my netbook any more.

Just loaded x64 on my desktop, no time to play with it yet but seems stable so far.

On both installation there are mystery devices in Device manager and both time Action Center did provide proper solutions. I'm impressed.

[Zhariak]

Surprised, after fixing the drivers it shipped with. I've had no problems :D

[trliniar]

have the RTM build 7600 version as well.. No problems with it at all.. no crashing.. and everything is 100% compatible with it... Dont like some of the changes like when you hover over an open folder or whatever in the taskbar it previews it in a smaller window... find it annoying because the windows so small you cant even see what your previewing if their all say firefox, or all folders ....

overall I dont think there are too many changes from vista though.... I was using less memory when i first formatted.. but now I am back to the usual 40% ram usage after installing all my programs, etc...

[Xtrema]

Instability slowly creeping up again on my Aspire One. Crashing explorer, random shut down, reboots.

Disappointed.

[jwslam]

sorry for digging up an old thread
but i think ima try this
http://www.intowindows.com/windows-7-transformation-pack-for-xp/

i bought this comp like 2 weeks before everything went all vista
and lenovo charged me 30 bucks to get XP instead of vista

i'm kinda hesitant to complete switch over to 7 right now just because of my use of tablet

plus i read some threads elsewhere where they said running 7 uses 13W vs the 10W on xp

[colt22]

no driver issues on a clean install what so ever.. very impressive

x64 on custom build pc

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by jwslam
plus i read some threads elsewhere where they said running 7 uses 13W vs the 10W on xp

Not surprised if the extra 3W comes from aeroglass interface.

[jwslam]

Originally posted by Xtrema


Not surprised if the extra 3W comes from aeroglass interface.
probably haha
so if i put in the mod that gives me the GUI then i'm probably bringing that on me anyways lol

[jav_]

lol damn im still running the beta 7077 on my netbook

[Zhariak]

oi,

so 7 64-bit has been bluescreening quite a bit (keep in mind im running the final release)

[Zephyr]

Uhh kinda newbie question, but I just got my retail copy of Windows 7 Ultimate (Microsoft accommodation from work) whats the difference between 32 and 64 bit?:dunno:

[Zhariak]

Originally posted by Zephyr
Uhh kinda newbie question, but I just got my retail copy of Windows 7 Ultimate (Microsoft accommodation from work) whats the difference between 32 and 64 bit?:dunno:

Huge different, but I'll put it into super simple terms for you.

32-bit, is what people have been using for years on their computers. It'll be easier to find drivers for your hardware and peripherals. your capped on the amount of ram you can use to something around 3-4GB

64-bit, WAY higher performance, can use lots of ram. Might have trouble finding drivers for hardware/peripherals.

If your computer can run 64-bit, I'd recommend using it, if not you can safely use 32-bit.

[TorqueDog]

Guys with the BSODs - try swapping in different RAM sticks. Speaking to the quality of what I've seen out there, the stuff is damn near disposable these days.


Using 7 Enterprise x86 at work (and have migrated seven of our corporate staff to it in our test deploy), using 7 Ultimate x86 at home. Zero problems aside from vSphere client needing to be smacked around to get it to work.

[cityhunter2501]

installed Windows 7 x64 Ultimate on my Dell XPS M1330 last night...30min from booting to disc to browsing the net, amazingly the OS detected all my devices from BT, card reader, webcam, network, video.
Haven't played with it yet but it definitely feels faster than Vista Ultimate x64.

Anyone tried upgrading yet? I'm wondering if it's safe to upgrade my Custom built pc x64 Ultimate to 7 as well but worried that some of my apps will not work anymore.

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by Zhariak


Huge different, but I'll put it into super simple terms for you.

32-bit, is what people have been using for years on their computers. It'll be easier to find drivers for your hardware and peripherals. your capped on the amount of ram you can use to something around 3-4GB

64-bit, WAY higher performance, can use lots of ram. Might have trouble finding drivers for hardware/peripherals.

If your computer can run 64-bit, I'd recommend using it, if not you can safely use 32-bit.

Unless you have specific apps that's 64bit and utilize more than 4GB of ram, going 64bit is still more headaches than 32-bit. Even if 32bit apps do run under 64bit.

Performance isn't a whole lot better.

With that said, going all 64bit is inevitable. We just need apps and drivers writers to catch up.

[Mibz]

I don't know how people have "headaches" with 64-bit. I had a problem finding network drivers 2 years ago but I did end up finding them. I agree that performance isn't anything noticable but there is zero reason somebody shouldn't be updating to 64-bit unless they have a specific app that won't work with it.

[Xtrema]

http://hmh.omgasia.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/hwang-mi-hee-windows-7-2.jpg

[Xtrema]

http://hmh.omgasia.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/hwang-mi-hee-windows-7-3.jpg

[Mibz]

Your red X's tell me that the problem with your computer lies outside the case.

EDIT: Hot.

[scat19]

Yummy Yummy!

[Zhariak]

Originally posted by TorqueDog
Guys with the BSODs - try swapping in different RAM sticks. Speaking to the quality of what I've seen out there, the stuff is damn near disposable these days.


Using 7 Enterprise x86 at work (and have migrated seven of our corporate staff to it in our test deploy), using 7 Ultimate x86 at home. Zero problems aside from vSphere client needing to be smacked around to get it to work.

I KNOW! OMG

I got 7 loaded up 64-bit, and I install the vSphere client, try connecting to vCenter, and BAM "BLA BLA WE CANT FIND TEH XML FILEZZZZZ"

/cried

[TorqueDog]

Originally posted by Zhariak
I KNOW! OMG

I got 7 loaded up 64-bit, and I install the vSphere client, try connecting to vCenter, and BAM "BLA BLA WE CANT FIND TEH XML FILEZZZZZ"

/cried Did you get it fixed already?

You can either install vSphere in Windows XP Mode (which works fucking brilliantly) or you can run the PowerShell script located here (http://www.tinyint.com/index.php/2009/09/04/vsphere-client-on-windows-7/) to run vSphere with the Windows 7 GUI.

I've tried both solutions and they work great.



By the way, you know not how much of a nuisance 64-bit Windows (of any kind) is until you try to find an HP printer driver for it and get stuck using that god-awful HP Universal Print driver. It's not a fault of Windows, no, but if your third-party stuff doesn't work well with it, what good is it?

[Dj_Stylz]

Im going to be installing this, this weekend. God i hate Vista

[Zhariak]

Originally posted by TorqueDog
Did you get it fixed already?

You can either install vSphere in Windows XP Mode (which works fucking brilliantly) or you can run the PowerShell script located here (http://www.tinyint.com/index.php/2009/09/04/vsphere-client-on-windows-7/) to run vSphere with the Windows 7 GUI.

I've tried both solutions and they work great.



By the way, you know not how much of a nuisance 64-bit Windows (of any kind) is until you try to find an HP printer driver for it and get stuck using that god-awful HP Universal Print driver. It's not a fault of Windows, no, but if your third-party stuff doesn't work well with it, what good is it?

Actually my company tries to sell only HP equipment (servers, workstations, etc...) and with all the newer equipment we've had almost no problems whatsoever with 64-bit drivers...

But I do know what you mean. Alot of the older stuff can cause a bunch of crap.

Alot of my clients have wanted to upgrade to SBS 2008 from 03, only to find out their so called "Custom servers" they wanted so badly (refused HP product) don't have all the drivers for 64-bit OSs, lol. /pwned

[TorqueDog]

It's not all drivers - just the printer drivers. HP Universal Print driver + Terminal Server = massive fail.

[Grogador]

I installed Win7 today and spent the afternoon trying to polish that turd into something usable. Finally got fed up and swapped the WinXP drive back in. So now I have to ask... WHY? Is there some glorious auto-reacharound checkbox that I missed? I never got used to the stupid Vista-isms like the randomly re-shuffled control panel and Start menu that thinks it's smarter than you...

[jwslam]

Originally posted by Grogador
I installed Win7 today and spent the afternoon trying to polish that turd into something usable. Finally got fed up and swapped the WinXP drive back in. So now I have to ask... WHY? Is there some glorious auto-reacharound checkbox that I missed? I never got used to the stupid Vista-isms like the randomly re-shuffled control panel and Start menu that thinks it's smarter than you...
agree. i.e. those stupid MS office 2007 ribbons that i can't find ANYTHING in...
what's wrong with "file save"? why the hell do you have to use that fancy office button

[alloroc]

Originally posted by visualk
has anyone installed AntiVirus on it yet? Shaw F Secure doesnt seem to work on it yet.

Also I wanted better visualzations for Windows Media Player, anyone know where to get some from?

Just use MS security essentials.

[jlincott]

Hi All has anyone tried out a few games like GTAIV, RFactor..... on W7 and do they preform well or not ?

[GoChris]

Originally posted by alloroc


Just use MS security essentials.

Kaspersky and AVG both work on windows 7, I have tested each.

[flipstah]

Originally posted by GoChris


Kaspersky and AVG both work on windows 7, I have tested each.

Odd. My KIS2009 is a problem when I ran the Windows 7 Compatibility thingamajig.

Also, would anyone know if it's okay to go Vista Home Premium --> Vista Ultimate --> Windows 7 Pro?

I'm trying to avoid doing a 'clean' install and trying to see if my colleague is able to provide me the Vista Ultimate CD.

[GoChris]

KIS2010 is out, maybe that will be better for you

[TorqueDog]

Originally posted by Grogador
I installed Win7 today and spent the afternoon trying to polish that turd into something usable. Finally got fed up and swapped the WinXP drive back in. So now I have to ask... WHY? Is there some glorious auto-reacharound checkbox that I missed? I never got used to the stupid Vista-isms like the randomly re-shuffled control panel and Start menu that thinks it's smarter than you... My parents are in their 50s - they are not technology people. I've moved them from Windows XP MCE to Windows Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Ultimate over the course of about four years.

Windows 7 Ultimate, in their opinion, is by far the best of the three they've had experience with. They have zero problems, everything is stable, fast, and easy. Judging by your lack of actual problems with it to communicate, I'm going to guess you're just stubborn or stupid - which is it?

The icons having been renamed slightly is not a legitimate 'problem'. And how exactly does the Start Menu think it is smarter than you? If you have a legitimate issue, expand on it instead of this nonsense.

[alloroc]

Originally posted by GoChris


Kaspersky and AVG both work on windows 7, I have tested each.

Shaw secure is free to shaw users. I would think that if you have shaw secure you waould want a free replacement.

Kaspersky isn't free.
AVG free doesn't detect root kits.

[kaput]

.

[alloroc]

^ windows punishing you for using firefox.

[clem24]

Originally posted by TorqueDog
My parents are in their 50s - they are not technology people. I've moved them from Windows XP MCE to Windows Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Ultimate over the course of about four years.

Windows 7 Ultimate, in their opinion, is by far the best of the three they've had experience with. They have zero problems, everything is stable, fast, and easy. Judging by your lack of actual problems with it to communicate, I'm going to guess you're just stubborn or stupid - which is it?

The icons having been renamed slightly is not a legitimate 'problem'. And how exactly does the Start Menu think it is smarter than you? If you have a legitimate issue, expand on it instead of this nonsense.

I agree. I am about the make the change soon. My dad just did computer and it is noticeably snappier than XP even though the hardware is exactly the same. Vista sucks, but Win 7 is the real deal. Yes it's annoying to old schoolers how Microsoft has moved familiar objects, but if they didn't do that, then we'd be stuck in the past and never move forward.

On another note, I installed Firefox and didn't get any issues. But Internet Explorer didn't even work properly! Some text on webpages were soooooo small and completely illegible!!! Changing the zoom did nothing (just increased font size on most of the page but not on this part, and no it wasn't a picture of text).:nut:

[Sasuke_Kensai]

Does anyone have info or a link on how activation works (basically if it's needed) on each stand-alone version of Windows 7? Hoping it's not a hassle to re-install when reformatting or installing new hardware.

I searched on google and all that came up were pirate sites... :nut:

[gqmw]

Man I installed windows 7 and at first it seemed pretty good but now I'm having nothing but trouble. Often when I'm typing it'll change windows and like I was typing "windows" in this post and it suddenly went back to "seemed." Anyone know what's going on?

[derpderp]

.

[flipstah]

It won't let me upgrade my Vista Home Premium -> Vista Business in order to get 7 Pro! :banghead:

Guess I can't have 7 for now. Anybody know how to avoid a clean sweep from Vista Home Premium to 7 Pro?

Pretty sure no solution exists but it doesn't hurt to ask. ..

[Mibz]

So I finally switched my main box from Vista Ultimate to 7 Ultimate and I have to say.... I prefer Vista so far.

The UI in Vista was faster. Don't tell me that it's not possible, because I can tell you with a straight face that the entire "experience" is slower than when I was on Vista. Little bits of lag here and there, slower loading of Explorer, Start Menu, etc.

I was okay with the new Start Menu on a test box but now that I'm using it all the time, I can't stand it. I miss the classic one.

No multi-monitor taskbar support just downright pisses me off. I can't believe it's 2009 and I have to use a 3rd party tool for this shit.

I also suffer graphical errors in FF. Twice my system locked on a site with Flash. Same site with the same version of Flash in IE worked fine.

I was pleasantly surprised with the driver support. It picked up everything of mine right away, and even asked me if I wanted to turn on SLI!

I just finished moving all my old data over last night so I haven't tried gaming yet, though I'm sure I won't really notice a difference.

I dunno. Maybe I liked Vista because I could easily turn it into Windows 98, just like I did with XP. Now they're telling me to suck it up and move on with my life, and I don't like it. I, like a lot of nerds I know, don't really like change, especially when there's no logical reason for it. I've already found workarounds for the stuff that drives me fucking mad, so I imagine there will also be workarounds for stuff that I don't get used to.

EDIT: In the interest of full disclosure, I went from Vista on 2x 7200.10 in RAID 0 to Win7 on 3x Samsung F3 in RAID 0. This is using the nForce 780i controller. These drives are insanely fast compared to my 7200.10s so things -should- actually feel faster in a lot of cases but they're really not.

[clem24]

I finally setup my first Win7. What a PITA. For the better part of 2 hours i couldn't figure out why it kept saying "no drives found" when it asked me where I wanted to install. I tried getting all sorts of different drivers (and for a common chipset no less), to no avail. Then finally, Googled a solution - might have to do with permissions! OMFG. Seriously... WTF....

So yeah, my old disk was part of a mirrored dynamic disk set from my current computer. Setup refuses to see this disk! The solution? Put in my old XP (yeah XP) install disk, boot it up, and tell it to nuke the partition.

Seriously. They might have taken one step into the 21st century (not requiring drivers be on floppies) but seemingly have taken a few steps back. :facepalm:

[Zero102]

Originally posted by clem24
I finally setup my first Win7. What a PITA. For the better part of 2 hours i couldn't figure out why it kept saying "no drives found" when it asked me where I wanted to install. I tried getting all sorts of different drivers (and for a common chipset no less), to no avail. Then finally, Googled a solution - might have to do with permissions! OMFG. Seriously... WTF....

So yeah, my old disk was part of a mirrored dynamic disk set from my current computer. Setup refuses to see this disk! The solution? Put in my old XP (yeah XP) install disk, boot it up, and tell it to nuke the partition.

Seriously. They might have taken one step into the 21st century (not requiring drivers be on floppies) but seemingly have taken a few steps back. :facepalm:

You can use the console in the installer to nuke the partition as well, in fact you don't even have to reboot you can use the back arrow in the installer to make it back enough to do this.
It has been a condition for a very long time with windows (as long as NT has been around) that you cannot install on dynamic disks, really you should have known that.

[clem24]

Originally posted by Zero102


You can use the console in the installer to nuke the partition as well, in fact you don't even have to reboot you can use the back arrow in the installer to make it back enough to do this.
It has been a condition for a very long time with windows (as long as NT has been around) that you cannot install on dynamic disks, really you should have known that.

After booting into the Win 7 installer, there was pretty much no option to do the install. Unless it's something I missed. How do you get into the console? Is this like the WinXP repair consol? I didn't see any kind of option for this...

[FiveFreshFish]

I went from Windows 2000 on my old system to Windows 7 on my new system. I like it. Some things take a bit of getting used to but it's expected of anything new.

Right now, I'm trying to decide what email client to use because Windows 7 doesn't include one. Any suggestions? Looking at Thunderbird and Windows Live Mail at the moment.

[flipstah]

Originally posted by FiveFreshFish
I went from Windows 2000 on my old system to Windows 7 on my new system. I like it. Some things take a bit of getting used to but it's expected of anything new.

Right now, I'm trying to decide what email client to use because Windows 7 doesn't include one. Any suggestions? Looking at Thunderbird and Windows Live Mail at the moment.

I'd recommend Thunderbird. Windows Mail is junk IMO.

[FiveFreshFish]

^^^ Great, thanks. Downloading it now.

[Zhariak]

I'm loving Windows 7 so far. My desktop occasionally bluescreens, but for the most part it's been great.

Got my HTC Shift brought back to life. It used to be an expensive paperweight...

Got it on my Acer One... Performs the same as XP did (which was fine), so it's nice to have it updated...

Wrote up a few things on it...
http://blog.digitallyaccurate.com/?cat=11


Another sweet thing (as mentioned in the blog post), I got it loaded up on my Lenovo laptop. Once installing the newest version of Lenovo System Update, it installed all the drivers, software, etc...

[swak]

Windows 7 was my idea :drama:

[beyond_ban]

im going to sound new saying this, but how do i change my backround with windows 7??i right click a picture and click set as desktop backround but it doesnt work and my backround is stuck as what it came with :(