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A tip for those buying off of the microsoft site: When it asks for your zip code put in the zip code of a state with no sales tax like Delaware.
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# ¿ Jun 29, 2009 06:06 |
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Nam Taf posted:In theory, I should be able to do that despite being in Australia, yeh? Or does anyone know if this deal will be coming to Australia anyway? I was referring to the downloaded version as well so unless they are filtering IPs which I very much doubt you should be golden.
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# ¿ Jun 29, 2009 06:16 |
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dorkimoe posted:Came here to ask this. sad day Lucky for you it is 100% Not the case. http://store.microsoft.com/microsoft/Windows-7-Home-Premium-Upgrade/product/B0F9E641 read the paragraph on the bottom right of the page: # Running Windows Vista? # If you have Windows Vista, you can purchase Windows 7 Upgrade versions. You can do a clean install (back up your files, clean install, and reinstall your applications) or an in -place upgrade (Windows 7 installs over Windows Vista). # Running Earlier Versions? # If you have Windows XP or Windows 2000, you can purchase Windows 7 Upgrade versions. But you must back up your files, clean install, and reinstall your applications.
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# ¿ Jun 29, 2009 06:59 |
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Stanley Pain posted:If they "allowed" it why would any buy anything BUT the upgrade? Never overestimate the general populace.
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# ¿ Jun 29, 2009 19:21 |
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Every once and awhile winamp seems to spike to 25% cpu usage on my quad core. I can't pin down what is causing it but I need to close it and sometimes restart my PC to fix the problem. This never happened with the same version of winamp on xp. I'm wondering if anyone else is seeing anything similiar.
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# ¿ Jun 30, 2009 03:09 |
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EC posted:So switching to VGA got the install to complete, but it still hard reboots if the DVI connection is present. Installing new drivers from Nvidia now (wow 100mb drivers awesome). Nvidia drivers are working just swimmingly for me.
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# ¿ Jul 1, 2009 23:03 |
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Hamelin posted:I convinced my roommate to install Windows 7 on his computer and despite all his bragging about how amazing his setup is with his two video cards and poo poo (and how much he paid for it), mine scores better on every single rating in the Windows Experience Index. He is now threatening to downgrade back to XP because apparently he can't both run WoW and iTunes at the same time without the game freezing completely. Are you using the experience index from vista? That gave much higher scores.
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# ¿ Jul 15, 2009 08:54 |
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He has a very old processor and not enough ram. Right now running just WoW firefox and winamp I'm using 3.2 gigs of ram and almost 50% of my q6600.
Full Circle fucked around with this message at 18:43 on Jul 16, 2009 |
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Perhaps if he reinstalled wow instead of copying the files over he hasn't set the graphics low enough. Some settings like the new shadow quality can cripple even a top end computer.
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# ¿ Jul 16, 2009 19:04 |
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What with a thread on this popping up every week I'm amazed there are people who still believe this tripe.
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# ¿ Jul 23, 2009 22:33 |
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Hey guys how many times should I zero pass my hard drive to make sure it cannot be recovered?
Full Circle fucked around with this message at 00:25 on Jul 24, 2009 |
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EDIT: ignore
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# ¿ Jul 24, 2009 17:55 |
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Happy_Misanthrope posted:...and? To what degree do you think it actually affects the performance of your PC? Happy_Misanthrope posted:And you defrag the swapfile routinely because...? ...The swapfile can become fragmented.
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# ¿ Jul 24, 2009 17:56 |
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xamphear posted:RTM ISOs are probably so I'm not going to link to them, but ones matching the checksums Microsoft posted have leaked.
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# ¿ Jul 24, 2009 20:08 |
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CheeToS posted:Wow, Microsoft is going to include a browser ballot screen for Windows 7 E after all: http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/24/microsoft-relents-to-european-commission-will-give-users-browse/ Well now I'm a bit jealous of the EU version.
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# ¿ Jul 24, 2009 20:29 |
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EDIT: can't read
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# ¿ Jul 25, 2009 05:00 |
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I haven't seen it mentioned in this thread yet so I figured some people would like to know. The latest beta release of ultramon adds a very nice working windows 7 toolbar! edit: and a working "move to other monitor" button. Full Circle fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Jul 25, 2009 |
# ¿ Jul 25, 2009 19:35 |
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Irish Bandit posted:The same trick that worked for upgrading the beta to RC works for upgrading RC to RTM. Mind elaborating?
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# ¿ Jul 30, 2009 00:08 |
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Relambrien posted:The only problem is that PunkBuster or whatever has issues with Windows 7 and refuses to run. I have absolutely no idea if this has been fixed, but I do know people have had problems because of it. I know one of those DRM schemes gained compatibility in the last few weeks. Might have been GameGuard though.
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# ¿ Aug 10, 2009 00:11 |
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JoeCitizen posted:It's brand new? That makes it all the more likely.
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# ¿ Aug 10, 2009 18:07 |
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Perhaps an obscure question but heres hoping someone knows the answer: I preordered the windows 7 upgrade during the $50.00 Promotion and am still using build 7100. A friend of mine has a technet subscription. Is there a way that I can get a burned disk from him, keep it unactivated, then activate it once i get my key? If so, do I have to do an upgrade installation when I install? The reason I want to do this now instead of waiting for the final release is that I just bought a new hard drive I would like to use it on if that clears things up. Full Circle fucked around with this message at 09:36 on Aug 12, 2009 |
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# ¿ Mar 29, 2024 08:49 |
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I'm personally a fan of Avira free. Works fine on windows 7, doesn't bother you constantly when it updates and I haven't noticed any slowdown upon installing it.
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# ¿ Oct 18, 2009 22:28 |