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codo27 posted:My Windows 7 experience thus far has been less than enjoyable. I assumed my processor (2ghz Centrino Duo) was 64 bit compatible...it is not, I went ahead and downloaded it and burned it off, formatted my 32 bit Vista partition, and ran into that lovely little message saying my CPU was not compatible. That was last night. To narrow down this issue, try using a different MSN client like Digsby. Who knows, you may even like Digsby more than WLM (I know I do!).
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Hmm, I assumed I had the latest, I only downloaded it from the Microsoft site just last night, I just brought up system info and it shows 6.1.7100... strange
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Jul 30, 2009 19:35
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codo27 posted:Hmm, I assumed I had the latest, I only downloaded it from the Microsoft site just last night, I just brought up system info and it shows 6.1.7100... strange That's the latest you can get direct from Microsoft until RTM. The 72xx and 76xx builds are leaked builds that weren't officially released.
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Jul 30, 2009 19:42
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AlexDeGruven posted:That's the latest you can get direct from Microsoft until RTM. The 72xx and 76xx builds are leaked builds that weren't officially released. Ah very good, I kind of suspected that. Is there a difference in those, so much so that it would be worth me going through the Windows setup process again? I think I've nailed down the cause anyway, I uninstalled Norton 360 and its working fine (for now) so I assume it was a conflict with the firewall within that. edit: no I think I still need to smash everything, it did stay signed in much longer this time but it just went off on me again. I think I'm going to try that digsby program. codo27 fucked around with this message at 19:48 on Jul 30, 2009 |
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Jul 30, 2009 19:45
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Oh god. Norton 360 is a terrible product at the best of times, and yet here you are trying to run it on an OS that it wasn't even designed for, despite the fact that it has to install itself at a pretty low level in the OS in order to function. That said, shouldn't Win7 pop up a message telling you that this app is unsupported?
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Jul 30, 2009 20:59
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Indeed it did, but I went on anyways. Anyway, now my WLM is fine, but I have another issue. Rather than backup all my mp3s on my buddy's external along with all the rest of my stuff, I thought I'd just copy it all back from my mp3 player. Well, thats being a total bitch as well, sometimes it works, but with certain folders seemingly it will freeze up and eventually give me a message that says "Invalid handle" or "The semaphore timeout period has expired". I have never seen either of these before and am quite perplexed/enraged at this time. edit: however, I think this is more the fault of my lovely Zen than the new Windows, when this freeze up occurs, I unplug the zen and it still shows the transfer animation on the screen, yet when I plug it back in, the charge level bar shows up docked again somehow, but windows dont pick it up. Then I have to reset it via the little pin hole in the bottom, and can manage to get a few more songs again before it freezes. Yay codo27 fucked around with this message at 21:38 on Jul 30, 2009 |
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Jul 30, 2009 21:35
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I installed 7 on a separate partition but I want to run it as my sole operating system now. How can I delete the partition with Vista on it if it is the "System Partition?"
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Jul 30, 2009 21:48
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ho mercy posted:I installed 7 on a separate partition but I want to run it as my sole operating system now. How can I delete the partition with Vista on it if it is the "System Partition?" Boot into 7, then delete the Vista partition? E: VVV Format it first? Factor Mystic fucked around with this message at 00:07 on Jul 31, 2009 |
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Jul 30, 2009 22:45
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Factor Mystic posted:Boot into 7, then delete the Vista partition? The Windows partitioning software doesn't allow you to delete the system partition which is what the Vista partition is. I don't see any easy way of changing it.
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Jul 30, 2009 22:54
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ho mercy posted:The Windows partitioning software doesn't allow you to delete the system partition which is what the Vista partition is. I don't see any easy way of changing it. Use non-Windows software then. Boot into GParted.
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Jul 30, 2009 23:40
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ho mercy posted:The Windows partitioning software doesn't allow you to delete the system partition which is what the Vista partition is. I don't see any easy way of changing it. The boot loader/boot menu is most likely stored on your Vista partition, so after deleting it you might have to boot from the Windows 7 CD again to repair the startup - make sure you have it available before you start  (My disk with the system partition on died, and I spent half a day getting my system to boot again - it didn't help that I accidentally wrote the NEW system image to my RAID, effectively breaking it until a rebuild could be done)
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Jul 31, 2009 00:10
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Warning to anyone who's buying Windows 7 from http://www.additionsdirect.co.uk/ - as far as I can tell, it applied the discount on the website, but didn't apply it to the money taken from my account, so I seem to have just paid more than the MS price for this.
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Jul 31, 2009 01:09
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ho mercy posted:The Windows partitioning software doesn't allow you to delete the system partition which is what the Vista partition is. It's not, if you're booted into Win7. Unless Vista is installed on your C: drive?
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Jul 31, 2009 02:03
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Shadowgate posted:I hated that they removed the sidebar as well until I discovered Winkey+G I miss the sidebar, as i had it set to [ermanently be on top, mostly because i had a clipboard history gadget that was right there without having to hit a key to bring it back on top. I did some googling ad there does seem to be a hack to get it back, just haven't bothered trying it as yet.
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Jul 31, 2009 02:34
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Leovinus posted:Warning to anyone who's buying Windows 7 from http://www.additionsdirect.co.uk/ - as far as I can tell, it applied the discount on the website, but didn't apply it to the money taken from my account, so I seem to have just paid more than the MS price for this. Holy poo poo. What about the confirmation email? Time to ring up your bank and do a chargeback. Edit: Apparently Dabs and Argos currently have it at £50. Lum fucked around with this message at 03:20 on Jul 31, 2009 |
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Jul 31, 2009 03:16
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Shannow posted:I miss the sidebar, as i had it set to [ermanently be on top, mostly because i had a clipboard history gadget that was right there without having to hit a key to bring it back on top. Right click on your gadgets.
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Jul 31, 2009 04:49
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CombatMedic posted:I'm having a bizarre networking issue. Have you tried using WMWifirouter or the new HTC wifi app instead of PDAnet?
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Jul 31, 2009 05:35
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Ive been wanting to upgrade to a 72xx build myself, but I read that the rc keys aren't compatible with a few of them. If thats not the case I'll actually considering doing it sometime as Ive had some niggling issues with the rc thats not enough to warrant uninstalling it, but they do bug me.
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Jul 31, 2009 05:51
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I'm thinking on installing Windows 7 on my 2009 13" MBP, but I'm unsure due to it's huge size. I've got a 320gb hard drive with a remaining 80gb, and it appears a minimum requirement is 20gb for the 64bit version. Is there a way to reduce the installation size? I don't really want printer drivers and other languages other than english, I just want it as my gaming and applications that don't work on Crossover system. Does nLite work on this? What is the minimum size of installation I can get?
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Jul 31, 2009 06:17
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Steiler Drep posted:I'm thinking on installing Windows 7 on my 2009 13" MBP, but I'm unsure due to it's huge size. I've got a 320gb hard drive with a remaining 80gb, and it appears a minimum requirement is 20gb for the 64bit version. Is there a way to reduce the installation size? I don't really want printer drivers and other languages other than english, I just want it as my gaming and applications that don't work on Crossover system. Does nLite work on this? What is the minimum size of installation I can get? vLite works, can cut it down to under 8 gigs, but the install usually isn't over 12 gigs anyway - it has to copy the files, then extract them onto the hdd.
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Jul 31, 2009 06:50
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fishmech posted:Yes it does! I just had it work while listening to American Idiot as a matter of fact. It could be crossfading. I tried this with Quadrophenia (the album by The Who) and it doesn't work. foobar is better anyways because it doesn't have bloat.
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Jul 31, 2009 06:50
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Are there any known issues with Windows 7 + Nvidia cards and fan speed? I posted earlier how with newest Nvidia drivers, in 7, the fan speed doesn't go down after playing a game (it was Left 4 Dead), I installed slightly older Nvidia drivers and the fan speed still seems really high during games (both in Ghostbusters and L4D) but goes down afterwards at least when I quit the game. I dunno, maybe it is supposed to go quite loud in cooling the card but I don't remember it being this loud before.. the card I'm using is a Geforce 9600 GTS.
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Jul 31, 2009 09:43
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codo27 posted:Indeed it did, but I went on anyways. You sound kind of stupid. Do you blame Ford when you put diesel into your petrol car because it's cheaper, and then the engine shits itself?
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Jul 31, 2009 09:55
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Well I installed DirectX 10 and cleaned my card with airduster and the problem went away, so one of those things fixed it (probably the dusting :p)
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Jul 31, 2009 10:16
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Just went ahead and upgraded from RC to RTM. Besides taking ten times longer than a regular install it seemed to go fairly well. The only problem I've noticed has been Chrome stopped working. No combination of settings has made it work, however Chromium loaded up just fine, so I merged my settings into that and all is well.
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Jul 31, 2009 11:18
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Messadiah posted:Right click on your gadgets. That's an almost, but they're then on top of other things i might want to click on unless i was to resize all my windows to leave a strip at the side.
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Jul 31, 2009 11:46
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Shannow posted:That's an almost, but they're then on top of other things i might want to click on unless i was to resize all my windows to leave a strip at the side. So hit Win+G so they sit at the order in the stack you want them to be? They shortcut is different, but its not any different than what Win+space did in Vista.
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Jul 31, 2009 13:19
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revolther posted:Just went ahead and upgraded from RC to RTM. Besides taking ten times longer than a regular install it seemed to go fairly well. You still get to use it without paying until March next year? Tried asking a bit earlier but the guy thought I was asking about a clean install.
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Jul 31, 2009 14:26
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Daktari posted:You still get to use it without paying until March next year? No, the RTM (that is 7600) leaked will be the same bits you buy in a store starting in October. You get the 30 day trial period, which can be rearmed 3 times giving 120 days (or 4 months) to run it without a key. Since 7 will go on sale within that time, you should be able to enter your key in then. Most of the 7200 builds that were leaked should work with the RC keys. The real question is if the upgrade key everyone has bought will work in such an install. If upgrades only work from activated Windows installs, what will it do when you didn't enter the key in until months after upgrading?
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Jul 31, 2009 14:31
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Just pre-ordered my copy of Professional "E" and I didn't realise that the EU crap about IE they had to have this in the product information:quote:Please be aware that you should download a web browser of your choice and burn it to disc before starting the Windows installation, as this release does not include a browser. 
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Jul 31, 2009 14:32
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osigas posted:Just pre-ordered my copy of Professional "E" and I didn't realise that the EU crap about IE they had to have this in the product information: That is no longer true: Microsoft caves to EU pressure, will offer browser ballot
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Jul 31, 2009 14:34
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Daktari posted:You still get to use it without paying until March next year? You can use an unactivated copy of Windows (Vista and forward) for up to 120 days, and possibly more, depending on how long the initial trial is set up. You do this by installing without activating. Then, when the activation messages come to about 1 or 2 days left, you can use slmgr -rearm from the command line (as Administrator) to reset the activation counter for another period. If (at least in Vista's case) you miss the timer and end up in 'Reduced Functionality Mode', you will have no choice but to activate legitimately, or reinstall and start the process over. Fake Edit: Beaten with some other details as well.
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Jul 31, 2009 14:36
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kapinga posted:No, the RTM (that is 7600) leaked will be the same bits you buy in a store starting in October. You get the 30 day trial period, which can be rearmed 3 times giving 120 days (or 4 months) to run it without a key. Since 7 will go on sale within that time, you should be able to enter your key in then. Most of the 7200 builds that were leaked should work with the RC keys. This was my plan, and I've already installed RTM without a key, but I didn't realize I installed Professional, but I only pre-ordered the 50$ version. I'm going to have to reformat in order to downgrade, wont I?
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Jul 31, 2009 14:38
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kapinga posted:So hit Win+G so they sit at the order in the stack you want them to be? Yeah, but it's still a pain to have to flick back to it every time. This works fine
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Jul 31, 2009 14:38
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I miss the dark (-er than window borders) Vista Taskbar and how the titlebar & Taskbar turn opaque when a window is maximized. Does anybody know of a way to get that behavior back? I also miss the blue line on active windows for some reason.
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Jul 31, 2009 15:08
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Shmoogy posted:This was my plan, and I've already installed RTM without a key, but I didn't realize I installed Professional, but I only pre-ordered the 50$ version. I'm going to have to reformat in order to downgrade, wont I? Yep reformat. You loaded Windows 7 RC Ultimate not Pro btw.
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Jul 31, 2009 15:16
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redeyes posted:Yep reformat. You loaded Windows 7 RC Ultimate not Pro btw. Gaahh, I meant Ultimate. That's a pain in the rear end, I wanted to do it now so I wouldn't have to in October. Does 7 Ultimate not have all the versions on the disc like Vista Ultimate had, or did I screw up while installing and miss the chance to install a different version?
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Jul 31, 2009 15:29
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Shmoogy posted:Gaahh, I meant Ultimate. That's a pain in the rear end, I wanted to do it now so I wouldn't have to in October. Does 7 Ultimate not have all the versions on the disc like Vista Ultimate had, or did I screw up while installing and miss the chance to install a different version? No, you didn't screw up, its just that MS doesn't care about making RC Ultimate to Upgrades work. Every windows disc has all the versions but they are not available without editing the DVD and changing some .ini files.
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Jul 31, 2009 15:36
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Shmoogy posted:Gaahh, I meant Ultimate. That's a pain in the rear end, I wanted to do it now so I wouldn't have to in October. Does 7 Ultimate not have all the versions on the disc like Vista Ultimate had, or did I screw up while installing and miss the chance to install a different version? You have to edit a file to enable the option to install a different version. http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/...c-media-or-iso/ Note I have not installed RTM so I'm just going on reports of what others have done. e:f,b
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I think I lost the use of the Windows + arrow keys for minimizing, maximizing, etc. I know it worked when I first installed Windows 7, but I think I might have turned off that function somewhere. I checked the "make the keyboard easier to use" and the "Adjust for best appearance or best performance" areas, but I can't find the option to turn it back on. Anyone have any idea where this option might be hiding, or what I might have done to turn it off?
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