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Johnny B. Goode posted:Ok, now how do I do the same for other programs? Winamp, etc? Tell Winamp to stop checking file associations everytime it starts.
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Johnny B. Goode posted:Ok, now how do I do the same for other programs? Winamp, etc? Winamp should not do it. If it does, read back a couple of pages on how to disable it from trying to re-take file associations, as you're changing file associations with another program when it is not running.
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Two-Dogs posted:Is there a way for me to get windows 7 on my pc right now? I'm running xp pro currently, and I didnt see any clear cut links on the microsoft website. I figured this was the place to ask. Buy a technet or msdn subscription.
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I think that the MSDNAA issue is just a temporary one (related to the corrupted installs that were discussed earlier?). At least it goes back and forth on the IEEE list. First there was nothing, then Windows 7 came up in Spanish, French, German and Japanese, and now it's down again.
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Thermopyle posted:Out of curiosity, what do you miss about the old ways? Would you believe I didn't use the start menu for years? Just an address toolbar on the taskbar and something called Truelaunch which let you make folders in a quicklaunch alike. XP sp3 did away with the first, and when I rebuilt my comp TL wouldn't work right.  The app launcher gadget just wasn't that same.
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Has anybody had some weird sleep issues with W7? I'm running the Ultimate RTM. If I put my laptop to sleep for around 4+ hours, it will wake from sleep but the computer is only usable for about a minute before it locks up. It won't lock up slightly after wake if I just leave it on sleep for 2-3 hours though. I'm wondering if this is an issue with my laptop or W7. Aside from this minor nag, I'm loving W7 and it's been great ever since the Beta.
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Godzilla07 posted:Has anybody had some weird sleep issues with W7? I'm running the Ultimate RTM. If I put my laptop to sleep for around 4+ hours, it will wake from sleep but the computer is only usable for about a minute before it locks up. It won't lock up slightly after wake if I just leave it on sleep for 2-3 hours though. I'm wondering if this is an issue with my laptop or W7. Aside from this minor nag, I'm loving W7 and it's been great ever since the Beta. First: check that your BIOS and system drivers are up to date. Also, it could be you have some program running that freaks out after 4+ hours in sleep mode and hangs the system: I think some DRM mechanisms do this. Could you post a list of all programs, active or background, that usually are running when you have the sleep problems?
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Nam Taf posted:You're odd. With the classic start menu, you can have a list of apps in the start menu, and open them by simply hitting Win + the first letter of the shortcut's name, given that it's unique. Some people put their 9 favorite apps in the start menu and prefix the shortcuts with "1", "2", etc., to allow instant startup of the app by hitting the number key. Sorry if I sound like some "raarrgh gently caress M$" person here, but they truly have no idea how people are using Windows with the keyboard, they only consider people who click with their mouse.
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Pilsner posted:Sorry if I sound like some "raarrgh gently caress M$" person here, but they truly have no idea how people are using Windows with the keyboard, they only consider people who click with their mouse. Win + 1-9 open the first 1-9 pinned items in the new taskbar. Just fyi, since obviously that means MS ignore keyboard users. There's many more winkey shortcuts in W7 too, over what Vista had.
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Nam Taf posted:Win + 1-9 open the first 1-9 pinned items in the new taskbar. Just fyi, since obviously that means MS ignore keyboard users. I don't use pinning, so I can't really use that, but thanks.
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Pilsner posted:I don't use pinning, so I can't really use that, but thanks. Right click start menu item. Choose propeties. Click in 'shotcut key' section and bind it to a key. Unfortunately it seems to only bind it to a CTRL+ALT+[key] combo, but that is somewhat close, and you don't need to then even open your start menu. This seems a bit outdated, it seems.
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fishmech posted:Tell Winamp to stop checking file associations everytime it starts. So what about for other apps. I have an app that commits the henious security vulnerability of wanting to use the serial port and for some reason this triggers a UAC prompt. I've used the app for years, it basically updates the database on a GPS unit that I have (Origin B2 for any UK car goons who give a poo poo) and it's kosher. Would like to not have the UAC prompt every time I run it though, which is a couple of times a week.
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I solve that by not using UAC. Until Microsoft finds a way for me to say an application can do something, and can always do it without asking me, I am not using UAC. What pisses me off is there isn't just a way to only pop up UAC when an application does something on its own. If I am running something, I shouldn't have to click through a bunch of windows just to start it up. I just want pop ups when some program is trying to install or run something else. I think the first setting of UAC would do something like this, but UAC never remembers anything I tell it, so what is the point?
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Cojawfee posted:when an application does something on its own. Determing that is much, much, MUCH harder than it sounds.
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Cojawfee posted:I solve that by not using UAC. Until Microsoft finds a way for me to say an application can do something, and can always do it without asking me, I am not using UAC. If an application can always have full UAC priveleges, then if that program is compromised you have an always-on admin user to gently caress over the system with. Linux and OS X both do the UAC-type thing as well because its the kind of security that actually works. Honestly, you should consider using applications that are 1) Updated since Vista's launch and 2) Written by competent developers.
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So still playing around in themes, the .themepack thing is nice. I'm running the RC, but can someone running RTM confirm that themepacks CAN NOT change your account picture, even though it's mentioned with everything else under Personalize? Pilsner posted:I don't use pinning, so I can't really use that, but thanks. The apps that, when launched, would show up in the taskbar anyway, might as well already have them there and get the added benefit of Win+#
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fishmech posted:Honestly, you should consider using applications that are 1) Updated since Vista's launch and 2) Written by competent developers. It was fine under XP, even in a non-admin account. It's only the bloody serial port. To update the app, I'd also have to buy the newer version of the device in question, which I'm loathe to do because despite having a colour screen, it's missing an important feature that the old one has and I rely upon.
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Lum posted:It was fine under XP, even in a non-admin account. It's only the bloody serial port. Lum posted:There is also the driver that I use to update my Origin B2 (A GPS device that maintains a database of speed cameras) The USB interface doesn't work on Vista or 7, only XP, however I just use the serial cable instead which does work only it triggers a UAC prompt, apparently you need admin to access the serial port now? However if I only had the USB cable I'd have to use USB pass through to XP mode to get it to work. If this is the same device it seems it would be easier to buy the USB cable and run XP Mode, than to buy a new device. But regardless yes it worked fine in XP, but XP was released in 2001! There were a bunch of serial port using devices that were incompatible with XP because XP freaked over direct serial port access and didn't have something like UAC to allow it.
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fishmech posted:If this is the same device it seems it would be easier to buy the USB cable and run XP Mode, than to buy a new device. But regardless yes it worked fine in XP, but XP was released in 2001! There were a bunch of serial port using devices that were incompatible with XP because XP freaked over direct serial port access and didn't have something like UAC to allow it. I may as well use the serial cable and XP mode, even cheaper, however the startup time of XP mode is more annoying than having to OK a UAC prompt. I think part of the issue may be because the app is from an "unknown publisher" Edit: Just found out that the USB version is just a USB->Serial adaptor + driver and the same drat software anyway. Lum fucked around with this message at 17:20 on Sep 21, 2009 |
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Sorry if this belongs in Haus of tech support but I figured someone else might be having similar issues and might have some insight. I built a new machine this past week and I'm running windows 7 32bit RC until the real version comes out. right now have 3 hard drives running on it C: New Segate, SATA D: Not as new Segate, SATA E: Old Segate, IDE When windows 7 goes into standby and is woken up the D: drive will disappear. It won't come back until I reboot. From what i can tell this might be the OS. Additionally it lists C and D as electable in the USB eject interface on the system tray. From what i can gather its seeing the two drives as USB and ejects the D drive when on standby. EDIT: Last one was IDE, not that it seems to matter. Shrieking Muppet fucked around with this message at 21:32 on Sep 21, 2009 |
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scarymonkey posted:^^ What's the model of your system/motherboard? Gigabyte, GA-P55M-UD2 Reading into it some more i suspect the it might be the board enabling AHCI, which has windows deciding to eject the non system drive when it goes into standby.
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Ezekiel_980 posted:Sorry if this belongs in Haus of tech support but I figured someone else might be having similar issues and might have some insight. I built a new machine this past week and I'm running windows 7 32bit RC until the real version comes out. right now have 3 hard drives running on it Hey thats screwed up, that happens to my Gigabyte DS3 with Windows 7 final. The HD is a d: drive which is a WD 1.5TB green power drive. Also in ACHI mode. Hmm.
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redeyes posted:Hey thats screwed up, that happens to my Gigabyte DS3 with Windows 7 final. The HD is a d: drive which is a WD 1.5TB green power drive. Also in ACHI mode. Hmm. I tried turning the option off in the BIOS but the machine refused to boot. I will probably be installing Win7 64bit this coming weekend (Grandfather still has the 64bit iso that works) when I go home so I'll try an install with ACHI turned off and see what happens.
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Ezekiel_980 posted:I tried turning the option off in the BIOS but the machine refused to boot. I will probably be installing Win7 64bit this coming weekend (Grandfather still has the 64bit iso that works) when I go home so I'll try an install with ACHI turned off and see what happens. Well, You can certainly revert to the MS ACHI drivers. I believe that I am using the Intel Matrix Manager 8.9. I will revert tomorrow and post if it worked.
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Cojawfee posted:I solve that by not using UAC. Until Microsoft finds a way for me to say an application can do something, and can always do it without asking me, I am not using UAC. Woah, make sure you never, ever use Linux or Mac OS X then! The amount of prompts for changing system settings on those operating systems can be mind-numbing. Those prompts require you to type in your password over and over and over to continue (and not just click "Continue" like in Windows). I end up blanking my password before doing a lot of system changes in Linux or Mac OS X just to cut down on how annoying the prompts are (which just makes those "Mac vs PC" commercials that must more retarded considering Apple made fun of Vista's UAC prompts when it had a lot more annoying prompts in Mac OS X). UAC is one of the absolute best thing to happen to Windows is a long loving time. It's right up there with Windows going 32-bit for the consumer in 1995, and Windows going with the NT kernel for consumers in 2001. You really prefer things without UAC? That means the most destructive malware and most retardedly written applications can happily destroy anything they want in your OS. Windows was actually designed to let this happen before, and only Linux and Mac OS X actually tried to prevent it. Windows has an absolute lovely security record. UAC is a great step to improve security. It puts Windows security back up at a Linux and Mac OS X level.
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Xenomorph posted:You really prefer things without UAC? That means the most destructive malware and most retardedly written applications can happily destroy anything they want in your OS. Windows was actually designed to let this happen before, and only Linux and Mac OS X actually tried to prevent it. Windows has an absolute lovely security record. UAC is a great step to improve security. It puts Windows security back up at a Linux and Mac OS X level. Yeah except the part where they neutered the security aspects of UAC in Windows 7.
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SecretFire posted:Yeah except the part where they neutered the security aspects of UAC in Windows 7. They didn't neuter it, that's just slashdot stupidity.
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SecretFire posted:Yeah except the part where they neutered the security aspects of UAC in Windows 7. Some system changes are auto-elevated. So yeah, it is possibly to change something by accident under Windows 7. This was to reduce the frequency of prompts for some common action. Applications will still trigger it the same as far as I know. So yeah, some retarded app trying to write to Windows or Program Files will still trigger UAC, and retarded functions like Winamp trying to re-set file associations on every launch will still trigger UAC.
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Xenomorph posted:Woah, make sure you never, ever use Linux or Mac OS X then! I never get prompted very often on my iMac. I turned off UAC in Vista because it was way too excessive. I plan on upgrading to Windows 7, so I guess I'll see if they've toned it down a poo poo ton or not.
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Philthy posted:I never get prompted very often on my iMac. I turned off UAC in Vista because it was way too excessive. I plan on upgrading to Windows 7, so I guess I'll see if they've toned it down a poo poo ton or not. Bro, you need to realize that this is because OS X apps have been part of a proper security system from the start. Where most of your Windows apps probably expect admin access all the time.
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Xenomorph posted:You really prefer things without UAC? That means the most destructive malware and most retardedly written applications can happily destroy anything they want in your OS. Windows was actually designed to let this happen before, and only Linux and Mac OS X actually tried to prevent it. Windows has an absolute lovely security record. UAC is a great step to improve security. It puts Windows security back up at a Linux and Mac OS X level. You make it sound like without UAC you're computer will die, but I've been using XP for ages and I've never had something like that happen.
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fishmech posted:They didn't neuter it, that's just slashdot stupidity. http://www.pretentiousname.com/misc/win7_uac_whitelist2.html quote:Win 7 UAC Code-Injection: How it works quote:The underlying problem is that the silent elevation feature, enabled by default in Windows 7 beta, does not check where the code requesting elevation comes from. It checks which process it is running within but not the particular code came from. So, for example, if you inject code into Explorer, or get Explorer to load your DLL, then you can create elevated COM objects without the user's knowledge or consent. big shtick energy fucked around with this message at 09:19 on Sep 21, 2009 |
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SecretFire posted:http://www.pretentiousname.com/misc/win7_uac_whitelist2.html Which is why you should run UAC on the highest setting.
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While messing around with Aero, I had a bunch of windows open and tried to alt-tab, but pressed the wrong key and windows key-tabbed instead. Turns out it's like a 3D alt-tab, where you use the mousewheel to cycle through and click on the window you want up front! I have a feeling that's one of the touted aero features, but I've only been using Windows 7 for a few days, so I'm still awed by all the little things. Microsoft has really hit the nail on the head with this OS, plus offering an RC until March is fantastic. I can see OSX users getting into Windows 7, I use both and they're finally on par. I originally got the RC for use with a new computer I'm building, but I ran into a bunch of issues with hardware incompatibility so I finally said screw it and decided to install on my old machine while I waited for the parts. Even though my machine is older 7 runs extremely smooth, which is in part caused by the upgrade to a 64-bit OS. Still having some trouble recognizing anything more than 3.5 GB of RAM though (there's 4GB in the system). Games run great, faster than on XP, so I can finally play Prototype at more than 10fps. On a slightly less cool note, I've noticed that Windows has trouble with applications that need to restart during the install. Instead of picking up where it left off it starts the process over again, meaning that I can't install the programs. Not critical, but it is annoying. I've tried messing around with UAC, searching high and low for a setting, and doing it on a different drive, but to no avail.
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The Gasmask posted:While messing around with Aero, I had a bunch of windows open and tried to alt-tab, but pressed the wrong key and windows key-tabbed instead. Turns out it's like a 3D alt-tab, where you use the mousewheel to cycle through and click on the window you want up front! I have a feeling that's one of the touted aero features Not only this but it's been there since Vista
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I know this is a long shot but one can always hope. Has anyone tried Ableton Live 7/8 with Windows 7 64-bit and gotten it to work? Ableton 7 worked fine on my computer in Vista 64-bit, so it's weird that it doesn't work properly in Win7. I even tried "Run in compatibility mode" thingie. I've also messed around with all kinds of drivers and Aero on/off etc. The problem with Ableton is that it is quite laggy, when it ran perfectly in Vista (pc has 8gb ram, e8400, 9800gtx etc so specs arent the problem).
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Ezekiel_980 posted:Sorry if this belongs in Haus of tech support but I figured someone else might be having similar issues and might have some insight. I built a new machine this past week and I'm running windows 7 32bit RC until the real version comes out. right now have 3 hard drives running on it I had this exact same problem. I installed the latest Intel Matrix Storage Manager and it solved it.
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