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Is anyone's windows update constantly pestering to install Games for Live 3.0 update? I've installed it about 7 times now, yet it still insists...
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Aug 26, 2009 17:54
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Yeah I am running the Win7 RC and see that Live 3.0 update too
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Aug 26, 2009 18:04
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redeyes posted:Just load the Vista drivers that worked for you. Should fix the issue. It seems to be some BIOS issue with the laptop assigning resources. On Vista I can keep this working as long as I use version 11 on my laptop. 12,13 and 14 all don't assign resources to the dock video card. 12 13 and 14 don't do crap for Win7 either though. I contacted Dell, maybe I can get an update from them. If not, I'll just reinstall Vista64 on here.
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Aug 26, 2009 19:14
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I'm trying to install XP SP2 on a second partition, with Windows 7 on my primary. I just want to run my music studio applications in XP. Has anyone else installed XP after 7? I've heard there's some problems, and I want to make sure I get this right to avoid a lot of frustration. Any help? 
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Aug 26, 2009 21:49
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No. 9 posted:I'm trying to install XP SP2 on a second partition, with Windows 7 on my primary. I just want to run my music studio applications in XP. Why not use the XP virtualization built into 7? It actually works quite well in my experience.
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Aug 26, 2009 22:18
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Treytor posted:Why not use the XP virtualization built into 7? It actually works quite well in my experience. This (unless you have one of the Home editions) Also installing XP after 7 will wreck your bootloader leaving you unable to boot into 7 until you do a repair install from your Win7 DVD.
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Aug 26, 2009 22:22
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I am about to take the plunge into Windows 7 Professional. What is the recommended antivirus? I use avast currently, but they do not mention anything about Windows 7 compatability. I imagine the Vista install would work with it, but I am interested in the experiences of those who have gone before me.
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Aug 27, 2009 02:31
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Turnquiet posted:I am about to take the plunge into Windows 7 Professional. What is the recommended antivirus? I use avast currently, but they do not mention anything about Windows 7 compatability. I imagine the Vista install would work with it, but I am interested in the experiences of those who have gone before me. I'm running Avast on the RC and it works fine.
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Aug 27, 2009 02:35
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Turnquiet posted:I am about to take the plunge into Windows 7 Professional. What is the recommended antivirus? I use avast currently, but they do not mention anything about Windows 7 compatability. I imagine the Vista install would work with it, but I am interested in the experiences of those who have gone before me. A bunch of the AV's don't work on RTM yet, its a bit hit and miss.
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Aug 27, 2009 02:42
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Turnquiet posted:I am about to take the plunge into Windows 7 Professional. What is the recommended antivirus? Trend Micro has a beta out for Win7. I've been using it since installing the RTM build. It has worked well so far.
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Aug 27, 2009 02:48
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Antivir's running great for me.
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Aug 27, 2009 04:12
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Ok, running great with Avast. This software is blazing fast. I prematurely aborted installing a local TCP/IP printer port, so now when I try to redo the installation I get a "This port already exists" error that I cannot get past. The MS knowledge base only mentions resolving this error in Windows 2k. Any pointers? And whats the big idea with Aero point, or whatever it is that lets you move windows around on multiple display? So far I have been able to move fullsize windows around, and that is cool, but I am not seeing anything that is wowing me with the window management.
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Aug 27, 2009 04:57
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Turnquiet posted:And whats the big idea with Aero point, or whatever it is that lets you move windows around on multiple display? So far I have been able to move fullsize windows around, and that is cool, but I am not seeing anything that is wowing me with the window management. Not sure if this is what you're talking about, but you can move a window from one screen to another using win+shift+{left|right}. The window will not change size and will stay in roughly the same position on one screen as the other.
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Aug 27, 2009 06:21
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AVG Free 8.5 runs perfectly on both the RC and RTM versions, 64 and 32 bit. Also takes up like 600kb while running so I'm pretty happy with it.
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Aug 27, 2009 09:55
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I currently have Windows Vista Business (64 bit) on my Gaming Rig, and I just found out that MSDN Academic Alliance now has Windows 7 Professional available. Now I was just wondering if there are any disadvantages of upgrading vs a clean install. For instance, does upgrading perhaps result in an overall bigger install (perhaps some of the Vista files remain after the upgrade)? Or should there be no difference in user experience if you go down the Upgrade route vs a clean install. I just don't want to have to download Steam and all my games again (although I realise you can copy their local files), and I also really don't want to go through the hassle of Downloading and updating WoW from scratch. I also have run out of activations on my Office 2007, which is another reason I don't want to do a complete clean install. Munky_Magic fucked around with this message at 10:59 on Aug 27, 2009 |
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Aug 27, 2009 10:19
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Nod32 is working fine
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Aug 27, 2009 11:31
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Munky_Magic posted:I currently have Windows Vista Business (64 bit) on my Gaming Rig, and I just found out that MSDN Academic Alliance now has Windows 7 Professional available. If you have external storage that's big enough, you can copy your steam folder's GCFs to keep your games. For WoW, just copy the entire folder. It's self-contained and doesn't hook into your registry so you can move the game's folder from one computer to another any time you want without losing anything.
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Aug 27, 2009 12:45
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Nod32 and Avira work fine on both the RC and RTM.
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Aug 27, 2009 13:37
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Parachute Underwear posted:If you have external storage that's big enough, you can copy your steam folder's GCFs to keep your games. For WoW, just copy the entire folder. It's self-contained and doesn't hook into your registry so you can move the game's folder from one computer to another any time you want without losing anything. Thanks for this advice - I copied the WoW folder over to my external hard drive. I didn't bother with my steam games, since I haven't been playing them lately.
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Aug 27, 2009 13:45
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redeyes posted:Just load the Vista drivers that worked for you. Should fix the issue. Nah its definitely something with the RC, cause the same exact version that will work in Vista doesn't in 7100. I was mostly just wondering if anyone else noticed this and if it worked normally in the RTM. If not it's not a huge deal I don't do a lot of fullscreen gaming that can't otherwise be cobbled to work widescreen.
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Aug 27, 2009 18:15
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Munky_Magic posted:I also have run out of activations on my Office 2007, which is another reason I don't want to do a complete clean install. Don't they give you a number to call when you run out so you can get more? Stanley Pain posted:Nod32 and Avira work fine on both the RC and RTM. The ones that I know don't work are BitDefender and Kaspersky 2010 on x64. A driver gets blocked on install.
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Aug 27, 2009 21:21
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I intend to upgrade to Windows 7, and plan to get the 64 bit version so I can use all 4 gigs of RAM in this thing. Will programs not specifically made for a 64 bit OS still work, like some kind of compatibility mode or something? Forgive my ignorance here, please. Also, are there any programs that are known to not work with Win 7? Like, at all?
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Aug 27, 2009 21:46
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Shinryu posted:I intend to upgrade to Windows 7, and plan to get the 64 bit version so I can use all 4 gigs of RAM in this thing. Will programs not specifically made for a 64 bit OS still work, like some kind of compatibility mode or something? Forgive my ignorance here, please. All 32 bit programs will work fine. It will install into \Program files(32)\ or something along those lines. I'm running Win7 64 and so far no troubles with 32 bit programs. The only program I know offhand is peerguardian, which if you google has some hacks but I hosed my poo poo up when I tried em.
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Aug 27, 2009 21:48
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Shinryu posted:I intend to upgrade to Windows 7, and plan to get the 64 bit version so I can use all 4 gigs of RAM in this thing. Will programs not specifically made for a 64 bit OS still work, like some kind of compatibility mode or something? Forgive my ignorance here, please. Anything that doesn't need to install drivers will work fine on 64bit. Most of those applications will work fine too, if they've been updated. You're fairly late to the game on this. It's automatic, so don't worry about it. And there are a few, but generally, anything Vista compatible is Windows 7 ready.
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Aug 27, 2009 21:48
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That's exactly what I wanted to hear. Thanks. One other question: Will Vista drivers for my sound card, video card, and network card work, or do I need to hunt down versions updated specifically for Win 7?
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Aug 27, 2009 22:15
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Shinryu posted:Also, are there any programs that are known to not work with Win 7? Like, at all? 16 bit Windows programs won't run natively, but they probably will run in XP mode if you are using a Win 7 version that supports it. edit: on the 64 bit versions only, that is fatcat fucked around with this message at 23:55 on Aug 27, 2009 |
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Aug 27, 2009 22:44
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Do I need to install any codec packs on win7? I mainly am concerned with streaming to my 360. So far divx and xvid natively work in media player.
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Aug 27, 2009 23:09
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Another question, if I get Home Premium Retail for my desktop that has Intel VT (C2D E8400) could I use VMWare to install XP using a legit key so I don't have to shell out another 100 bucks to use it on Professional or is that considered Piracy?
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Aug 27, 2009 23:13
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Shinryu posted:That's exactly what I wanted to hear. Thanks. Vista drivers work 99% of the time. GreenNight posted:Do I need to install any codec packs on win7? I mainly am concerned with streaming to my 360. So far divx and xvid natively work in media player. Not really, if it plays it should stream (though the 360 has restricted streaming formats, keep this in mind) spasticColon posted:Another question, if I get Home Premium Retail for my desktop that has Intel VT (C2D E8400) could I use VMWare to install XP using a legit key so I don't have to shell out another 100 bucks to use it on Professional or is that considered Piracy? Lemme be sure I understand, you want to buy legit Home Premium, use legit VMWare and install a legit copy of XP into a VM? Yeah, that's legal, more or less. EULA might be against it for home editions of XP (can't remember), but it's fine.
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Aug 27, 2009 23:26
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Which anti virus should I be running with Windows 7 x64? Is AVG still good?
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Aug 28, 2009 02:20
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SnatchRabbit posted:Which anti virus should I be running with Windows 7 x64? Is AVG still good? Read a few posts back.
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Aug 28, 2009 02:22
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Munky_Magic posted:I currently have Windows Vista Business (64 bit) on my Gaming Rig, and I just found out that MSDN Academic Alliance now has Windows 7 Professional available. I had a recent issue with WoW porting (the updater broke and could no longer find wow.exe), but the reinstall got a lot cleaner. You just pick up a small (1.5MB) executable from worldofwarcraft.com, run it, it starts an autodownloader, you give it an install path, leave it alone for two hours, and it fully installs and patches.
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Aug 28, 2009 04:26
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With WoW, after you have moved its folder, you just need to run the launcher with administrator privileges on first launch, it will set the installer paths and what not. Only need to do this once and you can revoke the admin rights after.
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Aug 28, 2009 06:20
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Has anyone else noticed a weird problem with 7 unable to calcuate disk space properly. It's happened since I upgraded on my new computer from Vista. I did use the RC on my old computer and it worked fine.
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Aug 28, 2009 06:28
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Has anyone else had a problem with Windows Explorer not displaying changes to files or folders (deletes, copies, moves) until you manually refresh the window? This will happen to me maybe once a week, but luckily rebooting always fixes it.
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Aug 28, 2009 06:35
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Fleedar posted:Has anyone else had a problem with Windows Explorer not displaying changes to files or folders (deletes, copies, moves) until you manually refresh the window? This will happen to me maybe once a week, but luckily rebooting always fixes it. I've noticed that on battery power, browsing libraries won't autoupdate until you manually refresh. I suspect this has something to do with windows pausing the indexer service on battery power, but I haven't really investigated it further. It is annoying though 
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Aug 28, 2009 06:57
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I really want a libusb-win64  I ended up using an XP machine for a 2.2.1 jailbreak, the fuckery with ReadyDriver didn't work and just BSOD'd me when I actually went to run libusb. I've also noticed my fan running on high for a few minutes after I boot up, then it starts being sensible. I have the newest motherboard drivers, so I'm not sure what's up. Other than that, it rules. I wasn't expecting RivaTuner to work with the latest (and signed) nvidia drivers, I was stuck with 169.04 for my card in Vista 32 bit.
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Aug 28, 2009 10:02
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Casao posted:Lemme be sure I understand, you want to buy legit Home Premium, use legit VMWare and install a legit copy of XP into a VM? Yeah, that's legal, more or less. EULA might be against it for home editions of XP (can't remember), but it's fine. Assuming you already have a legit non-OEM XP key and a legit copy of VMWare then this will be the most cost effective way of doing it yet. If it's an OEM key, you can't move it to a new machine, virtual or otherwise.
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Aug 28, 2009 12:15
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Sooo is there a way to get CMSS back with an Audigy 2 ZS card on seven? I tried some very old driver that worked with vista, some in between and the newest one for seven. I usually get a CMSS switch but it doesnt do anything. I don't even care about games, i just wan't to hear music from my rear speakers.
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Aug 28, 2009 14:36
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Shai-Hulud posted:Sooo is there a way to get CMSS back with an Audigy 2 ZS card on seven? I tried some very old driver that worked with vista, some in between and the newest one for seven. I usually get a CMSS switch but it doesnt do anything. Grab Foobar and enable the DSP effect "convert stereo to 4 channel" or something along those lines.
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