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Has anyone had problems getting their Kindle 2 to sync correctly on 7 x64? I had this problem on Vista x64 as well and I was hoping it would be fixed, but no dice. I have to use an XP VM to update stuff right now and Amazon just wants me to call them. Any ideas?
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Sorry for the (probably) stupid question but once I get the .exe downloader from MSDNAA can I just burn it to a disc and stick it into an OS-less computer and have it install? Or do I need to burn everything that results from running the downloader (16 gigs)?
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Aug 28, 2009 16:01
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Lum posted: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. I thought vmware was free now days, so there should not be a problem getting a legit version. Or is the free one a player only and unable to create new VM's?
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Aug 28, 2009 16:52
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Spudsly posted:Sorry for the (probably) stupid question but once I get the .exe downloader from MSDNAA can I just burn it to a disc and stick it into an OS-less computer and have it install? Or do I need to burn everything that results from running the downloader (16 gigs)? You need to burn the image file after the download. What version are you downloading that it takes up 16 gigs? I got windows 7 pro x64 off of MSDNAA and it was somewhere around 3 gigs.
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Aug 28, 2009 16:53
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Will my MSDN Vista key work for a retail upgrade of Windows 7?
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Aug 28, 2009 17:03
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Dominoes posted:Will my MSDN Vista key work for a retail upgrade of Windows 7? Do you mean use your Vista key for an install of Windows 7? What?
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Aug 28, 2009 17:22
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MacGyvers_Mullet posted:You need to burn the image file after the download. What version are you downloading that it takes up 16 gigs? I got windows 7 pro x64 off of MSDNAA and it was somewhere around 3 gigs. Sorry, turns out I'm just retarded. Thanks for the help. Spudsly fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Aug 28, 2009 |
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Aug 28, 2009 17:44
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Xenomorph posted:Do you mean use your Vista key for an install of Windows 7? What? Vista key to UPGRADE to Windows 7. It should be fine because the Vista install will pass WGA
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Aug 28, 2009 17:52
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Stanley Pain posted:Grab Foobar and enable the DSP effect "convert stereo to 4 channel" or something along those lines. Is there something that can force this to other programs? I'm not really willing to change my music player.
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Aug 28, 2009 17:53
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Xenomorph posted:Do you mean use your Vista key for an install of Windows 7? What? I think he means he downloaded and installed a MSDN vista. Now he has no access to that and wants to get the windows 7 upgrade. I think the answer is... nobody knows, really, since the upgrade disc hasn't been released yet. Microsoft hasn't been very forthcoming with their information. I don't think it would be a problem though. MSDN is just another volume licensing in MS's eyes, I think. Worst case scenario is he tries it and it doesn't work. Then he can either call MS or get some cheapo-XP license from somewhere and try again.
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Aug 28, 2009 17:56
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Has anyone tried setting up a homegroup? I set one up and it works fine and all but I tried to stream a large mkv file on my laptop and about 30 minutes it made both my laptop and desktop lose connection to the internet. I tried to then copy the file from the homegroup to the laptop and it'll transfer for a while but it ends up happening again. Smaller files are ok though. Any ideas? Laptop is using W7 Professional and desktop is using W7 RC.
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Aug 28, 2009 18:00
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MSDNAA for my school offers both the 64-bit and 32-bit versions separately and it appears that the keys are different. My understanding is that, as of Windows 7, a key can be used for either. Does that mean I have 2 copies of Windows 7 (e.g., both 64-bit if I wanted), or am I missing something?
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Aug 28, 2009 18:18
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muskrat posted:MSDNAA for my school offers both the 64-bit and 32-bit versions separately and it appears that the keys are different.
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Aug 28, 2009 18:26
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jarito posted:Has anyone had problems getting their Kindle 2 to sync correctly on 7 x64? I had this problem on Vista x64 as well and I was hoping it would be fixed, but no dice. I have to use an XP VM to update stuff right now and Amazon just wants me to call them. What do you mean by "sync it"? It shows up as a flash drive on my Windows 7 just like a Kindle 1 does.
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Aug 28, 2009 19:44
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Same for me.
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Is BitLocker To Go going to affect performance when running files (playing a powerpoint presentation) off of a flash drive that's encrypted?
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Aug 28, 2009 21:25
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GreenNight posted:All 32 bit programs will work fine. It will install into \Program files(32)\ or something along those lines.
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Aug 28, 2009 21:47
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kevdude posted:I'm getting constant disconnects of my internet access with the error "Default gateway is not available". This is happening every 5-10 minutes on average. I've googled the problem and it seems to be related to the fact my motherboard is nForce (680i) and Windows 7 doesn't like that.
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Aug 28, 2009 21:50
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muskrat posted:MSDNAA for my school offers both the 64-bit and 32-bit versions separately and it appears that the keys are different. Actually, pretty sure you get 4 copies, on my MSDNAA account I've got access to win7 EN x86, and x64, and also win7 french x86 and x64. All the keys work on any of the versions, so yeah, four keys. 
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Aug 28, 2009 22:17
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Josh Lyman posted:Most schools and business only have the 32bit version of Cisco VPN available for download, and SAS (a statistical analysis package) won't install under x64 either. As an academic, this is extremely frustrating. There is a 64-bit version, you just need to know your school's VPN server address. My school at least didn't have the 64-bit version available, but if you emailed them they'd give you a link.
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Aug 28, 2009 22:29
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I didn't see anything posted about this in the last few pages so I hope this isn't a repeat, but either way its a great deal that you should know about. ACM.org is offering access to MSDNAA for only $19 (USD), this gets you two licenses of windows 7 plus a ton of other Microsoft software. You can sign up via this link: https://campus.acm.org/public/QJStuWithBook/qjswb_control.cfm?form_type=Student While you technically need to be a student to get access, ACM doesn't seem to be checking credentials.... Furthermore the license is for academic use only and non transferable, but it is good forever. I have signed up for this, but they say it will take a day to for them to send me the access for MSDNAA, so I can't guarantee this but the ACM is a reputable place so I don't doubt that everything will work, and hey it's just $19. I will update this when I get access. So for all you "students" out there this is a great deal that would be hard to pass up!
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Stuntman Mike posted:Is BitLocker To Go going to affect performance when running files (playing a powerpoint presentation) off of a flash drive that's encrypted? Not enough for it to be noticeable in that situation. People will tell you to use truecrypt instead.
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Aug 28, 2009 22:38
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Gendor posted:I didn't see anything posted about this in the last few pages so I hope this isn't a repeat, but either way its a great deal that you should know about. Is this not mentioned in this thread? Because there seems to be a whole thread on it already (do a search for threads with MSDNAA in their title). Lots of people got the ACM info from there. The people running ACM just purchased themselves a giant safe like Scrooge McDuck so they can go swimming in all the money they just made this month.
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Funnehman posted:Actually, pretty sure you get 4 copies, on my MSDNAA account I've got access to win7 EN x86, and x64, and also win7 french x86 and x64. Have you tried this out to confirm that the french key works on the non-french installation?
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Aug 28, 2009 23:19
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Shai-Hulud posted:Is there something that can force this to other programs? I'm not really willing to change my music player. Which media player do you use? I'm not aware of anything outside of plugins for winamp/foobar that do this. Strange the CMSS isn't working.
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thedavid posted:Have you tried this out to confirm that the french key works on the non-french installation? YES I just activated with the Win7 Pro x86 FRENCH key I got from MSDNAA. I'm using Win7 Pro x64 English/US version. That's 4 Windows 7 keys per account on ACM.
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Stanley Pain posted:Which media player do you use? I'm not aware of anything outside of plugins for winamp/foobar that do this. Strange the CMSS isn't working. Sadly im using Itunes because of my iPhone. But im thinking of switching back to Winamp. Got a link to a Winamp Plugin that does what i want? I will try to get CMSS to work though. Maybe i should try something pointless like putting the card in another PCI slot. More than once this stuff fixed my problems...
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I'm having a bit of a problem with the taskbars pinning thing. I have the Diablo 2 and World of Warcraft programs themselves, no launchers or anything, pinned to the taskbar but when I start either of them it creates a new icon on the taskbar anyway. If you right click on this icon, there's no Pin to Taskbar option.
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Aug 29, 2009 10:53
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scarymonkey posted:Installing a x64 version of Windows if you have a 64bit capable CPU (Core2Duo /Athlon 64) is also advisable if possible. Even if you have fewer than 4GB of ram you may want to upgrade later. The OS and any 64bit apps also run better than their 32bit counterparts. Another bonus is that viruses that infect 32bit system level files are more likely to not infect x64 systems at all. I'd install 64-bit too. I installed 64-bit because I felt like I was going to upgrade to 4 GB of RAM one day and I'm going to because Premiere Pro takes up a lot more RAM than I expected it to take up.
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Question about installing. I'm currently on Vista 64. I want to upgrade to 7 64 Pro. I'll need to do a clean install. Would I have to manually install all of my programs again? Or would backup save me from it.
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Is there a way to make Media Player Classic not run in "visual impaired" mode or whatever?
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Aug 29, 2009 16:28
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JSARSOM posted:Question about installing. Reinstall.
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If you do a clean install you won't have the registry entries for the installed programs, so you'll need to reinstall them.
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Xenomorph posted:YES Thanks for the confirmation. The french key is going to go on the wife's computer. Not something that you'd want to have wind up being french. Or not passing the 'genuine windows' auth.
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TLG James posted:Is there a way to make Media Player Classic not run in "visual impaired" mode or whatever? Should explain what you mean, because I have no clue what you're talking about.
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TLG James posted:Is there a way to make Media Player Classic not run in "visual impaired" mode or whatever? First of all, use Media Player Classic Home Cinema (it's newer and better), and make sure you output mode in the view>options is set to EVR (not Overlay). Get an SVN build from here http://www.xvidvideo.ru/content/view/839/2/
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When I used the Windows 7 RC, I hated the ClearType that seemed universal. I turned it off in the Control Panel, but Firefox and other programs seemed to be still using it. Since I've been using Windows XP for most of my computing lifetime, I'm not use to it and was wondering if there was something I could do.
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Aug 29, 2009 21:36
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Boris the Blade posted:When I used the Windows 7 RC, I hated the ClearType that seemed universal. I turned it off in the Control Panel, but Firefox and other programs seemed to be still using it. This is Microsoft's discussion on Cleartype in Window's 7. http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/06/23/engineering-changes-to-cleartype-in-windows-7.aspx
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kapinga posted:This is Microsoft's discussion on Cleartype in Window's 7. Holy poo poo. I've never seen so much discussion on font rendering before. Thanks for this though. It looked to be exactly what I was looking for. Looks like I'll try Windows 7 again!
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kapinga posted:This is Microsoft's discussion on Cleartype in Window's 7. All of that discussion about font rendering, and ClearType still looks like poo poo. Shame.
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