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FistLips posted:Could you - and anyone else using Win7 right now for that matter - please tell me what programs aren't working? I'm getting a new computer without any OS on it next week and was considering putting Windows 7 on it and using that until it's available for purchase instead of paying for Vista now... I've been using Windows 7 for a week and the only problem is that Chrome crashes on some web pages inexplicably.
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Network posted:I only have 2gb of ram right now, is it worth is to buy an extra stick of 1gb ram so I can run Windows 7 as smoothly as windows xp right now? I was initially running on 4GB, but it bugged out so I switched to 2x1GB. I can honestly not tell any difference.
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May 17, 2009 05:45
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phosdex posted:I've got an Nvidia Geforce 260 and under XP it would clock down to 300MHz (576 is normal) pretty much anytime I wasn't playing a game. I could even have a windowed game in background and it would clock down until I brought the game to the top. Mind if I ask what you used to check clock speeds? ATi tool and rivatuner need to turn off device signature something-or-other and utilities that came with my card don't even install. edit: nevermind, I pulled a generic MB / Graphics card monitoring app off the manufacturers website. 4 Day Weekend fucked around with this message at 10:08 on May 17, 2009 |
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May 17, 2009 09:57
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Xenomorph posted:
I couldn't get ATi Tool or RivaTuner to work thanks to the whole unsigned driver thing.
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May 18, 2009 17:10
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What's the PB problem ? If it's getting kicked on some servers for 'windows something something' then try quote:Go to Start -> Run -> Services.msc and find PnkBstrA and PnkBstrB on each of them double click then go to log on then allow them both to interact with desktop then close services. However, PnkBstrA/B are located in C:\Windows\SysWOW64 , for BF2 at least.
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May 19, 2009 15:13
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Don't ever hard reset while Windows is doing an automated recovery... Now it BSODs and automated recovery can't fix it. Fortunately I didn't lose any data - just need to reinstall...
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May 20, 2009 09:01
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xamphear posted:Which Excel? Works fine for me with Excel 2010. Where can you get it?
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May 21, 2009 17:39
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ilkhan posted:Tech preview for 2010 leaked. I dont trust it, yet. 2007 excel is a crappily coded piece of poo poo for some things, aero snap and splitting windows among them (you can have two views of one spreadsheet withing the excel window, but not 2 excel windows. Really sucks for dual monitors.) Ah ok , thanks. I'll check it out, but I'll stick with 07 for now.
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May 22, 2009 08:01
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kri kri posted:Speaking of this, my monitor always resets itself to 59 hertz. How can I fix this so it stays at 60? Tried changing the resolution in the Catalyst Control Centre?
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May 22, 2009 17:32
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I use Avira as well. Works great.
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May 23, 2009 19:32
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CrackHoor posted:
Is that asked by the Windows GUI ? I've got the same setup (XP on one HDD, 7 on the other) and I just hit F12 and boot from the other HDD if I want to use XP.
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May 24, 2009 09:56
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c0burn posted:Yeah that's the 5 that got repeated. Some people did get unique keys but they all work the same. Weird. Mine's not on the list and I got mine fairly recently.
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May 26, 2009 09:04
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man thats gross posted:Aha! I think I figured it out! Custom text icons + this little trick! AFAIK that's just ObjectDock with text icons. I'll try and find a link to the text icons. e: here we go http://styrizo.deviantart.com/art/Reflections-DOCK-63898044 4 Day Weekend fucked around with this message at 07:35 on Jun 1, 2009 |
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Regarding PunkBuster, I posted this before. Helped me out before, on 64-bit Win 7 with BF2.quote:Go to Start -> Run -> Services.msc and find PnkBstrA and PnkBstrB on each of them double click then go to log on then allow them both to interact with desktop then close services. Just remember PnkBstrA/B are located in some directory I can't remember....just do a search for em.
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Jun 4, 2009 07:41
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c0burn posted:Take ownership of the files via the Security Tab (Advanced>Owner). I use the same name every install, and it's loving up for me. Just tried to take ownership of it and I'm getting 'Access denied' messages from all files. I am administrator. Only thing I can think of is that I activated the administrator account a while back to do someething or other ( I forget what, exactly) and then removed it using a command line. Has that got anything to do with it?
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Just check the nvidia site...here's 182.50 http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x64_182.50_whql.html
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Jun 9, 2009 06:22
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Well my 7 install hosed up again. I disabled the local area connection (trying to create a new one) and it froze. Had to hard reset, hangs at welcome screen. Safemode with network hangs at welcome and without, it hangs as soon as the little network icon pops up in the tray. Funnily enough, the same thing happened (previously) with my XP install and all I did was re-enable the network connection in safe mode. Still, I didn't lose anything, just time to reinstall.
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Jun 15, 2009 19:27
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Is the Office 2010 preview considered  ?
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Jun 15, 2009 22:24
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CombatMedic posted:
Shot in the dark, but..did you install any drivers for your network card? Or did 7/Vista get them automatically? There might be a setting where you can set the time when the wireless card refreshes/re-connects to the router....I haven't done this myself but I've heard it fixes rebounding.
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Casao posted:Why yes, it is eeectl. I wanted to avoid the UAC prompt on boot. I guess I'll just suck it up, or come up with some needlessly complex and round-about startup method to avoid this. I had the UAC prompt on boot for Rainmeter, but for the life of me I cannot remember how I got rid of it... I think I just ran it once as admin and it sorted it self out.
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Jun 17, 2009 23:30
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I've got a friend who wants to install Win7 and he's currently on XP 32bit. If he installs the 32bit version, without formatting, are all his files going to be sitting in windows.old? Also, is it possible to install the 64 bit version without formatting his HDD?
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Jun 20, 2009 06:42
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Flex Mentallo posted:Aww, thats just mean You can change the colour of the tasskbar in Appearance / Personalization.
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Aug 3, 2009 12:27
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Spudsly posted:I've just ordered parts for a new computer and I would like to run windows 7 64bit on it but I can't really figure out if there's currently a way to do that. I don't appear to get access to it on MSDN. Is there any way to get around buying two operating systems, at this point (vista now and windows 7 when it is released)? Use the RC for now and then get Win 7 at release?
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Aug 25, 2009 11:51
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Spudsly posted:This would be idea, but the RC doesn't seem to be available anymore. Is there a place to download it? I really don't know if there's some kind of product key I'd need that would make downloading it from some secondary source not work. My bad, I didn't realise it wasn't available. I just took a look at the site, they're still offering keys but no download. You can grab they key from there and an ISO from somewhere else if you'd like, or alternatively grab a student membership to ACM for MSDN access. That'll net you 4 Win 7 Pro keys, as well as access to RC keys and ISOs. Check out this thread for more info: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3186633
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Spudsly posted:Thanks for the help. As a postdoc it seems my membership to ACM would cost 42 dollars for a copy that I guess would only update for one year (unless I pay 42 dollars again). Was hoping I could just buy it but maybe that's the best option; 42$ now and full price when it comes out. No, the keys are just OEM ones. They'll continue to work fine whether you renew your membership or not. If you are going to grab an ACM membership, make sure it's one of the student ones. From what I can see , the $42 one is just the $19 one with a couple magazines. The $19 one would provide you with MSDN access.
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Charles Martel posted:So for you guys that have the RTM version installed, is there any immediate differences between it and the RC? I'm still running the RC until I get my Home Premo disc in because I'm too lazy to reformat right now. I don't think I've noticed anything different between RC and RTM. Had it for 4-5 days only though.
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Psionic Sasquatch posted:Was trying to share files, I did a quick google search and couldn't find any answers. I get a prompt for a username and password to login on my xp machine when trying to access files (though shared on the win7 box). I can't find where to create or locate or remove this username and password. It's probably something really simple I'm just missing it because I'm looking in the wrong place, just installed win7 like 2 nights ago. Try Network & Sharing centre > Change advanced network sharing. You can switch off passworded sharing plus some other stuff that might be hindering you.
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Did you get the key from MSDN? Just key a second key, as long as its a pro one, it'll work.
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Dr. Video Games 0050 posted:I only saw one key when I downloaded Windows 7 - where do I find more? I am doing this through ACM. In the drop down menu , you should be able to see four different 'versions':  Each one has a different key, but they'll all work with x86/x64 Professional.
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I don't follow...? As in when you can get a boxed copy?
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haterade posted:I clicked to opt-in to MSDNAA with ACM, how long does it usually take to get an email or whatever else I'm supposed to get? I opted in in the morning (~9am) and got it late at night. Weekday.
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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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Anyone tried the 'Play to' thing in WMP12? It works really well, and I'm thinking of setting up a HTPC so I can play things to it and it'll display on my TV. Only problem so far is that MKV files don't play, it just gets stuck on 'contacting media server'. If I open the file on my PC, it plays fine. If I open it on the other PC, it works fine. I've got Sharks codec pack and I've tried DivXs tech preview, but I'm still getting the same problem.
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Sep 25, 2009 06:54
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Greenfield posted:I installed the tech preview and it works for me now. Weird that it doesn't for you. The 'Play To' function works fine? Mind if I ask what kind of mkv you played? All the ones I've tried are pretty big (blu ray rips), so that might have something to do with it.
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Johnny B. Goode posted:This. WMP12 uses the Windows default codecs that come with Win 7, which are pretty terrible, even if you install your own codecs. So far, I haven't figured out how to turn them off, and I can't find anywhere that explains it either. Like I said, I can play the file and so can the PC I want to stream to. The problem only arises when I try the 'Play To' function to stream video from one of the PCs to the other.... As far as processors go, I don't think there's a problem. E6600 in one and an E8500 in the other.
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Change it to what ever size you want it , then 'snap' it to the top of the screen (drag it to the top edge) so it maximizes, then 'snap' it back. Works for me.
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edit: Wait, peek doesn't work with Chrome tabs.
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dangerous.hotdog posted:I downloaded the recent Divx Tech Preview: MKV on Windows 7, but I don't get any audio with the video playback. Do I need to install an AC3Filter/audio codec? Yeah, the tech preview doesn't seem to give sound. I use sharks codec pack , works pretty well.
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Oct 6, 2009 09:29
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Kleptomaniac posted:Hey, does anyone have any idea why Win7 shows the little "safely remove hardware" icon on the taskbar for the Daemon-tools virtual drive? I don't think it did that in Vista. I got it too. Thought it was for my printer, but turns out its for Daemon........... edit: Lite v4.30.4 , with sptd 1.58, x64 professional if anyone's wondering.
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leo_r posted:
It downloads a compressed file and then it unpacks into an ISO automatically for you.
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