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I asked this in the other windows 7 thread, but it may be more appropriate here: Can I install this with a bootloader on my system? Vista SP1 bombed the install with an error code that when I looked up, ended up being due to having grub as a boot loader. Also if I install this on another volume than my XP install will I have any problems dual booting?
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# ¿ May 22, 2009 20:26 |
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 21:12 |
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I have 2 major gripes about Windows 7 and I'm not sure if anybody can help. 1. Audigy 2 + Ventrilo. This is almost certainly a creative labs issue, but for some reason any kind of microphone usage in Ventrilo has me sounding like an underwater robot. I've tried various drivers and some service pack thing I found on the creative forums (at work, don't have the link handy) and really everything "works" in that sound works, the front panel works and all that. Just, mic inputs sound really garbled in vent. 2. Alt-tabbing back into games. I alt-tab out of games quite a bit, and it's never an issue. But tabbing back into a game, even a game as low-tech as WoW can take upwards 30 second at times. My system is decent, an overclocked E6600 with 4GB RAM, and certainly XP had no qualms about tabbing in and out of games. But everything I alt-tab in windows 7 it takes ages. This happens in WoW, Fallout 3, and Left 4 Dead.
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# ¿ Jun 22, 2009 18:22 |
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osigas posted:I did post this in the WoW Goon forums but I remembered seeing others having some WoW issues with Windows 7 through the course of these threads so thought I'd ask here too as I suspect it's a permissions problem. It definitely sounds like permissions. I run WoW from the same location as I did in XP (C:\games\wow\) and haven't had any problems. Did you come from a vista install? I think vista (only used it for like a week) kept some wow files somewhere besides the wow folder. If so track that down and check permissions on that folder. Also try running wow as administrator see if it still gives you grief?
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# ¿ Jun 23, 2009 13:44 |
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What is a good lightweight ISO mounting program? I don't care about any emulations for copy protection stuffs like daemontools does, just something to mount some ISOs. I was under the impression that Windows 7 could mount ISOs without any 3rd party software but I'm not finding anything.
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# ¿ Jun 27, 2009 20:01 |
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So, if I have a copy of vista business edition, can I upgrade to W7 Ultimate? The first post in this thread seems to indicate that:quote:Q: Can I upgrade from Vista Business to Windows 7 Home Premium? quote:# Running Windows Vista? Also, where is currently the best place to purchase Windows 7? I'd like to get a key to use for RTM when it's released.
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# ¿ Jul 15, 2009 15:26 |
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Funnehman posted:I think all that just means that if you're trying to go Vista Ultimate -> W7 Home for example, you need to do a clean install, but if you were going from Vista Home -> W7 Pro, you would be able to do an upgrade install, keeping all of your programs and whatnot. Okay, that would make more sense. Anybody know the best place to currently pre-order Windows 7?
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# ¿ Jul 15, 2009 16:13 |
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So the OP has a link for that UK 50% off deal, is there currently a similar deal for us Americans? Basically I would like to get a pre-order in and my key as soon as possible so I can upgrade my RC (in hopes that RTM fixes a few things that are bothering me).
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# ¿ Aug 14, 2009 20:44 |
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SO, I guess my workplace has a "Partner" subscription of some kind that gives us a Technet style access to ISOs and various keys. We have keys for Windows 7 Ultimate, but they don't seem to work with RTM. I really have no idea what this Partner program is about, I always throught we had technet since we used to get quarterly updates mailed to us with all the latest software and a slew of keys for it. The ISOs are labeled like "SW_DVD5_Win_Ult_7_64BIT_English_ForPartners_X15-65922.ISO" Does anybody know if there's a way to get the RTM build to accept a Partner program key? I asked the guy that handles all this at the office but he really has no idea.
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# ¿ Sep 9, 2009 00:30 |
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So ever since I installed SP1, I cannot play any 3D game. EVE, WOW, Dragon Age 2 Demo... everything crashes almost immediately. Is this a a common thing with this service pack? My system is otherwise rock solid, and always has been. i7, GeForce 570 on an x58 board. edit: Guess I'm not the only one. Gonna uninstall SP1 and see if that fixes it. Blame Pyrrhus fucked around with this message at 07:53 on Feb 26, 2011 |
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 21:12 |
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rolleyes posted:What's this you say? nVidia's drivers are poo poo despite having had plenty of time to test and address any issues? Well, at least it's the first time they've allowed that to happen... Well if it is the display driver then this is basically the first time in all the years I've used nvidia it really did something retarded to me. In any case uninstalling SP1 (holy poo poo that takes forever) fixed it.
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# ¿ Feb 26, 2011 16:31 |