Author Topic: Windows 7 (Read 52016 times)

Slick_Beef · « **Reply #80 on:** January 10, 2009, 11:17:17 pm »

Quote from: coffeehead on January 10, 2009, 10:04:39 pm

Right chaps; can anyone tell me how can I set this up to dual boot with XP? I'll use a separate drive for Windows 7 so no partitioning needed, I don't think. But I've never set up a dual boot system before so assume I'm an idiot

Ta in advance

as above.. when you put it on the other drive, it'll automatically give you a boot menu whenever your computer boots.. not like the old days when you had to rewrite boot.ini yerself!

Mudface_ · « **Reply #81 on:** January 10, 2009, 11:40:20 pm »

Quote from: Slick_Beef on January 10, 2009, 09:40:12 pm

I've decided what I like best about this... it plays DivX without having to download any codecs. Finally. It's the small things that make the difference

You're talking about Windows Media Player? Any idea what music formats it plays straight off? I'd be interested in flac and OGG playback out of the box.

coffeehead · « **Reply #82 on:** January 10, 2009, 11:40:35 pm »

Quote from: timiano on January 10, 2009, 10:16:25 pm

run setup, point at partitioned space on separate drive, the end.

Quote from: Slick_Beef on January 10, 2009, 11:17:17 pm

as above.. when you put it on the other drive, it'll automatically give you a boot menu whenever your computer boots.. not like the old days when you had to rewrite boot.ini yerself!

Cheers both

It was that last bit, the setting up of the boot menu that I was most unsure of.

timiano · « **Reply #83 on:** January 11, 2009, 12:18:54 am »

Quote from: coffeehead on January 10, 2009, 11:40:35 pm

Cheers both

It was that last bit, the setting up of the boot menu that I was most unsure of.

Where have you been for the past, errrrrr........8 years?

coffeehead · « **Reply #84 on:** January 11, 2009, 12:41:06 am »

Quote from: timiano on January 11, 2009, 12:18:54 am

Where have you been for the past, errrrrr........8 years?

Like I said, I've not even tried setting up a dual boot before so it hasn't really figured; I guessed about pointing setup to the relevant drive or partition but wasn't sure about creating the boot menu; nice to see it's automatic. Thanks for your help.

iSmiff · « **Reply #85 on:** January 11, 2009, 01:13:29 am »

Quote from: Mudface_ on January 10, 2009, 11:40:20 pm

You're talking about Windows Media Player? Any idea what music formats it plays straight off? I'd be interested in flac and OGG playback out of the box.

as far as i know they aren't supported out of the box

but your WD HD TV that you bought will

Mudface_ · « **Reply #86 on:** January 11, 2009, 07:48:49 am »

If it ever arrives. Its status has gone from 4-5 days delivery to 'out of stock' since I placed the order.

iSmiff · « **Reply #87 on:** January 11, 2009, 01:02:57 pm »

odd, play are normally pretty good for delivery times

Fanxxxxtastic · « **Reply #88 on:** January 11, 2009, 01:10:36 pm »

If you go here you can download it and they give you a key.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-download.aspx

It only seems to download if you use Explorer. couldn't get it to start downloading in Firefox.

iSmiff · « **Reply #89 on:** January 11, 2009, 01:20:51 pm »

how very microsoft of them

no doubt the download manager is compatbible with Explorer only

Walshy nMe® · « **Reply #90 on:** January 11, 2009, 01:27:30 pm »

Is that Version 7000? That's the one I linked above.

Fanxxxxtastic · « **Reply #91 on:** January 11, 2009, 01:46:55 pm »

Quote from: Walshy® on January 11, 2009, 01:27:30 pm

Is that Version 7000? That's the one I linked above.

Yes its version 7000.0.081212.1400.

Whatever that means.

Rob Jones Maybe? · « **Reply #92 on:** January 11, 2009, 02:21:39 pm »

Quote from: FanXabitastic on January 11, 2009, 01:10:36 pm

If you go here you can download it and they give you a key.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-download.aspx

It only seems to download if you use Explorer. couldn't get it to start downloading in Firefox.

Seems to be the same few keys getting given out, from what I've heard. Use Google to search for your key and it should come up somewhere else.

Can get the same thing off TPB or Demonoid then.

Mudface_ · « **Reply #93 on:** January 11, 2009, 02:31:19 pm »

Quote from: FanXabitastic on January 11, 2009, 01:46:55 pm

Yes its version 7000.0.081212.1400.

Whatever that means.

Walshy nMe® · « **Reply #94 on:** January 11, 2009, 02:40:49 pm »

Ok having used this for 24 odd hours, it seems to be a little clunky compared to Vista, I suppose this is to be expected. How would I go about getting Vista back should I decide to leave it.... just full system restore?

Anyone got any teaks e.t.c i.e turning off search indexing like I did with Vista....

iSmiff · « **Reply #95 on:** January 11, 2009, 03:46:37 pm »

Quote from: Mudface_ on January 11, 2009, 02:31:19 pm

<Major Version>.<Minor Version>.<Build>.<Revision>

you utter c*nt

Walshy nMe® · « **Reply #96 on:** January 11, 2009, 05:23:41 pm »

Woah, that's a little harsh

iSmiff · « **Reply #97 on:** January 11, 2009, 06:01:08 pm »

it was meant in the nicest possible way, the smug fucker

Mudface_ · « **Reply #98 on:** January 11, 2009, 06:03:15 pm »

Quote from: iSmiff on January 11, 2009, 03:46:37 pm

you utter c*nt

Hehe.

conman · « **Reply #99 on:** January 11, 2009, 10:56:18 pm »

what im thinking is, if we install and use windows 7, and come autumn or whenever they release the official version, what happens to our beta installation???

can we simply upgrade to the new version + new serial ?
or will we have to install a new version thus losing all content and configurations ?

iSmiff · « **Reply #100 on:** January 11, 2009, 11:06:13 pm »

you'll likely have to reinstall and wipe the old beta from your drive

you'll do this anyways as the beta will end months before it's released so you'd essentailly have a dead pc if you didn't

♠Dirty Harry♠ · « **Reply #101 on:** January 11, 2009, 11:48:45 pm »

Quote from: conman on January 11, 2009, 10:56:18 pm

what im thinking is, if we install and use windows 7, and come autumn or whenever they release the official version, what happens to our beta installation???

can we simply upgrade to the new version + new serial ?
or will we have to install a new version thus losing all content and configurations ?

Or you could patch it, or download the actual release when it comes out from a Bit torrent website, but us law abiding folk here would never stoop to such levels of criminality

TheoRacle · « **Reply #102 on:** January 12, 2009, 12:15:01 am »

I have an old P4 that I'm considering putting the beta on. Has anyone tried home networking with it yet. I have some issues with a DLINK wireless card in that particular PC which will pick up my intenet connection via the router OK but struggles with shared drives on my server (both running appropriated XP SP2). Wonder if W7 will fare any better?

conman · « **Reply #103 on:** January 12, 2009, 12:23:47 am »

Quote from: iSmiff on January 11, 2009, 11:06:13 pm

you'll likely have to reinstall and wipe the old beta from your drive

you'll do this anyways as the beta will end months before it's released so you'd essentailly have a dead pc if you didn't

i use linux primarily, and the advantange of ubuntu in particular is regarding a new release every 6 months, and its basically just an upgrade

iSmiff · « **Reply #104 on:** January 12, 2009, 10:48:43 am »

yeah but the downside is that you use linux

conman · « **Reply #105 on:** January 12, 2009, 12:58:25 pm »

blah.... linux is good.....
the only bad point id say, is that companies that make software are dedicating it toward the microsoft market, thus limiting variety on linux... but for those programs that you cannot get, there generally is a program of similar function

Fanxxxxtastic · « **Reply #106 on:** January 12, 2009, 02:01:17 pm »

Ok I put it on my computer and all went well.

Looked interesting for about a half a hour then I got the blue screen of death and now the computer won't start in normal windows mode after you get the welcome to windows screen it crashes to the Blue screen of death again. Last night I used my laptop to get on the Internet.

And I'm having to use this computer with Windows 7 in safemode with network surpport.

anyone else had this problem thought I would ask before I try to remove it.

Fanxxxxtastic · « **Reply #107 on:** January 12, 2009, 02:46:29 pm »

I seemed to have sorted it.

I removed a windows update that it did after I put Windows 7 on and it all seems to be working ok again.

Fanxxxxtastic · « **Reply #108 on:** January 12, 2009, 04:58:38 pm »

Must admit it starting to drive me a bit mad now.

I can't now download anything. it seems to download something and afterwards it not there. if I download a torrent and it reys to open in Utorrent its says it can't find the file.

♠Dirty Harry♠ · « **Reply #109 on:** January 13, 2009, 12:22:58 am »

I'm loving this OS, getting it to boot in 30 seconds with 3 cores (From pressing the power on till i can open a google page). Very impressive in my eyes

shelovesyou · « **Reply #110 on:** January 13, 2009, 12:38:39 am »

apparantly the Dowonload is now free to all for a couple of weeks , not restricted like ..............

ive got a key spare if anyone wants it ...... not sure it will work like but i aint used it

TheoRacle · « **Reply #111 on:** January 13, 2009, 12:48:27 am »

Quote from: shelovesyouyehyehyeh on January 13, 2009, 12:38:39 am

apparantly the Dowonload is now free to all for a couple of weeks , not restricted like ..............

ive got a key spare if anyone wants it ...... not sure it will work like but i aint used it

Cheers mate! I'd like that key if you still have it. Can you PM it to me?

shelovesyou · « **Reply #112 on:** January 13, 2009, 01:18:06 am »

Quote from: TheoRacle on January 13, 2009, 12:48:27 am

Cheers mate! I'd like that key if you still have it. Can you PM it to me?

Sent.

iSmiff · « **Reply #113 on:** January 13, 2009, 09:09:48 am »

but surely the keys are freely available?

Bushy · « **Reply #114 on:** January 13, 2009, 10:59:57 am »

I've been holding off on getting any new Vista based PC's at work due to all the issues that Vista seems to have, on with downloading this now.
If it's as good as people say it Is, hopefully will be able to bypass Vista completely

Fanxxxxtastic · « **Reply #115 on:** January 13, 2009, 01:29:04 pm »

mine is working fine again now.

Couldn't download nothing for a while tried a few hours later and everything is ok now.

That was very strange.

Fanxxxxtastic · « **Reply #116 on:** January 13, 2009, 01:30:14 pm »

Quote from: iSmiff on January 13, 2009, 09:09:48 am

but surely the keys are freely available?

Yes I got mine from Microsoft when I downloaded it off their site.

They put it on screen just before you download.

shelovesyou · « **Reply #117 on:** January 13, 2009, 03:16:24 pm »

Quote from: iSmiff on January 13, 2009, 09:09:48 am

but surely the keys are freely available?

yeh they are mate I just thought it would save someone the hassle as I didnt want to use it .............

iSmiff · « **Reply #118 on:** January 13, 2009, 04:07:15 pm »

fair enough

Bob Loblaw · « **Reply #119 on:** January 13, 2009, 04:25:38 pm »

Just installed it there a few minutres ago. Pretty quick install, took about half and hour.

Love this new taskbar so far and how it fades in and out the windows you're hovering over. Very slick and smooth.