Happy Windows 7! How'd your install go?

BobSutan said:
Didn't realize it was two separate things. I'll have to see about getting a copy of the MSDN/Technet version, which incidentally is the link I posted (being on Technet I mean).
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Yah, the Release Candidate is free to anyone through August 20th (the download capability ceases on that date but keys will still be provided if necessary). The actual final build isn't a beta, it's a finished "retail" product, for commercial sale on October 22nd, etc... easy enough to figure that out, right? :)

TechNet requires a subscription to get the "real thing" - it ain't free...
 
My 4yr old laptop installed in 25min, but my main rig took a little longer for some reason. My XP Score is 5.9 on my main rig. HD and Graphics are holding me back a little. Need to upgrade the firmware on my hardware...stupid DVD RW is giving me fits.
 
I put Home Premium x86 on my wife's 2year old laptop last night. It doesn't have a dvd-drive (replacement that I ordered doesn't work), so I had purposed a 80GB WD Passport ext hdd for it.

It worked great, and went pretty fast. I think I was to a usable desktop in a half hour.
 
BobSutan said:
Didn't realize it was two separate things. I'll have to see about getting a copy of the MSDN/Technet version, which incidentally is the link I posted (being on Technet I mean).
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It can really be confusing sometimes :rolleyes: here's how I understand it : beta (1,2, into infinity), RC (release candidate, only one for Win7, RC1), RTM (Release to Manufacturer or Ready to Manufacture, I don't know which, it's the finiished product it just needs DVD pressing) and last, but not least, GA (I think it's general accessibility, anyway, it's what you pay for in the store. I hope this helps a little bit. I don't think anybody but Microsoft really knows all the abbreviations :D

If it's of any value, I don't think betas and RC's are public like the Win7's were :confused:
 
moomoofarm7 said:
How do you guys think Windows 7 works with older games? Like SOF 2, Heroes of Might and Magic III, Baldur's Gate, to name some.
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Running a fresh Win7 Home Premium install.

HOMM3 installed fine from disc and even a nodisc .reg worked fine. Runs fine although I haven't done anything but boot it up.

BG2 installed fine, I copied my folder from my Vista install, Recommend installing outside of program files directory (file protection issues with mods, updates, etc).
 
jws2346 said:
It can really be confusing sometimes :rolleyes: here's how I understand it : beta (1,2, into infinity), RC (release candidate, only one for Win7, RC1), RTM (Release to Manufacturer or Ready to Manufacture, I don't know which, it's the finiished product it just needs DVD pressing) and last, but not least, GA (I think it's general accessibility, anyway, it's what you pay for in the store. I hope this helps a little bit. I don't think anybody but Microsoft really knows all the abbreviations :D

If it's of any value, I don't think betas and RC's are public like the Win7's were :confused:
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I sincerely hope that, given the thousands of posts related to Windows 7 over the past 7-8 months, that you folks are just not that confused about things, I really do. But for the sake of argument (and potentially to help), let's break it down:

pre-beta 1 release before the "official" release date for Beta 1; still beta, but getting better all the time. Still not publicly available and only persons that are actual registered beta testers for Microsoft should have had copies.

Beta 1: the official "public" release on January 9th (some delays because of an influx of high bandwidth traffic caused problems) - meaning anyone could download it from Microsoft and test it, offering feedback and bug reports using the "Send Feedback" link at the top of every window.

Release Candidate 1: released May 5th, this is the first candidate build (meaning a beta that's potentially good enough to actually make it to store shelves), and publicly available also.

RTM = Release To Manufacturing, and by "Manufacturing" it means the pressing plants that manufacture the actual DVDs used to install the OS. It means it's done, kaput, finito, Microsoft is done with it, no more alpha, no more beta, no more release candidates, it's "Gold" because they press a gold master disc that gets duplicated all over the place for pressing plants and OEMs like Dell, HP, etc so they can start making 'puters with it on them.

Everything before the RTM build (6.1.7600.16385) is classified as beta code, even the release candidates. They are not to be sold in stores, they are not viable commercial products, and you really can't get in trouble for using or distributing them (ok, perhaps you can in some way, but you sure wouldn't go to jail for stealing unfinished beta code, is what I mean).

The RTM build is the final product, it's now out of the beta testing period, it is a viable commercial product and there is no way in hell you're gonna download it from Microsoft without paying for the privilege in the form of an MSDN subscription or a TechNet subscription; either of those will get you Windows 7 in pretty much all its editions.

The RC link will be valid for downloads through August 20th, and the RC1 build you download from that link will last through next June (2010), but realistically the OS is only truly useful till March 1st. After March 1st, it'll start shutting itself off every 2 hours, so... that's that.

If you can't afford an MSDN or TechNet sub currently, then grab the RC and run it through next March, because that's the only legit way you're supposed to be running Windows 7 without an MSDN or TechNet subscription at this point in time. On Oct 22nd you'll be able to buy it on store shelves, as well.

Hope this clarifies something for someone... ;)

(and yes, in the past, Vista did have beta and RC builds released publicly for testing, and XP had a public RC as well. Prior to that, no Microsoft OSes had public betas, it's within the past ~8 years or so that the public has been "let in" on the programs...)
 
fubak said:
My 4yr old laptop installed in 25min, but my main rig took a little longer for some reason. My XP Score is 5.9 on my main rig. HD and Graphics are holding me back a little. Need to upgrade the firmware on my hardware...stupid DVD RW is giving me fits.
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Interesting. I found out that HPET was set to 32-bit and AHCI was disabled in the BIOS. I enabled AHCI and set HPET to 64bit, since I'm running Win7 x64, and it didn't make any difference in my XP Score. I thought that would've made a difference?
 
I just popped my disc in I am updating from Vista Ultimate 64 bit to Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, gotta love TechNet,

Will update with times and what not when it finishes.
1:09 PM EST The Saga begins.
1:24 PM EST 6% through Gathering Files (it has been doing so for about 10 minutes, I have no idea if this is normal or not, but we will see as time goes on).
1:40 PM EST Gathering Files completed, now Expanding Windows Files.
1:42 PM EST First restart 18% Expanding Windows Files
1:48 PM EST After very long hang at Upgrading Windows, returns to setup at 18% Expanding Windows Files.
2:10 PM EST Second Restart finished Expanding Files and Installing Features and Updates.
2:23 PM EST Transferring Files, Setting, and Programs 41%
2:56 PM EST Completed Installation entering Information.
3:09 PM EST First Boot into Windows 7!

Total Time for Upgrade 2 hours exactly.
 
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Are the folks with Nvidia systems loading the Nvidia 15.35 chipset drivers? I didn't and I'm wondering if that had anything to do with my issue below.

From Beta to RC I never had a problem with the machine coming out of sleep. Now here I am with RTM and my machine resumes from sleep to a black screen. I haven't seen that since Vista. The only issue so far. Oh, and event viewer tells me that the last shutdown was unexpected (happened after I went to bed), with no mention of the power management putting it to sleep and no entries of a proper startup. I'm shocked by this one and a little worried, I trusted sleep and resume in Win 7. I really like using that feature.
 
It's a very safe bet to say any issues with power management in any respect will be driver related, and not the OS itself. 100% compliant ACPI drivers are actually pretty tough to create, and there's usually SOME incompatibility someplace - it most often occurs when you install the OS and decide to update the drivers to something provided by the manufacturer of the device you're installing a driver for.

Drivers included with the OS and also on Windows Update are practically guaranteed to work 100% of the time - it's when you decide "Oh, this one is newer so it must be better, and it's coming directly from the manufacturer's website" that problems happen. Those drivers that come direct from the manufacturer's site - even if they're WHQL certified - more than likely will cause more problems than they fix.

If you don't have a fully 100% complaint ACPI system, power management isn't going to work. 99% isn't enough, even 99.9% isn't enough, it needs to be 100% solid or those features simply will not work as designed.

And no offense, but Nvidia simply doesn't have a good track record of providing such drivers, especially for their own chipsets. ;)
 
Running Win 7 Ultimate on my Macbook, had a blazing fast installation on a new partition I made through bootcamp.... I love the ability to switch between the two OS's, and Win7 is extremely snappy, very nice!
 
Joe Average said:
Those drivers that come direct from the manufacturer's site - even if they're WHQL certified - more than likely will cause more problems than they fix.
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I'm not so sure I agree with you on this one Joe. There's still a ton of devices for which you have to get the drviers from the manufacturer to get any or full funtionality for your device. Web cam, printers, etc. Now I'm not saying those drivers are the most stable but generally more functional than the vanilla drivers, so I can see you point about stability.
 
The install itself was straightforward and probably took under 30 minutes.

I've had one problem install: Logitech's setpoint. It installs, but my MX1000 mouse doesn't show up in the driver applet, which means my mouse isn't half the mouse it is in XP/Vista. Hopefully Logitech will fix this (or someone has a solution), because I like this mouse a lot....I may bring my MX Revolution home from work to see if this is a mouse specific issue.

I have noticed one really really bad UAC annoyance (worse than anything I ever saw in Vista).

open explorer
go to C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT\MCT-CT-AU\
highlight desktop.ini
click on it again and change it's name to desktop.ini.bak


What, you doubt me?
  1. Are you sure you want to change it?[the name of the file]. Click yes
  2. Are you sure you want to rename this system file? Click yes
  3. Are you sure you want to rename this system file? (yes it's the same dialog) Click yes
  4. You'll need to provide administrator permission to rename this file. Click Continue
  5. Are you sure you want to rename this system file? (Third time's the charm?) Click yes

Now no normal user would have done this, and, so far, it's only insane for system files, but that's truly awful.....but it's not something I'd do very often (and it was a fluke that led me to try it in the first place).

With that said, so far, i find that the default UAC level is acceptable. I generally get the same prompts I get in vista. I'll probably turn it up to 4 after I've got everything setup, but it's not as lax as I was led to believe.

Here are my install failures/success, so far (only one true failure)

Programs that didn't install correctly:
  • Norton Internet Security 2009 From the CD

Programs that installed but don't seem to work:
  • Logitech's Setpoint Driver (it installs, but my MX1000 doesn't show up in the app :( )

Programs I've successfully installed:
  1. Firefox
  2. Secunia's PSI
  3. Anydvd HD
  4. Power DVD
  5. Auzentech Drivers
  6. Office 2007+patches
  7. winrar x64
  8. Acronis Trueimage v11
  9. Norton Internet Security 2009 (latest build from Symantec)
 
Joe Average said:
It's a very safe bet to say any issues with power management in any respect will be driver related, and not the OS itself. 100% compliant ACPI drivers are actually pretty tough to create, and there's usually SOME incompatibility someplace - it most often occurs when you install the OS and decide to update the drivers to something provided by the manufacturer of the device you're installing a driver for.

Drivers included with the OS and also on Windows Update are practically guaranteed to work 100% of the time - it's when you decide "Oh, this one is newer so it must be better, and it's coming directly from the manufacturer's website" that problems happen. Those drivers that come direct from the manufacturer's site - even if they're WHQL certified - more than likely will cause more problems than they fix.

If you don't have a fully 100% complaint ACPI system, power management isn't going to work. 99% isn't enough, even 99.9% isn't enough, it needs to be 100% solid or those features simply will not work as designed.

And no offense, but Nvidia simply doesn't have a good track record of providing such drivers, especially for their own chipsets. ;)
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Then Houston, we have a problem. This was with the ITB drivers. I updated to Nvidia drivers and played with sleep, no issues so far. But who knows what actually triggered the issue in the first place. The logs indicate that there was stuff going on but I just couldn't see anything. Weird. Trust me, I've been dealing with Nvidia crapware since the TNT, I know all about their track record. LOL! They have gotten a bit better.

Anyhow, are you running ITB drivers or did you update to the latest manufacturer issued drivers?
 
Put the disc in let windows do its thing.Did not have to manually update anything.Runs like a charm.Very satisfied.
 
nilepez said:
The install itself was straightforward and probably took under 30 minutes.
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I hope it was more like under 18 minutes.

nilepez said:
I've had one problem install: Logitech's setpoint. It installs, but my MX1000 mouse doesn't show up in the driver applet, which means my mouse isn't half the mouse it is in XP/Vista. Hopefully Logitech will fix this (or someone has a solution), because I like this mouse a lot....I may bring my MX Revolution home from work to see if this is a mouse specific issue.
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I run a MX1100, MX Revolution and G9 mouse without a problem. I plugged in my base for the MX1000 and the setpoint x64 software updated right away and displayed the mouse in the configuration panel. I wonder what's preventing it from working on your machine. I'm running version 4.80 of the Setpoint software for Vista (no Win7 support yet).

nilepez said:
I have noticed one really really bad UAC annoyance (worse than anything I ever saw in Vista).

open explorer
go to C:\Windows\Globalization\MCT\MCT-CT-AU\
highlight desktop.ini
click on it again and change it's name to desktop.ini.bak





What, you doubt me?
  1. Are you sure you want to change it?[the name of the file]. Click yes
  2. Are you sure you want to rename this system file? Click yes
  3. Are you sure you want to rename this system file? (yes it's the same dialog) Click yes
  4. You'll need to provide administrator permission to rename this file. Click Continue
  5. Are you sure you want to rename this system file? (Third time's the charm?) Click yes
Now no normal user would have done this, and, so far, it's only insane for system files, but that's truly awful.....but it's not something I'd do very often (and it was a fluke that led me to try it in the first place).

With that said, so far, i find that the default UAC level is acceptable. I generally get the same prompts I get in vista. I'll probably turn it up to 4 after I've got everything setup, but it's not as lax as I was led to believe.
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Reinforces my theory that in Windows 7 if you are getting tons of UAC prompts for an operation, you probably shouldn't be doing it. %systemroot%\Globalization? That's a system folder so users shouldn't be in there. There are always going to be files and settings that you will need to take explicit ownership of before you can change permissions and alter the data. There are really good reasons for this. So it's not insane at all.

nilepez said:
Here are my install failures/success, so far (only one true failure)




Programs that didn't install correctly:
  • Norton Internet Security 2009 From the CD
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You fail for installing NIS2k9. :p All joking aside, I had bad luck with the Beta, it made the system less than stable. How is the retail version? I know they streamlined the engine to the point that it's as fast and lightweight as the corporate edition. I've been using AVG so far but, I've always been partial to Symantec Corporate.
 
I am unable to install Win7 if I try to load the Intel ICH9R Raid drivers in setup, but if I just let windows use it's own drivers, it works...

I hope the speed doesn't decrease any..
 
nilepez said:
Programs that installed but don't seem to work:
  • Logitech's Setpoint Driver (it installs, but my MX1000 doesn't show up in the app :( )
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I did a little poking around and Logitech recommended to install Setpoint 4.72 except for G9 users.

See this page.

It's working fine for me. My MX1000 is hooked up via USB-PS/2 adapter though since it doesn't work via USB reliably any more for some reason. Detected MX1000 after reboot.

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/447/6042&cl=us,en

I might be running it as Administrator though like I have to do for the Logitech G15 keyboard profiler.

I had to turn off UAC again though. Just like Vista it doesn't want to let me run the G15 Keyboard profiler as an Administrator (needed for game detection and working with Admin-priv XP era games). With UAC on it's being blocked upon startup (although I can't find where it tells me that, Vista always gave me a popup about it being blocked). :S When I turn off UAC it starts up OK with Windows. I might need to go with the scheduler-startup option like I did with Vista.
 
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GreenMonkey said:
I did a little poking around and Logitech recommended to install Setpoint 4.72 except for G9 users.

See this page.

It's working fine for me. My MX1000 is hooked up via USB-PS/2 adapter though since it doesn't work via USB reliably any more for some reason. Detected fine after reboot.

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/447/6042&cl=us,en
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That's old info and applies to the RC. 4.80 is the latest version released a few days ago. See my post, it works.
 
tesfaye said:
That's old info and applies to the RC. 4.80 is the latest version released a few days ago. See my post, it works.
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4.80 worked for me also. The G15 drivers won't load until you change the version numbers in the Windows version check in the setup files, but works fine after installed. In case anyone needed to know that.
 
No real issues. Got my old printer to work with a vista 64 driver. Network shares to XP aren't working right for some reason. Couldn't install Office 2003 for some reason, so I guess its time to goto 2007.

Install was fast, easy and didn't need any drivers. (other than the printer)
 
tesfaye said:
I hope it was more like under 18 minutes.

I run a MX1100, MX Revolution and G9 mouse without a problem. I plugged in my base for the MX1000 and the setpoint x64 software updated right away and displayed the mouse in the configuration panel. I wonder what's preventing it from working on your machine. I'm running version 4.80 of the Setpoint software for Vista (no Win7 support yet).
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That's what I was running as well. For now, I have no mouse driver....I'll try reinstalling it, for the 3rd time, later today. I'd swear that my driver worked during the beta, but that was a long time ago.

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Reinforces my theory that in Windows 7 if you are getting tons of UAC prompts for an operation, you probably shouldn't be doing it. %systemroot%\Globalization? That's a system folder so users shouldn't be in there. There are always going to be files and settings that you will need to take explicit ownership of before you can change permissions and alter the data. There are really good reasons for this. So it's not insane at all.
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It has nothing to do with the directory. If you show system files, you'll find at least on .ini file on your desktop. If you change the extension, it will give you all of those prompts. To put this in perspective, I believe only get one prompt if you delete the file.

As for the directory, that's where you'll find the wall papers and themes for the UK, Australia, Africa and Canada. I ultimately just put a junction to each country's wall paper directory in \windows\web\wallpaper. I also copied all the vista wall papers into a directory called Vista Wallpapers. Now I need to find any RC/Beta papers that I'm missing.....I want my beta fish dammit!

You fail for installing NIS2k9. :p All joking aside, I had bad luck with the Beta, it made the system less than stable. How is the retail version? I know they streamlined the engine to the point that it's as fast and lightweight as the corporate edition. I've been using AVG so far but, I've always been partial to Symantec Corporate.
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I have zero problems with NIS 2009 (which was free AR). I've already got another 3pc license, so I'll run 2010...but after that, if the reviews hold up, I may switch to MS's offering.....I've got until 9/2010 to make that decision.

If you mean within Windows 7, it's really too soon for me to say if there are any problems. I installed everything less than 24 hours ago.

I have to say that so far, this has been a very easy migration. However, i think much of that has to do with the fact that Vista allowed you to drag your data directories to a different drive and from then on all data went to those drives (e.g. drag desktop to d:\jack\desktop and any file dropped on your desktop goes to d:\jack\desktop). You could do that in XP too, but i found that some programs still managed to stick documents in the wrong place.

The end result is that I just install 7, install programs and drag the various data folders to the appropriate drive.....well that and replace my 7 Firefox profile with the one from Vista.
I guess i will struggle with getting audio correct....I always forget how t set up CCCP/FFD....must get my AC3 back ;)
 
GreenMonkey said:
I did a little poking around and Logitech recommended to install Setpoint 4.72 except for G9 users.

See this page.

It's working fine for me. My MX1000 is hooked up via USB-PS/2 adapter though since it doesn't work via USB reliably any more for some reason. Detected MX1000 after reboot.

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/447/6042&cl=us,en
keyboard profiler.
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AWESOME! I'll give that a try later today. That is exactly why I posted the issue here. it won't be long before setpoint and uberoptions have me back to normal! :D

I might be running it as Administrator though like I have to do for the Logitech G15
I had to turn off UAC again though. Just like Vista it doesn't want to let me run the G15 Keyboard profiler as an Administrator (needed for game detection and working with Admin-priv XP era games). With UAC on it's being blocked upon startup (although I can't find where it tells me that, Vista always gave me a popup about it being blocked). :S When I turn off UAC it starts up OK with Windows. I might need to go with the scheduler-startup option like I did with Vista.
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I'll have to do that with PSI too (at level 3 UAC, I get no prompts, but I will move it up). I think that the task scheduler option is the best way to handle these situations, so long as you trust the program.

Are you running as an admin user or normal? If normal, then I don't htink you get notifications. I'm also not sure if I got notifications if an item required admin privileges during start up. The last time I fixed all of that stuff in vista over a year ago
 
Well I didn't find 4.7 on Logitech's site, and I didn't want to d/l from a 3rd party, so I tried 4.8, again, and got the same results.

I then decided to switch from the PS/2 port to the USB port. Same thing....except a few seconds later, I was notified that there was an update available. 2MB later, my mouse was showed up in the applet.

Next stop: uberoptions/restoring my vista settings for uberoptions. I really need to send that guy some cash. Uberoptions makes Logitech mice even better than they already are.

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Mouse is definitely jumping on the screen. I haven't seen that happen in a PS2 port. It was common when the mouse was in the USB port. Hopefully it will go away on it own (unlikely, I know).
 
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Two installs down, one to go when my mobo returns from RMA. No problems whatsoever, except one missing driver (SD Card reader on laptop). I always had trouble installing my networked printer with Vista on my wife's laptop, but the printer installed perfectly the first time with Win 7. So happy.
 
nilepez said:
If you mean within Windows 7, it's really too soon for me to say if there are any problems. I installed everything less than 24 hours ago.
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Yeah, just within Windows 7. I've never know Symantec products to work right during the infant months of a Windows OS. Nothing drastic like losing data, but application crashes and weird hangs are things I'd rather not deal with.

nilepez said:
I have to say that so far, this has been a very easy migration. However, i think much of that has to do with the fact that Vista allowed you to drag your data directories to a different drive and from then on all data went to those drives (e.g. drag desktop to d:\jack\desktop and any file dropped on your desktop goes to d:\jack\desktop). You could do that in XP too, but i found that some programs still managed to stick documents in the wrong place.
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Yeah, I think most of the special folders work that way but I've always left things in the default location with the exception of %Temp%, Indexes and Page Files when I used all mechanical drives.

nilepez said:
I guess i will struggle with getting audio correct....I always forget how t set up CCCP/FFD....must get my AC3 back ;)
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Say what? Install CCCP and just set the applet that pops up to 3/0/2+LFE 5.1 and you're all set.
 
4 Desktop Clean Installs: No issue.
1 Laptop In-place Upgrade from Vista Ultimate SP2: Took longer (obviously), but no issues.
 
tesfaye said:
Yeah, just within Windows 7. I've never know Symantec products to work right during the infant months of a Windows OS. Nothing drastic like losing data, but application crashes and weird hangs are things I'd rather not deal with.
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Well I did just have a complete lockup, which is a first and something that didn't happen in Vista. No BSOD, but mouse/keyboard didn't work.

Yeah, I think most of the special folders work that way but I've always left things in the default location with the exception of %Temp%, Indexes and Page Files when I used all mechanical drives.
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IMO, it's worth moving them. If I need to reinstall windows, or restore the OS/apps, I can just restore the partition and not worry about any changes since the last backup.
If I want to go back to a state just after I installed all my apps, I can do that too, because all of my documents are elsewhere.


Say what? Install CCCP and just set the applet that pops up to 3/0/2+LFE 5.1 and you're all set.
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It's set that way, but for some reason I'm get 2.0. I'll figure it out at some point...it's not a high priority item right now.
 
USB installation method didn't go well, but using the traditional DVD install method worked flawlessly.
 
monkeynetman said:
USB installation method didn't go well, but using the traditional DVD install method worked flawlessly.
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What was the problem? I had no problems with usb install with the RC, and I have RTM ready to go now on usb, but still waiting on the OS SSD to install to. Hopefully the usb install still works like the RC did.
 
For those that have installed Windows 7 RTM, has the 70 item (program icons) limitation been fixed?

Problem is mentioned here:
http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-support/4354-program-icons-missing-all-programs-menu.html

It happened to me too when I upgraded from Vista x64 to Windows 7 x64 RC1 7100. I hope it's fixed in RTM build. It got on my nerves that I had to uninstall several programs I needed/deleted icons just to make the program icons reappear again.

(Oh, pre-ordered Windows 7 Ultimate from NewEgg.com. I can't wait to get it come October. It'll make a nice birthday present for me.)
 
bmg said:
What was the problem? I had no problems with usb install with the RC, and I have RTM ready to go now on usb, but still waiting on the OS SSD to install to. Hopefully the usb install still works like the RC did.
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I had the common:

"Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition." error

Basically:
1. Shrank a volume in Vista for another 30 GB partition
2. Created a partition in 7 USB install and formatted the 30 GB partition
3. Tried clicking next and I get that error all the time

Burned the ISO DVD and it was smooth sailing from there...
 
octoberasian said:
For those that have installed Windows 7 RTM, has the 70 item (program icons) limitation been fixed?

Problem is mentioned here:
http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-support/4354-program-icons-missing-all-programs-menu.html

It happened to me too when I upgraded from Vista x64 to Windows 7 x64 RC1 7100. I hope it's fixed in RTM build. It got on my nerves that I had to uninstall several programs I needed/deleted icons just to make the program icons reappear again.
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Damn! That would suck. If I'm reading that correctly, that problem isn't happening here.
 
I just installed this release. Everything is fine so far, but somehow this windows aero theme is not working.

1) In my previous 7065 Build whenever there were multiple windows open, while pressing <Windows + Tab>, it always displays all the windows in the form of cards (including the desktop), but with this current release its not happening. Can someone tell me the resolution to this?

2) Whenever I put cursor on any minimized window it always display the thumbnail of that minimized windows but in this case its displaying the ICON. How can I get this thing fixed? Even while pressing Alt + Tab keys its displaying icons instead of thumbnails.
 
I've had some problems and have yet to re-install... but...

I installed Win7 Ultimate, but for some reason, when I take the disk out of the CDROM, my OS comes up as "Missing BOOTMGR".

Not quite sure what's going on here and I haven't googled anything yet... Anyone have any ideas?
 
Installed Win7 Pro 32bit on a Toshiba P505 laptop.
Install went smooth.
Had to download the Windows 7 audio driver from Toshiba since the driver built into Win7 didn't play the audio loud enough.

Installed Win7 Ultimate 64bit on my HTPC.
Install was smooth but had to use a USB wired keyboard since Bluetooth didn't load until the OS did it's first boot to the desktop.

Audio volume is lower on my HTPC as well and I can't get the Nvidia HDMI Audio driver to load since it says I am not running any compatible OS, which is strange since Win7 is on the list.
May have to do with me running 64bit. :(
 
Netbook upgrade went smooth this weekend. It was build 7000, upgraded to 7100, upgraded to technet RTM. 32 bit, Atom CPU.

Had a moment of confusion when the wireless wasnt working...but then I realized I had upgraded with wireless disabled via the button. lol. With three upgrades on top of each other I was almost hoping something would go wrong and I would get to play with it. Alas, it all works fine. Maybe it will surprise me later.
 
Running Ultimate 64-bit on the Desktop rig in my signature.

Took about 30 minutes to install (installer seemed to hang at 1-2 points, probably a bad burn). Had a few random app crashes but that also occured on XP so I chalk that up to the app instead of the OS.

Overall extremely stable, fast, responsive... and fantastic hardware support. Only drivers I had to install were my soundcard (works with XP 64 bit drivers) and my G15 to enable the LCD screen.
 
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