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DarthBlingBling posted:It's spinning down to save energy I believe. You can change this in the power options. You're hard drive is not hosed. ![]()
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Josh Lyman posted:If I do Control Panel -> Power Options, I don't see anything of the sort Change plan settings > advanced settings > ![]()
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hooah posted:Has anyone tried to get Guitar Pro 5 working? The setup program runs and I get the UAC alert, but nothing more happens. I've tried running it with and without XP and Vista compatibilities and as an administrator/not. New page. Also, I've been having issues installing other things. This time, it's the Zinio reader for my PC Magazine digital sub. I get the error "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item." What gives?
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DarthBlingBling posted:Change plan settings > advanced settings > You can still make it say "Never" like in Vista, though right, not just a really high value if you never want it to spin down?
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Factor Mystic posted:You can still make it say "Never" like in Vista, though right, not just a really high value if you never want it to spin down? Yes, just enter '0' and it will say Never.
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Concerning all the codec stuff, I've been using GOM player and it works just fine without having to install any codec packs. MPC-Home cinema also has an alpha x64-bit version.
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I'm pretty sure now that my problems were due to my other hard disk being in its death throes. Giving 7 another chance.
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Ok, here's one that baffles me with harddrives and Windows experience index: Desktop: Western Digital Raptor X 160GB 10000rpm, AHCI, Intel P35 chipset: 5,1 Laptop: 2,5" Western Digital Caviar Black, 320GB, 16MB cache, 7200 rpm, Nvidia 9400M chipset, AHCI: 5,8 The Raptor is listed as "Multi Word DMA" in Device manager, which is supposed to be slow, but real world performance is 80MB+ per second. I would assume that the raptor is faster than the laptop drive, and should get a higher score. Even if the laptop is somewhat faster, I think the difference in score is conspicuously big. Anyone experience something similar?
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My WD5000AAKS 500GB 16MB cache 7200rpm drive gets a 5.9, So I dunno. I don't really hold any appreciable stock in what 'experience index' really entails anyways.
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xamphear posted:Do you have a touch screen or tablet laptop? If so, the extra spacing may be intentional. It also happens if you have a digitizer, such as a Wacom tablet connected. I was wondering why the "peek field" next to the clock was 3 times its normal size until I read your post. I think it just goes by whether the drivers are installed.
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evobatman posted:Ok, here's one that baffles me with harddrives and Windows experience index: ![]() Maybe you're just missing a driver.
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Is anybody getting weird window focus issues? For some reason when I am typing in almost any program / app every once in a while windows will either switch to a different window, enter the text before I am finished with it, or switch to a different point in the typed text (think just clicking back in the message accept automatically). I was thinking it could be a keyboard driver but I use a laptop, not to sure if there is any drivers out there for the keyboard (I checked the driver disk that came with it). Anybody else having similar problems? edit: using a dell xps 1530m Argila fucked around with this message at 20:55 on May 29, 2009 |
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tasslex posted:Is there something limiting the resolution of Video Playback in Media Player Classic? DRM perhaps? Everything in Media Player Classic looks like rear end. I can tell it's using the proper codecs that I have manually installed, as Process Explorer shows the filters being loaded. As others have mentioned, change the renderer. The default just doesn't get along with 7 and gives you the blocky output I'm sure you're seeing. I'm using VMR9 Renderless and it works great on both Beta and RC. Still loving W7, it's everything that was good about Vista (and even though I'm a Vista hater, I will readily admit it brought a lot of good) with most of the bad filtered out. The majority of the remaining bad is either too small for me to care or just the way it has to be done even if I don't like it.
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DarthBlingBling posted:Change plan settings > advanced settings >
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PowerISO should be in the main post - there's such a lot of crappy software around to mount images, it's scary!
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MALCOLM XTREME posted:Is it better for the life of the hard drive to let it turn off after awhile or to just put it on "never"?
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Josh Lyman posted:Unless the hard drive will turn on and off rapidly, turning it off will increase the longevity of the motor, despite the myth that you should always keep HDs on. Source? Not saying you are wrong, but I'd love to see that backed up.
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I've tried everything I could think of to get the Zune drivers to install. But I'm also having a problem installing the drivers for my digital camera. It's a Cannon PowerShot SX110IS. Same problem: I plug in & the drivers fail to install.
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Warthog posted:PowerISO should be in the main post - there's such a lot of crappy software around to mount images, it's scary! Virtual CloneDrive was in the OP of the old thread, but yeh, it seems PowerISO works with 7 too when I believe it didn't for a while, so that's another viable option.
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Alcohol 52% is also good on Win 7, and supports mds/mdf files which VCD doesn't.
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Okay, I don't know what the goddamn problem was but completely reinstalling Windows seemed to solve. Everything works now.
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So are there no big changes between 7100, 7127, and 7137? Just going from 7057 to 7068 to 7077, there were noticeable changes between each one of those builds. I'll be loading 7137 in a bit.
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Is there any decent way to get virtual desktop support in Windows 7? edit: I also noticed my boot time got really slow (seems to hang on the Windows splash screen during boot) after I installed my video drivers (Catalyst 9.5) - anyone know why? supster fucked around with this message at 14:12 on May 30, 2009 |
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Argila posted:Is anybody getting weird window focus issues? For some reason when I am typing in almost any program / app every once in a while windows will either switch to a different window, enter the text before I am finished with it, or switch to a different point in the typed text (think just clicking back in the message accept automatically). I was thinking it could be a keyboard driver but I use a laptop, not to sure if there is any drivers out there for the keyboard (I checked the driver disk that came with it). Anybody else having similar problems? Does the laptop have a touch pad? If it doesn't, you might be touching that with your palm and accidentally clicking somewhere else on the screen.
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Its minor, but since I rarely use it I just now ran into it. What is everyone using to capture images from a webcam? In Vista and XP it showed up in my computer but I can't find it anywhere in 7. Yes I did verify that it is installed.
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Xenomorph posted:So are there no big changes between 7100, 7127, and 7137? Any changes from 7100 onward will be compatibility updates, any bug fixes, under the hood type stuff. As of 7100, it is "feature complete."
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I'm trying to pin my music folder to the taskbar. Win7 is pinning my general "Libraries" folder the taskbar, rather than my music directory. Is there any way to fix this and get it to do what I want? Google doesn't seem to be of too much aid.
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Xenomorph posted:So are there no big changes between 7100, 7127, and 7137? No idea if this is accurate but iHackintosh posted a preported changelog for 7140 (which hasn't leaked). No idea if some of this stuff is in 7137 as well or if the list is accurate. [Apparently Fake stuff edited out so as not to confuse those who follow] BeastOfExmoor fucked around with this message at 22:27 on May 30, 2009 |
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BeastOfExmoor posted:4. You can change the login screen picture through the “Personalization” menu. Holy gently caress, it's like they've listened to almost everything anyone has ever wanted.
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BeastOfExmoor posted:No idea if this is accurate but It's fake. They are not going to add things like this at this point. A lot of that stuff would be annoying and they wouldn't change the UI like that post-beta.
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beejay posted:It's fake. They are not going to add things like this at this point. A lot of that stuff would be annoying and they wouldn't change the UI like that post-beta. DAMNIT.
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Is there a way to make the taskbar work like XP? I like having a quick launch, it bothers me that everything keeps moving around when I open new programs.
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Cage posted:Is there a way to make the taskbar work like XP? I like having a quick launch, it bothers me that everything keeps moving around when I open new programs. What do you mean? Anything that's pinned to the taskbar won't move from that position.
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Windows 7 does not like some of the on-board sound cards in P4 class Dell Optiplexes ( GX270, GX280, GX320, GX620, ETC ETC ). If you have that SoundMax Digital Audio card, chances are, windows 7 will not like it and running the service tag on a GX280 will not display a win7 or a Vista driver. However, most vista drivers work in Windows 7 if you can find them, which I managed to do. Go here: http://ftp.dell.com/audio/ Look for this: 11/12/2007 12:10 PM 3351528 R145551.EXE Even though Dell doesn't specifically list a vista/windows7 driver for the older Soundmax onboard audio that one will work.
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Bean_ posted:I'm trying to pin my music folder to the taskbar. Win7 is pinning my general "Libraries" folder the taskbar, rather than my music directory. Is there any way to fix this and get it to do what I want? Two options: Since you've already tried to pin the music directory to the taskbar, you should be able to right click (or click-drag up) the explorer icon to get to the jump list, which should have your music folder pinned. The other option is to add your music folder as a toolbar. Right click the task bar, select toolbars > New Toolbar..., and choose your music folder.
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Kapinga, while your first option is not quite what I was looking for (the first option was still two steps, and didn't provide anything really useful over what it was already doing) the second step is a good compromise. Its not still not exactly what I was looking for, but seeing as I can click on the toolbar and navigate to exact where I was going to go, its good. Thanks for the info! I'm liking Windows 7 more and more. ![]()
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I'm somewhat pissed that I cheaped on my vostro 1400's processor and wouldn't you know it it's one of the few meroms that doesn't have x86 virtualization support. No virtual XP instance for me, no sir.
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Ur Getting Fatter posted:What do you mean? Anything that's pinned to the taskbar won't move from that position.
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Cage posted:I dunno, say if I pin firefox and then open it it'll expand on the taskbar. When it does that it'll push everything else over to the right. I just like that tiny quick launch that always stayed on the left. You have changed your taskbar settings from defaults. Set it to always combine, hide labels.
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beejay posted:It's fake. They are not going to add things like this at this point. A lot of that stuff would be annoying and they wouldn't change the UI like that post-beta. ![]() Pure bliss followed by crash and burn.
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