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It would be nice to do upgrade in place from the RC if I got Ultimate, which I will since that's the version I get for cheap from school.
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Home Basic/Premium can't do an in place upgrade to Pro? Really? Both can upgrade to Ultimate. I wonder why that is.
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deltawing posted:Oh for fucks sake, I get Vista Ultimate through MSDN, but I can't get 7 Ultimate and have to settle for Professional leaving me with an evening of  Not like there was anything "Ultimate" about Vista Ultimate though, I don't think I used a single feature from it.
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Aug 7, 2009 05:42
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Argh, loving school took away my MSDNAA access for the summer semester. I hope when school starts its up and I get my access in a timely manner.
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Aug 7, 2009 06:47
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Does anybody have MD5 or any other hash values for the Professional x64 image?
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CRUISECONTROL posted:Argh, loving school took away my MSDNAA access for the summer semester. I hope when school starts its up and I get my access in a timely manner. I have MSDNAA access but Windows 7 isn't on there 
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Aug 7, 2009 07:24
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Pofolk posted:I have MSDNAA access but Windows 7 isn't on there It will apparently show up on the 14th.
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Aug 7, 2009 07:30
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CRUISECONTROL posted:Argh, loving school took away my MSDNAA access for the summer semester. I hope when school starts its up and I get my access in a timely manner. Just get the right edition downloaded/installed as a trial, you don't have to activate for 30 days, and you can rearm 3 times for a 120-day trial, info here: http://www.windowsvistaplace.com/windows-7-rearm-and-extend-windows-7-activation-grace-period-to-120-days/windows-7/ Within 120 days you should have MSDNAA access again and then just activate with your key when you do get access.
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Aug 7, 2009 07:35
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whiskas posted:Does anybody have MD5 or any other hash values for the Professional x64 image? Just download ultimate (since the hashes for that are known) then delete ei.cfg from the ISO before you burn it. Instant multi-version DVD that will let you install Professional, as well as install any other version that you may end up needing in the future.
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Has Windows 7 removed the usage of the hosts file? I wanted to put a few host names in it, but whenever I try to do one, it gets simply ignored by Windows i.e. I put doubleclick.com 127.0.0.1 in the hosts file and run ipconfig /flushdns then C:\Windows\system32>ping doubleclick.com Pinging doubleclick.com [216.73.93.8] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 216.73.93.8: bytes=32 time=140ms TTL=241 It still goes to the valid address from DNS. Edit: gently caress it I'm stupid, I just noticed the order of IP and host name needs to be the other way around.
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Aug 7, 2009 09:43
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I picked up a TechNet subscription for Windows 7 exclusively, and Win7 is definitely worth it. Holy gently caress. Example: My Mom has a 3.2GHz Pentium 4 with 1GB of RAM, and while it ran Vista good enough for her (she does nothing fancy [the computer itself was built from parts salvaged from a datacenter]), there were plenty of times I'd be using it, and it was nothing more than Vista holding things up and being just generally being lovely. Having done a direct in-place upgrade from Vista Business to Win7 Professional, the process itself went through without a hitch, and I swear to god it's back to being nimble again. Like, XP nimble. Well, not quite, but close enough. IN CONCLUSION: Buy it.
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Aug 7, 2009 10:28
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LE posted:IN CONCLUSION: Buy it. Why would I wanna do that when I got it for free? 
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LooseChanj posted:Why would I wanna do that when I got it for free? Thank you BizSpark!
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LooseChanj posted:Why would I wanna do that when I got it for free? Well I would have said "GET IT" but then there is the chance of someone being all "OMG FILEZ" and then I get banned, and that would be sad. And "LEGALLY OBTAIN THIS OPERATING SYSTEM BY WHATEVER MEANS YOU DEEM MORALLY ACCEPTABLE" just doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
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Aug 7, 2009 12:03
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gariig posted:If you are an MSDN subscriber John Galloway has the same instructions. You need to go to the MSDN top downloads I wish I had seen this. I've got my x86 ISO almost done in about 30 minutes.
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Aug 7, 2009 12:12
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Trip report! Wow. I bought a new laptop about a month ago and configured it with the express intent of upgrading to win 7. What I mean is I purchased it with a decent video chip, 4 gigs of ram and bought OEM 64 bit vista. I upgraded to 7 this morning and can honestly say there is a noticeable difference in how snappy the machine works. I must also say that the upgrade was 100% painless. Not a single device or program stopped working. Oh, and the crazisest part? The upgrade gave me 4 gigs of space back on my hard drive. I have only been using 7 for an hour now but I must say they have a winner on their hands here. EDIT: Haha holy crap, it gave me back a ton of available memory as well AND IT CURED MY GOUT But no seriously, this is pretty awesome Syano fucked around with this message at 14:54 on Aug 7, 2009 |
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Aug 7, 2009 14:48
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What features are your favorite? So far I'm loving Windows Virtual PC (not XP mode, but real virtualization) and the built-in system image creation (eg. imaging the system drive). I just wish the system image creation could create differential backups (eg. here's an image after Windows 7 install, here's one with all drivers, etc).
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Aug 7, 2009 14:55
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Waiting on my friend to burn the ISOs for me today, then I get to spend my evening performing in-place upgrades, huzzah! Trip reports will be incoming for In-place upgrades from the RC, and from Vista.
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Aug 7, 2009 15:22
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So I read that Software Assurance users should be able to download Windows 7 Enterprise today. I can see Windows 7 keys and where it says I'm eligible for X number of licenses, but I can't find the download link anywhere. Am I missing it or is the link hidden away? Edit: Nevermind, the link appeared after I refreshed for the Nth time. Edit 2: Doesn't show up in the Licensing Service Center for me, but I can get Professional under eOpen. Drighton fucked around with this message at 17:09 on Aug 7, 2009 |
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Aug 7, 2009 16:06
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frabba posted:Waiting on my friend to burn the ISOs for me today, then I get to spend my evening performing in-place upgrades, huzzah! Trip reports will be incoming for In-place upgrades from the RC, and from Vista. Trip report 1: Even though I'm running the Windows 7 RCx64, and I am trying to update to Windows 7 Ultimate RTM, The installer is not letting me proceed. welp. *edit* Heh, could've sworn that I read somewhere that this should've been possible, but just re-read the updated OP. At least I can do the in-place upgrade on my vista machine 
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Aug 7, 2009 16:10
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frabba posted:Trip report 1: Even though I'm running the Windows 7 RCx64, and I am trying to update to Windows 7 Ultimate RTM, The installer is not letting me proceed. welp. Just do a clean install. Your user profile and program files folders get dumped to a new location so you can pick at them as needed.
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frabba posted:Trip report 1: Even though I'm running the Windows 7 RCx64, and I am trying to update to Windows 7 Ultimate RTM, The installer is not letting me proceed. welp. It IS possible if you screw with sources\cversion.ini - it's just rather ill-advised.
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I was told about the 50% off offer, for Windows 7 and found that apparently the offer has ended today (7/8) two days early. WTF microsoft.
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Sir Unimaginative posted:It IS possible if you screw with sources\cversion.ini - it's just rather ill-advised.
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Sir Unimaginative posted:It IS possible if you screw with sources\cversion.ini - it's just rather ill-advised. It's not ill-advised at all. It should work in most cases. I have no idea why people are so weird about making the RC to Final upgrade work.
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redeyes posted:It's not ill-advised at all. It should work in most cases. I have no idea why people are so weird about making the RC to Final upgrade work. I have no idea why people are so weird about not installing/configuring pre-release versions of operating systems to the point where they think upgrading is a better idea than starting fresh.
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Mollsmolyneux posted:I was told about the 50% off offer, for Windows 7 and found that apparently the offer has ended today (7/8) two days early. WTF microsoft. If it's like the UK one, there was a limited allocation at the discount price given to each supplier. Maybe try a different supplier and they might still have some in stock.
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I upgraded from Vista Ultimate x64 to 7 Ultimate x64 last night. Took about 1.25 hours and then I updated some drivers that added a little time. I had to reinstall Virtual CloneDrive, but that was about it from a problem stand-point so far. Got a warning about Skype 3.8 and the Logitech QuickCam software, which I uninstalled before the upgrade. The camera still shows up as a device so I need to install the latest version of Skype and see how that goes. All the other basic programs and hardware seemed to be just fine. It really was pretty painless.
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Wiggly posted:The camera still shows up as a device so I need to install the latest version of Skype and see how that goes. I did a clean x64 install last night with my logitech web cam hooked up, and it works right out of the box, no logitech drivers needed for basic stuff.
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Does anyone happen to have the Enterprise hashes on hand?
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Is there a reason my display always gets defaulted to 59 hertz?
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Lenins Potato posted:Does anyone happen to have the Enterprise hashes on hand? here you go friend A89DCE706D527206CB464EF86ACD3A3D13A332DB  Click here for the full 750x138 image. No 32bit... sorry. But according to this blog, the x86 is File Name: en_windows_7_enterprise_x86_dvd_X15-70745.iso SHA1: C6B905E48FDB6CB5BFCA967715A64461B812D40C source: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/08/08/windows-7-iso-downloads-and-product-keys-live-in-msdn-technet/ e:Also, I'm getting different results then the OP  Click here for the full 938x909 image. Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) - DVD (English) File Name: en_windows_7_home_premium_x64_dvd_x15-65733.iso SHA1: 336779EA6B65F63E11A609B4D021439C47AB315B Windows 7 Professional (x64) - DVD (English) File Name: en_windows_7_professional_x64_dvd_x15-65805.iso SHA1: 50127304441A793EE51B3F501289F6599A559E9F Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) - DVD (English) File Name: en_windows_7_ultimate_x64_dvd_X15-65922.iso SHA1: 326327CC2FF9F05379F5058C41BE6BC5E004BAA7 Bahama.Llama fucked around with this message at 20:53 on Aug 7, 2009 |
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Mollsmolyneux posted:I was told about the 50% off offer, for Windows 7 and found that apparently the offer has ended today (7/8) two days early. WTF microsoft. ...that would be because it's 8/7, not 7/8.
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Unless he's European and uses the DD/MM/YYYY system. Regarding the possible early end, perhaps supplies were exhausted? Quoth the OP: "The 50% off promotion in the U.S. and Canada has ended. The promotion is ON NOW in the UK UNTIL AUGUST 9TH WHILE QUANTITIES LAST!" MjolnirMan fucked around with this message at 21:04 on Aug 7, 2009 |
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kri kri posted:Is there a reason my display always gets defaulted to 59 hertz? http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1198032 Here's a huge thread on it: http://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-cards/1792-59hz.html I'll save you the trouble of reading it, you won't notice a difference, and I dare you to prove it. scarymonkey fucked around with this message at 21:10 on Aug 7, 2009 |
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scarymonkey posted:http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1198032 It doesn't matter I am irrational, and I want 60 hertz default. 
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Factor Mystic posted:Home Basic/Premium can't do an in place upgrade to Pro? Really? Both can upgrade to Ultimate. I wonder why that is. It can. It's just that the matrix Microsoft made really is confusing. Ed Bott made one that you can read in 10 seconds and don't even have to scroll the page to read. http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1246
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Where's all the information about using an upgrade version of 7 with the Beta? I've been looking through the thread but I must have overlooked it. I don't want to install this and screw myself because I do something wrong when I get my copy in the mail. I know I have to do a clean install, but is that it? Will I be able to plug in my key when I get it later no problems? Or did I completely misunderstand things and I can't do this? 100 HOGS AGREE fucked around with this message at 23:41 on Aug 7, 2009 |
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Aug 7, 2009 22:48
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kri kri posted:It doesn't matter I am irrational, and I want 60 hertz default. I think LCD monitors run at 59.94 hz anyway... so whether it says 59 or 60 hz is irrelevant. Forget about it.
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PirateBob posted:I think LCD monitors run at 59.94 hz anyway... It's for color NTSC compatibility, and as you said, essentially the same thing. If windows is forcing 59hz, its probably is because it believes the monitor is a TV set.
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