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Gromit posted:I can't speak for Win 7, but I've yet to find anything that performs as fast and smooth as ACDSee version 3, and that must be a decade old. Nice. While I have used other programs over the years for management it is still Acdsee 3.1 for viewing. Its just damned snappy.
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OgNar posted:Nice. While I have used other programs over the years for management it is still Acdsee 3.1 for viewing. Its just damned snappy. The latest acdsee 2009 regular edition is just as fast. I love that software.
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Oct 25, 2009 02:28
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Aturaten posted:Download a boot disk, find the file, run the install from DOS. Chances are, NTFS 4 DOS Pro is your best bet. It's on the Ultimate Boot CD as well. Edit: Or, if you can just download the files again, throw in a Windows disc and try again. Yaos fucked around with this message at 02:58 on Oct 25, 2009 |
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Oct 25, 2009 02:45
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LooseChanj posted:I don't think there's been a DOS based setup since forever? I don't think XP even has one. DOS initiated setup. Last actual DOS setup was 95.
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Oct 25, 2009 03:01
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Aturaten posted:DOS initiated setup. Last actual DOS setup was 95. That was the program that made the floppies to boot from and install from the CD. I think the last time they used that was NT4.
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Oct 25, 2009 03:04
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I have no idea how, but I went directly from Windows 2008 Server x64 to 7 Professional x64 no problems what so ever... IE: Went right from a server OS to a consumer OS, with out having to revert back to a consumer OS like XP to install. Works great.
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Oct 25, 2009 03:08
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I've got an ATI 4870 and a Sound Blaster X-fi XtremeGamer sound card. I've got 2 questions: A. Are there any known driver issues with either of those? B. Is it worth the money to upgrade? I currently have Vista and I don't really have any complaints or issues. Is the upgrade easy, and is the difference noticable and good?
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Oct 25, 2009 03:14
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I feel like a dumbass for asking, but I'm going to do it anyway. I bought a Dell Studio 15 a couple of months ago that qualified for a free Win7 upgrade from Dell. They seem to be dragging their feet, so I went ahead and bought a copy of Home Premium 7 this evening. What I'd like to do is go ahead and install 7 Premium and when Dell gets their poo poo sorted out, switch from the activation key I purchased to the activation key Dell sends for Home Premium 7. The plan is to put the purchased copy on Craigslist or Ebay and get (most of) my money back. Or give it to someone as Christmas present. Or something. The question is: Will this fly? If I deactivate one key and activate another, will Microsoft allow another activation against the first key? It seems like they wouldn't care.
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Oct 25, 2009 03:19
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Capnbigboobies posted:I still don't get why people are going with digitalriver when you can just go with Microsoft directly. Probably a bunch of us saw the $30 deal and figured we'd grab it before hearing about the phone option?
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Oct 25, 2009 03:27
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Zarithas posted:I've got an ATI 4870 and a Sound Blaster X-fi XtremeGamer sound card. I've got 2 questions: My computer will barely even run Vista with Aero on, Windows 7 is faster than XP. You MAY have driver issues, but they're rare. Most drivers that work on Vista work on 7.
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Oct 25, 2009 03:42
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Moktaro posted:Probably a bunch of us saw the $30 deal and figured we'd grab it before hearing about the phone option? Yep. At the time, I figured $30 was my cheapest option so I jumped on it. Now of course, I have my free Ultimate key from MS ExpertZone and 2 free Pro keys from MSDNAA, so this 741/DigitalRiver thing ended up being a waste of money.
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Oct 25, 2009 03:47
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Zarithas posted:I've got an ATI 4870 and a Sound Blaster X-fi XtremeGamer sound card. I've got 2 questions: I have the xtremegamer fatal1ty and whatever creatives win7 x-fi drivers are have been working just fine since I installed the RC back in june or whenever.
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Oct 25, 2009 03:53
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keyframe posted:The latest acdsee 2009 regular edition is just as fast. I love that software. I've been disappointed with the performance of every new release I've tried, but I'll admit I haven't given that one a go. All I want is a viewer - I don't need all the management, albums, editing etc that they bloat it with. I would have settled for some freeware tool years ago, but they are all just abysmal.
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Ok, final question: will all my settings and registry entries transfer without any conflicts? Like, will the Desktop and launch bars look almost identical to my pre-upgrade one, in terms of icons and arrangement? And will application settings transfer over as well?
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Oct 25, 2009 04:38
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So I remember reading a long time ago that Windows 7 Remote Desktop was going to support things like DirectX 10/Aero. I see no way of getting that to work, though. If it does work (somehow), is it workable on an XP/Vista client as well?
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Zarithas posted:Ok, final question: will all my settings and registry entries transfer without any conflicts? Like, will the Desktop and launch bars look almost identical to my pre-upgrade one, in terms of icons and arrangement? And will application settings transfer over as well? I had the black screen crash again, this time I had my headphones on and there was a nice buzz. It's not hardware, as I played through most of Crysis in one sitting without getting a computer crash (two application crashes though, but it was nice enough not to lock everything and let me ctrl-alt-del out  ). The last crash was while watching a flash video on gametrailers a few minutes after restarting because of my oversized mouse cursor, the first time it happened was while switching between two windows.In what world do we live in that a 3D game that still gives my computer a workout does not crash my computer, but changing windows does. At least one other person has this exact same issue, and he has an ATI card. If it's their drivers I'll scream. http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7repair/thread/e44b5516-0e61-4ddd-b781-67b51938caf6 Edit: TreFitty posted:So I remember reading a long time ago that Windows 7 Remote Desktop was going to support things like DirectX 10/Aero. I see no way of getting that to work, though. If it does work (somehow), is it workable on an XP/Vista client as well? Edit 2: Event Viewer gives no information on the crash, it just says that there was an unexpected shutdown and gives no error codes. Yaos fucked around with this message at 05:03 on Oct 25, 2009 |
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Gromit posted:but they are all just abysmal. even irfanview? it's awesome because it does everything I want a viewer to do, and I don't really know it's there.. plus the features that are available are really handy.
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24 hours in now with 7 Home Premium installed on my almost 3 year old Inspiron 1505 (1.5gb RAM, Core 2 Duo 1.66ghz), I had previous installed the RC on my ancient desktop but I didn't want to mess with may main computer until I had my actual CDs. Aside from a little bit of bumpiness getting my Mobility x1400 up and running, it's been great. This is without a doubt the snappiest this computer has ever felt. It shipped with XP Media Edition with Vista Express upgrade and I basically used Vista on it from the time I got my hands on it. I really liked Vista and enjoyed it for over two years I was using it on that notebook, but 7 is just so drat polished. One thing that kind of impressed me, Windows Media Player plays downloaded HD Quicktime trailers without having to install anything extra (at least the trailers I had lying around on disk). Oh, and my computer can finally play 480p Hulu video fullscreen without dropping frames like crazy.
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Oct 25, 2009 06:17
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Goober Peas posted:I feel like a dumbass for asking, but I'm going to do it anyway. I bought a Dell Studio 15 a couple of months ago that qualified for a free Win7 upgrade from Dell. They seem to be dragging their feet, so I went ahead and bought a copy of Home Premium 7 this evening. You can have the RTM running for 30 days without needing a key, or you could 'rearm' it and keep it going for 4 Day Weekend fucked around with this message at 07:14 on Oct 25, 2009 |
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Oct 25, 2009 06:29
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TreFitty posted:So I remember reading a long time ago that Windows 7 Remote Desktop was going to support things like DirectX 10/Aero. I see no way of getting that to work, though. If it does work (somehow), is it workable on an XP/Vista client as well? Vista's Remote Desktop supported Aero Glass, and so does Windows 7's. The rub is that if you're connecting from a Windows 7 client and the server is Vista, glass can't be enabled; and vice versa. It only works Vista-to-Vista and 7-to-7 or 7-to-Server2008.
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4 Day Weekend posted:You can have the RTM running for 30 days without needing a key, or you could 'rearm' it and keep it going for ~90 days without needing a key. You can actually rearm 3 times for 30 days each, giving you a total usage of 120 days without activation.
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After a succesful install, I've discovered that the drivers that Windows Update wants to install for my Nvidia Geforce Go 6800 don't jive with windows 7. After the install/restart, I only get a blank screen, and have to system restore so that I can go back to using the onboard VGA video option. Given that this is such an old card (circa 2005), is there any chance that Nvidia plans of making a new driver for this, or am I hosed in 1024x768 perpetuity?
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Oct 25, 2009 07:09
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AlexDeGruven posted:You can actually rearm 3 times for 30 days each, giving you a total usage of 120 days without activation. Knew it was either 90 or 120. Thanks.
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Gromit posted:I've been disappointed with the performance of every new release I've tried, but I'll admit I haven't given that one a go. All I want is a viewer - I don't need all the management, albums, editing etc that they bloat it with. Yea I hear you. the acdsee 2009 image viewer is just that. None of the edit\albums\etc bullshit its just a amazingly fast viewer. I have tried all the free ones and decided acdsee is well worth the money. Give the 2009 trial a go if you are on the fence.
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TreFitty posted:So I remember reading a long time ago that Windows 7 Remote Desktop was going to support things like DirectX 10/Aero. I see no way of getting that to work, though. If it does work (somehow), is it workable on an XP/Vista client as well? What version are you running? I think this is a ultimate only feature. Which is loving retarded.
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Jewmanji posted:After a succesful install, I've discovered that the drivers that Windows Update wants to install for my Nvidia Geforce Go 6800 don't jive with windows 7. After the install/restart, I only get a blank screen, and have to system restore so that I can go back to using the onboard VGA video option. Given that this is such an old card (circa 2005), is there any chance that Nvidia plans of making a new driver for this, or am I hosed in 1024x768 perpetuity? Install the driver you want that works and uncheck it's update entry in Windows update?
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I've got 7 installed and running and... I'm indifferent so far. It was high time to abandon XP, so I'm not regretting the switch, but I was expecting some kind of "oh hey neato" response (if not outright "WOW!") from the new OS. I feel like maybe I just haven't found some of the new features and stuff that are neat. So, if I may, let's post some of our favorite new features/finds/etc so other people will know about about them! My entry: I've used OS X for a while and I love hitting command+spacebar to search the computer. Now I can just mash Windows key and start typing a search.
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Oct 25, 2009 09:00
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biznatchio posted:Vista's Remote Desktop supported Aero Glass, and so does Windows 7's. Even more of a rub, it has to be Ultimate to Ultimate. Even Win7 Pro doesn't support Aero over remote desktop. It sucks, but after RC1 they took away all the DirectX acceleration stuff over Aero last minute, I think the only thing accelerated now is Windwos Media foundation stuff through Windows Media Player.
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echinopsis posted:even irfanview? it's awesome because it does everything I want a viewer to do, and I don't really know it's there.. plus the features that are available are really handy. keyframe posted:the acdsee 2009 image viewer is just that. None of the edit\albums\etc bullshit its just a amazingly fast viewer. I have tried all the free ones and decided acdsee is well worth the money. So that's their Photo Manager 2009? It sounds like more than a viewer, but also sounds like the least "feature rich" out of all their stuff, so could be it.
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scarymonkey posted:Even more of a rub, it has to be Ultimate to Ultimate. Even Win7 Pro doesn't support Aero over remote desktop. It sucks, but after RC1 they took away all the DirectX acceleration stuff over Aero last minute, I think the only thing accelerated now is Windwos Media foundation stuff through Windows Media Player. Indeed. I found this out when I went to the Pro RTM. It really is a shame because I spend a lot of time in RDC and aero basic is just so unappealing to look at without glass, especially if you like a darker environment which you sure as hell don't get with basic. It's not Ultimate to Ultimate though. I'm also running Pro on my netbook, but still running the RC (Ultimate) on one of my desktops and glass still works over remote. It's just like they did with Vista. I'd been hunting around to see if there was any kind of tweak to get around it for either OS but so far haven't come up with anything.
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I know this has probably been answered, and is a vague question, but this thread is so long.. I was thinking about picking up 7 because the student discount is really nice, is it worth it? I'd be going from XP to 7, I never got Vista because of all the problems I heard about it. I do game on my computer, but primarily I just use it for bumming around on the internet and whatnot. Though when D3 and SC2 come along I will probably never leave my computer's warm glow.
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Yes. I went from XP to 7 as well. Games work great in it.
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I'm digging the pseudo touch they implement if you have a graphics tablet. It basically adapts the touch movement controls to the tablet, makes navigating things a bit slicker. A neat trick people forget is you can assign shortcut keys in random applications. You go to shortcut properties and assign something under "shortcut keys" Pretty swish for stuff like the snipping tool.
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WebDog posted:I'm digging the pseudo touch they implement if you have a graphics tablet. This has been there since at least XP...
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I just installed 64 bit Windows 7. How come under system info it says: Installed memory (RAM): 6.00 Gig (3.00 usable) Does that mean its not using all my RAM?
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grobo posted:I just installed 64 bit Windows 7. How come under system info it says: Does it definitely say "system type: 64-bit"?
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Yep. Its the first thing I looked for.
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Oct 25, 2009 13:22
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WebDog posted:Pretty swish for stuff like the snipping tool. I like that tool, but almost every time I want to use it in Vista it tells me it's busted and I need to reboot. I've no idea if this happens to anyone else, but hopefully Win7 makes it go away if it does.
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AlexDeGruven posted:Install the driver you want that works and uncheck it's update entry in Windows update? As far as I can tell, there is no other appropriate driver.
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grobo posted:I just installed 64 bit Windows 7. How come under system info it says: Check your bios for a memory remapping feature and turn that on. Solved my ram issues.
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