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decypher posted:Edit: As suggested in the 100 posts before mine, you could just have torrented the disks, checked the hash, and used the key you bought. But if you want to stay legit, log on to the MS store with the information provided in the email and you have the option of downloading any of the ISOs or the stupid exe+box thing. 
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I just bought Windows 7 Professional for $50 from the Ultimate Steal Deal and I was wondering how much backing up I should do for a Vista Home Premium -> Windows 7 Professional upgrade? It says in the original post I have the choice between a clean and an upgrade install. What I'm foggy about is how much will be left behind in an upgrade install.
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Oct 26, 2009 07:42
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Schnozzberry posted:I had an OEM version of Vista for a dell desktop. I can buy the upgrade version of Win7 and use it on any machine, correct? (not just the Dell, which has since been parted out and sold) Legally, no, as the OEM license for Vista vanished with the machine you parted and sold. You could still use an upgrade copy for any other machine that was licensed for XP or Vista (or I suppose Server 2003/2008, have heard of upgrade installs working fine from them), but not a bare machine.
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Initial impressions: A lot like Vista. Doesn't have annoying things that all previous editions of Windows have; ie asking too many questions during setup, welcome to windows bullshit, tooltips everywhere. The menus and browsing through files are more responsive. Menus seem to be layed out better: IE one less click when I changed the time format. I had use a Ubuntu Live CD to download 64-bit drivers for my wireless network card, which weren't included on its CD nor on the Windows disk. This is dissapointing, since the card worked with the live CD no problem, and Linux is known for having limited driver support. I asked this when Vista came out, maybe this has changed: Can I pin a menu to the taskbar? Ie: Click, get a pop-up of all my games in a list. Can I use have no label text and no grouping in the taskbar? I like the idea of saving space by removing labels, but I don't like grouping because it adds additional steps. I still don't like the Vista/Win7 control panel. It's the one thing about XP I prefer. Thankfully you can type to search in it. Worth the $50. Dominoes fucked around with this message at 14:58 on Oct 26, 2009 |
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Oct 26, 2009 14:52
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jmu posted:Just wanted to drop in and speak on issues I had getting a buddy setup with Windows 7. We were getting BSODs before we'd even get into setup, usually around when the "flower background" first appeared, they were also random, either IRQ LESS THAN BLAH BLAH or SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION referencing a different file each time. After trying everything I could think of: unplugging everything from the system that was unneeded, swapping in a different video card, reseting CMOS, running memtest. Finally tried disabling any onboard components I could; sound, onboard NIC, even the firewire ports. Also disabled something I can't remember exactly but it was like "IDE Prefetch" or something. This allowed the install to run without further issue and we turned all this back on afterwards. Most likely bad RAM. At least that's the most common issue with that particular BSOD. Could be other failing hardware.
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Dominoes posted:
Yeah seems like you can't have both. The quickmenu thing is best solved by ye-old making a shortcut filled folder then assigning it as a task bar and shoving it off to one side.  Or there's 7stacks an app that basically does what OSX does. http://lifehacker.com/5303809/7stacks-does-os-x-stacks-in-windows-7-style The never combine thing keeping labels is there purely to maintain user feedback. If you had ten folders open, despite aero peek and what not, it would be fiddily as alt-tabbing or mousing over to find what folder is what as they will look pretty identical, even in the thumbnails.
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Oct 26, 2009 15:02
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I'm loving 7 so far. Had some problems with my netgear wireless adapter (no drivers) but a little googling quickly found a workaround for that. Unfortunately my floppy drive has simply vanished according to windows 7. It is just a generic drive as far as I know so I have no idea to make it recognise it. The generic drivers in the device manager do nothing.
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Oct 26, 2009 15:07
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Does anyone else use F2 to rename a file when clicking on it? Has this functionality disappeared from Windows 7 for some reason?
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Oct 26, 2009 15:23
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realbez posted:I'm loving 7 so far. Had some problems with my netgear wireless adapter (no drivers) but a little googling quickly found a workaround for that. Unfortunately my floppy drive has simply vanished according to windows 7. It is just a generic drive as far as I know so I have no idea to make it recognise it. The generic drivers in the device manager do nothing.
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Oct 26, 2009 15:32
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papanugget posted:Does anyone else use F2 to rename a file when clicking on it? Has this functionality disappeared from Windows 7 for some reason? Still works fine. Unless you have some keyboard that takes over F2 with a function. Most windows shortcuts are still there, with a few new ones added here and there, but they're linked to the windows key.
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Oct 26, 2009 15:37
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Some people were asking whether the 'upgrade' version from Digital River was actually the full version or not. Well I've just done a clean install of 7 Professional from an iso that I downloaded in which the hashes were the same as those in the OP. Using the key that Digital River gave me it activated without any problems. DarthBlingBling fucked around with this message at 18:04 on Oct 26, 2009 |
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Oct 26, 2009 18:02
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Hey how bout a Q not related to licensing and upgrades? With the new multitouch stuff is there a way to click and drag up, and then when I release it'll do whatever is under it? Or is that just not the way it works
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Oct 26, 2009 18:05
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My mom is a high school teacher and therefore has a .edu email address. Can I use this email address to get the $30 deal or is it only for colleges? Thanks.
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Oct 26, 2009 19:17
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Mr. Clark2 posted:My mom is a high school teacher and therefore has a .edu email address. Can I use this email address to get the $30 deal or is it only for colleges? Thanks. Pretty sure it just checks that it's a .edu
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Oct 26, 2009 19:18
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Mr. Clark2 posted:My mom is a high school teacher and therefore has a .edu email address. Can I use this email address to get the $30 deal or is it only for colleges? Thanks. It's all through that little domain suffix, she'll have no problem getting it. I used my alumni address to get mine. Not been a student for 3 years (unless you count the wine course I'm on)!
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Oct 26, 2009 19:19
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quote:7. Since Vista, you can set the volume per application. I've been looking for this, how do I do that? Paisano posted:So I upgraded from XP to 7 this weekend, putting it on a brand new HD. Overall I've been really happy with it except for the fact that my FPS has dropped dramatically in my games, notably TF2. I don't even know where to begin, so I'll just give my specs and hope somebody has an idea. Like the other guy said, it's probably the video card drivers. There's a crippling issue with them in Champions Online at the moment and I wouldn't be surprised if it affects other games too.
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Oct 26, 2009 19:23
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Just need a confirmation on this because I'm paranoid: If I choose the custom (advanced/clean) installation it will move all of my current files on my hard drive to Windows.old or JUST windows files? Was about to go ripping into it then figured I would be kicking myself in the nads if I lost all my data.
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Oct 26, 2009 19:23
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Aphrodite posted:I've been looking for this, how do I do that? Right click system tray icon > Mixer, or left click once and then press Mixer at the bottom of the volume slider.
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Oct 26, 2009 19:24
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kazr posted:Just need a confirmation on this because I'm paranoid: Edit: Oops, that was just because of the way I had mine setup. drat, I hope you see the edit. It's Program Files, Documents and Settings, and Windows folders.
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Oct 26, 2009 19:28
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Aphrodite posted:Everything. Inside Windows.old you'll have your whole folder structure from before you upgraded. Beautiful. Thank you!
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Oct 26, 2009 19:29
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kazr posted:Beautiful. Thank you! Now would also be a good time to backup some of your documents, you know, just in case 
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Oct 26, 2009 19:32
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Mr. Clark2 posted:My mom is a high school teacher and therefore has a .edu email address. Can I use this email address to get the $30 deal or is it only for colleges? Thanks. my mom couldn't get one since its a state.us addy, though my sister could even though she had a insertcollegehere.com address
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Oct 26, 2009 19:45
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To be very specific about what happens during a clean install without a format. Windows file locations: Users (Document and Settings for XP) Program Files Windows Those will all be moved to a Windows.old folder. Any other folder on your hard drive will be left alone. It will not be moved nor deleted, just ignored. So, you can get by with zero backup, but I would still recommend it.
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Oct 26, 2009 19:57
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Probably a stupid question, but are the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of windows 7 home premium bundled on the same disk or part of the same purchase package? I'm looking to purchase off newegg (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116716), but it doesn't specify if the product I'm buying is the 32 or 64 bit version. 
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Oct 26, 2009 19:59
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Yes, you get both 32-bit and 64-bit disks in the box.
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Oct 26, 2009 20:00
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Retail gets both, OEM you have to buy the specific one.
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Oct 26, 2009 20:02
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Gotta give Win7 props for this: I bought a Microsoft Wireless Key+Mouse combo (WOM2000 for mouse, WK1000 for keyboard) but didn't want to install the intellitype/intellimouse software to support it because I was just plain lazy and didn't want the bulk. Sure enough, within 2 days of having Windows 7, the software for my combo is included in the available Windows updates. Painless and automated.
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Oct 26, 2009 20:09
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The fact that I could upgrade my video card drivers without restarting blew my mind. A quick flicker and it was all set.
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LorneReams posted:The fact that I could upgrade my video card drivers without restarting blew my mind. A quick flicker and it was all set. I wouldn't have had to reset, except the latest update to my nVidia drivers caused the resolution to be pushed out of range (my monitor can only take 1680x1050 before going funny, but Windows made it go the full 1900). Had to switch from HDMI input to VGA and that solved it.
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Oct 26, 2009 20:26
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LorneReams posted:The fact that I could upgrade my video card drivers without restarting blew my mind. A quick flicker and it was all set. This is a Vista thing too! 
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Oct 26, 2009 20:30
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Technogeek posted:Confirming this to be true for Windows 7 Professional, at least. I'm almost positive that buying it through DR or something similar, where you specify the version you want, is the only time you get one version and not the other.
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Oct 26, 2009 21:36
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For me I did some of the Windows updates and told it not to restart and started to install the Nvidia drivers. And halfway through the installation (2mins) it restarted on its own. Luckily it didn't bork anything. My main problem is that I bought the Vista 64 that came with a free upgrade and a preview copy of 7. I installed the preview a month back but didn't think that it was actually a higher version than my free copy. But I guess a fresh install is always good anyway.
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Can I use a retail full install CD of Home Premium to do an UPGRADE of my Vista Premium using the key I got from the student promo?
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I'm tempted to pull the trigger on the student upgrade. Will it let me upgrade from Vista Home Premium x32 to Windows 7 Professional? It didn't seem to imply that it wouldn't since it asked me if I wanted to take the Professional version instead. Also has anyone here tried upgrading their IBM/Lenovo SL500 from Vista to 7? I read stuff about the "Lenovo Care" button not working after upgrading and some sound issues. Also, if I mess up my install, will my Vista recovery disk still work?
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Anything someone could point me towards to investigate Windows 7 install problems? I have 64 bit home premium OEM that I'm slapping into a completely new build. I left it running at the "unpacking files" or whatever part of the install at about 30%, came back about 15 minutes later to an error saying that some of the files necessary for install are missing or corrupt? It canceled the install, had to hard reset. How could files be missing? This is a full version, not an upgrade, and the drat CD is in the drive. Edit: Reading more on it. Hitting repair your computer after hitting okay from the error message gives me a "memory could not be read" error. ?? Not Memorable fucked around with this message at 23:48 on Oct 26, 2009 |
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Oct 26, 2009 23:31
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So I managed to downgrade to an earlier driver and it seems to have fixed my frame rate issues, but now everything is a little ... orange? Seems like there is a tint off or something, but when I tried doing the Windows 7 color calibration thing everything was fine. Any ideas?
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The first page FAQ doesn't really answer my one question. Can I use the upgrade version of 7 with my upgrade edition of Vista? In other words, I have the full version of Windows 98, and upgrade editions of XP and Vista. Can I buy upgrade for 30 bucks with my .edu email with no issues?
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I'm on 64-bit Enterprise, and everything is great, but there is one small issue that has been giving me some problems. Once every so often (sometimes once a day, sometimes once an hour), my CPU usage skyrockets to 85-100% due to System Interrupts. I thought it might have been a chipset driver issue, but when I updated my motherboard drivers, it only fixed the problem from being ALL the time to being SOME of the time. Is there any other thing that can be causing this, or should I just wait for another udpate to release?
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I read the first few pages but I'll admit I didn't go through 160+ pages! What app or gadget or.. I don't know what it's called is this fella using? He has all his games and things on it. I just love this guys whole setup! Also, does he have the time on his wallpaper? Argh I'm so new to windows 7 but I absolutely love it. If anyone can help that'd be great. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky__1mBBA8E
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Dominoes posted:I asked this when Vista came out, maybe this has changed: Can I pin a menu to the taskbar? Ie: Click, get a pop-up of all my games in a list. You might like 7stacks. quote:I still don't like the Vista/Win7 control panel. It's the one thing about XP I prefer. Thankfully you can type to search in it. Upper-right corner of the control panel window: View by: small icons.
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