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Xanin posted:Is there any way to enable autologon? Everything I search for basically tells me to disable the password. I'm positive on my last installation (my hard drive failed so had to install again) I was logging in automatically. Conversely this will also work: http://on10.net/blogs/sarahintampa/Tip-Auto-Login-Your-Windows-7-User-Account/
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GreenNight posted:Does anyone have a good alternative to VirtualWin that works well in 7? VirtualWin installs but it seems when I designate an app to one desktop, it shows it across all desktops. It's pretty random, only some apps do it, not all, but enough to make it frustrating. My favorite virtual desktop program for Windows is Desktops. It's incredibly bare-bones but it is the only one that will keep windows on the correct desktop 100% of the time.
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The critical question I have when looking at virtual desktops for win7 is do they support different pinned items on each taskbar.
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Dec 18, 2009 22:03
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I upgraded to Windows 7 today, but now IRC refuses to connect to any server, in both Pidgin and miRC. Do I need to do something, or is it just a wacky malfunction? I can't find any info on Google about this.
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Captain Charisma posted:I upgraded to Windows 7 today, but now IRC refuses to connect to any server, in both Pidgin and miRC. Do I need to do something, or is it just a wacky malfunction? I can't find any info on Google about this. Have you tried disabling the Windows firewall?
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Captain Charisma posted:I upgraded to Windows 7 today, but now IRC refuses to connect to any server, in both Pidgin and miRC. Do I need to do something, or is it just a wacky malfunction? I can't find any info on Google about this. It's a security feature in Windows 7 that tells you IRC is for fools 
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It says after I quit that it uses agentctl.dll, which I presume was dumped with the upgrade. I guess I'll just have to wait until they upgrade themselves.
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revolther posted:The critical question I have when looking at virtual desktops for win7 is do they support different pinned items on each taskbar. Actually, VirtualWin works great with the new beta. Just took some digging to find. Loving it again. But no pinned items on each taskbar. As for the dude with mIRC issues. I'm running mIRC on 2 of my Windows 7, 64 bit boxes - no problems what so ever. I'd run it in admin mode and see what happens.
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n0tqu1tesane posted:Have you tried disabling the Windows firewall? 
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How can I get Stepmania running in XP mode? I need to run it in XP mode because there's no driver for my Playstation->USB adapter for Windows 7, and no working 64 bit driver at all. I was able to get it going in Vista 64 with the 64 bit XP driver, but that's not working on 7. Anyway, I copied my whole Stepmania install over to my XP virtualmachine, but when I tried to launch it it said the drivers didn't support OpenGL or Direct3d. What do I do?
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Captain Charisma posted:It says after I quit that it uses agentctl.dll, which I presume was dumped with the upgrade. I guess I'll just have to wait until they upgrade themselves. MS Agent was (edit: is, as I guess it still exists) a text-to-speech/recognition engine they had back in the day (and apparently through XP, at least), which mIRC supports in some way. Your connection problems have precisely zero to do with that.
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I'm trying to copy 2.5gb to a USB drive and the transfer speed falls until its too slow to be practical. I've updated the motherboard drivers and this flash drive worked with XP, what gives? Is it supposed to take an hour to copy 2.5 gigs? Edit: I'm impatient, it ended up taking about 15 minutes. Guess the windows time remaining estimator is still broken. Binary fucked around with this message at 02:12 on Dec 19, 2009 |
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Is it a compressed file like a zip or an iso? If so, config your virus scanner to skip over those files or not scan the contents. It might be scanning it while trying to copy to the jump drive and massively slowing it down.
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mobn posted:How can I get Stepmania running in XP mode? I need to run it in XP mode because there's no driver for my Playstation->USB adapter for Windows 7, and no working 64 bit driver at all. I was able to get it going in Vista 64 with the 64 bit XP driver, but that's not working on 7. I don't think you get any kinda of hardware acceleration in XP Mode.
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Stanley Pain posted:I don't think you get any kinda of hardware acceleration in XP Mode. If this is the case, does any body know any playstation to USB controller adapters that work with 64-bit windows 7? It's kind of frustrating to have a $100 game controller I can literally not use just because I wanted a modern operating system.
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mobn posted:If this is the case, does any body know any playstation to USB controller adapters that work with 64-bit windows 7? It's kind of frustrating to have a $100 game controller I can literally not use just because I wanted a modern operating system. When you say Playstation do you mean Playstation 1, Playstation 2, or Playstation 3?
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fishmech posted:When you say Playstation do you mean Playstation 1, Playstation 2, or Playstation 3? He mentioned Stepmania, so I'm assuming PS2. Do the generic drivers not work for you or something? The adapter I have works fine using them, though going of this list it appears to be one of the ones that have the joystick axes problem.
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mobn posted:If this is the case, does any body know any playstation to USB controller adapters that work with 64-bit windows 7? It's kind of frustrating to have a $100 game controller I can literally not use just because I wanted a modern operating system. I ended up buying a 360 controller to use in some games  . It sucks because I actually prefer the PS3 controller. I wonder if anyone has gotten it to work via bluetooth? Sony really needs to step up and release some official drivers. Fat chance on that though edit: Have you tried these? http://www.motioninjoy.com/download/ edit2: Nevermind, the driving signing probably won't work under 7 ;/ Stanley Pain fucked around with this message at 16:35 on Dec 19, 2009 |
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Dec 19, 2009 16:32
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mobn posted:If this is the case, does any body know any playstation to USB controller adapters that work with 64-bit windows 7? It's kind of frustrating to have a $100 game controller I can literally not use just because I wanted a modern operating system. My HK EMS2 works fine in Win7 x64 w/ the XP x64 drivers, joystick drivers haven't changed much, give it a shot.
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mobn posted:How can I get Stepmania running in XP mode? I need to run it in XP mode because there's no driver for my Playstation->USB adapter for Windows 7, and no working 64 bit driver at all. I was able to get it going in Vista 64 with the 64 bit XP driver, but that's not working on 7. May have to use virtualbox instead which does support hardware acceleration of sound and video. I do not know it's performance however.
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Casao posted:My HK EMS2 works fine in Win7 x64 w/ the XP x64 drivers, joystick drivers haven't changed much, give it a shot. I tried that (it's what worked in Vista), but I can't even get the pad to talk to Joy2Key, much less Stepmania directly. Technogeek posted:He mentioned Stepmania, so I'm assuming PS2. What generic drivers? It's a RedOctane Ignition2.0 pad and the HK EMS2 adapter.
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I have a legal windows 7 in my desktop and have purchased a windows 7 upgrade for my laptop from toshiba, but it's taking forever (they're mailing the cd) - can I use the key I'm using in my desktop in my laptop and then when the key arrives for the laptop update the key? (From a technical point of view, because I'd assume it isn't 100% legal, even though I don't think it's really wrong to do this) EDIT : Nevermind my desktop is 64 bits and my laptop 32 LastCaress fucked around with this message at 18:29 on Dec 19, 2009 |
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LastCaress posted:I have a legal windows 7 in my desktop and have purchased a windows 7 upgrade for my laptop from toshiba, but it's taking forever (they're mailing the cd) - can I use the key I'm using in my desktop in my laptop and then when the key arrives for the laptop update the key? (From a technical point of view, because I'd assume it isn't 100% legal, even though I don't think it's really wrong to do this) Keys are tied to home, Pro, Ultimate, not to x86 or 64. Just so you know. You could "find" a x86 .iso install with no key and activate later.
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LastCaress posted:I have a legal windows 7 in my desktop and have purchased a windows 7 upgrade for my laptop from toshiba, but it's taking forever (they're mailing the cd) - can I use the key I'm using in my desktop in my laptop and then when the key arrives for the laptop update the key? (From a technical point of view, because I'd assume it isn't 100% legal, even though I don't think it's really wrong to do this)
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mobn posted:What generic drivers? Generic as in "just plug it in, don't bother installing any adapter-specific software, and let hidusb.sys handle it".
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Dameius posted:Keys are tied to home, Pro, Ultimate, not to x86 or 64. Just so you know. You could "find" a x86 .iso install with no key and activate later. strwrsxprt posted:Keys aren't 32-bit/64-bit exclusive. Just install without a key. Windows 7 will run for 120 days without one. Nice! Going to install it then, thanks!
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Technogeek posted:Generic as in "just plug it in, don't bother installing any adapter-specific software, and let hidusb.sys handle it". Hahaha. No chance.
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LastCaress posted:Nice! Going to install it then, thanks!
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Slopehead posted:Can anyone tell me how to turn off the little explorer history that pops up when you right click on the explorer tab? I really don't want to have people inadvertently seeing my love of large breasted ladies when I'm digging around looking for software or music. view your porn in ie: inprivate or chrome: incognito.
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I think he's referring to the Windows Explorer shortcut pinned to the taskbar by default which keeps recently viewed folders in a list if you right click on it. I don't know any way to stop it from displaying stuff there.
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I got my copy of Win7 Pro off the MSDN before my account ended about two weeks before retail release, but just got around to installing it on a new computer. Built and posted fine, everything checks out, pop in the DVD and after it winds up... I get: Not sure what the issue is here, but looking around online a few others had it back on the RC. System is using LITE-ON optical drives, and installation is RTM x64. Kinda weird, since I installed x86 fine on my laptop a month ago twice without issues. If you need a full system spec I'll write it out, in the meantime I guess I can try to find another image of the disc or something. Kuroneko fucked around with this message at 23:00 on Dec 19, 2009 |
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Slopehead posted:Can anyone tell me how to turn off the little explorer history that pops up when you right click on the explorer tab? I really don't want to have people inadvertently seeing my love of large breasted ladies when I'm digging around looking for software or music. CCleaner cleans that up. I haven't figured out another way.
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Haha, awesome.
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Sir Nigel posted:I think he's referring to the Windows Explorer shortcut pinned to the taskbar by default which keeps recently viewed folders in a list if you right click on it. I don't know any way to stop it from displaying stuff there. Exactly what I am talking about. Very frustrating.
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Slopehead posted:Exactly what I am talking about. Very frustrating. Open jumplist, right click on item, select "Remove from this list."
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I'm buying Windows 7 from the Microsoft/Digital River student deal. Both Home Premium and Professional are $30. Given that I'll be installing fresh on an entirely new hard drive, is there any reason not to go for Professional? The only one I could think of (assuming my new processor and motherboard support XP mode, which, as they're new, I'm assuming they will) is that when Windows 8 comes along, I'll probably have to buy the Professional equivalent instead of the presumably-cheaper Home Premium equivalent if I want to do an upgrade.
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tzirean posted:is there any reason not to go for Professional?
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