Official Windows 7 Beta/RC/Pre-RTM Discussion

[Warboy]

Well, Now that it's official. I can make this thread. share your thoughts, Ideas, anything you have to about windows 7, just don't try to break the forum rules or make a argument.

[Soulburner]

What was wrong with the other thread?

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=212640

[Warboy]

What was wrong with the other thread?

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=212640

Because it was based on When Beta 1 leaked, This thread is about the official launch of beta 1.

[N19h7m4r3]

I must say I love it!

Works great, fast reliable. No driver problems yet.

I even like the new taskbar :)

[Xanadu]

I'm having problems with it. Programs open in the background, instead of the fore-, some programs won't open at all once installed, I can't open my hard drives...Other than that, it's pretty good.

[Sailindawg]

MS just put their beta download servers back up. I started downloading the official beta, complete with product key, about 15 minutes ago.

[Jamesrt2004]

whats the "official" way to get this? i beta'd private and public Vista but cant remeber how/what to do or what i did

[cmay119]

Hi all, I've just downloaded the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Beta. I haven't pulled the trigger yet on installing it, because I want to get some hardware issues taken care of first. My wireless NIC only has drivers for Windows XP (It's an older 802.11g NIC, I've got a new 802.11n router recently so I'll be purchasing a newer draft N adapter soon). I'm also wondering how I can install this on a RAID-0 Array? What's everyone's experience with that? I've never been through the install process of any Windows later than XP. So will I need a floppy drive to be able to install RAID drivers? Or have they improved to looking at other locations besides the A: drive?

I'm really interested in playing with this OS, but I'm not going to dig myself into a hole without consulting others who've installed this first.

Thanks for your time, all. :)

[dan7777]

Hi all, I've just downloaded the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Beta. I haven't pulled the trigger yet on installing it, because I want to get some hardware issues taken care of first. My wireless NIC only has drivers for Windows XP (It's an older 802.11g NIC, I've got a new 802.11n router recently so I'll be purchasing a newer draft N adapter soon). I'm also wondering how I can install this on a RAID-0 Array? What's everyone's experience with that? I've never been through the install process of any Windows later than XP. So will I need a floppy drive to be able to install RAID drivers? Or have they improved to looking at other locations besides the A: drive?

I'm really interested in playing with this OS, but I'm not going to dig myself into a hole without consulting others who've installed this first.

Thanks for your time, all. :)

im useing this os with no problems at all much faster and liter than vista always turn off UAC tho pain in the ass. good luck:up:

[Budwise]

so far its great. I may stop dual booting it and just use it as my main OS soon.

[Warboy]

whats the "official" way to get this? i beta'd private and public Vista but cant remeber how/what to do or what i did

Google Windows 7 Beta 1. It Will pop right up, well atleast should.

Heres a link

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx

[Kashii]

Has anyone had any issues with the atikmdag.sys error on the magical 7? Been going crazy about it on Vista, and I'm praying that it got solved on 7 (<=> ATI).

[Jamesrt2004]

i havn't had it :)

[shanems3]

running 2 ati 4850 1gb asus cards , no bsod what so ever, no glitches... runs flawless...

[shanems3]

Hi all, I've just downloaded the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Beta. I haven't pulled the trigger yet on installing it, because I want to get some hardware issues taken care of first. My wireless NIC only has drivers for Windows XP (It's an older 802.11g NIC, I've got a new 802.11n router recently so I'll be purchasing a newer draft N adapter soon). I'm also wondering how I can install this on a RAID-0 Array? What's everyone's experience with that? I've never been through the install process of any Windows later than XP. So will I need a floppy drive to be able to install RAID drivers? Or have they improved to looking at other locations besides the A: drive?

I'm really interested in playing with this OS, but I'm not going to dig myself into a hole without consulting others who've installed this first.

Thanks for your time, all. :)


mine is on a raid 0, works like a champ..

[5-Clicks]

Anyone have any ideas how to get the Creative X-Fi drivers up? I tried the latest Vista drivers but it doesn't fly. I have the Soundblaster X-Fi Elite Pro, btw.

[HDCHOPPER]

signed up (4 ppl in da house) got 3 set's of keys & my dvd wont burn a dvd iso image thats saved :rofl:
need a dual layer disc also it says

time for a new dvd rw light scribe :D

[Pyr0]

have you tried:
http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&thread.id=135215

[5-Clicks]

Actually, I just got it to work by saving the latest Vista driver to my desktop then simply running the setup file in compatibility mode for Vista. Works like a charm. I'm really liking Windows 7 so far... Nice and quick.

[slim142]

So far I have the .iso in my desktop

I havent tried it yet, I dont have time but I would really like to try it cause of this talk about it been faster than vista and even XP.

[Sparky]

Dumb question - think it would run ok on my laptop? P-M 1,7GHz 768MB RAM 60GB HD and some intel integrated graphics.

I wouldn't dare try vista on it, so I run XP, but XP feels so old now :p:

[Sailindawg]

Anyone have any ideas how to get the Creative X-Fi drivers up? I tried the latest Vista drivers but it doesn't fly. I have the Soundblaster X-Fi Elite Pro, btw.

I'm running Win 7 64 bit. My soundcard is X-Fi Xtreme Music. I downloaded the most recent (jan 2009) drivers for Vista 64 bit, the most recent console launcher and the most recent version of ALChemy. I installed all under Vista compatibility mode because I got the "OS not supported" message otherwise.

I'm running 4.1 sound. Until I set my speakers to 4.1 in the Windows sound applet, I did not get sound from all speakers, regardless of Creative console settings. Once I got it right in windows, creative console saw all 4 speakers.

ALchemy seems to hang CODWAW when shutting down COD. I found that once I set my Entertainment mode to 4.1, I began to get all 4 speakers in COD working without running ALChemy. I removed COD from the selection list in ALChemy and made sure that the DSxxx files were not in the COD folder. I was glad to see all 4 speakers working without ALChemy.

Movies and MP3's play and sound fine using Creative's entertainment mode. The EAX selection for music works as well.

So far, I'm pretty impressed with 7. I've never used VISTA. Home networking, file transfers and gaming has worked real well so far. Regarding gaming, graphics look more vibrant in 7 than XP and I get higher min frames in 7 than XP. At this point, there seems to be no loss in gaming performance going from XP to 7. I really like the much snappier feel that 7 has.

Edit:

It seems for gaming that if you want surround sound, set creative console to entertainment mode. I'm having a bit of a time of with ALchemy. World in Conflict will play in surround sound in entertainment mode, but not in gaming mode with Alchemy. Same with CODWAW single player. ALChemy seems to work with CODWAW MP.

[Warboy]

Dumb question - think it would run ok on my laptop? P-M 1,7GHz 768MB RAM 60GB HD and some intel integrated graphics.

I wouldn't dare try vista on it, so I run XP, but XP feels so old now :p:

Should run okayish.

[RealTelstar]

Well, i fixed the driver problems, so i can say that from hardware point of view, its ok now.

About speed, i dont feel it is to be faster than vista sp2 (both x64), but vista is installed on a scsi raid, while w7 is on a samsung f1.

About interface, i do NOT like the taskbar. fixed icons confuse with minimized apps, there is no show desktop button. Other things are improved, such as paint, uac (usable at min level not disabled), color correction, libraries.

[Jamesrt2004]

there is a show desktop button ... very bottom right corner of task bar :) you'll see its kind of like a block after the time


hover over it and youll see it say's show desktop :)

[RealTelstar]

My x64 install got corrupted so i fired the x32, which seems completely stable. ie8 beta is still a pachiderm, but the rest works like a charm.
The perf index is actually better (wonder why) and also better than in vista x64.

[fart_plume]

As far as I can tell all Vista 64bit drivers work in Windows 7 64bit. I haven't had a single problem so far.

[ewitte]

OS is fairly stable no driver issues

IE8 locks a lot - less if I remember to hit compatability each time I open a page

MagicDrive locks the system until its uninstalled - It did this for me in Vista once before and a re-install fixed it. Re-install does not fix it for Windows 7.

Logmein doesn't install

[kevikev]

Have any of you tried game compat tests yet? I'd like to see how the improved UAC works with games that previously required running as administrator.

[zsamz_]

i found the 32bit version more stable than the 64bit
ie8 is crap

[viccan]

running 2 ati 4850 1gb asus cards , no bsod what so ever, no glitches... runs flawless...

I've been considering putting it on my system but I read that the crossfire mode is not supported as ms says its unstable.. I have a saphyre 4870x2 paired w/ an asus 4870 dark knight 3 gigs combined DDR ram I have the x2 which doesn't require x-fire as it's built in but I'd lose the single for x-fire right??
I installed it on my laptop sys which is running flawlessly.. Overall I think MS has a winner here..

[kodiak kid]

I love it so far...no issues at all!

anyone try to use the remote desktop feature yet? I just enabled it and am going to try and access it from work tomorrow...claiming I can figure it out!

[Soulburner]

I love it so far...no issues at all!

anyone try to use the remote desktop feature yet? I just enabled it and am going to try and access it from work tomorrow...claiming I can figure it out!
Hmm what's improved with Remote Desktop? I've been using LogMeIn Free for some time, amazing web-based program.

[Andrew LB]

Amazingly enough, after about a year of using various builds of Windows 7 on my notebook, I have to admit that it seems that Microsoft might have really got it right this time. Not only is Windows 7 far faster than Vista, it looks much nicer, has better features, and from what most of my "less than computer savvy" friends say after playing around on my notebook... it's way more user friendly.

That aside... the OS needs a little better driver support, but that will obviously improve dramatically as the OS gets closer to release. There still isn't a driver for the biometric (fingerprint) scanner on my Dell XPS M1530. But other than that, every component has a driver (some beta).

I'll be buying (if i don't get a copy from MS) Windows 7 when it's released, but I'll still be dual booting Mac OSx86 Leopard on my notebook. For some reason, some things in Photoshop CS3 and Adobe Premier in the Mac OS that are just flat out faster.

[RAW-Raptor22]

Should run okayish.

Server 2008 ran great on my 1200MHz Celeron @ 1600MHz with 1GB of RAM. The 6200 (unlocked to 4pp/3vs) even did aero. :up: :p: :rofl:

[Monkeywoman]

have any of you tried it on a lappy? how is connecting to WIFI? fast, easy, etc?

[andreainside]

i'd like to try it on a p3 with 256 ram (i've a fast 2gb sandisk pendrive which i want to use with readyboost), but i think that win7 refuses to install with less than 512mb of ram. i've tried with the "setup.exe /nosyscheck" that works with vista, but it didn't work. i have also tried using the patched winsetup.dll, but nothing.
if i use vlite to remove the system requirements check, will it install? :confused:

[HDCHOPPER]

flawless ?? cant even get it to take a wireless network disk
took an hour to load my mb drivers after it said none of them would work with OS
dont even know how it happened but clicked on something and then it took them seechh just as bad as vista

[AceBaran]

well i love windows 7, it is alot lighter then vista for sure.. at start i had several driver issues, but all is solved now and it runns very smooth, in vista i had stuttering with cod5 for maybe 30 sec in the game, but not one hickup in 7..
I did have problems with Explorer freezing all the time, and funny as it is i discovered firefox (a bit late).. WTH firefox ownes hard, never had anything else then explorer running, I hope when 7 will be released it will come without explorer...

[Jamesrt2004]

well i love windows 7, it is alot lighter then vista for sure.. at start i had several driver issues, but all is solved now and it runns very smooth, in vista i had stuttering with cod5 for maybe 30 sec in the game, but not one hickup in 7..
I did have problems with Explorer freezing all the time, and funny as it is i discovered firefox (a bit late).. WTH firefox ownes hard, never had anything else then explorer running, I hope when 7 will be released it will come without explorer...

do you mean explorer or Internet explorer?

[dan7777]

may i just add also im loving win 7 7025 edition i downloaded its awsome my index is alot better than in vista no issues at all run drivers etc... in compat mode not a hickup just smooth uses abit less ram than vista. ive turned UAC off dont like that all in all pukka. :)

[andreainside]

may i just add also im loving win 7 7025 edition i downloaded its awsome my index is alot better than in vista no issues at all run drivers etc... in compat mode not a hickup just smooth uses abit less ram than vista. ive turned UAC off dont like that all in all pukka. :)

the beta 1 isn't build 7000?

do you mean that you use windows 7 torrent edition :p: ?

[dan7777]

the beta 1 isn't build 7000?

do you mean that you use windows 7 torrent edition :p: ?

here is the INFO for the build im now useing.....Windows 7 Ultimate 7025 [FreeLeech]....Information:

This is leaked version from build 7014 and fix some bugs, not by
Micrsoft.Despite the success of the Windows 7 beta, which got leaked
before it was officially released and had several deadline extensions,
Microsoft isn't exactly sitting still. The beta build, with build
number 7000, was built on December 12th, 2008, so that leaves enough
room between then and now for several newer builds. One such build got
leaked this weekend, and it contains some minor changes compared to
the beta build.

Several newer builds have been confirmed, namely 7003, 7004, 7012,
7015, 7016, and the leaked 7025, with the last one obviously being
the newest; it was built on January 20th (at 18:50, if you're that
interested). According to Ars Technica, it contains several bug fixes,
as well as a number of visual changes in applications like Paint and
Windows Media Player. It also comes with an updated build of Internet
Explorer 8, and the screenshots over at PCBETA show quicklaunch - but
don't be fooled, quicklaunch can be enabled on Windows 7 beta as well
through a registry hack. For legacy reasons, Windows 7 still contains
the quicklaunch folder (I'm guessing some installation programs
complained about the lack of the folder).

The 7025 build can be obtained by the way of the pirate, but you might
as well keep on using the stable and well-tested beta until Microsoft
releases the Windows 7 release candidate somewhere between now and
release-to-manufacturing, scheduled for late 2009 or early 2010.

[ewitte]

but you might
as well keep on using the stable and well-tested beta

lol

[.Tret]

*snip*

http://www.blogsdna.com/2311/fake-window-7-build-7025-torrent-download-links-started-floating-on-internet.htm

Enjoy your botnet

[dan7777]

http://www.blogsdna.com/2311/fake-window-7-build-7025-torrent-download-links-started-floating-on-internet.htm

Enjoy your botnet

the version i have is 7000 tweaked version :up: INFO on this version ...This release is a unattended, customized release of Windows-7 (build 7000/publicbeta)
for western users (asian languages have been removed).

Its about half the original (installation) size, and runs a bit faster then the original!
No serial number is needed.

[AceBaran]

do you mean explorer or Internet explorer?

Yes IE

[DementeD]

i choose Google Chrome over IE8 or Firefox anyday....hopefully all goes well on my install..im buring the iso now :)

[darthvedor]

Hi all,

Have any one try a SLI configuration, I try and don’t seem to work, it crash in all games that I tried and also crashes in 3Dmark06 and Vantage.

Regards

[ewitte]

All I can use is the Vista drivers for my GTX 285 (windows update version does't detect the 285 yet). Opengl doesn't work good. I've tested it in Vista and it works good.

[slpdLoad]

Well I would use it but it refuses to grab a DHCP address from my router. It worked fine for a while while I installed some base stuff, but after one restart and ever since it has refused to work at all. :shrug: Oh well, I guess another few years of XP 32 are ahead. :rofl:

[MJR]

I was having issues with file transfers over SMB, but they just released the hotfix for that. I'm still scared to use Adobe bridge to look at images on my file server though. The thumb rendering was causing BSOD. When I did this with picassa, I had to reinstall as it corrupted the OS>

[Warboy]

I've been playing with build 7048. It's even faster then 7000. It's also has new icons and some minor new features.

7000/7022 to 7048 changelog

General
1. Windows Flip (ALT + TAB) with Aero Peek
2. Windows Logo + keyboard shortcut
3. Needy State
4. Taskbar ?Open With?
5. Taskbar scaling
6. Anchoring taskbar thumbnails
7. Newly installed programs
8. Jump List length
9. Increased pinning flexibility with Jump List
10. Desktop icon and gadget view options

Touch
11. Aero Peek for touch
12. Multi-touch touch keyboard
13. Multi-touch right-click
14. Drag/Drop and selection

Networking
15. Internet access feedback

Control Panel
16. User Account Control
17. Locking a machine without a screensaver
18. Faster access to High Performance power plan
19. Custom theme improvements

Windows Media Player
20. Improved Internet Radio playback
21. Improved playback support for video content from digital camcorders and cameras
22. Cleaner Now Playing view
23. Filtering content that cannot be played
24. Resume from sleep
25. Quieting Windows Media Player sync relationships
26. Easier access to advanced settings
27. Jump List improvement

Device Stage
28. Enriching the Device Stage ecosystem

Sound UX
29. Improving the headphone experience
30. Increased audio reliability

Windows Explorer and Library
31. Improved header
32. Reduced confusion with drag/drop
33. Reviving familiar entry points
34. FAT32 support
35. Arrangement view enhancements

Performance
36. Improving performance through data

[Jamesrt2004]

Performance
36. Improving performance through data


Does that mean faster transfer speeds?

[RealTelstar]

I've been playing with build 7048. It's even faster then 7000. It's also has new icons and some minor new features.


I'm so gonna try this. Oldest beta x64 was slow and unreliable on my machine. I'm currently running build 7000 x32 and goes well, but it is SLOWER than my Vista x64.

[HuffPCair]

I loved it when I had it on my computer but I had to take it off so I could BF2 with the pals. Not the fault of Windows just punkbuster is a :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: but anyways I cant wait for the official release may even make me want to build a i7 computer just to compliment it LOL

[Firestrider]

20. Improved Internet Radio playback

Does this mean I can play .pls in WMP?

[Warboy]

Does this mean I can play .pls in WMP?

Shouldn't pls work fine though WMP for a longtime? or is that Winamp I'm thinking of?

[funk32]

hey guys. anyone playing BF2 or BF2142? I dont have a problem in vista 64 but i cant get them to work in Windows 7 7000 build, ive tried compatability mode to vista and windows xp but nothin. so far these are the only problems ive had sofar.

[Warboy]

did this thread randomly get cleaned up or something? because i know the last real post wasn't 3-25-09

[HuffPCair]

did this thread randomly get cleaned up or something? because i know the last real post wasn't 3-25-09

A bunch of threads are missing. Then of course tons of people are making thread about how their threads are gone so who knows what is going on.

[screwtech02]

Evidiently there was a loss of a drive, and it couldnt be backed up, so much for the whole ssd thing....

[Logos]

OK just found:

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/163699/researchers_show_how_to_take_control_of_windows_7. html

http://i.gizmodo.com/5225374/hackers-claim-they-created-unfixable-windows-7-exploit


Security researchers demonstrated how to take control of a computer running Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system at the Hack In The Box Security Conference (HITB) in Dubai on Thursday.

Researchers Vipin Kumar and Nitin Kumar used proof-of-concept code they developed, called VBootkit 2.0, to take control of a Windows 7 virtual machine while it was booting up. They demonstrated how the software works at the conference.

"There's no fix for this. It cannot be fixed. It's a design problem," Vipin Kumar said, explaining the software exploits the Windows 7 assumption that the boot process is safe from attack.

While VBootkit 2.0 shows how an attacker can take control of a Windows 7 computer, it's not necessarily a serious threat. For the attack to work, an attacker must have physical access to the victim's computer. The attack can not be done remotely.

VBootkit 2.0, which is just 3KB in size, allows an attacker to take control of the computer by making changes to Windows 7 files that are loaded into the system memory during the boot process. Since no files are changed on the hard disk, VBootkit 2.0 is very difficult to detect, he said.

[Warboy]

Windows 7 RC is Ready.

7100.0.winmain_win7rc.090421-1700

[Logos]

Windows 7 RC is Ready.

7100.0.winmain_win7rc.090421-1700

yep, I read that some ten minutes ago:
http://www.dailytech.com/Windows+7+RC+7100+Completed+Distributed/article14957.htm

[Jamesrt2004]

ill test that 7100 build and see how it is will let you know on may 5th ;) so not to get in trouble =D






im running Build 7057 atm.... Seems explorer always likes to restart/crash which is annoying =(
7000 didn't do this once...

[Warboy]

ill test that 7100 build and see how it is will let you know on may 5th ;) so not to get in trouble =D






im running Build 7057 atm.... Seems explorer always likes to restart/crash which is annoying =(
7000 didn't do this once...

that was a issue with build 7057.
Build 7046,7068,7077 are better


Just a few more mins for my build 7100 to get here.

[screwtech02]

Well, time to see if Evenbalance has gotten their act together or not......

[Pyr0]

Evenbalance are useless, still getting kicked in cod4 with the x64 build of 7100 :(

[HuffPCair]

Well, time to see if Evenbalance has gotten their act together or not......

Dude you will not see evenbalance doing anything soon if they even do anything at all. Horrible company and punkbuster is a horrible program.

[Warboy]

Yea, punkbuster sucks with updating. Steam is hella-better.

[Logos]

so, any thoughts about the RC so far?

edit: I heard today for the first time, may be because I don't follow Win7 so closely, there would be an RC2 in August, anyone can confirm?

[Warboy]

so, any thoughts about the RC so far?

edit: I heard today for the first time, may be because I don't follow Win7 so closely, there would be an RC2 in August, anyone can confirm?

No chance of a RC2. One Beta, One RC, Then RTM. That's all the public gets.

[Logos]

No chance of a RC2. One Beta, One RC, Then RTM. That's all the public gets.

that's what I thought too, so I don't know where they got it from where I saw that :confused: don't know where that was anymore, they talked about a 7200 build for RC2...so probably BS.

[hersounds]

if someone see some data about 7100 spanish leaked,can send me a PM...i know that english and spanish are leaked but i don't see anything about spanish RC,so thanks in advance.

[Jamesrt2004]

that's what I thought too, so I don't know where they got it from where I saw that :confused: don't know where that was anymore, they talked about a 7200 build for RC2...so probably BS.

iirc I think i've seen the same thing. I remember public RC + RC2 = build 7100 + 7200 and all the in-between builds are based on those.. :)


also isn't there a build 7106/7 out already in china?

[Logos]

I read 7106 was a renamed 7077 :D

[Jamesrt2004]

I read 7106 was a renamed 7077 :D

my bad,

7100 seems to be winwin atm everything works for me =) :up:

[HuffPCair]

Im still on the 7000 build so to upgrade to 7100 all I have to do is install it over the old version right?

[Jamesrt2004]

Im still on the 7000 build so to upgrade to 7100 all I have to do is install it over the old version right?

Nope it's disabled, unless you change a file on the disk


what I did was copied the disk to HD then in (disk):\sources\cversion.ini? (i think its that 99%) change the top build number from either 7077 or 7100.... to 7000 =) then it'll be ok to install over :)

[Warboy]

I recommend NOT TO UPGRADE. DO A CLEAN INSTALL.

Users have reported large amounts of issues with upgrading.

[SmaKKed]

I recommend NOT TO UPGRADE. DO A CLEAN INSTALL.

Users have reported large amounts of issues with upgrading.

I upgraded from 7077 with out any issue at all.

[Jamesrt2004]

I recommend NOT TO UPGRADE. DO A CLEAN INSTALL.

Users have reported large amounts of issues with upgrading.

ok that aside...

how are you finding 7100, found any bugs or little quirks =)?

[Warboy]

ok that aside...

how are you finding 7100, found any bugs or little quirks =)?

Not much at all. Mine is doing fine but I always do a clean install.

[hersounds]

it's no problem if you upgrade from 7077 to 7100 RC,because the 7077 is the same,let's see, the 7077 is the RC ESCROW,internal use in microsoft,so this same version with a little internal tweaks became in 7100.
so if you have any build later to 7077 (7068,7057,7022,7000) is strongely recommendable that format your hard drive...if you have 7077,just update all run fine.

[Warboy]

it's no problem if you upgrade from 7077 to 7100 RC,because the 7077 is the same,let's see, the 7077 is the RC ESCROW,internal use in microsoft,so this same version with a little internal tweaks became in 7100.
so if you have any build later to 7077 (7068,7057,7022,7000) is strongely recommendable that format your hard drive...if you have 7077,just update all run fine.

Wrong.
6.1.7077.0.winmain_win7rc.090404-1255 - Official Milestone RC Escrow
6.1.7088.0.winmain_win7rc.090419-1500 - Last known RC Escrow
6.1.7100.0.winmain_win7rc.090421-1700 - Official RC

Build 7088 became Build 7100. That's why it took 2 extra days to compile too. To make sure it was public ready.
So before acting like this. Please know what your talking about.

If you don't believe me. Stop over here. (http://www.aeroxp.org/2009/04/if-youre-running-7077-please-upgrade-to-7100/)

[hersounds]

well i talk about my own experience, i ever do a clean install ,but this time i try update from 7077 to 7100 and the system run and working well,no trouble with nothing

[Jamesrt2004]

Warboy, have you tried the XPM (win xp mode) in windows 7 yet? or do you not have the download? (I'm currently looking for it I guess it's not coming out til the 5th on win update)

[Jamesrt2004]

http://www.vista123.net/content/virtual-windows-xp-mode-windows-7-x86-and-x64-vhd-package-installer-download


For XP mode..... =)

[Warboy]

Sorry, I've been busy working on my X58 Classified. But give me a moment to try it out.

[Jamesrt2004]

ahh ok no problem I tried it out actually seems pretty cool :D

old solitaire ftw

[Logos]

guys, there was a new feature concerning power management for the hard disks when running Seven: "AHCI link power management". I use to have it in the beta, but for some reason not anymore in the RC.

AHCI is still enabled in the bios, and the registry key that shows it was detected by the OS is set to the correct value: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Msahci (start=0). If AHCI wasn't detected anyway the OS wouldn't boot. So the question is, do you guys still have the setting available in power management in the RC ?

http://www.ithinkdiff.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/poweroptions3.jpg

http://www.ithinkdiff.com/different-new-power-saving-options-in-windows-7/

[Jamesrt2004]

mines gone, i just checked for you :(

[Logos]

mines gone, i just checked for you :(

oh OK thanks, so that's either a bug in the RC or they removed the feature.

edit: I posted the question on technet
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itproui/thread/723e7342-5f92-415f-b98e-468d88db9365

[Logos]

hey guys, just found, you can still run the feedback tool:

rundll32.exe FeedbackTool.dll,ShowWizard

(and just build a shortcut again with this)
can't tell if they'll read the reports, but they get them :D

[Jamesrt2004]

whats everyone's Ram usage like?

with u-torrent firewall a few firefox windows open im getting 39% usage,

whats yours like :)?

[Logos]

44 % atm, out of 3GB
(but my Intel integrated graphics chip is using some of it, and I can't tell how much)

[Coldon]

firefox, Thunderbird, steam, daemon tools, other stuff, and sitting at 39% out of 4gb :)

I'm pretty impressed so far with it!

[Jamesrt2004]

nice =) cheers people sounds like they all run around the same :D

[Jamesrt2004]

Anyone noticing how some monitors default to 59hz instead of 60hz?

I tried it with 2, a 19inch dell and a 24inch HP, the dell sets to 60hz fine, but the HP sets to 59, and when setting it to 60 it doesn't really apply it (just says it did, when you go back in it is still at 59hz, this is with and without the manufacturer's monitor driver), from what Ive been reading this seems to be some common thing about how Win 7 reads the info chip in the monitors, if the hz number in the chip rounds down instead of up it will set it to 59, when normally it would default to 60.

guessing thats with Nvidia cards?

[Easybeat]

On average about 30% usage from 4Gb. The system uses a lot more resources than XP but seems to be quicker and slicker, the 2 biggies appear to be the Aero interface (dwm.exe) and Searchindexer.exe after that it is a lot of smaller stuff.

I used to have about 30 processes running on XP but there are now 50 on Windows 7

[Warboy]

http://s31.photobucket.com/albums/c398/Warboy/office2010%20Tech%20Preview/

[HuffPCair]

http://s31.photobucket.com/albums/c398/Warboy/office2010%20Tech%20Preview/

Do you have the program or those just pictures?

And if you have it can I get a link?

[Ashraf]

I updated the title. Hope that is okay with you. :up:

[HuffPCair]

I updated the title. Hope that is okay with you. :up:

Works for me

[HuffPCair]

Nevermind I found a link to get office 2010

[Warboy]

Do you have the program or those just pictures?

And if you have it can I get a link?

can't hand it out, breaks forum rules.


I updated the title. Hope that is okay with you. :up:

You should add Pre-RTM then lol. Because Build 7127 is in RTM Branch. But yea it's okay.

[Warboy]

doing alot of work. Based on Microsoft setup, if they stop messing it up by doing saturday/sunday builds on rare chances. It should RTM by Mid-August.


6.1.7132.0.winmain.090514-xxxx
6.1.7133.0.winmain.090518-xxxx
6.1.7134.0.winmain.090519-xxxx
6.1.7135.0.winmain.090520-xxxx
6.1.7136.0.winmain.090521-xxxx
6.1.7137.0.winmain.090522-xxxx
6.1.7138.0.winmain.090525-xxxx
6.1.7139.0.winmain.090526-xxxx
6.1.7140.0.winmain.090527-xxxx
6.1.7141.0.winmain.090528-xxxx
6.1.7142.0.winmain.090529-xxxx
6.1.7143.0.winmain.090601-xxxx
6.1.7144.0.winmain.090602-xxxx
6.1.7145.0.winmain.090603-xxxx
6.1.7146.0.winmain.090604-xxxx
6.1.7148.0.winmain.090605-xxxx
6.1.7149.0.winmain.090608-xxxx
6.1.7150.0.winmain.090609-xxxx
6.1.7151.0.winmain.090610-xxxx
6.1.7152.0.winmain.090611-xxxx
6.1.7153.0.winmain.090612-xxxx
6.1.7154.0.winmain.090615-xxxx
6.1.7155.0.winmain.090616-xxxx
6.1.7156.0.winmain.090617-xxxx
6.1.7157.0.winmain.090618-xxxx
6.1.7158.0.winmain.090619-xxxx
6.1.7159.0.winmain.090622-xxxx
6.1.7160.0.winmain.090623-xxxx
6.1.7161.0.winmain.090624-xxxx
6.1.7162.0.winmain.090625-xxxx
6.1.7163.0.winmain.090626-xxxx
6.1.7164.0.winmain.090629-xxxx
6.1.7165.0.winmain.090630-xxxx
6.1.7166.0.winmain.090701-xxxx
6.1.7167.0.winmain.090702-xxxx
6.1.7168.0.winmain.090703-xxxx
6.1.7169.0.winmain.090706-xxxx
6.1.7170.0.winmain.090707-xxxx
6.1.7171.0.winmain.090708-xxxx
6.1.7172.0.winmain.090709-xxxx
6.1.7173.0.winmain.090710-xxxx
6.1.7174.0.winmain.090713-xxxx
6.1.7175.0.winmain.090714-xxxx
6.1.7176.0.winmain.090715-xxxx
6.1.7177.0.winmain.090716-xxxx
6.1.7178.0.winmain.090717-xxxx
6.1.7179.0.winmain.090720-xxxx
6.1.7180.0.winmain.090721-xxxx
6.1.7181.0.winmain.090722-xxxx
6.1.7182.0.winmain.090723-xxxx
6.1.7183.0.winmain.090724-xxxx
6.1.7184.0.winmain.090727-xxxx
6.1.7185.0.winmain.090728-xxxx
6.1.7186.0.winmain.090729-xxxx
6.1.7187.0.winmain.090730-xxxx
6.1.7188.0.winmain.090731-xxxx
6.1.7189.0.winmain.090803-xxxx
6.1.7190.0.winmain.090804-xxxx
6.1.7191.0.winmain.090805-xxxx
6.1.7192.0.winmain.090806-xxxx
6.1.7193.0.winmain.090807-xxxx
6.1.7194.0.winmain.090810-xxxx
6.1.7195.0.winmain.090811-xxxx
6.1.7196.0.winmain.090812-xxxx
6.1.7197.0.winmain.090813-xxxx
6.1.7198.0.winmain.090814-xxxx
6.1.7199.0.winmain.090817-xxxx
6.1.7200.0.winmain_win7rtm.09080x-xxxx
6.1.7200.0.winmain_win7rtm.09081x-xxxx
6.1.7200.0.winmain_win7rtm.09082x-xxxx

[AuDioFreaK39]

doing alot of work. Based on Microsoft setup, if they stop messing it up by doing saturday/sunday builds on rare chances. It should RTM by Mid-August.

Your list is missing:

6.1.7147.0.winmain.xxxxxx-xxxx


Where did you get the info from, or is it just speculation?

[dan7777]

im useing windows 7 7137 and its very good and stable :)

[Jamesrt2004]

On average about 30% usage from 4Gb. The system uses a lot more resources than XP but seems to be quicker and slicker, the 2 biggies appear to be the Aero interface (dwm.exe) and Searchindexer.exe after that it is a lot of smaller stuff.

I used to have about 30 processes running on XP but there are now 50 on Windows 7


mine runs 27% idle :/

[safan80]

I recommend NOT TO UPGRADE. DO A CLEAN INSTALL.

Users have reported large amounts of issues with upgrading.

That goes for installing any version of windows.

[Logos]

That goes for installing any version of windows.

exactly, nothing new about that ;)

[safan80]

You want to know the sad thing about windows 7 x64 build 7137? It just like vista x64 still does support installing to GPT partitions. That means your going to have to keep a hard drive around that is less than or equal to 2TB.

[SnakeCracker]

I've been using Windows 7 as my main OS for about 4-5 months and I love it! It has been very fast and stable. It's running the programs I need. I still use XP x64 but not alot now as microsoft looked around for programs that didn't work on the beta release they worked on it and made it work witht the RC but not all.... :(
I think Vista is what Win 7 should of been but they released Vista too early.....