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And, are we happy with it? I am usually an early adopter but I have stayed with XP because of the problems with Vista.
Eric
Same as Eric here. :rolleyes:
Same, so I'm curious
Hope this post is updated with the results of W7...migration...as to compatiabilities with 32 bit and the 64bit systems..
JmG
Some of us in the UK had it a day or so early.
My first PC to go over is a three year old Sony VGN-S4HP/B laptop running XP. I have upgraded it to 2GB memory but it is a bit tight on disk space. The difficulties with it were the display driver and a Freecom DVB-T usb stick. I have ended up with a beta driver for the display but it seems to be ok now. It starts briskly and Xtreme looks fine. If you have Norton Internet Security 2009, download the trial of 2010 and enter your 2009 licence no; it will then run till the end of that period. Generally W7 is nice and chatty - herlping spot problems and finding updates. Very impressed. 32 bit BTW
Three more machines to go... All Dell desktops. The oldest (4 years old) has been running the RC version of WIndows 7 just fine.
I've been running W7 beta and then RC (32bit and 64bit - dual boot) on the TOSHIBA laptop most of the year. Never had a single problem. Even installed Xara X1.
I won'g get around to installing W7 Pro on this PC quite yet, I don't expect any problems.
I have had very few problems with Vista actually.
I will migrate to W7 first of the year.
Received my copy on 21st so installed it then - a day early. upgrade took 4-5 hours, but the speed difference is amazing. Only problem I had was that when it finished I had lost a whole load of desktop icons. took nearly as much time finding the programs on my hard drives and putting the icons back as the upgrade.
I'll let you know if I have any other problems. No crashes so far....
Christine
No, no, no. Well, yes it is faster than Vista, but no - it's still slower than XP. ;)
Dell No 1 done last night. This is an old machine but again with 2GB RAM. This had been running the RC version so I was confident it would be ok. Went really well; it found the graphics and screen drivers without intervention. The main thing that takes the time is reinstalling software and allowing Microsoft Update to pull everything in. As it is a home PC I have put Avast! Home on it (NIS 3-pack is on the other three). Loaded fine.
One neat trick is that if you have a networked printer, W7 picks it up perfectly - no need to install a driver manually on each machine.
Next job will be to get PHP and MySQL on the Sony laptop. Then I can be happy to move my main work PC...
I think I am going to wait until I buy a new 64 bit machine. Every time I buy a new machine my husband thinks its the last one I'll buy:D. At least 64 bit should hold us for a while. When I started as a software programmer I worked on a Burroughs B5500 that was a 48 bit machine and that architecture is still going strong after 40 years.
i have to disagree here. i have been running it since beta and it is faster than xp. Microsoft finally got it right,Quote:
Originally Posted by covoxer
Hi,
contempalting the upgrade and read the steps posted on Microsofts site..which makes me nervous, some informationn required from TG members.
Which programs installed on your computers did you have to re-install, (if any) as I have programs that the registration limit may have expired? for 32bit system.
Jim Mac
Of particular interest to all TG members migrating to Windows 7 should be the Display Color Calibration Wizard.
I have two 24" LCD monitors attached to my system, they each have different type and quality panels (which isn't the best mix). Glancing from one then to the other always makes one look cooler or warmer than the other.
Using W7 'DCCW' I was able to calibrate the two much closer than I have before.
See this article which saves me explaining more :)
I have been using Windows 7 (Ultimate 64bit, evaluation edition) for a couple of months without major problems, much improved than Vista and faster than any other Microsoft OS. Personally, I think Windows 7 is the best ever OS created by Miscrosoft.
Scotty/Jim Mac
In most cases it is a complete wipe/reinstall. I think this is a good practice anyway - you get rid of all the crud from old versions of software and software you try, don't like and chuck.
But you do need to keep all your registration numbers and install disks! You may be able to recover these from the registry - use regedit to look for them.
Hi Simon,
thanks for the advice...I am at this time gathering the Serial # and/or moving them to an External 640MB USB drive. Just hope I don't miss any...
I was Curious also about the "back up of the operating system that the retailer does now instead of getting the 'Windows operating system CD', the backup that is created on a separate partition of the main drive.
JimM
Dell No 2 done now... Because this is a critical PC I got another disk drive and swapped the disk with Vista on - so then if I hit a problem it can go back in.
Still impressed with W7 - once it has spotted a driver is missing it can generally find it faster than I can with Google. So my tip is...if you get a notification, leave W7 to do the work.
If you like to cluster icons on the taskbar by role eg graphics ones, web ones, text ones, you can still assemble folders with the shortcuts and then add a toolbar for each folder - I leave the title showing but hide the text.
The ability to save searches works well.
I am resisting the temptation to reinstall various utilities that I have collected over the years - Norton File Manager, XnView (picture browser/organiser) and VueScan for an old Epson scanner. With various imporvements over Vista, I think I may no longer need them; yes they do some tricks that the Windows tools still don't do, but the complexity they add may outweigh the benefits.
And while I was spring cleaning I rebuilt my Windows phone - new upgraded ROM and full install. Another tedious job but runs better...
A couple more tips...
If you are setting up a Home Group, make sure you use the password generated when you add your second, third etc PCs. They are happy to create Home Groups of their own but of course nonje can then talk to each other! I guess it means you could have one work home group and a second family one, all on the same network.
And printers... If you have a networked printer, don't take the option to share it - you don't need to and they all get in a tangle - from each PC you will see 4 printers on 4 PCs. If you have the same braincells as me, you need to remove all the copies on Device Stage, and probably reboot all the PCs and restart your router otherwise the PC still thinks the printer exists.
Hi,
I bit the bullet and upgraded to Windows 7. I messed up slightly (but not a catasrophe). My question is when you run a programs setup file do you run it as Adminstrator or wait till the programs is installed then run the program as adminisrtator?
Or does it matter?
JimM
Which program setup file Scotty?Quote:
My question is when you run a programs setup file do you run it as Adminstrator
Legacy software which needs to write settings to the Windows registry during the setup will need to be run as admin and possibly even compatibility mode.
W7's security features are similar to Vista, so older software must be permitted to write it's registry keys.
Hi Steve,
It was just a general question really...I have spent the better part of yesterday installing my programs and was just curious as to whether it made a difference in the actual programs 'rights' so far I have been right clicicking and using run as administrator option and thought that if I use the run as adminisrttor for the 'Setup' program if that would save the right click 'run as administrator option...no big deal I guess.
Thanks for the reply.
I did make a 'boo-boo' and used a restore option done by Acronis True-Image 10, and now I have to clean-up some programs that run under my old systems 'user' thingy.
JimM
I've ended up installing my ancient Norton File Manager as the search is more reliable...
And teetering on the brink with reinstating XnView as Windows Live Photo Gallery is too slow to load....
For file searches I can't go past Everything. It's insanely fast.
I don't like any of the Windows Live apps, I only use Windows Live Messenger because of certain contacts who won't move to GoogleTalk.