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Postby Wig » Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:14 pm

I'm gonna be installing windows 7 in a few minutes lets hope everything goes well.And yes I did backup everything just in case.
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Re: windows 7

Postby mikeschn » Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:27 pm

Wig wrote:I'm gonna be installing windows 7 in a few minutes lets hope everything goes well.And yes I did backup everything just in case.


That reminds me, I gotta send in that coupon so that I can get my free windows 7 upgrade on my laptop.

I'm not sure I'm ready to upgrade my XP desktop just yet.

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Re: windows 7

Postby toypusher » Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:05 pm

mikeschn wrote:
Wig wrote:I'm gonna be installing windows 7 in a few minutes lets hope everything goes well.And yes I did backup everything just in case.


That reminds me, I gotta send in that coupon so that I can get my free windows 7 upgrade on my laptop.

I'm not sure I'm ready to upgrade my XP desktop just yet.

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Mike, did you know that Microshaft does NOT recommend that you do an upgrade to XP - Fresh install only when moving to Win7.
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Re: windows 7

Postby mikeschn » Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:37 pm

toypusher wrote:
mikeschn wrote:
Wig wrote:I'm gonna be installing windows 7 in a few minutes lets hope everything goes well.And yes I did backup everything just in case.


That reminds me, I gotta send in that coupon so that I can get my free windows 7 upgrade on my laptop.

I'm not sure I'm ready to upgrade my XP desktop just yet.

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Mike, did you know that Microshaft does NOT recommend that you do an upgrade to XP - Fresh install only when moving to Win7.


My laptop is Vista, which came with the free upgrade.

But I need to leave my desktop at XP, because I still run some XP only programs. I'm not sure the XP compatibility mode of Win 7 would work.

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Postby drafter » Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:45 pm

I've been running Windows 7 for about the last 6 months (BETA and RC versions). Other than a one driver issues (sound), most programs I have installed works great. Anything that works on VISTA will work on Windows 7. The best thing I have noticed is it uses alot less sytem resourses. Makes a slow VISTA computer fast. Bootup times in less than a minute. :D
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Postby DrCrash » Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:35 pm

Same here been using it for about 9 months now on a 64bit system . It runs smooth and fast.

One thing you will find on 7 is the "run as" button. Right click on an icon go to propertys and there will be a run as button select as far back as win95 to run older programs..And it works.
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Postby toypusher » Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:11 pm

DrCrash wrote:Same here been using it for about 9 months now on a 64bit system . It runs smooth and fast.

One thing you will find on 7 is the "run as" button. Right click on an icon go to propertys and there will be a run as button select as far back as win95 to run older programs..And it works.


You had that option in XP as well, but I don't think it was included in Vista or was at least hidden.
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Postby DrCrash » Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:26 pm

I could never get the one on XP to work. This one seems to work fine .
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Postby toypusher » Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:28 pm

DrCrash wrote:I could never get the one on XP to work. This one seems to work fine .


I used for a friend of mine to run some win95 programs that he had.

Glad to hear that the new verison works good!! :thumbsup:
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Postby Gage » Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:26 pm

They(?) say if you have XP, don't upgrade but if you have VISTA, you should upgrade. There will be a big difference for the better. :thinking:
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Postby drafter » Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:55 pm

I always believe that whenever you install an operating system, you should format the hard drive. It cleans and gets rid of alot of unwanted garbage from old programs and updates. It will make the new OS work better.
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I'm a PC

Postby Alfred » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:06 pm

Hey Gang,

Perhaps slightly off the thread, but...

Regarding the Windows 7 Release - I'm a PC but I gotta admit the new "Broken Promises" (I'm a Mac - I'm a PC) commercial is hilarious...As Yogi Berra would say, "Its like Deja Vu, all over again"...

http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/

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Postby jkidd6339 » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:19 pm

Windows 7 is faster than XP and faster than Vista I've been running the final release for about 2 weeks now. If you are running old apps you can run then in xpmode which is windows vitual pc running XP. You can download off of microsofts site. It has very nice time saving features.
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Postby starleen2 » Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:47 am

As long s Window 7 carries IE 8 for it's browser - I will not install it. IE 8 has given nothing but problems and is a huge resource hog! :frightened:
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Postby Arne » Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:58 am

I like the new ad also... they are actually admitting they screwed up on vista.

like 'oh, we got it right this time'......... I'll wait... xp pro is working fine for me and has for years.
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