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Who is buying Windows 7, release date 22/10/2009

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Deadly Cyclone said:
I just installed 32 bit on my HP Mini Netbook and it works great, runs just as well as XP and looks a lot better.
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how difficult was it? I'm going to be buying the 741 version and want to just install from the download. Also, have you noticed any improvements in battery life or boot-up from sleep or anything else?

I also have a Mini, hence why I'm singling you out. :)
 
Has anyone heard anything about the "unspecified error" when unpacking the box with the digital river file? I still haven't solved this problem. :(

I have Windows XP Home 32bit and im upgrading to Windows 7 Professional 32bit.
 
I have the RC of Windows 7 Ultimate, I'm wondering if I go with the version from 741.com which I believe is the prem edition if I will have to do a clean install. I'm hoping that it could upgrade/downgrade itself without formatting the disk.

Any ideas?
 
Whee!!

Finally finished installing (was quick) and everything seems to work from the look of it. I have sound, wireless, video, and all that jazz... my FN functions don't work but I can hopefully download a driver for that.

So, success! Upgraded from 32-bit Vista Home to 64-bit Windows 7 Pro with the digitalriver download :D
 
Tek said:
I have the RC of Windows 7 Ultimate, I'm wondering if I go with the version from 741.com which I believe is the prem edition if I will have to do a clean install. I'm hoping that it could upgrade/downgrade itself without formatting the disk.

Any ideas?
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You have to format as has been stated many many times in this thread.
 
Just adding an addendum to some misinformation from page 4 of this thread (if anybody cares at this point).

You can in fact upgrade from Vista 32-bit to Win 7 64-bit because I just did it.

You will have to boot from the Win 7 64-bit disc. (Put the disc in - reboot your computer, make sure it boots directly from the CD).

Choose the Custom Installation option. Note that this will wipe out everything you had under Vista. It will however, take all of this stuff and put it in a folder on your drive called Windows.old. This file contains all of your settings, documents, music, videos, etc. that you had under Vista. Custom Installation also wipes out all of your installed programs.

One thing I was under the assumption of, is that Custom Installation would do a clean wipe of your hard drive, and then install Win 7 64-bit over the Vista 32-bit and it does NOT do this. It will not wipe your hard drive clean. You will still have old Vista crap - including the Windows.old folder, which can be deleted.

I have a 320GB hard drive (298GB actual). I had 160GB available under Vista 32-bit. When I installed Win 7 64-bit I was expecting my hard drive to be cleaned off and to have closer to its actual 298GB. This did not happen. After Win 7 finished installing, my hard drive still had the same 160GB of space available - 73GB of which was the Windows.old folder from Vista. I deleted that folder and freed up the 73GB of space but that brings me to a total of 233/298GB available now and I'm searching now to see just what in the hell is taking up the other 50GB or so.
 
I had Vista 64-bit. For some reason I downloaded 32 bit Windows 7. Just curious, not going to undergo any problems am I?
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well im pretty sure you can't do a straight upgrade (which is never a good idea anyway).. and all your 64bit applications won't work..

if i were you id just get the 64 bit version.. or stick with 64bit vista until you are able to.
 
Ninja_Hawk said:
I had Vista 64-bit. For some reason I downloaded 32 bit Windows 7. Just curious, not going to undergo any problems am I?
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Why would you do this?
If you're on 64-bit Vista, DON'T GET FUCKING 32-BIT 7!

YER DOIN' IT WRONG, LAD
 
My PC MUST have the Marvel Yukon ethernet driver for the ethernet port to work.

I have a choice of drivers between: Vista 64bit and Windows 7 64bit RC. Which one do I download?
 
sinxtanx said:
Why would you do this?
If you're on 64-bit Vista, DON'T GET FUCKING 32-BIT 7!

YER DOIN' IT WRONG, LAD
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I figured this, but I was really tired when I made the order early this morning and I had to wait until later today for it to actually go through, I smacked myself once I noticed what I was downloading....I understand all the 64 programs not working....there's no way I can go back is there?
 
Finally got this set up after spending 2 hours figuring out why ASUS Direct Console/Function Keys weren't working (had to edit the registry). Everything seems to be running great now.
 
bill0527 said:
Just adding an addendum to some misinformation from page 4 of this thread (if anybody cares at this point).

You can in fact upgrade from Vista 32-bit to Win 7 64-bit because I just did it.

You will have to boot from the Win 7 64-bit disc. (Put the disc in - reboot your computer, make sure it boots directly from the CD).

Choose the Custom Installation option. Note that this will wipe out everything you had under Vista. It will however, take all of this stuff and put it in a folder on your drive called Windows.old. This file contains all of your settings, documents, music, videos, etc. that you had under Vista. Custom Installation also wipes out all of your installed programs.

One thing I was under the assumption of, is that Custom Installation would do a clean wipe of your hard drive, and then install Win 7 64-bit over the Vista 32-bit and it does NOT do this. It will not wipe your hard drive clean. You will still have old Vista crap - including the Windows.old folder, which can be deleted.

I have a 320GB hard drive (298GB actual). I had 160GB available under Vista 32-bit. When I installed Win 7 64-bit I was expecting my hard drive to be cleaned off and to have closer to its actual 298GB. This did not happen. After Win 7 finished installing, my hard drive still had the same 160GB of space available - 73GB of which was the Windows.old folder from Vista. I deleted that folder and freed up the 73GB of space but that brings me to a total of 233/298GB available now and I'm searching now to see just what in the hell is taking up the other 50GB or so.
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Can you select which folders you can save? I want to use W7, but I don't really wanna lose all the anime and random shit I have here =P
 
Everything went well, expect for some driver issues. Any Dell M1530 owners out there know how to get the fingerprint reader working again? I have all the correct drivers, but it says it's not connected? I looked in the BIOS and there is nothing there.
 
OK going from Vista 64-bit to Windows 7 64-bit.

Downloaded from UK student website.

Created the ISO file and burned to disk.

Restarted PC and loaded up installer.

Chose custom then formatted my Vista partition (no other windows installations in the other partitions)

Win 7 has installed with no probs and my key was accepted.

So you CAN do a full clean install from an Upgrade disk.
 
I believe that it saves your whole "My Documents" folder to Windows.old, and that's it. If there's anything you really want to keep, just move it into there. I could be wrong, but that's how it was explained to me by a Microsoft rep a few weeks ago.
 
Ninja_Hawk said:
Ok I contacted Microsoft, I can still switch to 64 bit. Whew! I'll never rush through purchases like that again >_<!
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They actually include both versions of whatever iteration you order on the physical disks. I'm not sure why they were segmented into 32/64 downloads.
 
You can actually rearm it 3 times, resetting the counter 30 days every time, so you do not have to activate for 120 days.

1. Install Windows 7 without any product activation key.
2. After installation is completed, use the Windows 7 for 30 days and wait for the remaining days left to activate Windows counting down to 0, or almost zero.
3. When the activation grace period (or evaluation trial period) is almost expired or ended, log on to Windows 7 desktop, and open a Command Prompt window (i.e. type Cmd in Start Search and hit Enter).
4. Type any of the following commands into the command prompt, and then hit Enter:

sysprep /generalize

slmgr.vbs –rearm

rundll32 slc.dll,SLReArmWindows

slmgr /rearm
5. Reboot Windows 7 to enjoy another 30 days of free usage without worrying about activation nor even need to crack Windows 7.
6. When the activation grace period countdown timer almost running down to 0 again, repeat the ‘rearm’ trick to enjoy another 30 days of Windows 7 for free. User can run the rearm command for maximum of 3 times.
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Ok, so I haven't done this in a long time, so I have some dumb questions.

I'm pretty sure that partitions and the file system exist outside of the OS, so I can format my current OS partition and the other partition with all my games and media will be fine?

Where are things like registry info and such stored? I have no interest in saving them, but since all my games are installed on my secondary partition, I wonder if I can just delete the install folders and reinstall everything, or if there will be random junk files sitting around on that partition afterward.

Also, I noticed somebody mentioned that full clean install from upgrade disc is possible. Anyone else able to confirm that? I recall that Vista supposedly had a trick where you could install it as a trial version without using the key, and then upgrade that into a full version by entering the key later. If we can just fully install it from an upgrade disc, that's even better.
 
Houston3000 said:
Making a "Bootable Disc" in ImgBurn didn't work anyways. It made the disc but when the computer starts it throws up the error "Disc cannot be booted from - Code: 5" then just starts into Vista normally :(

Edit: Apparently it's possible with some additional command line applications (yay for not reading the previous page in this thread) but I think I'm just going to install the digital Windows 7 on my desktop since it's 64-bit anyways and deal with my laptop when the disc gets here from Amazon...
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Really? I restarted my computer just to see if it would boot into the installer and it did. In fact, I had to take the disk out or it would never boot up Vista (it would just boot into there, wouldn't ask to press any key to boot into the installer)
 
Doc Holliday said:
Bill: Did you us ethe ISO or the regular download?
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Neither. I got the actual discs from Amazon this morning. It comes with 2 discs - a 32-bit version of Win 7, and a 64-bit version.

Can you select which folders you can save? I want to use W7, but I don't really wanna lose all the anime and random shit I have here =P
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No you cannot select which folders to save. Windows 7 creates a folder called Windows.old. Inside this folder are subfolders which will have all the contents of your My Documents, Music, Pictures, Video folders, and also a bunch of random stuff like configuration settings and other junk.
 
Question:

I downloaded the 'Ultimate' RTM build of Windows 7 when it was released on torrents. Haven't activated yet. I now plan to buy the Home Premium version. Can I enter the key I get with that version into my Ultimate? I really don't want to reinstall the OS again. I couldn't care less about the ultimate features or if the key downgrades my edition.
 
Hmm, the $30 student edition of Win7 didn't seem to come in ISO form. I guess I'll have to convert it to ISO so I can burn it and do a clean install.

Didn't read the rest of the thread yet, but I'm sure this question has been answered already, yes?
 
convincing my family to go in on a win 7 family pack with me. dad is in the bank, just need to convince my brother.
 
Small question guys,

I have RC 7100 installed on my home desktop. If I go Control Panel > System and then change Product key to the one that I received from win741 for the same 32 bit version of Windows. Will that make my Windows 7 Version non-beta or I need to do the whole installation thing?

Thanks in advance.

Also does anyone know when Win741 is sending our DVDs if paid the extra for it (AKA physical copy of Windows 7)?
 
Zapages said:
Small question guys,

I have RC 7100 installed on my home desktop. If I go Control Panel > System and then change Product key to the one that I received from win741 for the same 32 bit version of Windows. Will that make my Windows 7 Version non-beta or I need to do the whole installation thing?
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no...
 
Slurpy said:
Question:

I downloaded the 'Ultimate' RTM build of Windows 7 when it was released on torrents. Haven't activated yet. I now plan to buy the Home Premium version. Can I enter the key I get with that version into my Ultimate? I really don't want to reinstall the OS again. I couldn't care less about the ultimate features or if the key downgrades my edition.
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You'll need to edit the ei.cfg of this download to select Home Premium.

To do this safely, I would suggest you to dump the files to a USB install:

http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-install-windows-7vista-from-usb-drive-detailed-100-working-guide/

Then, edit the ei.cfg file:

http://windows7center.com/news/how-to-install-any-version-or-sku-of-windows-7/

You could delete it, too, although I have not tried that.

Once you do that, go through the installation without entering a product key, but be sure to select Home Edition.
 
by the way.. for those of you with macbook pro's (unibody).. windows 7 (64bit) works amazingly well on them. after installing the drivers from by OS X disk, no issues at all. Steam seems to be running pretty good as well.

i'm really liking this OS.
 
-viper- said:
Can a Windows Vista 64bit driver work with Windows 7 64bit?
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I didn't see anyone respond to this.. but yeah. it should. I upgraded an Asus laptop when windows7 was released to MSDNAA, and I used vista 64bit drivers for things that didn't have windows7 drivers yet.. everything worked flawlessly..
 
quadriplegicjon said:
by the way.. for those of you with macbook pro's (unibody).. windows 7 (64bit) works amazingly well on them. after installing the drivers from by OS X disk, no issues at all. Steam seems to be running pretty good as well.

i'm really liking this OS.
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bullshit. what size unibody? it has issues with the 13" MBP. for one, the audio is too low with speakers, and too high with headphones. also, the red optical audio light is always shining in the headphone jack
 
Another caveat about drivers - while your device may not be recognized upon first install/boot, if you run Windows Update and do another driver check there is a chance that it will show up for download. Happened to a Belkin wifi USB adapter.
 
got it on my laptop, runs great. next I gotta do the wife's laptop.

Questions:

She has 32bit Vista, 2gb ram. her processor supports 64-bit windows 7, but that would involve a system wipe/clean install right?

would there be any real benefits to going from vista 32 to 7 64? It's not a top of the line laptop or anything.
 
JodyAnthony said:
got it on my laptop, runs great. next I gotta do the wife's laptop.

Questions:

She has 32bit Vista, 2gb ram. her processor supports 64-bit windows 7, but that would involve a system wipe/clean install right?

would there be any real benefits to going from vista 32 to 7 64? It's not a top of the line laptop or anything.
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There isn't much need to for your laptop. Most only support a max of 4GB, and if you're going to stay at your current level there isn't much reason to jump to 64.
 
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