Windows 7 - Page 9

freeflyer · 10-19-09, 08:55 PM

Hi,

You guys seem to be pretty familiar with hardware. I was wondering if you could help me out. I run a Core 2 Quad 6600 with a 680i/sli board, 4gb ram, 2 8600gt cards, WD Sata Caviar SE (wd1600aajs) HD and a Samsung SH-S202N DVD. I have XP now...and I want to run Windows 7 64 bit for better security and so I can run more ram. Do you know if all my crap will be compatible with the 64 bit? Any problems I should look out for? I seem to have found 64 bit Win 7 drivers for the nv stuff, I think the HD will work....but I'm not sure about the Writer. Just trying to head any problems off....since I can't afford for my computer to be down. It's funny....I built the thing....and I have no idea. HAHAHA Anyway...any help would be appreciated. Thanks.....

**nekrosoft13** · 10-19-09, 08:59 PM

yes everything will work

Tuork · 10-19-09, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by nekrosoft13

yes everything will work

+1.

Win7 is t3h sh!t.

wysiwyg · 10-20-09, 03:50 AM

my pre-order of Win 7 Pro retail arrived early last night and i installed it on a brand new HD without issues

woot!

well my pertelian display gave me a BSOD trying to use the driver off its site but its been iffy since i got vista and the devs are working on a win 7 driver STILL!

i may sell it as i have a matrix orbital anyway and the drivers for the pertelian display have always been crap with basic software too

freeflyer · 10-20-09, 03:34 PM

Hey Nekro...and Butter.....thanks for the responses. I appreciate it....

**XDanger** · 10-20-09, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wysiwyg

my pre-order of Win 7 Pro retail arrived early last night

Where from?

Absolution · 10-20-09, 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nekrosoft13

yes but Virtual PC doesn't always equal Virtual XP.

btw, did some googling

and found it

ooooo thanks, thats actually a really good thing to know about

10-21-09, 03:49 AM

I just received an email from Newegg that my preorder for Win 7 Home Premium upgrade has been charged and is in process of being shipped. I hope to hell it is going to let me upgrade from Win 7 RC and not make me install XP first.

wysiwyg · 10-21-09, 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by XDanger

Where from?

PC World

wysiwyg · 10-21-09, 04:50 AM

how do i run the XP mode? just out of interest as i dont think i would use it

**Monolyth** · 10-21-09, 05:10 AM

I've only run into a few problems here & there, but it's nothing to do with Windows 7 as much as it does x64 drivers. Such as the multimedia keys (Previous, Next) not working when iTunes is not the focus. Play works just fine with mmkeys.dll in the plugins folder. Mostly just annoying things like that. Apart from that I've yet to really see any problems on my particular setup.

A buddy of mine had a launch party and got the Special Edition (I'm still running my TechNet RTM). He was running TechNet RTM and reformatted with his "Special Ed" release and has had problems with it ever since. I keep telling him to just get the build from TechNet again but nooo gotta have his "Signature Copy" installed. *eye roll*

The whole XP Mode thing seems more of a hassle than it's worth. Changing the environment on an app like that would probably result in more work fixing the undocumented bugs that come with "custom environments". IMHO XP Mode compat should not have been worked on at all. Like the OS'es before it XP needs to actually realize it's EoL regardless of the whiner-babies that cry, but but but our PowerCOBOL apps won't run on Windows 7. To that I would have say, THANK GOD!

(And no I don't know either way if Fujistu PowerCOBOL runs on Windows 7, nor do I care.)

shteve · 10-21-09, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by betterdan

I just received an email from Newegg that my preorder for Win 7 Home Premium upgrade has been charged and is in process of being shipped. I hope to hell it is going to let me upgrade from Win 7 RC and not make me install XP first.

Don't think you can upgrade from Ultimate (which the RC was) to Home Premium.

10-19-09, 08:55 PM	#97
freeflyer Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 2	Re: Windows 7 Hi, You guys seem to be pretty familiar with hardware. I was wondering if you could help me out. I run a Core 2 Quad 6600 with a 680i/sli board, 4gb ram, 2 8600gt cards, WD Sata Caviar SE (wd1600aajs) HD and a Samsung SH-S202N DVD. I have XP now...and I want to run Windows 7 64 bit for better security and so I can run more ram. Do you know if all my crap will be compatible with the 64 bit? Any problems I should look out for? I seem to have found 64 bit Win 7 drivers for the nv stuff, I think the HD will work....but I'm not sure about the Writer. Just trying to head any problems off....since I can't afford for my computer to be down. It's funny....I built the thing....and I have no idea. HAHAHA Anyway...any help would be appreciated. Thanks.....

10-19-09, 08:59 PM	#98
nekrosoft13 I'm Geralt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland, once a year in Poland Posts: 24,364	Re: Windows 7 yes everything will work __________________ Windows 8 the next big failure, right after Windows ME

10-20-09, 03:50 AM	#100
wysiwyg Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 2,987	Re: Windows 7 my pre-order of Win 7 Pro retail arrived early last night and i installed it on a brand new HD without issues woot! well my pertelian display gave me a BSOD trying to use the driver off its site but its been iffy since i got vista and the devs are working on a win 7 driver STILL! i may sell it as i have a matrix orbital anyway and the drivers for the pertelian display have always been crap with basic software too

10-20-09, 03:34 PM	#101
freeflyer Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 2	Re: Windows 7 Hey Nekro...and Butter.....thanks for the responses. I appreciate it....

10-21-09, 03:49 AM	#104
betterdan Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Windows 7 I just received an email from Newegg that my preorder for Win 7 Home Premium upgrade has been charged and is in process of being shipped. I hope to hell it is going to let me upgrade from Win 7 RC and not make me install XP first.

10-21-09, 04:50 AM	#106
wysiwyg Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 2,987	Re: Windows 7 how do i run the XP mode? just out of interest as i dont think i would use it

10-21-09, 05:10 AM	#107
Monolyth Meow Mix Kills Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: END OF DAYS Posts: 1,228	Re: Windows 7 I've only run into a few problems here & there, but it's nothing to do with Windows 7 as much as it does x64 drivers. Such as the multimedia keys (Previous, Next) not working when iTunes is not the focus. Play works just fine with mmkeys.dll in the plugins folder. Mostly just annoying things like that. Apart from that I've yet to really see any problems on my particular setup. A buddy of mine had a launch party and got the Special Edition (I'm still running my TechNet RTM). He was running TechNet RTM and reformatted with his "Special Ed" release and has had problems with it ever since. I keep telling him to just get the build from TechNet again but nooo gotta have his "Signature Copy" installed. eye roll The whole XP Mode thing seems more of a hassle than it's worth. Changing the environment on an app like that would probably result in more work fixing the undocumented bugs that come with "custom environments". IMHO XP Mode compat should not have been worked on at all. Like the OS'es before it XP needs to actually realize it's EoL regardless of the whiner-babies that cry, but but but our PowerCOBOL apps won't run on Windows 7. To that I would have say, THANK GOD! (And no I don't know either way if Fujistu PowerCOBOL runs on Windows 7, nor do I care.) __________________ Gaming 5.0 Asus R4 Extreme \| Core i7 3930K @ 4.8Ghz Corsair H100 \| 16GB G.Skill@1866Mhz \| 2xEVGA GTX 580 \| Sammy 40" LCD Asus Essence One \| OCZ Revo 3 120GB, Revo 3 X2 240GB \| HSPC Tech Station \| Corsair HX1200 \| Windows 7 x64 Storage 2.0 Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3-iSSD \| Core i7 2600K @ 4.5Ghz NH-D14 \| 16GB G.Skill@1600Mhz \| Areca 1880ix-16 RAID HBA Temp Storage - 1.8TB (4x450GB Hitachi 15k RPM SAS) \| 18TB (12x3TB Hitachi RAID10) \| HSPC Tech Station \| Corsair HX620 \| Windows 7 x64