Thread: Any tried the New Windows 7 RTM ?

Originally Posted by 18lama

I found out how you can upgrade from RC to RTM:

Upgrade Windows 7 7000 to Windows 7 RC 7100 | Tech Mania

Yea heard about that one. some ppl have problems during install with that method.

Also people are saying that 384 and 385 have been compiled by the Chinese. And they may have been injected with malware.

The real RTM version will be 386. It is due out in August, I'll wait till then.

I have already installed it. For one , the SHA and CRC values provided by software don't match with mine, but then again no guarantee that their values are correct either.

Anyways its true that virus scan will not be much useful.

Originally Posted by meetdilip

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thanks

Originally Posted by newprouser

Yea heard about that one. some ppl have problems during install with that method.

Anyways its true that virus scan will not be much useful.

You have to take ownership of the file to edit it. It won't let you do it otherwise.

It could be a rootkit, very difficult to remove even for the best AV software.

yea true. Damn why do they make us so long

Must wait for all the good things in life...

:lol:

I am downloading right now. But I am worried if this will support my hardwares or it's drivers and other softwares or games.

what is your config ?

leaked RTM build is 7600.16385
had also seen few comments about one more build in aug 16386, seems to be rumour

anyways now running on 7600.16385 RTM leak and works well. using few vista drivers. no prblms till
yet to activate it

Originally Posted by newprouser

what is your config ?

Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 3000+, 1.80 GHz
Mother Board: Asus A8V-VM
RAM Memory: 1 GB 400 MHz
Graphics Card: Asus, NVIDIA GeForce GS 8400 512 MB
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster 5.1 VX
WebCam: Logitech Quick Cam

Well if its an older hardware, its sure to work isn't it. Has nvidia got drivers for 7 for your cards ?

It's the Sound Card and WebCam that I am worried about. I am sure NVIDIA has drivers for every versions.

I don't feel like changing from my lightning fast Windows XP. :w00t:

Start-up: 10 seconds (after boot)
Shutdown: 5 seconds

But I will still give it a try after learning how to dual boot and uninstall.

Try driver agent for drivers.

Originally Posted by Archer

But I will still give it a try after learning how to dual boot and uninstall.

What is so difficult about it ?, there's no uninstall, jus format.

Really ? Not need to reconfigure the boot loader or anything ? I am still trapped in the time when I used to install Linux and remove the next day. My Windows XP is performance edition with recovery console removed. And there is no way to fix in-case of boot error. Or I would have done it a long time ago.

Originally Posted by Archer

I think formatting the Windows 7 partition will make Windows XP unable to boot as it's using Windows 7's boot loader and you will need to use Windows XP CD Recover Console to repair with fixboot or fixmbr commands to straight things up. I used to do this as an easy way to remove Linux. Don't know if it's similar case. But be careful.

Originally Posted by newprouser

depends on the case. If C drive is formatted that happens.

I use Xp in C and Vista in D, so even if i format D, the bootloader remains.

I use EasyBCD to change between vista and Xp bootloader.

You can use bootsect.exe from vista setup to achieve the same thing.

Yes, its easy as stated above.

Thanks a lot.

Rep+

Thanks buddy

Originally Posted by meetdilip

How to do ? Do I need to remove all the existing Windows 7, how to remove the present one ?

when u try to install, choose same drive as ur older version of windows 7. It will ask u if u wanna save the stuff frm ur old OS(older W7). If u say yes, it will be saved in a folder call windows7.old .Else, it will format it and then install. very easy.

Originally Posted by newprouser

Well if its an older hardware, its sure to work isn't it. Has nvidia got drivers for 7 for your cards ?

Yes they do have Windows 7 drivers.They do have for Geforce8400.

also, my windows 7 says its an evaluation copy.Wads that ?(build: 7201)

Originally Posted by rajan1311

my windows 7 says its an evaluation copy.Wads that ?(build: 7201)

you can use the watermark remover for removing that message.

I installed Windows 7 RTM 32 bit. It's super cool. Now I need to check the new features and download compatible drivers. :w00t:

Windows 7 Desktop

Windows 7 Start Menu

Windows 7 System Properties

Windows 7 My Computer

Windows 7 Display Properties

Windows 7 MS Paint

Any notable difference from RC ?

Hey guyz... I installed windows 7 RC few days back and lost the grub screen which used to come at the startup to choose Ubuntu... Now the boot-up screen only shows win 7 and earlier version of winnows (win xp)... Can't access
linux... Is there anyway I can restore it?

Originally Posted by meetdilip

Any notable difference from RC ?

I haven't used Windows 7 Release Candidate version. It was straight from Vista Ultimate 32 bit SP1 to Windows 7 32 bit RTM. So I can see lot of changes.

Originally Posted by itsmemad

Hey guyz... I installed windows 7 RC few days back and lost the grub screen which used to come at the startup to choose Ubuntu... Now the boot-up screen only shows win 7 and earlier version of winnows (win xp)... Can't access
linux... Is there anyway I can restore it?

Never tried it. If this happens to me I will do a total system format.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Re...tallingWindows

I switched over from Vista Ultimate 32 to Windows7RC 64...never ever am I going back.

Can u do a dual Installation with WinXP and Win 7 ??