Thread: Any tried the New Windows 7 RTM ?

Originally Posted by 18lama

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

Is your pen drive working?

Originally Posted by gothic_coder

Is your pen drive working?

Not just pen drive but my portable drive too is working perfectly...why do you ask?

Originally Posted by 18lama

Not just pen drive but my portable drive too is working perfectly...why do you ask?

Because of this Check it (Pen Drive Problem.)

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?

The simplest way to do it is download and install EasyBCD (Google EasyBCD download - I am not allowed to post urls ) on your Windows 7 installation and follow these fairly simple steps...

1. Hit the Add/Remove Entries Button
2. Hit the Linux tab
3. Choose Grub and your Ubuntu partition
4. Hit Add Entry and reboot and you are done...

And yes, I have been using Windows 7 right from the beta stage and find that there aren't any really major differences between the RC (build 7100) and what is supposed to be the RTM (build 7600). I suppose they have improved stability and speed which we will probably see after long term use...

Cheers

Excellent suggestion essbee. That's will do the trick. I used it to rename "Windows 7" boot selection to "Windows 7 Ultimate" and "Older version of "Windows" to "Windows XP Professional". Didn't know it could do this.

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Originally Posted by ranjitraut

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

sure. I tri-boot with xp,vista and 7.

Originally Posted by ranjitraut

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

That's what I did too!

Originally Posted by essbee

The simplest way to do it is download and install EasyBCD (Google EasyBCD download - I am not allowed to post urls ) on your Windows 7 installation and follow these fairly simple steps...

1. Hit the Add/Remove Entries Button
2. Hit the Linux tab
3. Choose Grub and your Ubuntu partition
4. Hit Add Entry and reboot and you are done...

Thanks man... I will try... Rep++

Originally Posted by Archer

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

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

Thanks and Reps to you too...

Originally Posted by ranjitraut

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

Yes. I have dual boot with XP and W7.

Originally Posted by ranjitraut

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

yes, no it's easy. I have Windows 7 and Windows XP installed now.

Originally Posted by itsmemad

Thanks and Reps to you too...

Thank you.

Originally Posted by Archer

Excellent suggestion essbee. That's will do the trick. I used it to rename "Windows 7" boot selection to "Windows 7 Ultimate" and "Older version of "Windows" to "Windows XP Professional". Didn't know it could do this.

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Originally Posted by itsmemad

That's what I did too!



Thanks man... I will try... Rep++

Thank You both

By making it dual boot/quad boot? etc make ur system any bit slower (if HDD space is no constrain, say 1TB)?

Nope. You are not running any of the OSs simultaneously so no problem. Speed issues would occur if you were using a virtual machine which has to share the CPU / Ram ? Resources between concurrent OSs.

Cheers

Originally Posted by rajan1311

By making it dual boot/quad boot? etc make ur system any bit slower (if HDD space is no constrain, say 1TB)?

not at all.

well a selection screen is shown where you are asked to select among the OS's.

By default the latest installed OS is set as default and it waits for your choice for 30s.

This timing can (only) be reduced from Vista/7 .

the boot options in XP is ignored unless , more than one XP is installed.

Thx guys.

Originally Posted by rajan1311

By making it dual boot/quad boot? etc make ur system any bit slower (if HDD space is no constrain, say 1TB)?

I'm currently using 4 OS on the same HDD that too having a capacity of 160GB only and i didn't find any difference in the speeds ......

The OS's which i'm currently running are :-
(1).Windows XP
(2).Windows Vista
(3).Windows 7 RC
(4).Ubuntu 9.04

Windows 7 is showing me Blue Screen when I try to install Sound Card driver (Creative, SB 5.1 VX). I used driver for Windows Vista from the CD.

Thankfully I didn't need to download/install any Drivers for my Acer Laptop seperately... Every Device was recognized and installed automatically... Windows Update did update the Driver for Display Adapter...

Originally Posted by Archer

Windows 7 is showing me Blue Screen when I try to install Sound Card driver (Creative, SB 5.1 VX). I used driver for Windows Vista from the CD.

Probably you will be able to use that Sound Card when the Driver for Win 7 will be available from Creative. I guess not before 22nd October.

I didn't try the Automatic update. I disabled it first thing after installing Windows 7. Like I always do on Windows XP .

Originally Posted by itsmemad

Probably you will be able to use that Sound Card when the Driver for Win 7 will be available from Creative. I guess not before 22nd October.

Yes, the SB 5.1 VX driver is available for Windows 7.

I always keep Automatic Updates "Notify before download"at any Windows. That way I'm able to choose which ones to ignore and which one to download...

Originally Posted by Archer

Yes, the SB 5.1 VX driver is available for Windows 7.

Then, try it!

My Windows 7 RC also crashed when I tried to install drivers. Had to put CD and repair.

Originally Posted by itsmemad

I always keep Automatic Updates "Notify before download"at any Windows. That way I'm able to choose which ones to ignore and which one to download...

Then, try it!

Yeah! have to wait till 2 AM.

Originally Posted by meetdilip

My Windows 7 RC also crashed when I tried to install drivers. Had to put CD and repair.

So what exactly did they change in RTM ? Atleast XP used to show invalid driver version warning.

I installed in my laptop & Desktop but after 2 days when i shutoff the lap or desk top it gets restarted automatically

then i remove 7 & back for vista SP 2

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Originally Posted by prashant_t03

I installed in my laptop & Desktop but after 2 days when i shutoff the lap or desk top it gets restarted automatically

then i remove 7 & back for vista SP 2

By default laptops hibernate when lid is closed, probable that by default 7 shuts down. do check it if interested.

I have tried Win 7 RTM (build 7100).The insatll was much easier than XP.It took only 15-20 min to install .All the drivers were installed out of the box.I was able to play divx and xvid without installing any codec.Nokia PC suit also worked fine.Recent games ran well.I was able to play "max payne 2" in compatibility mode without any prob."Max paye 1" had some minor problems may be bcause this game was made for win 98. I uninstalled it after a week bcause avira ,demon tool, and some soft. were not working.Moreover wasting 8 Gb space over an OS was too much for my 40 Gb HDD!

May be I'll try it again after after 5-6 months when the incompatibilities will be fixed by major software companies.