Windows 7 Experience

glenn kangiser · December 26, 2009, 12:46:06 PM

I think that the legal copy of the XP likely comes from the Win7 upgrade to Pro, as it is checked for authenticity by MS, but could it come with Win7 as approval for a licensed copy from MS rather than with the upgrade?

Also, I didn't see a way to upload XP from a disk.

John Raabe · December 26, 2009, 03:23:51 PM

Count on Microsoft to have a confusing array of variations of the same operating system.

December 27, 2009, 01:26:33 AM

New slight problem with the VMLite- It doesn't yet support USB devices except for one they listed - maybe a jump drive or something. My HP printer won't work yet - they say a few months as it is a major bit of work, but they are going to get it they say. Also haven't found a way to make it find the modem.

Looks like it's Gadwin Printscreen for now.

OkieJohn2 · January 06, 2010, 05:21:28 PM

I ran across this today, haven't tried it yet but it looks interesting:
Windows 7 GodMode
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10423985-56.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

MountainDon · January 06, 2010, 05:49:24 PM

Wow! 267 different things in there. ... must investigate

January 06, 2010, 08:07:22 PM

Cool tool!

considerations · January 06, 2010, 10:25:21 PM

Yagh, I'll let you guys work out the bugs before i get serious about Windows 7.

glenn kangiser · January 07, 2010, 12:58:12 AM

I did manage to crash Win7 with no way out but a hard shutdown and restart ...no control-alt-delete.... - nuttin'

I think it was Firefox totally hogging all of the memory. I run 30 or so tabs on the average. They don't always play together well...

MountainDon · January 07, 2010, 02:14:23 AM

My experience has been great. Win 7 feels a little different but works very well. I did have a total freeze up once, but like Glenn it may have been related to a Firefox thing. I am also having some issues with Firefox not wanting to download files at times. IE8 that comes with Win7 has no problems with that.

I have no hesitation in recommending Win7 on any new PC. If you are considering upgrading an existing computer run the upgrade advisor that MS has available. I've run it on a couple other computers we have and I would not bother trying to upgrade them. There are too many issues to deal with.

Win7 is a winner, IMO.

January 07, 2010, 10:27:14 PM

Hate to admit it but I am pretty happy with it too.

.... for the most part...