Windows 7 - Your opinions - Page 3

divine · 11-05-2009, 11:35

I see no reason why not, it's no different to any other OS bar not being quite at the Gold phase yet.

Daz · 11-05-2009, 13:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burble

I've still not got around to trying this out. Because I'm lazy - can I virtualise it? I don't to cock about with my working systems so shoving it into a VM would be nice.

Running fine in Workstation 6.5, just pick Vista (apparently easy install works as well). Not tried in ESX.

Zirax · 11-05-2009, 16:16

The UAC slider looks good. I may follow Burble as well and install on a VM as it takes ages for me to finish fiddling with the machine after a rebuild.

Richard Slater · 11-05-2009, 19:23

Well Visual Studio decided to explode on me and not allow me to register it, so I am doing a re-build and going with Windows 7 RC on my home machine slightly sooner than I had expected, it is going well at work though I am loving the new task bar and I want to get my sticky developer mitts on it.

Wish me happy installing

[edit]
And it's done, pretty much dead on 2 hours from taking a backup of C:\Users to up and running with Web and E-Mail. Happy

[/edit]

Blighter · 11-05-2009, 22:23

^^ I want to get my mits on how to do the special new taskbar right click stuff (like on MSN where its combined with the old systray menu)

Joe 90 · 12-05-2009, 00:44

just booted it for the first time in a while, the image scaling had gone tits up and the res said 1920x1080 but the wallpaper was shrunk in't middle and windows were opening out side of my viewport... as was the task bar.... oh and ALT.CTRL.DEL was a black screen. lose.

*anybody know if that might be the windows 7 driver from ati that caused that?
i was using their vista driver with the beta, and only just installed the driver for 7 from the amd site :/

Mark · 12-05-2009, 16:03

Safe mode boot and drop the resolution down.

Blighter · 12-05-2009, 19:11

How to change your LogonUI background (the one you see before you login):

Open Registry Editor (Run --> regedit)
Find this dir: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Aut hentication\LogonUI\Background
Edit the "OEMBackground" DWORD to the value: 1
Navigate to: C:\WINDOWS\system32\oobe\info\backgrounds
Put your desired background there with the filename of backgroundDefault.jpg

NOTES:
- You'll probably have to create the info\backgrounds folders yourself
- Filesize must be under 256kB (

)

Enjoy

Joe 90 · 12-05-2009, 20:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark

Safe mode boot and drop the resolution down.

but its the recommended resolution?

its most certainly not unsupported. ran for a while in 7....just that one boot that seems to have sent things west.

Feek · 12-05-2009, 21:03

Burbs, if you want to run it on your Mac in a VM then there are some guides linked here.

11-05-2009, 11:35	#21
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	I see no reason why not, it's no different to any other OS bar not being quite at the Gold phase yet. __________________

11-05-2009, 19:23	#24
Richard Slater Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Brighton, UK Posts: 285	Well Visual Studio decided to explode on me and not allow me to register it, so I am doing a re-build and going with Windows 7 RC on my home machine slightly sooner than I had expected, it is going well at work though I am loving the new task bar and I want to get my sticky developer mitts on it. Wish me happy installing [edit] And it's done, pretty much dead on 2 hours from taking a backup of C:\Users to up and running with Web and E-Mail. Happy [/edit] Last edited by Richard Slater; 11-05-2009 at 21:25. Reason: Back

11-05-2009, 22:23	#25
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12-05-2009, 19:11	#28
Blighter Dubious Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Northampton Posts: 1,571	How to change your LogonUI background (the one you see before you login): Open Registry Editor (Run --> regedit) Find this dir: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Aut hentication\LogonUI\Background Edit the "OEMBackground" DWORD to the value: 1 Navigate to: C:\WINDOWS\system32\oobe\info\backgrounds Put your desired background there with the filename of backgroundDefault.jpg NOTES: - You'll probably have to create the info\backgrounds folders yourself - Filesize must be under 256kB ( ) Enjoy __________________ Look at your signature, now back to mine, now back to yours, now back to mine. Sadly, yours isn't mine. But if you stopped writing about other things and made this your signature, yours could be like mine. Look down, back up. Where are you? You're on Boat Drinks, reading the signature your signature could be like. I'm on a computer. My Blog \| More Outdoors \| MSN \| Email \| Call Me

11-05-2009, 16:16	#23
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	The UAC slider looks good. I may follow Burble as well and install on a VM as it takes ages for me to finish fiddling with the machine after a rebuild.

12-05-2009, 16:03	#27
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Safe mode boot and drop the resolution down.

12-05-2009, 21:03	#30
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Burbs, if you want to run it on your Mac in a VM then there are some guides linked here. __________________