Windows 7 - Your opinions - Page 5

Blighter · 15-05-2009, 22:34

Well at least you guys seem to remember putting iTunes on there.. mine just seemed to appear :S

Richard Slater · 16-05-2009, 12:14

Not even bothering with iTunes now I have Spotify and 7Digital integration, then again I don't have an iPhone/iPod so I have the choice. Bought a G15 from the other place now they have dropped in price a bit, took a bit of cajoling to install the driver under windows 7 but now it is there it works great.

The main problem I seem to have is I can't get 4oD to work at all, it just tells me that WMP needs updating launches the Windows Media 11 home page. Sky Anytime for PC only fairs slightly better in the sense that you can stream programmes but downloading them just sticks at 0%... least I get to watch Fringe.

I get a strange message pop up when I connect my PDA, "There is no email program associated to perform the requested action. Please install an email program or, if one is already installed, create and association in the Default Programs control panel." - Thunderbird has the relevant associations, so I don't really know what the fix is for that, perhaps just the lack of a Windows Mail compliant application.

I don't have the Abit uGuru device drivers installed, but that is no great loss.

Software and hardware I have working so far:
- NOD32 Home x64 v4
- Evernote
- EVEMon
- Juice (iPodder)
- KeePass v1
- Logitech G15 (Key Profiler/LCD Manager)
- Visual Studio 2008
- Miranda IM
- Firefox
- Thunderbird
- Notepad++
- Spotify
- Sysinternals tools
- Acer n310 PDA
- D-Link DBT-122 Bluetooth Adapter
- Logitech QuickCam Express
- GeForce 8800 GTS

Kainz · 16-05-2009, 20:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard Slater

I don't have the Abit uGuru device drivers installed, but that is no great loss.

If you want, I can upload the uGuru driverset for you that has the Abit drivers. I've kept them on an external HD and the vista ones work nicely in W7.

Richard Slater · 16-05-2009, 21:48

That would be good actually, don't think I have every really used uGuru but there is always the possibility.

Kainz · 17-05-2009, 11:55

http://kainzy.org/uguru

The Vista drivers are located in the Driver_Vista folder. I just point the OS (vista and w7) to the whole uguru folder and it automatically finds them anyway

Mark · 17-05-2009, 12:43

Does anyone know what the absolute minimum system requirements are for Windows 7? I'm thinking of trying this on an old laptop - runs XP well enough but I wouldn't like to put it anywhere near Vista.

Richard Slater · 17-05-2009, 13:38

Thanks Kainz.

divine · 17-05-2009, 13:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark

Does anyone know what the absolute minimum system requirements are for Windows 7? I'm thinking of trying this on an old laptop - runs XP well enough but I wouldn't like to put it anywhere near Vista.

Well it runs on netbooks fine, so make of that what you will...

Blighter · 17-05-2009, 15:13

I agree... Windows 7's arse is 100x smaller than Vistas...

Zico · 17-05-2009, 18:13

I'm tempted to install this on my HP ML110 server (bought for Windows Home Server but never setup as it isn't worth my time backing up age old XP installs full of rubbish yet).

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17-05-2009, 15:13	#49
Blighter Dubious Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Northampton Posts: 1,571	I agree... Windows 7's arse is 100x smaller than Vistas... __________________ 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

17-05-2009, 18:13	#50
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16-05-2009, 12:14	#42
Richard Slater Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Brighton, UK Posts: 285	Not even bothering with iTunes now I have Spotify and 7Digital integration, then again I don't have an iPhone/iPod so I have the choice. Bought a G15 from the other place now they have dropped in price a bit, took a bit of cajoling to install the driver under windows 7 but now it is there it works great. The main problem I seem to have is I can't get 4oD to work at all, it just tells me that WMP needs updating launches the Windows Media 11 home page. Sky Anytime for PC only fairs slightly better in the sense that you can stream programmes but downloading them just sticks at 0%... least I get to watch Fringe. I get a strange message pop up when I connect my PDA, "There is no email program associated to perform the requested action. Please install an email program or, if one is already installed, create and association in the Default Programs control panel." - Thunderbird has the relevant associations, so I don't really know what the fix is for that, perhaps just the lack of a Windows Mail compliant application. I don't have the Abit uGuru device drivers installed, but that is no great loss. Software and hardware I have working so far: - NOD32 Home x64 v4 - Evernote - EVEMon - Juice (iPodder) - KeePass v1 - Logitech G15 (Key Profiler/LCD Manager) - Visual Studio 2008 - Miranda IM - Firefox - Thunderbird - Notepad++ - Spotify - Sysinternals tools - Acer n310 PDA - D-Link DBT-122 Bluetooth Adapter - Logitech QuickCam Express - GeForce 8800 GTS

16-05-2009, 21:48	#44
Richard Slater Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Brighton, UK Posts: 285	That would be good actually, don't think I have every really used uGuru but there is always the possibility.

17-05-2009, 12:43	#46
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Does anyone know what the absolute minimum system requirements are for Windows 7? I'm thinking of trying this on an old laptop - runs XP well enough but I wouldn't like to put it anywhere near Vista.

17-05-2009, 13:38	#47
Richard Slater Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Brighton, UK Posts: 285	Thanks Kainz.