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Windows 7 BETA Problem/Bug Report

I will try a reinstall of it later on another hdd,maybe it was just a glitch.
 
Anyone tried this with a ATI + Nvidia setup (using the NVidia as a PhysX Card)? I know Fits did a while ago but that was an older build.
Will this work with a 8500GT as physX card?
 
silkstone said:
Anyone tried this with a ATI + Nvidia setup (using the NVidia as a PhysX Card)? I know Fits did a while ago but that was an older build.
Will this work with a 8500GT as physX card?
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i dont have any ATI cards to try it with, but it should work. I manged to get an intel onboard working at the same time as a PCI card, so you can definately install two video card drivers at the same time.
 
Jeez, I've been using it for an hour now - Fresh install of x64 and nothing works - Steam won;t work, i can't install office, Windows explorer stops working, Chrome doesn't work. and this is the 1st day i've been using it :(
Ackh - Windows Media player keeps crashing the system. Took 2 restarts to load the system again :(
 
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Jeez, I've been using it for an hour now - Fresh install of x64 and nothing works - Steam won;t work, i can't install office, Windows explorer stops working, Chrome doesn't work. and this is the 1st day i've been using it :(
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i'd say somethings wrong.

Format and reinstall again, and this time try different drivers. If you used downloaded ones, use the windows update ones and vice versa.
 
Thanks Mussels, all the drivers are from windows update, i'll try the vista drivers see if they're better.

Feels really sluggish and unpolished compared to vista x64. I hate the way the quick launch bar works and i can;t find an option to change it :(
It seems to work if i just do one thing at a time but why would i want to do that?

I'll spend a few days trying to get it working properly and wait for updates, if not i'll just go back to vista for the time being.
 
Damn more problems - Explorer crashed again after i tried to delete some files. Gotta reboot to get the taskbar/start menu back. Damn this thing is a piece of shit. I know it's a beta, but nothing works at all!
 
thats really odd mate - nobody else seems to be suffering the catalogue of problems you are having. Install files are corrupt perhaps? I have had the 32 bit version on for a few days now and it runs like a dream.
 
I really like Win 7 but I have a bunch of problems.

1. my DVD drives don't display even after inserting a DVD/CD

2. my Background sometimes refuses to change, and when it does the pics in the personalize page are all black

3. I can't click the scroll bar or the scroll arrows when i am web browsing.

If anyone can help me with these problems I would be very glad
 
DirectX keeps randomlly crashing in games now too :(
I think i'm cursed, i always have a shed load of problems every time i upgrade any hardware or an OS :(

I think the Steam problem might only be related to the program - It's updating now - 5hrs and 37% not good :( Winamp, Divx, and a few other small programs work without a glitch. I'll Download Office, it might just be a bad CD, hopefully my key will work.
My Gadgets also vanish randomily - i put weather, calendar + clock. now i only have the weather and the gadget config won't work. (right click desktop - gadgets - nothing happens)

I agree this is all very odd, i thought i'd try it after the posts about it being sucessful. I should have known not to after the upgrade didn't work and wouldn't roll back. (i reformatted and put it on a clean partition after that) I'm using Win7 x64 tho, maybe the x32 is more stable.

I'll also try some more games tomorrow just to see how they work but it looks like i'll be putting vista back on in a couple of days.

I also tried the vista drivers. Cat 8.12 works fine, bt non of the drivers for my moterboard will work - they don't recognize te OS (not the oter way round).

Also my Genius webcam doesn't work on Win7 x64, same driver issue. It worked on vista x64 but i'll give it another go tomorrow.

Damn another bug i just noticed - test get garbled slightly (noticed as i was typing this) when i scroll up and down in IE nothing major tho as when i scroll back it's clear again.

[Edit] Please excuse the missing letters in some of the wrds, my keyboard s running low on batteries
 
i was going to try google chrome on it ill see what it does for me
 
Google Chrome works well, I am using it rite now. It seem to be one of the few things thats not giving me problems
 
I went back to vista because the Game performance was really crappy in W7, the Radeon drivers are really immature and worthless.
 
how did you get chrome to work it would not work for me
 
I had it from before I installed W7....the only issue is that you can't click the scroll bar and are rendered to use the arrow keys or the wheel on the mouse
 
Well i had a problem with Hamachi after i installed Comodo Firewall, it stopped hamachi seeing anyone on the network even after i alowed it all, so i uninstalled it again after playing around with it for hrs, and that still didnt work, after a few more hrs i just gave up and formated it again, and all is good once more.
 
well i just installed nero 7 and im downloading the 32 bit vers of win 7 for a friend so he can try it on his old dell he does not have a dvd burner so im doing it for him and at the same time it will test nero 7 to see if that part of it works ill let you all know how it all go's
 
Got a new ISO of office and it still won't install :(
Had steam updating for 12hrs and it only got to 37%
Looks like i'll be going back to vista later today.
 
nero 7 works real good in win 7
 
try'd to install adobe reader 9 it wont install even in compatible mode o well does any one know if oppen office 3 works
 
does anyone experience their network performance get slowly worse?
 
i had to restore the system again becouse every time i install something that wont install like adobe reader or chrome its breaks windows installer
 
instead of adobe reader, try foxit. far nicer app to use.
 
silkstone said:
Got a new ISO of office and it still won't install :(
Had steam updating for 12hrs and it only got to 37%
Looks like i'll be going back to vista later today.
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download 7 again sounds like a problem with that iso not office
 
Compatibly issues with Flight Simulator X
Horrible Electric popping noise when listen to music on Realtek ALC888 8+2 Channel HD Audio
Crashes when using 3DMark05
Windows Media Center, TV tuner loses signal
 
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