Windows 7 Club

[kg4icg]

OK, it time for me to inform you of my experience with Win7. So far I really do like it. And would find it difficult to go back to XP. There is a slight learning curve. However, that's negated by reading the OP (which I will try to update as much as possible as information becomes available.). Win7 performance overall is similar to XP below is my experience so far:
-Installation of Windows 7 took the same, if not longer, then XP using a dvd.
-Interface is very intuitive and it's easy to navigate. Yes we all know it looks better
-Startup time was exactly the same as XP so I noticed no improvement there
-As told earlier I had no sound so using that program is pretty accurate
-X-Fi's newest drivers worked like a charm. And, I was able to update X-Fi driver via MS which included all the necessary programs. Downside to this was that MS's update website only used 1/3 my download speed. Making a few 100Meg download take over an hour!
-Words in wordpad etc are a lot more crisper then before and looks better
-Total restore time (installing programs one at a time) took just over 2 hours. With XP it would have been just over 3 hours. So there is a remarkable improvement there.
-Installing programs were noticeablly faster then before.
-Installing ATI Drivers were painless and so far, I wasn't asked to reboot.
-Download speeds appear to be the same so far from XP


My only gripe so far is that I like to know HD space available when using Windows Explorer. If someone can help me enable this it is appreciated. This is my experience so far. Even typing this post, the letters looks a whole lot better. It's hard to explain but it makes viewing this post easy on the eyes. If I find other things I would post them.

That' s easy, hit the start button click on computer and you'll see right there what is occupied and free on your drives connected.

 

[EastCoasthandle]

Looks like I am not alone on this one. The free space indicator at the bottom of windows explorer (status bar) is gone. I consider this an annoyance.
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On another note COD:WAW seems to work just fine both SP and MP. I've noticed that the MP's lagometer's lines are much thinner then before.

 

[Mussels]

try elaborate bytes virtual clone drive - works better than deamon tools IMO, its free, and its compatible with many deamon tools mods. (free version supports double click mounting, no tray icon wasting memory, etc)

What am i missing? i have big bars, and the text at the bottom.

 

[EastCoasthandle]

Oh I am talking about windows explorer. IE: Right click on start and click on "Open Windows Explorer". So far it's missing the option to show you how much free HD space you have at the bottom. That way you don't have to click over to start then Computer just to see how much HD space you have (as illustrated in your previous post).

 

[Mussels]

Oh I am talking about windows explorer. IE: Right click on start and click on "Open Windows Explorer". So far it's missing the option to show you how much free HD space you have at the bottom. That way you don't have to click over to start then Computer just to see how much HD space you have (as illustrated in your previous post).

heh? i right click start menu, hit open windows explorer. Takes me to my libraries page.
I then click on 'computer' and it takes me to where my screenshot was.

I always put the computer icon on my desktop anyway.

 

[EastCoasthandle]

heh? i right click start menu, hit open windows explorer. Takes me to my libraries page.
I then click on 'computer' and it takes me to where my screenshot was.

I always put the computer icon on my desktop anyway.

That's the problem. With XP HD space was already available in windows explorer status bar found on the bottom. No need for an extra window or more clicks. In any case I agree with what that guy said. Some 3rd party programmer will create a a windows explorer program that will provide that feature.

 

[Mussels]

... so that you can see your first HDD's usage in 0.3 seconds less?

 

[EastCoasthandle]

... so that you can see your first HDD's usage in 0.3 seconds less?

Correct, that's why I consider it an annoyance. It's one less screen and few less clicks (which make it more then 0.3 seconds).

 

[Mussels]

same amount of clicks.

right-click, followed by left click - or two left clicks, start menu and computer.

 

[EastCoasthandle]

same amount of clicks.

right-click, followed by left click - or two left clicks, start menu and computer.

If that information was made available in windows explorer as it was in XP there are no clicks.

 

[Mussels]

If that information was made available in windows explorer as it was in XP there are no clicks.

you can start windows explorer without using a mouse or keyboard? your skills impress me.

 

[Ammugonevil]

yeah its called voice interaction...

 

[EastCoasthandle]

you can start windows explorer without using a mouse or keyboard? your skills impress me.

If you are already in windows explorer you have no need to start it again. I prefer to know the hard drive space available in the status bar which was an option found in XP. Without having to open up another window to see it. Because it doesn't I consider it an annoyance because I do use the option. There is really no reason for you to argue with me about it.

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Other then that most other programs I use seem to work using Windows 7 so far. Personally I would avoid using most utilities right now. I would suggest those that get up and running with Win7 to defrag their hard drive. After that you should be set.

 

[mikek75]

One annoyance I have is that I can't drag My Computer to the top of my screen and have a toolbar with all my drives shown. You can drag it to the taskbar, but then you have to click it to see the drives,

 

[EastCoasthandle]

One annoyance I have is that I can't drag My Computer to the top of my screen and have a toolbar with all my drives shown. You can drag it to the taskbar, but then you have to click it to see the drives,

Have you gotten CPU-z to work? GPUz works just fine for me.

Edit: It's working now. I guess I needed to replaced the copied icon...

 

[Mussels]

Have you gotten CPU-z to work? GPUz works just fine for me.

CPU-Z and GPU-Z work fine here.

Mike:
Hmm, i didnt think about the toolbars - they changed that behaviour with dragging to maximising/filling half the screen, so that would screw up users used to making toolbars out of them. I dont know how to do that under 7.

 

[mikek75]

Ah bugger, I was hoping that was a foible of 7100. Always have had that toolbar, makes dumping installers to my back up drives quick n easy...

 

[EastCoasthandle]

What is the refresh rate everyone is getting? Right-click on desktop > Screen Resolution > Right Click on the LCD Monitor Icon > Properties > Monitor Tab

Anyone getting 59MHz? I am not sure how to change that. The registry for it is:
Computer/HKEY_Current_Config\System\Current Control Set\Control\Vi deo\{a number}\0000\DefaultSettings.VRefresh Reg_DWord 0x00000001 (1)
but I have no idea what 1 means as it's different from Vista and XP.

Edit: This problem is now fixed:
-Open CCC
-Navigate to the Attributes Tab
-Check off Reduce DVI Frequency on High Resolutions Displayes
-Change the Refresh rate to 60Hz
-Reboot

 

[EastCoasthandle]

Multiplayer games that work so far:
BF2
COD:WAW
COD4
I've played them for at least a 1/2 an hour over the last few days.

 

[Athlon2K15]

EastCoast you can add me to your club,look like a great community with lots of information

 

[EastCoasthandle]

EastCoast you can add me to your club,look like a great community with lots of information

No problem, the OP is updated to reflect all those who stated they are using (or about to use) Win7

 

[ShadowFold]

I'm using the RC on all my rigs Switched from 7600 because i couldnt buy a key from technet yet.

 

[EastCoasthandle]

I honetly thought there would be more people trying Windows 7. I've counted 17 people so far yet at TPU's home page's voting there are over 1,490 votes saying that people will get Win7 and have already tried it.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

theres a lot more people trying it then you think but they just havent said so. quite a few of my regular CoD4/5 servers are more then half empty & its strange enough because it use to be packed out most nights before win7 7600 got released. so I reckon quite a lot of people are using win7

 

[EastCoasthandle]

theres a lot more people trying it then you think but they just havent said so. quite a few of my regular CoD4/5 servers are more then half empty & its strange enough because it use to be packed out most nights before win7 7600 got released. so I reckon quite a lot of people are using win7

Odd, I've played COD4 and WAW and haven't been PB kicked. Unless you were implying something else . But I do understand that it's easier to vote then it is to reply to a thread.