Windows 7 thread!

[Mussels]

the gadgets disappearing is cause you disabled UAC.

I had it on two machines, one media PC and one gaming (my LAN rig)

The thing is, my LAN machine has no DVD drive. I run everything off ISO images, so that i dont have to risk legit disks at a LAN - my machine started going tits up after installing virtual drive software (admittedly most of them didnt work at all, and it could be the failed installs that fecked it)

 

[frankie827]

the gadgets disappearing is cause you disabled UAC.

shouldnt that like, not happen? haha

 

[frankie827]

ok, i'm having my first problem with 7!
it doesnt seem to want to connect to the internet. i am dual booting on seperate hdd's, so when i boot into vista, it connects just fine. this is kinda annoying, because it was working just fine right before i restarted it -_-

 

[farlex85]

the gadgets disappearing is cause you disabled UAC.

I had it on two machines, one media PC and one gaming (my LAN rig)

The thing is, my LAN machine has no DVD drive. I run everything off ISO images, so that i dont have to risk legit disks at a LAN - my machine started going tits up after installing virtual drive software (admittedly most of them didnt work at all, and it could be the failed installs that fecked it)

Ah interesting that makes sense though. I had it on b/c it didn't bother me as much as vista's but even at the lowest level it kept asking me if I wanted to run evga precision every time I loaded windows (it runs at start-up). If I had magictune running (calibration for monitor) it would of done the same thing, so I got tired of it and turned it off. I'll have to leave some feedback about that.

ok, i'm having my first problem with 7!
it doesnt seem to want to connect to the internet. i am dual booting on seperate hdd's, so when i boot into vista, it connects just fine. this is kinda annoying, because it was working just fine right before i restarted it -_-

Re-install drivers maybe?

 

[MAGMADIVER]

I asked this in the W7 bug thread... does anyone know if on Aug 1st when W7 expires will it simply be unuseable or will it simply not be eligible for updates?

 

[frankie827]

I asked this in the W7 bug thread... does anyone know if on Aug 1st when W7 expires will it simply be unuseable or will it simply not be eligible for updates?

thats a very good question

on one copy i installed, i didnt enter the registration key. after 30 days (when it shouldve closed up) i was still able to login and do everything i would normally do.

so who knows

 

[MAGMADIVER]

I know that the RC will be out by Aug 1 so I probably shouldnt worry about it much but I am more curious than anything

 

[Mussels]

someone who's going to format anyway, could simply set their clock forward and find out for us.

 

[ste2425]

ill give it a go on ma lappy but shorley it wont be something as simple as the date on it that will stop it from working? i mean all you have to do is turn it back every now an again an hey youve got a free decent os

 

[frankie827]

ill give it a go on ma lappy but shorley it wont be something as simple as the date on it that will stop it from working? i mean all you have to do is turn it back every now an again an hey youve got a free decent os

no, changing the date will do it

i remember with vista rc1, as a joke, i set the date to jun 1, 2010 (when i graduate highschool) and when i tried to log in...it said the time had expired and i had to activate it again by phone or entering product key

 

[ste2425]

if you changed the date back did it work again?

 

[frankie827]

if you changed the date back did it work again?

i was locked out of the desktop
i only had the options to either activate online or they gave me a phone number to call microsoft.

i ended up reinstalling

 

[Mussels]

i was locked out of the desktop
i only had the options to either activate online or they gave me a phone number to call microsoft.

i ended up reinstalling

theres a trick to it in vista. choose activate online, and it loads your default web browser. tell it to download (manually type it) C:\windows\explorer.exe

if you run the file, explorer kicks in and you have most access to your PC i use this to backup data on machines that refuse to activate, so they can be formatted safely.

 

[ste2425]

aaaa but crnt you change ur date through your bios? wont that send your whole system date back so u dnt need access to ur desktop?

 

[frankie827]

aaaa but crnt you change ur date through your bios? wont that send your whole system date back so u dnt need access to ur desktop?

it sounds possible, but i doubt microsoft would make it that easy to get around date things like that...

 

[ste2425]

thats what i was thinking too lol i mean if all u had to do was change ur date back hundreds of people would have a free, practicly fullyworking os

 

[Lillebror]

I asked this in the W7 bug thread... does anyone know if on Aug 1st when W7 expires will it simply be unuseable or will it simply not be eligible for updates?

It should pretty much refuse to start up. Thats usualy what they do with betas.

 

[InnocentCriminal]

Am I right in presuming this cut off date will apply to the upcoming release candidates?

 

[Lillebror]

It could move - but i dont think so. Usualy you push it a week extra or 2, but dont think thats gonna happen.

 

[Mussels]

Am I right in presuming this cut off date will apply to the upcoming release candidates?

release candidates will have a cutoff as well. the first one without cutoffs will be the RTM, and those always get leaked

 

[InnocentCriminal]

Sweeet!

I was wondering if the 7048 build is a leak of the RC, I see a few people 'ere have it. Anything drastically different?

 

[Kursah]

Did you know you can disable IE in 7? Apperently there is a checkbox to do such a thing, but it's more to cover MS's ass than be a quick and easy feature unfortunately, but none-the-less it's supposedly true you can get away with not having to deal with IE! WooT!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29596703/

 

[InnocentCriminal]

I can't confirm it within the 7000 build, but I thought this was for the RC or in the final release. Apparently it'll be a post-install feature. More info...

 

[ste2425]

thats a load of bollox its there os their property you could say so they should be able to include their own products init if they want firefox should get their own os or bloody liaze with linux an get it in there. Its stupid is ms stopped you installing other browsers then fair enough but just because microsft are including two of their own products together its stupid

 

[Mussels]

thats a load of bollox its there os their property you could say so they should be able to include their own products init if they want firefox should get their own os or bloody liaze with linux an get it in there. Its stupid is ms stopped you installing other browsers then fair enough but just because microsft are including two of their own products together its stupid

I only see it as a problem if they prevent other applications from taking over its job. the Eu union are the ones that blocked this, and its rather retarded.