Windows 7 beta on friday.

Post by **TezzRexx** » January 10th, 2009, 1:39

Wiggy wrote: Got halfway through the download and it fucked

Same, was using DTA but I think the servers are being absolutely hammered

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 10th, 2009, 1:40

Strangely, using tukkake I got 8MB/s on the x64 version (which is pretty fast) x86 download just failed, lots.

Post by **TezzRexx** » January 10th, 2009, 2:18

key servers appear to be down as well...

Guess i'll just try tomorrow

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 10th, 2009, 5:56

Takes about 30 minutes for an install, doesn't ask for a key until after.

Also configures itself properly for dual boot with Fista, dunno about other osses.

Post by **TezzRexx** » January 10th, 2009, 12:10

http://lifehacker.com/5126781/how-to-du ... p-or-Fista

Apparently it is possible to dual boot with XP and Windows 7 but by the looks of it, you may have to fully format to remove the ghost of windows 7 in the boot up.

How're you finding it Berk? Tried any games on it?

Post by **HereComesPete** » January 10th, 2009, 12:15

Hmm, I are not at home to get this, but once I get back I will find a way.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 10th, 2009, 12:28

TezzRexx wrote:Apparently it is possible to dual boot with XP and Windows 7 but by the looks of it, you may have to fully format to remove the ghost of windows 7 in the boot up.

I think it's the same with fista, the bootup thing is different to XPs (I bet you can install W7, then XP and horse XP's boot doobery to do its stuff.

TezzRexx wrote:How're you finding it Berk? Tried any games on it?

I'm finding it mostly painless, I've tested UT3, L4D, CoD4 and WoW. all work fine.

Seems to be fine, some open GL issues with ATI drivers I think, but not much uses that these days.

Post by **ProfHawking** » January 10th, 2009, 13:06

well, i finally have got a 64bit key.

was using the check4change addon, its been checking every 2 secs for the last hour or two

Post by **TezzRexx** » January 10th, 2009, 15:13

fuck yeah got a 64 bit key

Post by **deject** » January 10th, 2009, 19:23

TezzRexx wrote:duck yeah got a 64 bit key

same!

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 10th, 2009, 21:27

After some use:

Specs: Q6600, 2gb ram, 4870x2.

Performance seems really good, but don't expect super low memory usage.

As far as I can tell, it uses less memory than Fista, but not by much, However, the performance is XP-like with that, so it's no bad thing.

Playing wow I have ended up with paging in very busy areas, but that game is a bit of a memory hog.

Basically: not as light as XP, but much better than Fista.

tehspork · Post by **tehspork** » January 11th, 2009, 1:19

i've been running it on a VM, cleaning my laptop so i can install it on there.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 11th, 2009, 1:48

Rumour has it, they're just releasing a few keys over and over today (yesterday's were individual)

Use at your own peril etc.

32bit:
QXV7B-K78W2-QGPR6-9FWH9-KGMM7
6JKV2-QPB8H-RQ893-FW7TM-PBJ73
GG4MQ-MGK72-HVXFW-KHCRF-KW6KY
TQ32R-WFBDM-GFHD2-QGVMH-3P9GC
4HJRK-X6Q28-HWRFY-WDYHJ-K8HDH

64bit:
RFFTV-J6K7W-MHBQJ-XYMMJ-Q8DCH
482XP-6J9WR-4JXT3-VBPP6-FQF4M
JYDV8-H8VXG-74RPT-6BJPB-X42V4
D9RHV-JG8XC-C77H2-3YF6D-RYRJ9
7XRCQ-RPY28-YY9P8-R6HD8-84GH3

Post by **deject** » January 11th, 2009, 3:32

I have the 4th one on the 64-bit list.

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Fred Woogle · Post by **Fred Woogle** » January 11th, 2009, 3:41

I've been given these so far...

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:32bit:
TQ32R-WFBDM-GFHD2-QGVMH-3P9GC
4HJRK-X6Q28-HWRFY-WDYHJ-K8HDH

64bit:
RFFTV-J6K7W-MHBQJ-XYMMJ-Q8DCH
482XP-6J9WR-4JXT3-VBPP6-FQF4M

No1Jew · Post by **No1Jew** » January 11th, 2009, 10:38

deject wrote:I have the 4th one on the 64-bit list. `

Microsoft gave me that one too, Hmmmm

Gonna give it a go but first, I've never dual Booted B4 so is it simple ?(like me) and what about drivers for GPU etc?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 11th, 2009, 10:40

W7 seems to setup dual booting automagically, so that's fine.

Should also have the video drivers on windows update, which is handy.

No1Jew · Post by **No1Jew** » January 11th, 2009, 13:49

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:W7 seems to setup dual booting automagically, so that's fine.

Well I don't know about that....

Tried it twice now and failed twice. It installs 100% with no apparent errors, Restarts itself (normal) then I Get the Dual Boot screen, select "Windows 7" and keep getting this..

http://img262.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... 455oa3.jpg

Any Suggestions?

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » January 11th, 2009, 14:19

Google says fix your MBR (fixmbr and/or fixboot) from the recovery console.
I've avoided dual-boot issues by putting W7 on a different disk, so I just have to give it a boot order to switch. Unfortunately, that disk is SATA-1 and brings my Performance Score down to 3

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » January 11th, 2009, 14:25

Do what stoat said.

It's also possible you have a slightly corrupted burn, so that might be worth checking (burn at 4 or 8x for stuff like this)