Windows 7 beta on friday.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » May 18th, 2009, 10:24

Davius wrote:Anyway to get this without paying 30 freaking nuggets for it?? Frustrating getting partitions ready perferct then pressing commit and it promptly tries to rape my wallet.

Well, the problem there is that you should be stealing software, not using trials.

Post by **FatherJack** » May 18th, 2009, 17:34

Can't get Saints Row 2 to run - CTDs before the main menu, gives a Xaudio2_2.dll error in the app log which is a directX driver.

Post by **Dog Pants** » May 18th, 2009, 17:37

It has auto-taste software too?

Post by **deject** » May 18th, 2009, 17:38

Stoat wrote:For a non-Windows approach, Ubuntu Live CDs come with GParted.

I have used GParted for good results. It gets the job done.

Davius · Post by **Davius** » May 19th, 2009, 7:35

What anti virus software is everybody using??

With xp i always had AVAST.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » May 19th, 2009, 8:02

If you like avast, give it a go with 7, there's a fair chance it'll work.

Post by **Dog Pants** » May 19th, 2009, 9:11

I'm on NOD32. Win 7 seems to not like it in that it thinks it's out of date, but other than that it seems to work fine.

Post by **FatherJack** » May 19th, 2009, 10:34

Kaspersky have a beta version which seems to work okay with Win7.

Post by **TezzRexx** » May 19th, 2009, 12:45

I had no problems with COD 4 or punkbuster to start with, although COD 4 did start acting erradically, graphical lag spikes and hanging...

This is on the RC rather then the beta.

Is it possible to install the beta over the RC without deleting the drive/formatting?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » May 19th, 2009, 12:48

TezzRexx wrote:Is it possible to install the beta over the RC without deleting the drive/formatting?

Why would you want to replace a near finished OS with a slightly buggy beta?

Post by **TezzRexx** » May 19th, 2009, 12:52

AN IDIOT OF COURSE!

I obiviously meant is it possible to install the RC over the beta.

I forget to engage brian before pasting on the interbutts.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » May 19th, 2009, 12:58

That's doable.

http://www.nirmaltv.com/2009/05/02/how- ... -rc-build/

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » May 19th, 2009, 13:00

I believe it is possible but not recommended. It can introduce Much Bug.
http://lifehacker.com/5240931/lifehacke ... ndows-7-rc
edit: Damn ninjas.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » May 19th, 2009, 13:04

Stoat wrote:I believe it is possible but not recommended. It can introduce Much Bug.
http://lifehacker.com/5240931/lifehacke ... ndows-7-rc
edit: Damn ninjas.

Post by **TezzRexx** » May 19th, 2009, 13:07

Thank yee both, i'll have a proper gander tonight or tomorrow.

Post by **FatherJack** » May 20th, 2009, 16:38

FatherJack wrote:Can't get Saints Row 2 to run - CTDs before the main menu, gives a Xaudio2_2.dll error in the app log which is a directX driver.

Fixed, it was an issue with the Windows-installed soundcard drivers. Installed the Realtek Fista one and it now runs.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 4th, 2009, 2:14

I've just swapped to W7, install took less than 20 minutes from USB stick (flash voyager 4gb) to drives. both times.

Now to see how long it takes getdataback to unfuck my 500gb drive I accidentally formatted.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 21st, 2009, 4:38

I've officially decided W7 is awesome.

Since my last post, I've only been using W7.

Maybe had 5 crashes in that time, had to do no system maintenance at all, autodefragging seems to work, whole thing is running very, very well indeed.

Longest uptime was something like 31 days, and I can't remember why I had to restart.

ATI graphics drivers seem to upgrade happily without a reboot, which is pure win.

It just seems to work.

Course, the final version will be horribly broke if the beta's this good, it's the law

Post by **deject** » September 21st, 2009, 5:20

I don't think I've had a Windows crash yet, and I have been running the RTM for about a month now. It's stable as hell. I haven't tried updating video drivers yet so that's good to know. Do you still uninstall first or does installing on top of the old ones work?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » September 21st, 2009, 5:21

I just lobbed them on top, same as I always have done for standard updates.