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Posted: May 18th, 2009, 10:24
by Dr. kitteny berk
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.
Posted: May 18th, 2009, 17:34
by FatherJack
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.
Posted: May 18th, 2009, 17:37
by Dog Pants
It has auto-taste software too?
Posted: May 18th, 2009, 17:38
by deject
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.
Posted: May 19th, 2009, 7:35
by Davius
What anti virus software is everybody using??
With xp i always had AVAST.
Posted: May 19th, 2009, 8:02
by Dr. kitteny berk
If you like avast, give it a go with 7, there's a fair chance it'll work.
Posted: May 19th, 2009, 9:11
by Dog Pants
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 Win 7 seems to not like it in that it thinks it's out of date, but other than that it seems to work fine.
Posted: May 19th, 2009, 10:34
by FatherJack
Kaspersky have a beta version which seems to work okay with Win7.
Posted: May 19th, 2009, 12:45
by TezzRexx
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?
Posted: May 19th, 2009, 12:48
by Dr. kitteny berk
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?
Posted: May 19th, 2009, 12:52
by TezzRexx
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.
Posted: May 19th, 2009, 12:58
by Dr. kitteny berk
Posted: May 19th, 2009, 13:00
by Stoat
I believe it is possible but not recommended. It can introduce Much Bug.
http://lifehacker.com/5240931/lifehacke ... ndows-7-rc
edit: Damn ninjas.
Posted: May 19th, 2009, 13:04
by Dr. kitteny berk
Posted: May 19th, 2009, 13:07
by TezzRexx
Thank yee both, i'll have a proper gander tonight or tomorrow.
Posted: May 20th, 2009, 16:38
by FatherJack
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.
Posted: June 4th, 2009, 2:14
by Dr. kitteny berk
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.
Posted: September 21st, 2009, 4:38
by Dr. kitteny berk
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
Posted: September 21st, 2009, 5:20
by deject
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?
Posted: September 21st, 2009, 5:21
by Dr. kitteny berk
I just lobbed them on top, same as I always have done for standard updates.
