[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Windows 7 (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 8/21/2009 11:51:26 AM EDT
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Anyone running the retail version.
Noticed it was out on the MSDN so downloaded and installed it. Runs great so far with the exception of Endpoint. |
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Quoted: Anyone running the retail version. Noticed it was out on the MSDN so downloaded and installed it. Runs great so far with the exception of Endpoint. Yes, I'm running it. We are an Enterprise Agreement customer with Software Assurance, so I am running full versions - have a laptop with Windows 7 Enterprise (basically Windows 7 Ultimate) and a desktop with Windows 7 Professional. Both are x64 - laptop has 4GB RAM and desktop has 8GB RAM. I love the OS and have had ZERO problems with it in the 3 weeks I've been running it. |
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Anyone running the retail version. Noticed it was out on the MSDN so downloaded and installed it. Runs great so far with the exception of Endpoint. Yes, I'm running it. We are an Enterprise Agreement customer with Software Assurance, so I am running full versions - have a laptop with Windows 7 Enterprise (basically Windows 7 Ultimate) and a desktop with Windows 7 Professional. Both are x64 - laptop has 4GB RAM and desktop has 8GB RAM. I love the OS and have had ZERO problems with it in the 3 weeks I've been running it. Are you running the enterprise server to auth the key or just runniing it alone and saying screw it. I was going to install that but hated the pop up saying it couldnt find the enterprise server. |
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Anyone running the retail version. Noticed it was out on the MSDN so downloaded and installed it. Runs great so far with the exception of Endpoint. Yes, I'm running it. We are an Enterprise Agreement customer with Software Assurance, so I am running full versions - have a laptop with Windows 7 Enterprise (basically Windows 7 Ultimate) and a desktop with Windows 7 Professional. Both are x64 - laptop has 4GB RAM and desktop has 8GB RAM. I love the OS and have had ZERO problems with it in the 3 weeks I've been running it. Are you running the enterprise server to auth the key or just runniing it alone and saying screw it. I was going to install that but hated the pop up saying it couldnt find the enterprise server. Use a MAK key instead of KMS |
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So I just bought a Toshiba laptop with 4 gigs of RAM with Vista. I have the upgrade to Windows 7. My question
because there isn't any question I am upgrading to 7. I know there is a recovery partition as opposed to a recovery disc. Did you guys back up, create a recovery disc before upgrading to 7? I know how to Google in case there are smart asses out there. |
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So I just bought a Toshiba laptop with 4 gigs of RAM with Vista. I have the upgrade to Windows 7. My question because there isn't any question I am upgrading to 7. I know there is a recovery partition as opposed to a recovery disc. Did you guys back up, create a recovery disc before upgrading to 7? I know how to Google in case there are smart asses out there. You could and should, but I didn't before upgrading. I like to live dangerously 
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Anyone running the retail version. Noticed it was out on the MSDN so downloaded and installed it. Runs great so far with the exception of Endpoint. Yes, I'm running it. We are an Enterprise Agreement customer with Software Assurance, so I am running full versions - have a laptop with Windows 7 Enterprise (basically Windows 7 Ultimate) and a desktop with Windows 7 Professional. Both are x64 - laptop has 4GB RAM and desktop has 8GB RAM. I love the OS and have had ZERO problems with it in the 3 weeks I've been running it. Are you running the enterprise server to auth the key or just runniing it alone and saying screw it. I was going to install that but hated the pop up saying it couldnt find the enterprise server. You need to request a MAK key. It's another tab at the top of your software downloads screen on your EA subscriber site. I too am running windows 7 and loving it. I use it exclusively at work and have ALL my domain tools loaded on it. RSAT, Exchange ESM, all the System Center stuff. It alll runs fine and great. |
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Anyone running the retail version. Noticed it was out on the MSDN so downloaded and installed it. Runs great so far with the exception of Endpoint. Yes, I'm running it. We are an Enterprise Agreement customer with Software Assurance, so I am running full versions - have a laptop with Windows 7 Enterprise (basically Windows 7 Ultimate) and a desktop with Windows 7 Professional. Both are x64 - laptop has 4GB RAM and desktop has 8GB RAM. I love the OS and have had ZERO problems with it in the 3 weeks I've been running it. Are you running the enterprise server to auth the key or just runniing it alone and saying screw it. I was going to install that but hated the pop up saying it couldnt find the enterprise server. You need to request a MAK key. It's another tab at the top of your software downloads screen on your EA subscriber site. I too am running windows 7 and loving it. I use it exclusively at work and have ALL my domain tools loaded on it. RSAT, Exchange ESM, all the System Center stuff. It alll runs fine and great. If you are going to be deploying 25 or more Win7/2008R2 systems in your enterprise, the KMS is the way to go. I currently use MAK for testing, but will be deploying KMS in the future. But you need (5) 2008R2 servers or (25) Win 7 clients to get it to work or a combination of both (3) server and (22) Win 7 etc....... |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Anyone running the retail version. Noticed it was out on the MSDN so downloaded and installed it. Runs great so far with the exception of Endpoint. Yes, I'm running it. We are an Enterprise Agreement customer with Software Assurance, so I am running full versions - have a laptop with Windows 7 Enterprise (basically Windows 7 Ultimate) and a desktop with Windows 7 Professional. Both are x64 - laptop has 4GB RAM and desktop has 8GB RAM. I love the OS and have had ZERO problems with it in the 3 weeks I've been running it. Are you running the enterprise server to auth the key or just runniing it alone and saying screw it. I was going to install that but hated the pop up saying it couldnt find the enterprise server. MAK for now. KMS requires at least 25 clients, and we're not rolling it out to any substantial group outside of IT for now. Eventually, we'll look into using KMS, but I'm leaning towards MAK. My hesitation to go to KMS once we roll out is that it requires that the machine communicate with the KMS Server every 6 months at least, and we may have users who don't connect to the VPN that often. I haven't looked into KMS too much yet, but if there's a way to make it available to the outside world securely, it would be more attractive. The downside to the MAK is that since it's limited to a certain number of activations, each time we reimage a machine and activate it, that uses another "MAK activation" even if that machine had previously been activated. I'm sure that this can be "reset" by a call to Microsoft, but could potentially be a hassle nonetheless. |
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Anyone running the retail version. Noticed it was out on the MSDN so downloaded and installed it. Runs great so far with the exception of Endpoint. Yes, I'm running it. We are an Enterprise Agreement customer with Software Assurance, so I am running full versions - have a laptop with Windows 7 Enterprise (basically Windows 7 Ultimate) and a desktop with Windows 7 Professional. Both are x64 - laptop has 4GB RAM and desktop has 8GB RAM. I love the OS and have had ZERO problems with it in the 3 weeks I've been running it. Are you running the enterprise server to auth the key or just runniing it alone and saying screw it. I was going to install that but hated the pop up saying it couldnt find the enterprise server. MAK for now. KMS requires at least 25 clients, and we're not rolling it out to any substantial group outside of IT for now. Eventually, we'll look into using KMS, but I'm leaning towards MAK. My hesitation to go to KMS once we roll out is that it requires thatthe machine communicate with the KMS Server every 6 months at least,and we may have users who don't connect to the VPN that often. Ihaven't looked into KMS too much yet, but if there's a way to make itavailable to the outside world securely, it would be more attractive. The downside to the MAK is that since it's limited to a certain numberof activations, each time we reimage a machine and activate it, thatuses another "MAK activation" even if that machine had previously beenactivated. I'm sure that this can be "reset" by a call to Microsoft,but could potentially be a hassle nonetheless. you are right, I have 100+ laptop users that are remote, they will get the MAK, I will use the KMS inside. MS told me no problem on getting additional MAK's, they are just trying to limit the number of MAK's in the wild 
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Running 7 Pro here. I like everything but the start menu. I've got a lot of users who are going to have issues transitioning to the new one. (Personally I kinda miss the "Classic Start Menu".) *ETA: punctuation Why miss something you don't need anymore? They don't need the Start "Classic Start Menu", just show them how to pin apps to the task bar, it is very easy to do. You can pin all the apps you use and never need the start menu. |
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Running 7 Pro here. I like everything but the start menu. I've got a lot of users who are going to have issues transitioning to the new one. (Personally I kinda miss the "Classic Start Menu".) *ETA: punctuation Why miss something you don't need anymore? They don't need the "Start Menu" just show them how to pin apps to the task bar, it is very easy to do. You can pin all the apps you use and never need the start menu. |
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Running 7 Pro here. I like everything but the start menu. I've got a lot of users who are going to have issues transitioning to the new one. (Personally I kinda miss the "Classic Start Menu".) *ETA: punctuation Why miss something you don't need anymore? They don't need the "Start Menu" just show them how to pin apps to the task bar, it is very easy to do. You can pin all the apps you use and never need the start menu. And they lost millions of lines of code in dumping the classic menu. I miss it too, but life goes on, and quite honestly it is worth the boost in performance. |
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Meh. Classic start menu. Hell half my users don't even use the start menu. If it's not on their desktop they don't know how to get to tit. .... yea. 
Ain't that the truth. I had a bunch of users accuse me of deleting their MS Office after an upgrade because the program was missing, ie no icon on the desktop.
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Meh. Classic start menu. Hell half my users don't even use the start menu. If it's not on their desktop they don't know how to get to tit. .... yea.
Ain't that the truth. I had a bunch of users accuse me of deleting their MS Office after an upgrade because the program was missing, ie no icon on the desktop. Want to dive em crazy. Give em a screen grab of a desktop that has icons as their destop background then remove their real desktop icons. |
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Meh. Classic start menu. Hell half my users don't even use the start menu. If it's not on their desktop they don't know how to get to tit. .... yea. i just upgraded office 2003 to office 2007 on my dads laptop. apparently it deleted he 2003 excel shortcut on the desktop(her profile) and she thinks excel is no longer on the computer 
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Meh. Classic start menu. Hell half my users don't even use the start menu. If it's not on their desktop they don't know how to get to tit. .... yea.
Ain't that the truth. I had a bunch of users accuse me of deleting their MS Office after an upgrade because the program was missing, ie no icon on the desktop. Want to dive em crazy. Give em a screen grab of a desktop that has icons as their destop background them remove their real desktop icons. And I thought I was evil 
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After two weeks of using it personally I'm getting used to the new start menu. I understand it meant they got to dump supporting millions of lines of 'legacy code' and I completely understand where they are coming from on that decision. Some people just prefer one interface over another and will have to adjust.
I work for a state agency that has ~7000 users who have to be supported by exactly 7 I.T. personnel, which includes myself. As for the pinning apps to the task bar, most of these people have trouble logging into Windows XP Pro (i.e. they'll put in their password, but not click ok or hit the enter key and just sit there waiting), and completely freaked out when we went from Office 2003 to Office 2007. I completely agree with you. I just saying what works for one set of users may not work for another. |
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After two weeks of using it personally I'm getting used to the new start menu. I understand it meant they got to dump supporting millions of lines of 'legacy code' and I completely understand where they are coming from on that decision. Some people just prefer one interface over another and will have to adjust. I work for a state agency that has ~7000 users who have to be supported by exactly 7 I.T. personnel, which includes myself. As for the pinning apps to the task bar, most of these people have trouble logging into Windows XP Pro (i.e. they'll put in their password, but not click ok or hit the enter key and just sit there waiting), and completely freaked out when we went from Office 2003 to Office 2007. I completely agree with you. I just saying what works for one set of users may not work for another. Look I understand users are idiots but if they cannot manage the two step process of right clicking over the task bar and pinning a app to the taskbar just shoot em.
Really if that does not work for them how do they open a door, it is a dead simple process. |
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After two weeks of using it personally I'm getting used to the new start menu. I understand it meant they got to dump supporting millions of lines of 'legacy code' and I completely understand where they are coming from on that decision. Some people just prefer one interface over another and will have to adjust. I work for a state agency that has ~7000 users who have to be supported by exactly 7 I.T. personnel, which includes myself. As for the pinning apps to the task bar, most of these people have trouble logging into Windows XP Pro (i.e. they'll put in their password, but not click ok or hit the enter key and just sit there waiting), and completely freaked out when we went from Office 2003 to Office 2007. I completely agree with you. I just saying what works for one set of users may not work for another. Look I understand users are idiots but if they cannot manage the two step process of right clicking over the task bar and pinning a app to the taskbar just shoot em.
Really if that does not work for them how do they open a door, it is a dead simple process. Careful with that. I was the computer support guy for a group of 52 PHd's, Vet's and Scientists. Most didn't know how to use computers very well. Most obtained their degrees using a typewriter. |
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After two weeks of using it personally I'm getting used to the new start menu. I understand it meant they got to dump supporting millions of lines of 'legacy code' and I completely understand where they are coming from on that decision. Some people just prefer one interface over another and will have to adjust. I work for a state agency that has ~7000 users who have to be supported by exactly 7 I.T. personnel, which includes myself. As for the pinning apps to the task bar, most of these people have trouble logging into Windows XP Pro (i.e. they'll put in their password, but not click ok or hit the enter key and just sit there waiting), and completely freaked out when we went from Office 2003 to Office 2007. I completely agree with you. I just saying what works for one set of users may not work for another. Look I understand users are idiots but if they cannot manage the two step process of right clicking over the task bar and pinning a app to the taskbar just shoot em.
Really if that does not work for them how do they open a door, it is a dead simple process. I wonder this EVERYDAY!!! Careful with that. I was the computer support guy for a group of 52 PHd's, Vet's and Scientists. Most didn't know how to use computers very well. Most obtained their degrees using a typewriter. I currently feel your pain on this... While they do not make up the majority of my users they make up the largest portion of my headaches the pain in my ass.
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After two weeks of using it personally I'm getting used to the new start menu. I understand it meant they got to dump supporting millions of lines of 'legacy code' and I completely understand where they are coming from on that decision. Some people just prefer one interface over another and will have to adjust. I work for a state agency that has ~7000 users who have to be supported by exactly 7 I.T. personnel, which includes myself. As for the pinning apps to the task bar, most of these people have trouble logging into Windows XP Pro (i.e. they'll put in their password, but not click ok or hit the enter key and just sit there waiting), and completely freaked out when we went from Office 2003 to Office 2007. I completely agree with you. I just saying what works for one set of users may not work for another. Look I understand users are idiots but if they cannot manage the two step process of right clicking over the task bar and pinning a app to the taskbar just shoot em.
Really if that does not work for them how do they open a door, it is a dead simple process. I wonder this EVERYDAY!!! Careful with that. I was the computer support guy for a group of 52 PHd's, Vet's and Scientists. Most didn't know how to use computers very well. Most obtained their degrees using a typewriter. I currently feel your pain on this... While they do not make up the majority of my users they make up the largest portion of my headaches the pain in my ass.
Yes they are, but they also are the most appreciative. They fought to keep my position, and get me paid time off when my wife delivered #4. I was a contractor with no paid time off. I also was paid very well for that extra level of service and understanding. Glorified helpdesk at $100K a year.
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After two weeks of using it personally I'm getting used to the new start menu. I understand it meant they got to dump supporting millions of lines of 'legacy code' and I completely understand where they are coming from on that decision. Some people just prefer one interface over another and will have to adjust. I work for a state agency that has ~7000 users who have to be supported by exactly 7 I.T. personnel, which includes myself. As for the pinning apps to the task bar, most of these people have trouble logging into Windows XP Pro (i.e. they'll put in their password, but not click ok or hit the enter key and just sit there waiting), and completely freaked out when we went from Office 2003 to Office 2007. I completely agree with you. I just saying what works for one set of users may not work for another. Look I understand users are idiots but if they cannot manage the two step process of right clicking over the task bar and pinning a app to the taskbar just shoot em.
Really if that does not work for them how do they open a door, it is a dead simple process. I wonder this EVERYDAY!!! Careful with that. I was the computer support guy for a group of 52 PHd's, Vet's and Scientists. Most didn't know how to use computers very well. Most obtained their degrees using a typewriter. I currently feel your pain on this... While they do not make up the majority of my users they make up the largest portion of my headaches the pain in my ass.
Yes they are, but they also are the most appreciative. They fought to keep my position, and get me paid time off when my wife delivered #4. I was a contractor with no paid time off. I also was paid very well for that extra level of service and understanding. Glorified helpdesk at $100K a year. No wonder you want to coddle those cats. Baby sitting eggheads ay 100K a year, what a deal.
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I don't even make half that... Well it wasn't quite as simple as normal helpdesk, more of an advanced deskside support. It was at a pharmaceutical company and I also had to take care of FDA/USDA regulated lab systems, cGLP/cGMP, and process control systems. TONS of paperwork. |
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I am running Windows 7 Professional x64 RTM with Microsoft Security Essentials and Office 2007 Enterprise Ed. I must say that I really like this! I just wish that Apple would get in gear and update iTunes to support Windows 7! Below is a screenshot using a wallpaper that I think looks very nice: 
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I am running Windows 7 Professional x64 RTM with Microsoft Security Essentials and Office 2007 Enterprise Ed. I must say that I really like this! I just wish that Apple would get in gear and update iTunes to support Windows 7! Below is a screenshot using a wallpaper that I think looks very nice: http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z269/ncoday/Capture.jpg I've got iTunes installed and running flawlessly on my 32bit Windows 7 Pro. |
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I'm planning on upgrading to Windows 7 from Vista Premium 32 bit. Will I be able to just buy the disk/download the program and run it? Can it install over a previous OS completely or would I need to format my hard drive first? I'm not all that computer savy You can install it as an upgrade. If you are running Vista Home Premium you can upgrade to Win 7 Home Premium or Win 7 Ultimate |
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I'm planning on upgrading to Windows 7 from Vista Premium 32 bit. Will I be able to just buy the disk/download the program and run it? Can it install over a previous OS completely or would I need to format my hard drive first? I'm not all that computer savy You can install it as an upgrade. If you are running Vista Home Premium you can upgrade to Win 7 Home Premium or Win 7 Ultimate I'm guessing with it being called an upgrade my files and programs will be untouched? Will this leave any sign of vista on my machine(hope not). It depends on how you do the install. With a upgrade in place you can save your stuff, or you can wipe it all and start fresh. |
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It's a piece of poo. XP can handle my cpu overclock just fine, but if I run any higher end games on win7 (FC2, GTAIV, SR2) I get a bsod anywhere from 5-45 min in. Pretty stupid. YMMV, but I see a thread full of IT professionals, hobbyists, and people that don't give up after 30 seconds, that say otherwise. |
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I'm planning on upgrading to Windows 7 from Vista Premium 32 bit. Will I be able to just buy the disk/download the program and run it? Can it install over a previous OS completely or would I need to format my hard drive first? I'm not all that computer savy You can install it as an upgrade. If you are running Vista Home Premium you can upgrade to Win 7 Home Premium or Win 7 Ultimate I'm guessing with it being called an upgrade my files and programs will be untouched? Will this leave any sign of vista on my machine(hope not). Correct, you would start Vista like normal, then insert the Windows 7 DVD and click on install. It will ask you later if you want to upgrade or custom install. During the first part it will ask you if you want to check compatability, choose yes so you will have a good idea if all your programs will work. At that point you can opt out and cancel the install with no issues. Then you can plan a custom install and upgrading your programs. Even with the upgrade it should remove most all signs of Vista, it did on mine. |
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It's a piece of poo. XP can handle my cpu overclock just fine, but if I run any higher end games on win7 (FC2, GTAIV, SR2) I get a bsod anywhere from 5-45 min in. Pretty stupid. Using hardware in an undesigned manner resulting in a failure, then complaining about it? FAIL
Truth is the Windows 7 kernel uses the processor in a much more efficient manner. But if you want to continue using XP, go ahead. 
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It's a piece of poo. XP can handle my cpu overclock just fine, but if I run any higher end games on win7 (FC2, GTAIV, SR2) I get a bsod anywhere from 5-45 min in. Pretty stupid. Using hardware in an undesigned manner resulting in a failure, then complaining about it? FAIL
Truth is the Windows 7 kernel uses the processor in a much more efficient manner. But if you want to continue using XP, go ahead.
It just can't handle the upping without becoming unstable, which XP does without a sweat. That speaks for itself in my personal situation. I don't see how that's a fail. 2.7 x2 Kuma BE upped to 3.1. (BTW the black box AMD CPUs come with an unlocked multiplier, so it's really a given to attempt an OC) OK guys, its a great OS, and I love the way they integrated everything on the taskbar into pics so it doesn't get cluttered, everything is very smooth. I have games like CS:S installed and they work fine. I was just stating that it's poo for me since I can't run my OC like I can with XP, its just a black and white situation. One BSODs very fast, and the other runs for hours fine. This is only with high end games though. And of course I am running a dual-boot with XP and Win7. XP is just my boot-up-and-launch-game OS. Simple and works. Windows 7, it's great for EVERYTHING other than my higher spec games. Definitely a vast improvement over Vista. Definitely |