Windows 7 beta - 9th January

deadite66 · 14 Jan 2009 at 18:27

i had to dump win7, both x86 and x64 were giving me tdx.sys bsods when ever i connected to a samba share.

Skeeter · 14 Jan 2009 at 18:31

howiepoohs said:
Daemon tools will not be compatible with a Beta OS. I have found Virtual Clone Drive works and its free! First time you reboot after install, you might have to manually power down, after that it seems fine.

http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html

Ah... so it may have been this that meant my PC didnt shut off?

Jimmy1983 · 14 Jan 2009 at 18:31

Where is the best place to download win 7?

Skeeter · 14 Jan 2009 at 18:32

deadite66 said:
i had to dump win7, both x86 and x64 were giving me tdx.sys bsods when ever i connected to a samba share.

Have you told Microsoft?

Skeeter · 14 Jan 2009 at 18:32

Jimmy1983 said:
Where is the best place to download win 7?

Ive torrented both the x86 ans x64 version, but the Microsoft sites may be back up now, but I do know there was issues.

typk · 14 Jan 2009 at 18:43

sam.wheale said:
Guys, when I browse 'Games' from the Start menu my system slows right down and eventually hangs? Games is the only folder in the menu that seems to do this, the others are fine

I'm running it in VMWare. Any ideas?

It is definatly the OS, im not running it in VMWare and get the same problem :S

LoadsaMoney · 14 Jan 2009 at 18:46

Only prob ive found is the BBC iplayer, videos are to dark, can't brighten em up.

something daft already!! · 14 Jan 2009 at 18:52

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/Windows7/Personalize

Extra themes there incase you missed them.

Also how to unlock the "hidden" themes:

1. Go to \Windows\winsxs Directory
2. Search for *.theme.

3. Double click themes with name in the format of XX to apply and save the theme

deadite66 · 14 Jan 2009 at 19:03

Skeeter said:
Have you told Microsoft?

not manual, mini kernel dumps and reports were automaticly sent on reboot.
plus goggling i'm not alone with this problem.

silversurfer · 14 Jan 2009 at 19:08

# I Want My Quick Launch Toolbar Back! You might have noticed that the old faithful Quick Launch toolbar is not only disabled by default in Windows 7, it’s actually missing from the list of toolbars. As is probably obvious, the concept of having a set of pinned shortcut icons is now integrated directly into the new taskbar. Based on early user interface testing, we think that the vast majority of users out there (i.e. not the kind of folk who read this blog, with the exception of my mother) will be quite happy with the new model, but if you’re after the retro behavior, you’ll be pleased to know that the old shortcuts are all still there. To re-enable it, do the following:

* Right-click the taskbar, choose Toolbars / New Toolbar
* In the folder selection dialog, enter the following string and hit OK:
%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
* Turn off the “lock the taskbar” setting, and right-click on the divider. Make sure that “Show text” and “Show title” are disabled and the view is set to “small icons”.
* Use the dividers to rearrange the toolbar ordering to choice, and then lock the taskbar again.

http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2009/01/12/the-bumper-list-of-windows-7-secrets.aspx

willhub · 14 Jan 2009 at 19:14

Anyone else getting random crashes where the PC justs resets?

My PC resumed from standby and waked me up in the night too so I have to turn me PC off totally

deadite66 · 14 Jan 2009 at 19:27

willhub said:
Anyone else getting random crashes where the PC justs resets?

My PC resumed from standby and waked me up in the night too so I have to turn me PC off totally

yup to both of those, mine turned back on around 10 mins after hibernating.
went through all the power settings making sure any wake up settings were off but it still happened.

something daft already!! · 14 Jan 2009 at 19:45

Skeeter said:
Ah... so it may have been this that meant my PC didnt shut off?

Yep, that's how it was for me. Second reboot was fine. I guess it got confused while installing the driver. It did not ask to be rebooted, yet did not function until this was done.

Secret_Window · 14 Jan 2009 at 19:48

Just a quick question, does this install over the current install of windows?

Neil79 · 14 Jan 2009 at 19:48

Jimmy1983 · 14 Jan 2009 at 20:00

Anyone got a direct download linky please?

something daft already!! · 14 Jan 2009 at 20:05

Secret_Window said:
Just a quick question, does this install over the current install of windows?

Can do, best not really. Dual boot and do a clean install, you choose this from the install. Does not really sound like you should be installing this. You know what Beta software can mean don't you?

Neil79 · 14 Jan 2009 at 20:34

Windows 7 32bit vs 64bit vs Windows Vista testing *Updated*
http://www.akcomputers.net/?p=40

knowlesy · 14 Jan 2009 at 20:48

tomos said:
esets beta. working fine for me. same for their AV

is it free ?

Cob said:
What's wrong with using the built-in firewall?

as glorious as the new one is, id still prefer zone alarm and comodo i feel abit more trust worthy to them, until it proves itself by the end of the beta

Rainmaker said:
Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 working fine here too.

is that the prototype one they recently released, it asked me to register for that one didnt bother to see if it was free or not lol :S?

side note i wonder what the stats are for ocuk in windows 7 users visiting the site ?

Rainmaker · 14 Jan 2009 at 20:56

knowlesy said:
is that the prototype one they recently released, it asked me to register for that one didnt bother to see if it was free or not lol :S?

It's just the bog standard KIS2009 from their site. It's not free, no, but it's only around £15 for licenses for 3 computers for a year (OEM @ OcUK), and they do a trial. Normally I just use Avira AntiVir Premium but the web-guard is causing conflicts in 7.