Windows 7 hits RC stage Build 7100

swanseajack · 9 May 2009 at 22:19

You have to assign the drive a letter in disk management in the control panel, it does the same on my rig to.

sunlitsix · 9 May 2009 at 22:24

smids said:
Drivers installed for the controller to which the games drive is attached?

yep its installed, shows up in device manager

swanseajack said:
You have to assign the drive a letter in disk management in the control panel, it does the same on my rig to.

ah ok i shall check that out now

edit : that resolved the issue, thanks

swanseajack · 9 May 2009 at 22:43

Glad it worked

I had the same thing when I first installed win 7.

fail at the internets · 9 May 2009 at 23:11

Yeah same thing happened to me on every install. Not a problem though as it takes less than 10 seconds to correct.

Hunders · 10 May 2009 at 10:35

I installed Windows 7 last night and I love the look and feel of it but I'm going to have to revert back to good ol' XP because my games run really sluggish. It's probably down to the fact I only have 2GB of RAM tbh.

I'm quite gutted that it didin't work out for me :/

Simian · 10 May 2009 at 10:49

Loving it so far... unfortunatly the 'wise people' at nVidia haven't released a Win7 driver for my graphics card (GeForce2 400/MX... I know.. but I can't afford a new on yet!!) so I'm stuck on a measly 1024x768 where my XP does a nice 1280x1024...

Just installing Virtual PC2007 and XP-Home for a play... did try the 'Built in' virtual PC toy, but my Processor don't support the Virtual Thinngy needed!..

Yes my PC is a *****... but its my test bed.. don't want to install 7 on my HDX-16 Laptop just yet...

On that note.. does anyone know if Win7 supports Blu-Ray??... thats one of the reasons I'm not installing it on the HDX-16... I'm a bit butt-puckered about FUBARing my beloved (and not cheap) Laptop...

eXor · 10 May 2009 at 10:54

Hunders said:
I installed Windows 7 last night and I love the look and feel of it but I'm going to have to revert back to good ol' XP because my games run really sluggish. It's probably down to the fact I only have 2GB of RAM tbh.

I'm quite gutted that it didin't work out for me :/

Sluggish? Smooth but lower framerates, or stuttering?

Try disabling a few 'features'. Windows Defender real-time scan, auto defrag, Indexing, SuperFetch e.t.c.

Do some before and after 3DMark runs for consistency.

mmj_uk · 10 May 2009 at 11:34

I've gave the OS a try out of curiosity, performance in World of Warcraft seemed worse than Vista to me and the Aero GUI also seemed quite sluggish compared to Vista.

XP64 is still miles more responsive than both and WoW performance far smoother.

Hunders · 10 May 2009 at 11:39

eXor said:
Sluggish? Smooth but lower framerates, or stuttering?

Try disabling a few 'features'. Windows Defender real-time scan, auto defrag, Indexing, SuperFetch e.t.c.

Do some before and after 3DMark runs for consistency.

It was stuttering. When loading up a game it would start off fine but after about 20 seconds of moving around it would become quite stuttery and the camera movement felt like you were underwater, as though there was some resistance there.

Thanks for the advice but it doesn't matter now because I am back to using trusty XP. I will give Windows 7 another go if I upgrade in the future.

Darkman · 10 May 2009 at 11:53

Hunders said:
It was stuttering. When loading up a game it would start off fine but after about 20 seconds of moving around it would become quite stuttery and the camera movement felt like you were underwater, as though there was some resistance there.

Maybe graphics drivers then. The beta ones I've been getting from nVidia (via Windows Update) haven't always been an improvement on the previous one.

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The Running Man · 10 May 2009 at 11:59

how do you get a serial key for it?

Memphis · 10 May 2009 at 12:03

You read this thread.

TheSwede · 10 May 2009 at 12:05

If I am going to make a fresh installation of the RC version on the same partition I have the BETA version, should I first try and format the partition (which I have tried but it telling me its in use, so can't format it?!?) or can I just start the installation and when it tells me that it will create a folder called windows.old just continue and later just delete the windows.old folder.. would that work or should I do it some other way?!?

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated since I would love to have it all done before 3pm!

SexyGreyFox · 10 May 2009 at 12:06

Which is best to install on my Q6600 - 32bit or 64bit (fight)?
What would be the differences, if any?

TheSwede · 10 May 2009 at 12:07

Nickg said:
how do you get a serial key for it?

Here you go..

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14012783&postcount=586

Inazuma · 10 May 2009 at 12:07

64 bit obs. It's more efficient and allows you to use over 3GB ram.

The Running Man · 10 May 2009 at 12:07

Memphis said:
You read this thread.

30+pages mostly talking about something other than 7100?! its not that obvious i wouldnt have said, id did read the first few pgs...

Fire Wizard · 10 May 2009 at 12:07

TheSwede said:
If I am going to make a fresh installation of the RC version on the same partition I have the BETA version, should I first try and format the partition (which I have tried but it telling me its in use, so can't format it?!?) or can I just start the installation and when it tells me that it will create a folder called windows.old just continue and later just delete the windows.old folder.. would that work or should I do it some other way?!?

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated since I would love to have it all done before 3pm!

Are you trying to install the Windows 7 Release Candidate from within Windows?

TheSwede · 10 May 2009 at 12:10

Fire Wizard said:
Are you trying to install the Windows 7 Release Candidate from within Windows?

Nope, I restarted the computer with the disc and did it that way.. got as far as picking where to ahve it installed and when I choose the partition where I have the BETA version it told me that it contains windows drives (or something along those lines) and would create a windows.old folder.. I was not sure if I should proceed or not so aborted it..

mrochester · 10 May 2009 at 12:13

TheSwede said:
Nope, I restarted the computer with the disc and did it that way.. got as far as picking where to ahve it installed and when I choose the partition where I have the BETA version it told me that it contains windows drives (or something along those lines) and would create a windows.old folder.. I was not sure if I should proceed or not so aborted it..

Just format that partition and do a clean install.