Windows 7 Beta 1 (build 7000) screenshots

csmager said:
Still couldn't give a stuff. Having important data and information in a Beta OS that's potentially unstable (i.e. using it 'in production') isn't really a good idea anyway. I couldn't care less about anything on mine.
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What if you are using two partitions ,one for say vista which has important info on and the other partition to install the windows 7 beta and lets say someone hacked in whilst you were online with windows 7 because you were using inept security, could they access the other partition that has important info on it.
 
For gamers : PunkBuster doesnt like 7. Keep getting kicked due to "unknown Windows API" aswell as "unknown software process" :(
 
gazzamcg said:
What if you are using two partitions ,one for say vista which has important info on and the other partition to install the windows 7 beta and lets say someone hacked in whilst you were online with windows 7 because you were using inept security, could they access the other partition that has important info on it.
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Possibly, but I don't. There's nowt on the PC but 7. I use my laptop for everything else.

I don't really see why everyone's so paranoid. It's not really similar to leaving your door open - if you do that, the chances are you're going to get robbed. If you use a bit of common sense on a pc, you're not going to get infected by viruses. A few people on these boards don't even use AV software. In all the years I've been using PCs, I've never managed to infect my pc (according to my AV, anyway!). If you're behind even something as simple as a NAT router, anything you get is more than likely going to have been caused by you downloading or running something dodgy.

Even if my normal PC ever was infected, I can't think of a single piece of data I have on my network that would be of any interest or benefit to anyone - it's not as if I save my credit card details in a text file. They're welcome to my music, videos, old uni or schoolwork and my emails if they're really that fascinating. The only thing that would bother me would be destroying my data - and for a virus writer, I can't see that helps them achieve anything (unless they're just being anarchical). I'd imagine phishing is a much more rewarding.

If you had anything remotely important (you run a business, for example), I don't think I'd be entrusting a Windows Beta on the same PC that I needed to earn a living.
 
I also just don't see the point AV in general on Vista/7 when UAC and Windows Update provides all the security you could ever need...

If you still manage to get infected then you're doing something seriously wrong.

Software firewalls have been pointless for donkeys years as well. Pretty much as soon as everyone started using Broadband Routers (i.e. NAT) was the day that the software firewall became obsolete and completely pointless. So they still offer "outbound protection", yes, but isn't that something that the so-called AV should be covering anyway? And something that is also superfluous on a Vista/7 machine with UAC.

Software firewalls are still useful in some situations though, like say a laptop user that plugs into lots of different networks. But Windows has a perfectly good firewall for this task. No need to use some third party crap that infects your PC with slow network hook drivers and "do you want to allow this?" popups galore.
 
twoblacklines said:
For gamers : PunkBuster doesnt like 7. Keep getting kicked due to "unknown Windows API" aswell as "unknown software process" :(
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sunderland said:
as soon as i say punkbuster is ok it does it to me aswell,hope its just punkbuster
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TBH it was the same with XP x64 and beta versions of Vista. PunkBuster and some other developers, Daemon Tools is another example, say they won't add official support while the OS is still in beta.

I guess from a developer point of view it might not be an effective use of resources when changes during the beta could render their work useless, and when the user base for the beta OS is so small.
 
csmager said:
Still couldn't give a stuff. Having important data and information in a Beta OS that's potentially unstable (i.e. using it 'in production') isn't really a good idea anyway. I couldn't care less about anything on mine.
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its backups that make it i think nearly everyone on this forum backs up ...o r shud!!, to test windows 7 most redmond employees will be fed it!! so they will more than likely be backing up....a lot!
 
Been using this for a few days now, I quite like it. But I think I will be sticking with Vista x64 for the moment as I feel its still a lot faster for me, I'm still not sure about the new taskbar though.

Overall I think that it will shape into a good OS, better than Vista was when it was first released :).
 
You can download it officially from MS today, tomorrow or wednesday, so wait for that. The x64 build should be available then aswell.

I love the new task bar, I noticed someone saying something about the windows start menu icon being to big. I'm running 6956 and it doesn't look anything like in the screenshots the guy with 7000 is showing. It's much smaller.
 
Tried win7 32bit b7000 for a day:
*x-fi extreme gamer installed using vista compatibility
*dreamscene hack works but dodgy fonts on desktop & buggy
*wmp buggy/freezes
*wmc now supports hd codecs & ac3 5:1 but still not use actual folders in music library
*belkin wifi card wont install
*installing super-antivirus kills windows with an instant bsod & recurring bsods
*some virus monitors wont work

Still using Windows 7 64bit b6801:
*this build still uses old vista start-bar
*feels more like vista but I now have 4gig ram :)

Waiting for Windows 7 64bit build 7000...
 
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