Windows 7 Impressions

Raymond Lin · 20 Jan 2009 at 00:39

MouseMat2004 said:
WEP is working fine for me.... I'm happily connecting to my WEP network.

works here too.

something daft already!! · 20 Jan 2009 at 00:45

Enjoying using the OS. Actually do pefer using to Vista. Have had a couple of blips though. I dont like the way you can not customise the launch properties of a game in Games Explorer, or change it's Icon. During AVI play back I have had a few total locks and had to hard reset. This was using both WMC and WMP. I do find windows error reporting nicking loads of bandwith and killing the internet. Release/renew clears that. Love the changing backgounds and getting used to the task bar now. Hope I can get the RC's when they come out.

Dinkas · 20 Jan 2009 at 00:49

LoadsaMoney said:
Anybody had any probs with the installers not working, im trying to install Steam after doing a reinstall of 7, but when i set it away, i keep getting something about the installer not working properly, and do i want to let MS know, yet i got it installed on here fine before.

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/...rer-stopped-working-and-restart-in-windows-7/

I had an issue with "Windows Explorer has stopped working" when running Windows Update. I found the above link which also mentions something about MSI installer too. The registry fix provided on that page seems to have done the trick for me

MouseMat2004 · 20 Jan 2009 at 06:58

I dont know if its been posted already but here is a clean way to enable Windows Gadgets if you have UAC diabled: http://chris123nt.com/2009/01/19/fix-windows-7-sidebar-with-uac-off/ simply involves a quick reg edit. Worked fine for me straight away.

uv · 20 Jan 2009 at 11:37

Ah well.. I've gone back to Vista for now.

win7 has got oodles of potential, but the lock-ups, installer issues and dodgy video rendering render the OS largely unusable. I know it's for beta testing, but it's hard to test an OS that stops responding half the time, and fails to install applications the other half :/

I'll give it another go in beta2

deadite66 · 20 Jan 2009 at 11:48

any people tried both x86 and x64?
x86 is more stable for me, same as vista x86 shame a have to loose 700MB ram though but random blue screens were too much.

JRS · 20 Jan 2009 at 11:49

uvmain said:
and fails to install applications the other half :/

Did you try the fix that the Action Centre throws at you when an installer stops working? Fixed my machine so Office could install (haven't installed anything else yet, hardware issues with my DVD drive right now!).

mr.sly · 20 Jan 2009 at 14:00

JRS said:
Did you try the fix that the Action Centre throws at you when an installer stops working? Fixed my machine so Office could install (haven't installed anything else yet, hardware issues with my DVD drive right now!).

Incase people haven't seen the message but want to try it...

An issue with the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) client in Windows 7 beta is causing Explorer and some MSI-based installers to stop working properly.

1) Click the Start button , click All Programs, and then click Accessories.

2) Right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator. In the User Account Control window, verify that Program name is Windows Command Processor, and then click Yes.

3) In the Administrator: Command Prompt window, type or paste the following text at the prompt:

reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SQMClient\Windows\DisabledSessions /va /f

4) Press Enter to install the solution.

5) If The operation completed successfully displays, close the Administrator: Command Prompt window to complete this procedure. If "ERROR: Access is denied" displays, repeat this procedure from the top, making sure you clicked Run as administrator in step two.

Tomc@T · 20 Jan 2009 at 14:06

MouseMat2004 said:
I dont know if its been posted already but here is a clean way to enable Windows Gadgets if you have UAC diabled: http://chris123nt.com/2009/01/19/fix-windows-7-sidebar-with-uac-off/ simply involves a quick reg edit. Worked fine for me straight away.

Great find mate, I had found that the gadgets did not work with UAC switched off, but the solution I found involved using some Vista files and I was not going down that road!

Will try it out.

Thanks again.

uv · 20 Jan 2009 at 18:02

JRS said:
Did you try the fix that the Action Centre throws at you when an installer stops working?.

Ah, that did the trick

Now to find a cure for the lockups, and it's a usable OS again

Neil79 · 20 Jan 2009 at 18:13

mr.sly said:
Incase people haven't seen the message but want to try it...

Yep that helped me fix the Cuesplitter not installing problem , good fix

LoadsaMoney · 20 Jan 2009 at 22:58

Anyone any ideas as to why i can't get 5.1 out of games, i get no sound out of my rear speakers at all, yet i ive configured the sound settings to 5.1, and also done the test which plays the sound out of each speaker in turn, so i know its not that.

Fire Wizard · 21 Jan 2009 at 00:16

Hi MouseMat2004, may I ask why you have disabled User Account Control? Not that it bothers me personally, I'm just curious that's all.

fail at the internets · 21 Jan 2009 at 01:08

Finally got round to installing 7. Love it so far everythings working

MouseMat2004 · 21 Jan 2009 at 06:55

Fire Wizard said:
Hi MouseMat2004, may I ask why you have disabled User Account Control? Not that it bothers me personally, I'm just curious that's all.

Program I use A1CTL on my Acer One that displays CPU temp and most importantly controls the fans doesnt work with UAC. I wouldnt had disabled it else.

Fire Wizard · 21 Jan 2009 at 07:53

MouseMat2004 said:
Program I use A1CTL on my Acer One that displays CPU temp and most importantly controls the fans doesnt work with UAC. I wouldnt had disabled it else.

Hi MouseMat2004, what do you mean A1CTL doesn't work with User Account Control? What happens when you go to launch the program when UAC is enabled?

Alex R · 21 Jan 2009 at 09:16

howiepoohs said:
....I do find windows error reporting nicking loads of bandwith and killing the internet. Release/renew clears that.

I'm having several internet slow downs as well. Figured it might be with W7 tlaking to the mothership. Is there any way of disabling this? Not that I don't want to report errors, just so that I can get a normal experience on the net. I'll report errors manually.

Although, many of the slow-downs seem to originate from this website. Anyone else experiencing really slow access to this forum?

bledd · 21 Jan 2009 at 12:31

Fire Wizard, some things simply do not work with UAC enabled (because of the way the software was written)

snakeater · 21 Jan 2009 at 19:11

I'm actually massively impressed with the performance of 7; shoved it on my parents old pc (AMD3400 + 9800 Pro; epic) and it runs with everything turned on at a decent rate. Totally usable.

Grabbing another terabyte hard drive soon to shove a copy on for myself.

chad · 21 Jan 2009 at 20:48

Any good ip blockers for win 7?