Win 7 RC confirmed
 

Got an e-mail from MS (finally):

Hmmmmm. Makes it very interesting. I might have to give it a try:D

What is the time limit/expiry on this once installed?:hmmm:

Always a good question. It was months with Vista though.

Vista is still in beta....no wait. :shifty:

:rotfl:June 1st, 2010 and bi-hourly shutdowns will begin on March 1, 2010. Whatever that means. :06:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/donna/archiv...ta-and-rc.aspx

:haha:

I believe Bi-hourly shutdowns means that if run the OS it'll shutdown every 2 hours.

Atleast thats how it looks. Kinda like the N64 used to do in toys r us, you'd only get to play for 10 minutes before it restarted.

Well that would be anoying, to say the least. If they're gonna be like that about it, why not just have it expire March 1st? Epople at MS make no sense. :nope:

Oh well, if it means I can put off forking over cash for another year it's not so bad I guess. Wonder if they'll give me a discount for testing. :D

I have heard of Beta testers getting the OS for free. Lets face it, you used your hardward on potentially destructive OS programs. You should get something for sticking your hard drive out.

Typically a virus :nope:.

The Win7 beta FAQ specifically states you don't get a free copy. :(

Although I think I read somewhere you could get a free copy of Vista if you signed up for some program, see if I can find it...

Ah, here it is:
* PS: RC is up. :yeah:

Keep that hard drive covered:har:

:yep:

Well--I've decided (finally) to build my next system and I think I'll try using RC 7 for its OS. It should prove to be interesting... I wonder if it'll handle Rise of Flight :hmmm:? I'm pretty sure my new system will!!!

Ordering of parts begins tomorrow :woot:! The only parts I've really nailed down so far is AMD Deneb 940 CPU and my, already purchased EVGA 9800GTX. Gigabyte is in the lead for MBD although I haven't completely made up my mind yet.

I look forward to seeing what I can squeeze out of Windows 7 with 4 cores.

Installed Win7 RC on a friends PC yesterday: 1,8GHZ P4 with 512MB RDRAM and Radeon 9250 graphics card. Ran fine. :yep:

No aero offcourse, but it worked, smoother than XP (think 34 processes right after install). Only problem was not being able to get online because no driver was installed for NIC. I don't know whether this was because of Win7 still being in test-version, or the antique components in that PC not being supported anymore. Actually this applies to more components, such as sound cards.


Word of advice: ;)

If you plan on putting this on your primary and perhaps only PC, collect all the drivers you need after intalling Win7 beforehand.

That's good advice :up:!!! From what I've heard and read, 7 is better about finding hardware than Vista was when released (had nightmares 'o plenty with that)! Once I figure out what hardware I'm going to have I'll start collecting drivers on my flash drive.

The drivers that come on the DVD are limited and when it finally hits the stores there will likely be more.

The main thing tho is for petes sakes PLEASE have drivers for your network card ready. Everything else is not important because most of them will come back once windows update installs the drivers for them if the hardware maker allowed them to do so.

I look forward to upgrading (Using 7 build 7000 right now) Just got to get my stuff backed up first.

Pleased to report the refresh issue with CRT monitor is fixed (wouldn't go above 60). Also, the "open submenus when I pause on them with the cursor" option now works. Haven't had time to explore any further, but it seems they paid close attention to feedback. :up:

Well, I did it. Borked my first install.

Was messing around with getting 70hz in games, when my CRT went black. Everytime the NVIDIA drivers loaded, the screen would go black. Uninstalled drivers, reinstalled, uninstalled again, tryed different drivers, nothing worked. Thank god I have LCD for secondary, but that didn't help me either; yes I could see what I was doing but the CRT wouldn't work anymore. Everytime I hooked both screens up, both would go black. Tried going online to look for solution... to find out I was suddenly and mysteriously disconnected, no way to repair connection. :o

Oh, and Comodo kept giving an error when trying to update, so I tried uninstall, which caused BSOD (1st one ever). :-?

Now on my 2nd install, let's see if this one holds out for more than 24hrs. :doh:

I think beta was more stable :yep: Good run, but they fumbled 1 yard short of the end zone. :shifty:

Which series of Nvidia's drivers are you using (8xxx, 9xxx, etc)? Do you think the problem might be caused by having different refresh rates for different monitors? Odd that video crossed over to your network (nVidia network software?).

I hope you don't mind me asking questions. I'm just being selfish and hoping to avoid my own "challenges" by capitalizing on your frustration :03:! I'm taking my time with my own new build so it'll probable be a week-month till I actually fire my new gear. Case and PWS on the way now though (Antec 900 and Corsair 650W (Seasonic was just too expensive)).

Good Luck with your RC tribulations...:salute: