Windows 7 News

Fincuan · 03-15-09, 07:49 PM

Thanks for posting. Being a beta user of W7 my first though was "Oh crap", but turns out beta users need not to worry:

"Beta version users who might have fears that their beta versions run out will have the opportunity to upgrade to the Windows 7 Release Candidate which - most likely - will not expire before the official release of the final version of Windows 7. It is however not sure at this point if the release candidate of Windows 7 will be made available publicly or only to the beta testers."

FIREWALL · 03-15-09, 08:21 PM

How do I get the W7 beta ?

longam · 03-15-09, 08:52 PM

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/e.../dd353205.aspx

Arclight · 03-15-09, 09:21 PM

What I don't understand is why Windows 7 won't let me select 1280x960 resolution; would be the correct 4:3 res for an old CRT monitor, right? Also doesn't let me select Hz; just "hardware default", which leeds to one of my monitors not working (thing reports 72Hz at 1280*960, but is only capable of 70Hz at that res.

). Seems a rather basic piece of hardware support, wouldn't you say?

Apart from that, it's great. Runs on pretty much the same amount of resources as XP (far from the hog Vista is), and I even installed the onboard LAN with XP drivers (compatibility mode) because there are no Vista ones. Works Great.

Running on old AMD Athlon 2GHz with 1GB DDR, IDE drives and Radeon HD2600 AGP. Faster then XP.

After skipping on Vista (not just because of all the crap people said about it), I'm actually looking forward to this one.

AVGWarhawk · 03-16-09, 09:42 AM

Vista is not scary. Two years ago it was horrid

from the looks of it. So, we keep an eye on this OS and see where it takes us.

Until then, I'm enjoying Vista.

SteveW1 · 03-17-09, 03:57 AM

I've just installed the 7057 build of Win 7 beta and I gotta say the networking changes they have made between build 7000 to 7057 really

it's taken me 3 days of tearing my hair out frustration to get Win 7 to see my wifes Win Xp Pro computer, what ever M$ did they really screwed up on the changes. They have implemented a new thing called Homegroups but that can only be used between Win 7 Computers, if you go through the normal process of trying to set up a network with a XP machine on it forget about it you can ping the machine but not see it.

Other than that I finally have SH3 running on Win 7 after finding a Budget version of SH3 with no Starforce protection.

Steve

AVGWarhawk · 03-17-09, 07:22 AM

Windows 7 will certainly have it's trials and tribulation Steve. Concerning Windows, if it every went smoothly on the very first install we would not know what to do with ourselves.

03-15-09, 08:21 PM	#2
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	How do I get the W7 beta ? __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

03-15-09, 09:21 PM	#4
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	What I don't understand is why Windows 7 won't let me select 1280x960 resolution; would be the correct 4:3 res for an old CRT monitor, right? Also doesn't let me select Hz; just "hardware default", which leeds to one of my monitors not working (thing reports 72Hz at 1280960, but is only capable of 70Hz at that res. ). Seems a rather basic piece of hardware support, wouldn't you say? Apart from that, it's great. Runs on pretty much the same amount of resources as XP (far from the hog Vista is), and I even installed the onboard LAN with XP drivers (compatibility mode) because there are no Vista ones. Works Great. Running on old AMD Athlon 2GHz with 1GB DDR, IDE drives and Radeon HD2600 AGP. Faster then XP. After skipping on Vista (not just because of all the crap people said about it), I'm actually looking forward to this one. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.*

03-16-09, 09:42 AM	#5
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Vista is not scary. Two years ago it was horrid from the looks of it. So, we keep an eye on this OS and see where it takes us. Until then, I'm enjoying Vista. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

03-17-09, 03:57 AM	#6
SteveW1 Watch Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 331 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	I've just installed the 7057 build of Win 7 beta and I gotta say the networking changes they have made between build 7000 to 7057 really it's taken me 3 days of tearing my hair out frustration to get Win 7 to see my wifes Win Xp Pro computer, what ever M$ did they really screwed up on the changes. They have implemented a new thing called Homegroups but that can only be used between Win 7 Computers, if you go through the normal process of trying to set up a network with a XP machine on it forget about it you can ping the machine but not see it. Other than that I finally have SH3 running on Win 7 after finding a Budget version of SH3 with no Starforce protection. Steve __________________

03-17-09, 07:22 AM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Windows 7 will certainly have it's trials and tribulation Steve. Concerning Windows, if it every went smoothly on the very first install we would not know what to do with ourselves. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

03-15-09, 07:49 PM	#1
Fincuan Admiral Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Suomi, sauna, puukko, perkele Posts: 2,346 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Thanks for posting. Being a beta user of W7 my first though was "Oh crap", but turns out beta users need not to worry: "Beta version users who might have fears that their beta versions run out will have the opportunity to upgrade to the Windows 7 Release Candidate which - most likely - will not expire before the official release of the final version of Windows 7. It is however not sure at this point if the release candidate of Windows 7 will be made available publicly or only to the beta testers."

03-15-09, 08:52 PM	#3
longam Admiral Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,014 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/e.../dd353205.aspx