Windows 7 Beta

[Ahmed047]

even viruses have compatibility issues.

I am using Windows 7 beta for 3 weeks now & i can till the following :
1- it is very stable you can use it as your main os
2- there is a problem with mp3 files but microsoft released a patch for it named kb961367
3-daemon tool is not working but if you want a iso program power iso work great
4- both office 2003 & 2007 work great
5- adobe acrobat pro extended 9 work great
6- photoshop cs work great (the only photoshop i tried)
7- k lite codec work great (latest version)
8- firefox no problem
9- kaspersky 2009 no problem
10- few network issues but rare ,& can be solved by disable then enable your network adapter

it is a very good beta , waiting for RTM .

[clocker]

Anyone tried to install Acronis True Image on this OS yet?
I get an "installer stopped working" error every time.

Tried in compatibility mode for Vista and XP SP2.

[Ahmed047]

Anyone tried to install Acronis True Image on this OS yet?
I get an "installer stopped working" error every time.

Tried in compatibility mode for Vista and XP SP2.

I have this problem too ,any one have the answer ???

[7th]

I got a key from microsoft to use the the 7 beta but I'm not convinced about it yet =(

I'm quite happy with my Vista Ultimate... Works smooth here, without problems...

What do you think? Better give it a try? The problem is that I don't have a backup PC for tests =/

[kaiweiler]

I got my key from Microsoft today, so went for the install.
Got my 750gb cleaned off so I figured I would just put it on that and switch drives via BIOS when I want to use Vista Ultimate...
Got this damn error even after several formats and partition creating, blah blah blah



What gives?


EDIT fixed, just had to unplug my raid array and change my SATA settings from Raid to AHCI. Simple enough, but I'm tired so don't laugh :/

[Frankthetank1]

I hear punkbuster and win7 dont jive so if you play a game that uses punkbuster dont upgrade to win7 just yet.

[SonsOfLiberty]

Not sure where to put this, but seems ok, since it's about Windows 7.

Windows.Seven.XP.VS.Incl.Superbar-WiNDOWSX

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE UXTHEME MULTI-PATCHER APPLIED. IF NOT, THIS THEME WILL NOT WORK ON 
YOUR SYSTEM

UXTHEME Patch included just incase you DO NOT have it.


---Windows Seven-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Windows 7 Beta 1 build 7000 was leaked as usual and I've got chance to toy around with 
it for a while. Well, Superbar UI is kinda slim and doesn't take space for each taskbar 
item so I decided to make some ports to Windows XP visual style based on Windows Vista's 
Aero visual style.

This is demonstration version for testing only so I'll include only one theme called Aero 
which is ported Windows Aero view with default shellstyle mode. If this theme rocks, I'll 
do basic and more ports (maybe Seven Transformation Pack if there's enough demand).

To activate Superbar, double click on "setup.reg" file and click Yes -> OK. If you want 
to restore to default settings, double click on "restore.reg" file and click Yes -> OK. 
You need to restart or logoff and logon again to make changes.


http://www.windowsxlive.net

[email protected]

---Windows Seven-------------------------------------------------------------------------


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Last update 04/01/2009


Version 1.0
-Initial Release

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Download Windows.Seven.XP.VS.Incl.Superbar-WiNDOWSX

NJOY! :thumbup2:

[Z00]

good work man

[royalshape]

I'll write a little review of my experience.

I'm using Windows 7 as my main OS, and I'm not woring about my data, because all important things are stored on drive D:.

Apparently W7 is very fast and it has some things that make everyday use real easier. As NEVER before, I'm excited about a new coming version of Windows. I just can't wait for it to be released.

Really, Microsoft this time seems to be doing a good work.

I only miss one thing cut out from Vista, which is the rating system INSIDE the image viewer and the file filter from windows explorer. Nothing else I miss.

As I said, apparently W7 runs faster. HOWEVER all results and scores from Everest benchmark except one (called PhotoWorks or something like this) are worse in W7 and very similar to Vista scores. The difference in pontuation is at max at about 5% worse. Photoworks got 2% better.

Indeed, this results show little difference in everyday use. And I know, Everest benchmark is not a very comprehensive test.

In AquaMark I see a more pronounced change.

My humble notebook (Acer 3100, semprom 3400+, 2.5GB, radeon xpress 1100) scored in
XP: 11,946;
Vista: 11,089;
W7: 10,096, which means 18% less than XP. It's a great disadvantage.

I used the program called AMD Fusion that promisses increase graphics performance by unabling some unuseful fancy things in windows, and the score got 10,935. It really did its job!

I didn't use Amd Fusion on XP or Vista.

After all I'm still very excited about the new windows, and I hope it really comes out in Summer!

[clocker]

Anyone tried to install Acronis True Image on this OS yet?
I get an "installer stopped working" error every time.

Tried in compatibility mode for Vista and XP SP2.

I have this problem too ,any one have the answer ???

Got it.
Acronis True Image 11 build .8101 works in Win7 x64 (so I'll assume it works in 32 bit as well).

Run in Vista compatibility mode with administrator rights.