Windows 7 RC - May 5th

Originally Posted by reghakr

Finally got it all to work.

Same as you whoosh, I had to use the older version of Virtual PC 2007.

The links on Microsoft site for the XP compatiablity mode and Virtual PC are identical...WTH Microsoft.

I seen on the Microsoft site, another link for Virtual PC SP1.

Not going to try that now.

Thanks for your help, but I'm going to be ouside working on my car....Will chechin later.

Yes strange that the offical site xp mode stuff caused a problem and the unofficial site stuff worked = wierd ?

Thanks Microsoft !! Nice eye candy

Another thing,

Since I was using the 32-bit edition, it saves the c:\Program Files\Program Files (x86) and the same old useless windows.old folder.

I only have 7.63 GB left from my C: partition which is 25GB in size.

I realize these can be savely deleted and the addition of those last two updates, but those "so called minimum requirements" for hard drive space is a total joke.

Not one 3rd-party app has been installed.

Originally Posted by reghakr

Another thing,

Since I was using the 32-bit edition, it saves the c:\Program Files\Program Files (x86) and the same old useless windows.old folder.

I only have 7.63 GB left from my C: partition which is 25GB in size.

I realize these can be savely deleted and the addition of those last two updates, but those "so called minimum requirements" for hard drive space is a total joke.

Not one 3rd-party app has been installed.

Wow ! That is maybe too small for the installation of windows 7 32X ? Not sure cause I would not even install on less then 100gig . Mybe its a space problem not sure this way = had a few drinks just seems a very small allotment for windows 7 /

I also found the minimum requirements to be pretty poorly constructed.. Hard Drive's are dirt cheap these days and abundant.. why don't they just state something like 100GB minimum and be done with it.. I mean really when you think about it.. someone who only has a 60GB hard drive.. when he installs Win 7 and applies all the updates and installs his regularly used apps.. he's gonna be left with 20Gb or less most likely.. throw that Windows.old foler in there and he's down another 8GB's or so.. So after all that he's lucky to have 10GB's of free space on his HDD and he'll end up with a poorly functioning OS due to the lack of HDD space..

I noticed both Vista and Win 7 don't work all that well when there's not much HDD space left.. So in my opinion Microsoft should be stepping up the minimum HDD space required in these specs..

Originally Posted by Radenight

I also found the minimum requirements to be pretty poorly constructed.. Hard Drive's are dirt cheap these days and abundant.. why don't they just state something like 100GB minimum and be done with it.. I mean really when you think about it.. someone who only has a 60GB hard drive.. when he installs Win 7 and applies all the updates and installs his regularly used apps.. he's gonna be left with 20Gb or less most likely.. throw that Windows.old foler in there and he's down another 8GB's or so.. So after all that he's lucky to have 10GB's of free space on his HDD and he'll end up with a poorly functioning OS due to the lack of HDD space..

I noticed both Vista and Win 7 don't work all that well when there's not much HDD space left.. So in my opinion Microsoft should be stepping up the minimum HDD space required in these specs..

Yeah all good ! Oops me the worst for wear ! Yes gotta say agree with Radenight = al;way do cos he is good
Dang me splendor is a bit the worst for wear = eek!

Okay I just finished installing Windows 7 RC, it went fairly smooth. The big surprise was I used Windows Easy Transfer to save my settings, files, pictures, bookmarks to a USB drive.....and it worked beautifully, the majority of my settings and misc stuff is now all on the new RC instalation, saving me many hours of work and grief.

You can find the Windows Easy Transfer tool in All Programs>Accesories>System Tools> Windows Easy Transfer.

Originally Posted by djwayne

Okay I just finished installing Windows 7 RC, it went fairly smooth. The big surprise was I used Windows Easy Transfer to save my settings, files, pictures, bookmarks to a USB drive.....and it worked beautifully, the majority of my settings and misc stuff is now all on the new RC instalation, saving me many hours of work and grief.

You can find the Windows Easy Transfer tool in All Programs>Accesories>System Tools> Windows Easy Transfer.

Good stuff n ty

Man come one Evenbalance, make a patch for Punkbuster already

Download went pretty quick for me, not going to bother installing x64, I trust the md5's from the earilier leak. x86 went nicely into VMWare Workstation though. Good work Microsoft.

Originally Posted by loathe

Man come one Evenbalance, make a patch for Punkbuster already

Download went pretty quick for me, not going to bother installing x64, I trust the md5's from the earilier leak. x86 went nicely into VMWare Workstation though. Good work Microsoft.

Erm yeah! Me off to sleep = lost the plot