*Official * Windows 7 Thread
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jashsayani
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Windows 7 with XP/Vista, Dual-boot tutorial: http://www.jashsayani.com/dual-boot-windows-7-with-current-windows/
Hope its helpful!
Hope its helpful!
You can install without a key and re arm the eval period, but since it's so easy to get a key, you may as well activate it.
Irishwhistle
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Agreed... it makes it good till August, so why not?
is it till august? i didnt know that,but its not going to be good for daily use yet though because theres no drivers out for GFX or chipset drivers so games wont play very well.
thats why ive dual booted with Xp pro.
Irishwhistle
New Member
Windows 7 automatically recognized my 9800GT and installed a set of Nvidia drivers. I'm not sure if they're the latest though. In fact, I didn't have to install any hardware drivers. Not even my printer.
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It seems like wifi drivers don't work either... I managed to get a driver installed for my PCI wireless card, it now recognizes it, but will not connect to networks. And it lags horribly for no reason. If I hook it up via Ethernet, will it find drivers online and start working?
Is it even worth all the troubleshooting to get it running? Anyone have it operational yet?
Is it even worth all the troubleshooting to get it running? Anyone have it operational yet?
Michael
Active Member
It's a Beta, not a fully operational replacement for your current OS.
That said, of course it's worth it to get it running, how else would you figure out what needs to be done for it to work on your specific machine and report that back to Microsoft??
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On another note, I went directly to the Windows 7 homepage, clicked the download link, signed in and it gave me a key
-Michael
It's a Beta, not a fully operational replacement for your current OS.
That said, of course it's worth it to get it running, how else would you figure out what needs to be done for it to work on your specific machine and report that back to Microsoft??
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On another note, I went directly to the Windows 7 homepage, clicked the download link, signed in and it gave me a key
-Michael
I had to verify my email first, but yeah, getting a key is easy.
Its a major pain to hook my computer up via ethernet because I have to unplug everything, move it to the office, replug, hope it works with the monitor in the office, if not, bring in mine, etc.
BEFORE I do this, has anyone gotten it fully operational (w/ wifi), and without any major issues?
@Mep: how do I do compatibility mode?
Right click on the INF or EXE file and select "Troubleshoot Compatibility." From there, you should be able to figure it out.
SIMP
Member
I installed it on my Toshiba laptop and it contained all drivers for the hardware. It did grab a few updates for them when I ran the Windows Update.
I changed my date to 8/1/09 to see what happened and a water mark appeared under the beta build number saying that the version of windows was not genuine.
I changed my date to 8/1/09 to see what happened and a water mark appeared under the beta build number saying that the version of windows was not genuine.
Michael
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Geoff
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Try reformatting the hard drive, then boot from the Windows 7 DVD again and make sure that you are installing it on the freshly formatted partition, since some laptops come with extra partitions for restore purposes and such.
I installed the 64 bit version just now and it found my network and bluetooth devices and installed the drivers, Windows Update also had drivers for my video card so I could actually use it at the native resolution.