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Reply #26 January 12, 2009 10:11:59 PM
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I d/load at 25k max

Wow! And I thought I was getting shafted only getting around 260 out of their servers.

@pm1: Thanks for that tip, was wondering why I could only get one partition of one drive to show up right  .

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Reply #27 January 13, 2009 12:12:22 AM
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Well i finaly downloaded it (26 hours  )............. But it was a good thing i did download cos i'm having so much fun with it...   but i to was well impressed with how quick it was to install and with not one problem... Way to go microsoft.......
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Reply #28 January 13, 2009 1:01:07 AM
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It took me only 2 hours to get both 64 bit and 32 bit. I waited till night to do so, and it was worth it at 1.5-3 MBPS...

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Reply #29 January 13, 2009 1:06:59 AM
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Quoting DethAdder,
reply 1

I d/load at 25k max


Wow! And I thought I was getting shafted only getting around 260 out of their servers.

How!?!?!!?!? do bigpond now have a plan powered by NASA?

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Reply #30 January 13, 2009 1:22:22 AM
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I have the higher speed cable took less than an hour for both versions to download ...

i'm using 32-bit but downloaded the 64-bit too just incase i want to try it 

on one of my other computers ....... all is good so far much faster , but of course

haven't loaded up on stuff - I wonder how fast it will be when fully loaded with

lot's of stuff ? Start up and shutdown way faster  .... more to come ....

duel boot is great option - and it hasen't effected my Vista version at all ....

so far it just seems though like a more cleaned up and faster version of Vista .... 

some nice new features but I want the final release to have more ....

they probably could update Vista to do the same thing ... for less $$$

that's my take anyway .........  

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Reply #31 January 13, 2009 1:35:45 AM
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Windows 7 looks good, only issue I have is the Superbar kind of sucks. I like the idea on paper but in use it's a mess.

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Reply #32 January 13, 2009 4:00:05 AM
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Quoting Frogboy,
reply 6
Windows 7 looks good, only issue I have is the Superbar kind of sucks. I like the idea on paper but in use it's a mess.

So maybe Stardock could come up with something better?

Opportunities...

Opportunities.

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Reply #33 January 13, 2009 6:26:40 AM
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HOW Jafo!!?!?!?!!?!! I'm with them too, wtf is going on with them!! I d/load at 25k max

Depends on your plan/if you have exceeded your monthly limit... if you have then you've been slowed to dial up speeds until your account resets to the next billing period.

Not saying that is the case, but it's worth checking out... cos if not you need to have them check out your connection, etc.

After installing Win 7 on Sunday, then Firefox cos it's my preferred browser, I thought that it wasn't  running overly great, as compared to in Vista, and then it dawned on me that the 3.5 gig download may have taken me over the monthly limit. Sure enough, it had... but fortunately it reset yesterday and I'm back to 1500mbs Adsl again

Alternatively, TG, it could be that the folks at Bigpond have noticed all those pics of Hugh Jackman you've been downloading and cut back your speed to prevent at bottleneck in your area. 

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Reply #34 January 13, 2009 6:37:13 AM
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@pm1: Thanks for that tip, was wondering why I could only get one partition of one drive to show up right

I had only the drive with all my media file go MIA when I installed Win 7... took a little while to figure out why, but yeah, a look in 'Disk Management' revealed that a drive letter had not been assigned to that partition... just that one of 9, for some strange reason, but assigning it a letter quickly resolved it.

Also, for anyone who finds their PC frozen and can't wake normally after Win 7 goes into sleep, you will need to do a hard boot via the on/off button to reactivate it.  I have sent off a report to MS about this, so they are aware of it and a fix will be provided soon.

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Reply #35 January 13, 2009 8:06:42 AM
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I installed Windows 7 and no problems first day! Next day I loaded My Colors and one extra theme and cannot load explorer, open control panel, use snipping tool, some others. Acessories programs load and function but I cannot even open restore to previous time........... Any suggestions short of format and reload using my restore discs? (mitchell_emil@yahoo.com)

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Reply #36 January 13, 2009 9:30:53 AM
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I installed it on my unused 80GB hdd yesterday, and tried playing Crysis Warhead on it. Honestly, i don't see any difference in performance. It starts faster than the Vista i have as a primary OS, but that is propably caused by all the junk i have starting with Vista. W7 UI has some nice features, but nothing special. So far, i've seen nothing that would make me want to have W7 instead of Vista. The Hard drive i have W7 installed is slower than the drive i have Vista, and also has smaller cache, so that may have some effect on it's speed, though. I'll keep using it anyway, maybe i'll find something missed.

BTW, when running W7 i can't see the drive where i have Vista installed, but from Vista i can see and access the drive with W7. Does this happen to anyone else?

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Reply #37 January 13, 2009 9:55:06 AM
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BTW, when running W7 i can't see the drive where i have Vista installed, but from Vista i can see and access the drive with W7. Does this happen to anyone else?

See #34 above and #23 on page one... there are steps posted to remedy this situation.

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Reply #38 January 13, 2009 9:59:44 AM
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Quoting mitchellemil,
reply 10
I installed Windows 7 and no problems first day! Next day I loaded My Colors and one extra theme and cannot load explorer, open control panel, use snipping tool, some others. Acessories programs load and function but I cannot even open restore to previous time........... Any suggestions short of format and reload using my restore discs? (mitchell_emil@yahoo.com)

Have you tried booting into safe mode and uninstalling MyColors via Impulse or Control Panel>Programs and Features???

It might be worth a try if you haven't.

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Reply #39 January 13, 2009 3:14:14 PM
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I've got it up and running now... kind of nice. First impression? It's like a cross between Vista/XP/and a linux distro... mostly like PCLOS. I have to break it in a bit but it looks nice and responds pretty well too.

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Reply #40 January 13, 2009 4:13:35 PM
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THis thing is cool now thats its starting to take shape... although I see Bill installed his typical nannystatisms warning me of all potential hazards and assorted things that "require my attention"

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Reply #41 January 13, 2009 4:41:16 PM
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It may be a better OS but I suppose I'm wondering why no one but Brad had mentioned the 9 foot high taskbar

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Reply #42 January 13, 2009 4:49:13 PM
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BTW, when running W7 i can't see the drive where i have Vista installed, but from Vista i can see and access the drive with W7. Does this happen to anyone else?

I have a similar, but different problem. I wanted to install 7 as a dual boot with Vista onto a second drive already on my system. But when I try, 7 don't see that drive. It sees my C drive and my G drive (external) but not my F drive, internal.

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Reply #43 January 13, 2009 5:12:42 PM
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starkers, I'm on the unlimited plan, I don't think I downloaded 6 + gig pics of Hugh Jackman dat's Immy's man

Hey it's their modem, their plan, why have I only ever been able to d/l at 25k

It's a conspiracy.. you and Jafo are plugged into a satellite..or..something

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Reply #44 January 13, 2009 5:19:49 PM
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BTW, when running W7 i can't see the drive where i have Vista installed, but from Vista i can see and access the drive with W7. Does this happen to anyone else?
I have a similar, but different problem. I wanted to install 7 as a dual boot with Vista onto a second drive already on my system. But when I try, 7 don't see that drive. It sees my C drive and my G drive (external) but not my F drive, internal.
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Reply #45 January 13, 2009 5:20:57 PM
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I have a similar, but different problem. I wanted to install 7 as a dual boot with Vista onto a second drive already on my system. But when I try, 7 don't see that drive. It sees my C drive and my G drive (external) but not my F drive, internal.

Have you tried going into your disk management and checking if it shows up there? Win 7 seems to have an issue with assigning drive letters after the first two or three drives. After going into DM and assigning it a letter I could regain full access when i had that issue

 

ah Zubaz beat me to it , btw that is the post I saw as well but at Gc2 forums lol

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Reply #46 January 13, 2009 5:59:40 PM
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It may be a better OS but I suppose I'm wondering why no one but Brad had mentioned the 9 foot high taskbar
If you change the icons on the taskbar to small ones the Taskbar goes normal size....
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Reply #47 January 13, 2009 6:26:57 PM
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Have you tried going into your disk management and checking if it shows up there?

Been there, done that....

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Reply #48 January 13, 2009 6:29:15 PM
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If you change the icons on the taskbar to small ones the Taskbar goes normal size....

How do you do that?

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Reply #49 January 13, 2009 6:31:31 PM
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BTW, when running W7 i can't see the drive where i have Vista installed, but from Vista i can see and access the drive with W7. Does this happen to anyone else?

I have a similar, but different problem. I wanted to install 7 as a dual boot with Vista onto a second drive already on my system. But when I try, 7 don't see that drive. It sees my C drive and my G drive (external) but not my F drive, internal.

https://forums.wincustomize.com/336216

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Thanx Zub, but my problem is not seeing my Vista drive. 7 sees Vista and my external. But I want to install 7 onto a third drive that 7 installation does not see.

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Reply #50 January 13, 2009 7:16:27 PM
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If you change the icons on the taskbar to small ones the Taskbar goes normal size....

How do you do that?

Start menu, properties, in that window you will see it in there with a little tick box.

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