Windows 7 Pro 64 bit Installed

Key Keeper · Post by **Key Keeper** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:12 pm

Not sure if anyone knows this, but nero 7.11 will install in win 7 and works perfect. Also, symantec Corp antivirus 10.298 for vista will also install nicely in 7 and uses very little resources. Here is the list of proggies Ive installed

OFFICE 07
BF2
FEAR 2
STEAM
WINRAR
VIRTUAL CLONE DRIVE
NERO 7.11
CLIVE BARKERS JERICHO
AUTOCAD 2009
CATIA R17
ADOBE CS3 MASTER COLECTION
DOOM 3 (LOVE THIS STUPID GAME)
CRYSIS
COD 4
BIOSHOCK
TOMB RAIDER UNDERWORLD
WINAMP
LSS (light scribe soft)

Theres probably a few others but those are the ones I use the most.

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:36 pm

Actually, that's good to know. I've pretty much assumed that if I can get it working on Vista (64bit), then it should be good on Win7.

LOL, you play DOOM 3. Despite all the bashing. It's hard to deny that it has ambiance.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:47 pm

I think Doom3 mods have even more ambiance... like the Doom2 mod for the Doom3 engine... ohh man!

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:02 pm

Funny, I never even checked for mods. May have to do that.

Mike89 · Post by **Mike89** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 3:14 pm

I've also found the transition to Windows 7 rather enjoyable. I was a diehard XP Pro user and skipped Vista completely. I decided to try Windows 7 to see if I was missing anything and get up with the times. I also decided that if I was going to switch the OS, I was also going to switch to 64 bit. I had pre-ordered that killer deal from Microsoft awhile back to get the Windows 7 Professional Upgrade Disk for half price ($99.00). When I got it, I took the plunge and installed it right away (at first I was planning to wait a bit, in case any bugs showed up from user input but lack of patience got the better of me).

I was apprehensive at first wondering which programs I was going to lose in the transition. I'm pretty set in the way I do things on my computer and didn't have anything that I really wanted to lose.

The clean install was easy and flawless. Printer and Lan drivers installed automatically so I was up and running with internet access right out of the gate. That was nice cause XP isn't that way.

Turns out all the programs I thought I was going to lose worked just fine. All my 50 or so games were on different hard drives and I only had to re-install about 3 or 4 of them. All the rest worked fine just by clicking on the game exe. Sweet and a nice benefit from not putting everything on one hard drive. I had Steam installed on a different hard drive so didn't even have to re-install it (or any of the Steam games).

I did lose one thing. I had a Leadtek USB2 TV Tuner that had served me well for a few years. It was discontinued a couple of years ago and there was no support for it now. A perfectly good piece of hardware was rendered worthless in Windows 7 cause of drivers/software incompatibility. I searched around for another TV Tuner (wanted to stay USB2) that would work in Windows 7 64 bit and found the Hauppage HVR-1950. I wanted to try Windows Media Center (had never used it before) so I just installed the TV Tuner's drivers and went to Media Center to see how it handled the Tuner. It set up the TV Tuner flawlessly and I really like the interface of the Windows Media Center.

So now I'm still tweaking and geeking around with this new OS, setting up things to my liking and learning more about it and what I can do. Still figuring out new things.

All in all, this OS is a keeper, I like it a lot. And this comes from an old fart who thought he was going to be using XP forever!

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 4:36 pm

Don't give up on that tuner just yet. I was actually able to get the sound card on my 10 year old laptop to work by forcing the Win98 drivers. So, if they have Vista or even XP drivers for it, it may yet work.

Mike89 · Post by **Mike89** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:39 pm

I had the latest drivers for the tuner and it was no go. There were never any 64 bit drivers for it. The only way it's going to work is in the off chance some generic drivers from a different card or different manufacturer worked.

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:53 am

Don't give up hope:
http://nafcom.blogspot.com/2006/03/chan ... v-usb.html

I'm not sure what model you have, but:
http://www.x64bitdownload.com/drivers/x ... 8-0-d.html

Err · Post by **Err** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:44 pm

I've been playing around with Virtual PC in Windows 7. I installed Windows 98SE and then Myst for win 95 in all its 640x480 256bit glory. It works very well. I'm going to try Riven next. It's been a very long time since I've played either. I'd forgotten how hard these games are.

Err · Post by **Err** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 2:30 pm

I have a Canon Cannoscan N1220U that I could never get to work in Vista due to Canon's lack of a 64 bit driver. I was able to install the scanner using the XP drivers in the Virtual XP mode in Windows 7 Pro. I didn't want to buy a new scanner because I rarely use the thing anymore. When I did need it when running Vista, I'd boot into XP. It's nice to not have to do that. The XP mode in 7 pro is very integrated. All I had to do is install the drivers, plug in the scanner and select USB "scanner name" attach from the virtual XP window. It works great.

So if you have any only USB devices that you still want to use, you'll probaly be able to use them.

I previously mentioned that my network adapter would disconnect and require a reset. It turns out this is a known driver issue with the NVidia 680i and 780i chipsets that was introduced with the 15.25 and later Nforce drivers. The possible fixes are to uninstall the ethernet drivers and let windows install it's own or disabling "Receive side scaling" on the adapter. I'm trying the later. More info here: http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=100637&st=60

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:18 pm

Seriously, you can do that. That totally made Win7 worth it over Vista right there. I originally thought the XP mode would be a neat feature that I wouldn't use, but if it's that integrated, than it rocks. I haven't even messed with it yet.

b-man1 · Post by **b-man1** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:30 pm

normalicy wrote:Seriously, you can do that. That totally made Win7 worth it over Vista right there. I originally thought the XP mode would be a neat feature that I wouldn't use, but if it's that integrated, than it rocks. I haven't even messed with it yet.

yup...the default for installed apps within XP mode is to "publish to the host", so W7 can run the virtualized app directly without launching a separate instance of XP.

i'm pretty sure this is just the beginning...eventually, every OS we run will be run on top of a hypervisor. all of the major players have versions of this out already for desktop use. the difficult part is getting good 3D performance...but it will happen. for business use, it will be great. you can give a user a single laptop, but with multiple virtual OSes on it...one locked down for business only, one "unsupported" one for personal, etc. the demos i've seen of these let you do something similar to alt-tab to switch between them as well.

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:54 pm

Sweet, I'm a bit surprised that it took this long to get to this.

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 4:31 am

Well crap, I finally took the plunge on my main computer & have Win7 up & running (no problems so far, but I run the newest software mostly.... well I still run a friggen old version of Winamp). However, I was all excited to try XP mode when I totally forgot to check if my processor was compatible. Oh sure, the E5400 is supported, but noooo, not the E5200. Oh well, I guess I'll get it working some day. I have a capture card that I have doubts about how it'll work in Win7, so I hope that I can get a new processor some time soon. It's a shame though, this one overclocked so well & has been nice & stable.