Thinking of installing Win7 on my primary home PC, are there any compatibility issues with common applications?
Also, what about Media Center and xbox media sharing? Everything OK in these areas?
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mastermine
See.Hear.Frag
the only problem i have had is every time i minimize firefox windows live messenger opens i also do not like the way wlm works on 7
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magicalclick
remember the flow
Win7 is basically Vista. I have ran it for few months now. No problem for me. Using the same nVidia graphics driver on my GeForce8800. Vista Codec Pack Works. Counter Strike is working fine. Visual C# Express is working like a charm. Live Messenger seems to froze on me occationally, I am trying to use Compatibility Mode and see if it is ok. Besides, using Vista SP2 CMode gives me the system tray icon I wanted.
IE8 crashs more than IE7, but that's IE8 problem, not Win7. Paint .Net has an issue with combobox selection issue, but it could be application issue with high DPI setting rather than Win7. Running high DPI is still big pain in Win7. Not that I want to use it, but everything is so small without using high DPI.
I couldn't run PC Complete Backup, but this may be fixed on Win7 Beta. -
Minh
WOOH! WOOH!
I can't install VS 2008... Some blog post suggest that you install VS 2008 w/out SP1 first, then a hotfix for a VSTO component, then install VS 2008 SP1, but I haven't been able to. Definitely not ready for a development machine.magicalclick said:Win7 is basically Vista. I have ran it for few months now. No problem for me. Using the same nVidia graphics driver on my GeForce8800. Vista Codec Pack Works. Counter Strike is working fine. Visual C# Express is working like a charm. Live Messenger seems to froze on me occationally, I am trying to use Compatibility Mode and see if it is ok. Besides, using Vista SP2 CMode gives me the system tray icon I wanted.
IE8 crashs more than IE7, but that's IE8 problem, not Win7. Paint .Net has an issue with combobox selection issue, but it could be application issue with high DPI setting rather than Win7. Running high DPI is still big pain in Win7. Not that I want to use it, but everything is so small without using high DPI.
I couldn't run PC Complete Backup, but this may be fixed on Win7 Beta.
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sushovande
Smiley Face Sharp
VS 2008 installed fine here (though I installed it without the SP1 - downloading SP1 now)...Minh said:
I can't install VS 2008... Some blog post suggest that you install VS 2008 w/out SP1 first, then a hotfix for a VSTO component, then install VS 2008 SP1, but I haven't been able to. Definitely not ready for a development machine.magicalclick said:*snip*
I have had compat issues with McAfee VirusScan and Daemon Tools Lite - both of which Windows flagged as "Has compat issues - please don't use*" - so I stopped and looked for alternatives.
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magicalclick
remember the flow
Huh? I am using Express C# 2008 right now. I am using Pre-Alpha, not Beta though. And I am using WIn7 Update rather than a clean install since I am too lazy to install everything esle.
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No problems here yet, except that the newest ATI driver breaks Aero.
VS2008 installed fine for me as well as SP1. Even Office 2000 seems to be running fine. -
Sven Groot
Don't worry... I'm a doctor.
Visual Studio 2008 works fine here, with SP1.
The only two apps that don't work so far for me are Windows Live OneCare and Daemon Tools. -
Zeus
Why is the caption missing??
I can't for the life of me install VS08 on W7. I run the file, and I get a command window for a brief moment, then it closes and nothing more happens ... no error log, no nothingSven Groot said:Visual Studio 2008 works fine here, with SP1.
The only two apps that don't work so far for me are Windows Live OneCare and Daemon Tools.
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CKurt
while( ( !succeed=try() ) ) { }
My Fingerprint Device did work on vista but doesn't ook windows 7 (build into acer)Zeus said:
I can't for the life of me install VS08 on W7. I run the file, and I get a command window for a brief moment, then it closes and nothing more happens ... no error log, no nothingSven Groot said:*snip*
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Sven Groot said:
Visual Studio 2008 works fine here, with SP1.
The only two apps that don't work so far for me are Windows Live OneCare and Daemon Tools.poweriso works fine..
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vesuvius
Count Orlock
I've just used a second hard drive on my home pc, and use the main one for Visual Studio [hard drive that is].
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blowdart
Peek-a-boo
That's because there are new biometric bits. Do you know what type it is?CKurt said:
My Fingerprint Device did work on vista but doesn't ook windows 7 (build into acer)Zeus said:*snip*
If it's an Upek you can get beta bits from them
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I am running Win7 on my Home box, work box and laptop along with my home netbook.
Running SQL 2008 fine, VS2008 also fine. No driver issues other than having to download my netbooks wireless driver myself all other hardware (including fingerprint reader) have worked right from the install. Must just have got lucky with the hardware i have. (all Dell other than the netbook which is advent).
IE8 has been my biggest issue, i get 5 or 6 crashes a day.
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I can't get my Dell All-In-One Printer 922 to work. Windows 7 recognized it, and it's listed under printers. I made it my defaul printer, but when I go to print, nothing happens.AJHP said:I am running Win7 on my Home box, work box and laptop along with my home netbook.
Running SQL 2008 fine, VS2008 also fine. No driver issues other than having to download my netbooks wireless driver myself all other hardware (including fingerprint reader) have worked right from the install. Must just have got lucky with the hardware i have. (all Dell other than the netbook which is advent).
IE8 has been my biggest issue, i get 5 or 6 crashes a day.
Also, I was trying to webcam with someone, and couldn't get that to work...it just froze up. Don't know if it's a Windows 7 issue or the newer Windows Live Messenger 2009 issue. Using a Logitech QuickCam Communicate STX model webcam. I had previously downloaded WLM 2009 on my Vista machine, and it wasn't working on that either so I uninstalled it and went back to WLM 2008 for now on my main machine which is the Vista one. -
jamie
Niner since 2004
same here with hp all in one c4400. it prints but doesnt scanthebigdintx said:
I can't get my Dell All-In-One Printer 922 to work. Windows 7 recognized it, and it's listed under printers. I made it my defaul printer, but when I go to print, nothing happens.AJHP said:*snip*
Also, I was trying to webcam with someone, and couldn't get that to work...it just froze up. Don't know if it's a Windows 7 issue or the newer Windows Live Messenger 2009 issue. Using a Logitech QuickCam Communicate STX model webcam. I had previously downloaded WLM 2009 on my Vista machine, and it wasn't working on that either so I uninstalled it and went back to WLM 2008 for now on my main machine which is the Vista one.
tried re-installing ... this OS is not supported bla bla -
I installed Win 7 over the weekend. My first issue was that I had no sound (not suprising since it is a Creative sound card). I went to the Creative site and downloaded the latest Vista driver (no beta drivers for Win 7). Tried to install and it said that it was not a supported version of Windows. So I run the compatability troubleshooter (nice feature) and after that it ran fine. Sound now worked.
I installed Warhammer Online to test performance and it looked like the whole game was running in slow motion. I went to the NVidia site and installed their latest drivers (released Jan 8 and was actually Win 7 drivers. I was very suprised). After that Warhammer ran great. I still haven't tested printing yet with my HP printer so we shall see if I have any issues.
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My HP PSC1210 all-in-one prints. Haven't tried scanning yet.jamie said:
same here with hp all in one c4400. it prints but doesnt scanthebigdintx said:*snip*
tried re-installing ... this OS is not supported bla bla
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