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#39181 10-Aug-2009 17:47
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Just finish download the final release of windows 7 of msdn, going to give it a try tonight.....

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  #245065 11-Aug-2009 08:41
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I dont expect much difference from the RC myself.... Im actually downgrading back to XP for a while. I like Win7 but for some reason, games suffer badly in it. (Medium gamer)

Counterstrike Source stutters (tried it on 5 diff machines at a LAN and all had same problem), CoD4 has similar issue but not as noticeable, Grid runs a lot slower...... maybe once official and well tested video drivers appear Ill try again but not for at least 6 months.




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  #245084 11-Aug-2009 09:20
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Yep. Downloaded from MSDN over the weekend and installed yesterday on my new laptop. I've received a HP dv6 with Windows Vista so I upgraded to SP2 and waited for a week for the RTM to be on MSDN - didn't want to install RC for just one week.

I've done an in-place upgrade, and it's working on Windows 7 RTM now. It took some time, not as fast as a fresh install, but seeing this is a brand new system I decided to give it a go.

My Media Center will be running RC until it expires then I will update it to RTM too.





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  #245090 11-Aug-2009 09:32
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Is anyone able to run thinstalled apps in the RTM? They kept crashing at load in the RC.



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  #245091 11-Aug-2009 09:37
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d3Xt3r: Is anyone able to run thinstalled apps in the RTM? They kept crashing at load in the RC.


Very interesting concept - perhaps deservers its own thread. I can then ask some questions there about it.




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  #245107 11-Aug-2009 10:00
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freitasm:
d3Xt3r: Is anyone able to run thinstalled apps in the RTM? They kept crashing at load in the RC.


Very interesting concept - perhaps deservers its own thread. I can then ask some questions there about it.

Thinapp, or the fact that thinstalled apps crash in Win 7? :)

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  #245119 11-Aug-2009 10:50
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I performed an inplace upgrade of my vista SP2 yesterday - 3 hours later my domain connected machine was up and running, so painless it hurt!

I did have to remove my copy of "Sandboxie" so I wonder if there is an issue with "application virtualisation"?

Off to find the latest version of Trend AV...

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  #245121 11-Aug-2009 11:01
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d3Xt3r:
freitasm:
d3Xt3r: Is anyone able to run thinstalled apps in the RTM? They kept crashing at load in the RC.


Very interesting concept - perhaps deservers its own thread. I can then ask some questions there about it.

Thinapp, or the fact that thinstalled apps crash in Win 7? :)


Both.




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  #245157 11-Aug-2009 12:13
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installed fresh copy it feels good, well much better then the old vista, all my drivers are working except the wireless but able to find the right drivers for it, its all working fine now

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  #245169 11-Aug-2009 12:35
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i find with 7 that all my games with starforce cd protection wont let me in :(
and Cod 4 on a punkbuster server kicks me out after 5 mins.
hopefully there will be some releses of patches soon.

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#245185 11-Aug-2009 14:08
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The only issue I have had is a bluescreen when moving files over the network - problem was caused by Symantec Endpoint Protection. Uninstalled and no more bluescreens - will try AVG tonight.

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  #245199 11-Aug-2009 14:29
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Everything's working well for me so far (64-bit version). Windows Update was champing at the bit as soon as I installed it, which made me laugh.

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  #245201 11-Aug-2009 14:35
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Behodar: Everything's working well for me so far (64-bit version). Windows Update was champing at the bit as soon as I installed it, which made me laugh.



haha agree with you on the update thing, soon as its installed update kicks in, then around 3am it kicked in again, must be lots of updates ah... hard working microsoft..... 

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  #246966 15-Aug-2009 15:36
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I have Windows 7 RTM x64 up and running with Office 2010 Tech Preview. Blogged my experiences so far and it is a big step forward. I think the guys at Microsoft have really done some good work. Can't say I tear in my eye when I removed Vista...

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  #246985 15-Aug-2009 16:54
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Server 2008 R2 is on MSDN now too.

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  #246990 15-Aug-2009 17:19
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Yep, and I will download it soon to start testing against Geekzone...




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