Posts filed under win 7
Hack to In-Place “Downgrade” from Windows 7 Ultimate or Professional to Less Premium Editions
stumbled across this “duh” of a hack to allow up/downgrading (depending on your perspective) of a more premium version of windows 7 to a less premium version. why would you do this? if you were running a beta or rc version of windows 7 you can “upgrade” to a retail edition without wiping the system. meaning those win 7 home upgrade dvds i pre-ordered for $50 when i decided to go legit with windows 7 in the summer won’t a) go to waste or b) require me to wipe both systems, install XP or Vista, then upgrade to windows 7…. { read more }
how windows 7 will sell more by being free
windows 7 ships on october 26. when that day comes, you’ll start to see (if you haven’t already) a lot of reviews. i’m guessing most of them will be very positive. here’s the thing: windows 7 is a very good operating system. it’s generations better than previous versions of windows and will definitely give OSX a run for its money. there are new innovations in win 7 — actual, useful innovations in how to manage your windows, shortcuts, and desktop. stunning new visual effects that put earlier versions of windows to shame that actually work without slowing your computer to a crawl, and… { read more }
now in penguin-vision
i’ve been a longtime fan and occasional user of linux. i had it running for about a year as my primary operating system under ubuntu. microsoft announced the release of their windows 7 RC-1 the other day, and as part of the announcement stated that all of their beta testers, whether you’re using win 7 beta or a win 7 RC, will need to do a wipe/reinstall to get the final, retail windows 7 installed. not only that — which is somewhat expected — but to upgrade from beta to RC1, you also have to do a wipe/reinstall. seeing as how i’m… { read more }
how windows 7 (inadvertently) helped me find a virus
so the other day, i got a notification in my systray that msdt.exe was corrupt, and possibly i should do a chkdsk to repair the problem. after seeing this crop up several times, i decided to take the message’s advice. i stopped paying attention at some point, when i realized the chkdsk was gonna take a while, but glanced up and saw that it started “recovering orphaned files”. if you’ve never had the pleasure of experiencing this phenomenon, it’s when the windows chkdsk says “hey, what’s that? hmm, i’m not sure so i’m going to make it a totally unusable… { read more }
windows 7 beta review
so, i’ve been running win 7 beta on my main machine for a little while now and thought i should share my thoughts, since, you know, that’s kind of the whole point of this beta thing… boot time bootup time is significantly faster than vista and xp. i’m actually pretty surprised at how quickly it’s able to load all my crazy startup apps since it was always a good 5-10 minutes before vista was usable after loading the desktop. i could do without the light-of-god startup wallpaper, though. i was hoping it was just an installer wallpaper, but, no, it’s… { read more }
