Windows 7; What's dat?

GPARTD (GNU Partition Editor) is an easy to use, free partitioning program. You create a bootable CD and run it from there.

Z to let you know I have not forgot to post, from your last post things were a bit slow here but now they picked up, atm what I did was use 2 pc's using a kvm switch to use my old programs in xp and running the other pc in Win & ultim. Going to try and install the file you linked me to and see if I can get xp mode to work.

Joy at last! I succeeded at installing Windows 7 without encountering problems! Having now got it running I am not impressed (except on a few minor features) with this new OS. It seems to me to be a re-hash of both XP and Vista with a few extra bells and whistles. I feel that XP has been the best OS that Microsoft has produced and I may dual-boot it. Microsoft should have retained XP and simply improved on it as it stands. Thanks to you all for keeping me moving in the right direction.

Two days ago I attempted to install Windows 7 to a clean HDD and encountered numerous problems like sluggish downloads, frequent interruptions to the Internet, lack of drivers and having to go to the distributor's Web pages to get them, then having Windows 7 reject them, and having to accept a package of programs when all I wanted was the email program; and there were many others minor nuisances which I have now forgotten. One of the first problems was Windows 7 would not recognise the HDD then when it subsequently did it said there was insufficient space! The HDD is a 500 GB model. After 12 hours attempting to install Windows 7 and for the fourth occasion I surrendered and returned to the best that MS has yet produced, XP! It took just 45 minutes to put XP back on the system! Am I the only one who has come stuck with Windows 7?

Previously I purchased Vista and enjoyed this operating system but a Web page to which I have a paid subscription could not be downloaded on Vista so I returned to XP. This problem may have been resolved by now. I still have Vista installed on another PC that I do not normally use.

Noted too that the distributors of Ubuntu are restricting the free issue of the OS to one per application as the demand is heavy. Would this be a sign of the times; like witnessing the death throws of Microsoft Windows OSs?

I am now scared to attempt to re-install Windows 7 but as it has been registered I am wondering if I could have it removed so that someone else may benefit from it if they feel competent at installing it.

In general, people don't like change and Windows 7 is a significant change from XP as far as the user interface is concerned. I was hesitant at first too, but after having used it for a month I like it. Now when I have to switch back to XP for anything it's boring. The interface feels clunky and very outdated, like moving from Windows 98 to XP did.

Win 7 has it's quirks and there are thing MS needs to fix, but over all, I encourage anyone who has a computer that can run Windows 7 to do so. It can be setup as a dual boot with XP very easily if XP is already installed. There will be some software that does not work and some hardware too.

Run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor to see what kind of shape you'll be in.

In general, people don't like change and Windows 7 is a significant change from XP as far as the user interface is concerned. I was hesitant at first too, but after having used it for a month I like it. Now when I have to switch back to XP for anything it's boring. The interface feels clunky and very outdated, like moving from Windows 98 to XP did.

Win 7 has it's quirks and there are thing MS needs to fix, but over all, I encourage anyone who has a computer that can run Windows 7 to do so. It can be setup as a dual boot with XP very easily if XP is already installed. There will be some software that does not work and some hardware too.

Nod this seems to be the most problems I have encounter with other users so far, take note before moving over to 7 run this as Ztruker said, it could save you a lot of troubles. The other problems is seen its due to upgrading. Now as for clean installs, no problems yet.

Run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor to see what kind of shape you'll be in.

I have been using 7 ultim. RC and now full ver of it an I like it, also when I switch back to XP for older programs it feels funny and so outdated to me.

My rating of Windows 7 is that it is okay but the email program that accompany's it is not as good as Outlook Express. I find W7 32 bit more versatile than the 64 bit. Currently I am experimenting with Google Chrome and my initial experience suggests that it is not as versatile as Windows; for example, it does not appear to have a search address bar or am I omitting some aspect of configuration? It is a feature that I often use when available.

For a good E-mail program, check out SeaMonkey. It's where the Mozilla Browser/E-mail suite went when Mozilla moved to FireFox and Thunderbird. It shares it's web page rendering engine with FireFox.

It's has an excellent web browser, E-mail and Web page designer as well as an IRC client. It works very well with Windows 7.

I downloaded SeaMonkey and found it interesting; then downloaded some of its add-ons only to discover frequent occasions of the browser not downloading other programs properly. Consequently it was removed and will be re-installed shortly without the numerous add-ons. What I would like is someone to tell me the difference between a Web browser and an operating system like Windows 7, in simple non-technical terms please. There has to be a difference if I could only see it, otherwise why am I paying so much for Windows OS!

Windows x (x can be any windows release, 95/98/ME/200/XP/Vista/7) is what allows a browser to do it's thing. The OS is what communicates with the hardware on behalf of the programs like a web browser, E-mail, Media player, image editor, etc. No program will work without the operating system. There are literally thousands of possible combinations of hardware that can make up a computer and the OS has to know how to talk to each one. The programs that run on the operating system, like a web browser communicate directly with the hardware (network card in this case) but tell the OS what they want to do and the OS then converts those requests into instructions the hardware understands. I don't know how many lines of code make up a web browser, but the last I heard, windows 7 has around 25 million, every one of which could cause a problem if it's not correct.

I don't know how many lines of code make up a web browser, but the last I heard, windows 7 has around 25 million, every one of which could cause a problem if it's not correct.

WOW 25 million, lol no wonder MS cannot get things right hehehehhe

Thanks for the clarification; presumably I could use Ubuntu with say SeaMonkey as the Web Browser (or even my ISPs's Web page with its email attachment etc)? Can any difficulties be seen here? I recognise that some URLs can only be opened on a Windows system.

SeaMonkey works well with many Linux distros, Ubuntu being one of them. The only URLs that won't open correctly are those that require Activex which only IE supports.

SeaMonkey also has it's own support forums: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=51

[SeaMonkey also has it's own support forums: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=51]

Psst! Trying to get rid of me?

In relation to MVPS Hosts (reading from another thread) what is 'Homer', has it some connection to MVPS?

Psst! Trying to get rid of me?

Nah, just providing full service for your dollar

As for Homer: Homer - a localhost webserver. Now that you're blocking ads and sites with your hosts file, Speed up your browsing experience by serving an image of your choice to fill in where those ads would have normally been.

Found here: http://www.funkytoad