DVD boot/install failure solved
I had two problems installing Win 7, original threads here
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/74c74416-0641-4aa2-baf6-cf2da817e6ec
and here
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/1a6fc21d-e7bd-4d86-a78c-9478f3f831dc
I finally discovered what the problem was, it caused both issues even though they seemed unrelated. The PC I am installing Win 7 on has an Intel motherboard. There is a CD that comes with the MB that I had forgotten about. It has IDE drivers on it. XP installed fine without those drivers but Win 7 would not and would not tell me what was wrong. I finally extracted the ISO file to a virtual drive on my HD and mounted it. Then when I started Win 7 install, it actually told me it could not install on either of my HD's because an IDE driver was required. That caused some head scratching for a while, why does Win 7 need IDE drivers if XP doesnt. Anyway I finally remembered the setup CD that comes with the MB and found IDE drivers on it. I browsed to the drivers from the Win 7 install and let Win 7 install them. That wasnt the end of it though. Win 7 installed the drivers and went along until it had to reboot at which point instead of continuing the install it blue screened. I figured the reboot lost track of the virtual drive. Now that I knew the IDE drivers were the problem I installed them on XP and then tried to boot from the DVD. It still wouldn't boot, so I opened the folder and double clicked the setup.exe. That started setup and got me to the screen that said I couldnt install Win 7 on either HD because drivers were needed. I browsed to the IDE drivers again and let Win 7 install them. After all that the install completed, I have been able to shutdown the computer and boot again into Win 7. I am writing this from Win 7.
Once you get it installed, its a nice looking OS. Now that I have it running I have some other issues but I need to do some research and if needed I'll start another thread for them.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/74c74416-0641-4aa2-baf6-cf2da817e6ec
and here
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/1a6fc21d-e7bd-4d86-a78c-9478f3f831dc
I finally discovered what the problem was, it caused both issues even though they seemed unrelated. The PC I am installing Win 7 on has an Intel motherboard. There is a CD that comes with the MB that I had forgotten about. It has IDE drivers on it. XP installed fine without those drivers but Win 7 would not and would not tell me what was wrong. I finally extracted the ISO file to a virtual drive on my HD and mounted it. Then when I started Win 7 install, it actually told me it could not install on either of my HD's because an IDE driver was required. That caused some head scratching for a while, why does Win 7 need IDE drivers if XP doesnt. Anyway I finally remembered the setup CD that comes with the MB and found IDE drivers on it. I browsed to the drivers from the Win 7 install and let Win 7 install them. That wasnt the end of it though. Win 7 installed the drivers and went along until it had to reboot at which point instead of continuing the install it blue screened. I figured the reboot lost track of the virtual drive. Now that I knew the IDE drivers were the problem I installed them on XP and then tried to boot from the DVD. It still wouldn't boot, so I opened the folder and double clicked the setup.exe. That started setup and got me to the screen that said I couldnt install Win 7 on either HD because drivers were needed. I browsed to the IDE drivers again and let Win 7 install them. After all that the install completed, I have been able to shutdown the computer and boot again into Win 7. I am writing this from Win 7.
Once you get it installed, its a nice looking OS. Now that I have it running I have some other issues but I need to do some research and if needed I'll start another thread for them.
Key Scrambler
Key Scrambler is working in Win 7. I installed it about three hours ago and it's working fine. Win 7 ROCKS.
TV Tuner
First Post, hello all, I have a Hauppauge! 950Q
tv tuner and have not been able to get it to work with windows 7 Beta , I am using the 64 bit OS, It did work fine in Vista 32 bit with Media Center
tv tuner and have not been able to get it to work with windows 7 Beta , I am using the 64 bit OS, It did work fine in Vista 32 bit with Media Center
- Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Wednesday, February 18, 2009 3:13 PM
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I'll keep an eye on responses here. There have been many reports of issues with Hauppauge cards and 64bit...especially with memory above 4gb. You can try keeping below 4gb to see if that is the problem and repost. I had to go through half a dozen drivers to find one to work in Vista. I was hoping this would be fixed by the time Windows 7 rolls around. Hauppauge is very slow to deal with this issue.
Best of luck.
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I have 4gb , and will try 2gb. a reason I am trying 64 bit is to use all 4gb of Ram.
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Hello , just installed the 64bit beta and I also have a Hauppague card , the PVR-150 , it worked flawlessly in Vista Ulti 32bit but it just seems to have some sort of connection problem in 64bit Windows 7.
It will play VERY well for a bit but then gets real choppy and I see like Digi-corruption on the picture and it will start to lag/chop a bit and back to normal again.
System specs:
ASUS Crosshair 1207
AMD64 AM2+ 9850BE
4 Gig 1066 OCZ Ram
Hauppauage PVR-150
4 SATA II Drives
ASUS Xonar Sound
XFX GTX260BE - Nvidia 181.22 Beta drivers
thanks
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After a few reboots it seems to play a bit better but still suffers from some kind of interference or lag , this reminds me of when I first installed Vista , when i had the AERO interface turned on I got this kind of stuff , I wonder if this might be a driver issue?
Tall , dark....chubby...and handsome.
It will play VERY well for a bit but then gets real choppy and I see like Digi-corruption on the picture and it will start to lag/chop a bit and back to normal again.
System specs:
ASUS Crosshair 1207
AMD64 AM2+ 9850BE
4 Gig 1066 OCZ Ram
Hauppauage PVR-150
4 SATA II Drives
ASUS Xonar Sound
XFX GTX260BE - Nvidia 181.22 Beta drivers
thanks
EDIT::::::::
After a few reboots it seems to play a bit better but still suffers from some kind of interference or lag , this reminds me of when I first installed Vista , when i had the AERO interface turned on I got this kind of stuff , I wonder if this might be a driver issue?
Tall , dark....chubby...and handsome.
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Hi Steve219:
I can't provide a sure-fire solution for you but wanted to let you know that I am using the Hauppauge HVR1800 in both 32-bit and 64-bit Win7 Beta PCs. To get the cable QAM to work I had to use the Fiji registry change file that Hauppauge support sent me to use with Vista. In the email they sent with the cable QAM registry fix they mentioned I should be sure to install their "fix" for PCs with >4 GB of RAM. I did that with the Vista installation but didn't with Win7. In both cases I only had 3 GBs of RAM installed. The built-in drivers from Win7 seem to be working fine in both 32 & 64-bit for me. I am enjoying the AFC play-off game in HD right now......using just basic cable with no rented Comcast HD box. I love it!!!!!
I can't provide a sure-fire solution for you but wanted to let you know that I am using the Hauppauge HVR1800 in both 32-bit and 64-bit Win7 Beta PCs. To get the cable QAM to work I had to use the Fiji registry change file that Hauppauge support sent me to use with Vista. In the email they sent with the cable QAM registry fix they mentioned I should be sure to install their "fix" for PCs with >4 GB of RAM. I did that with the Vista installation but didn't with Win7. In both cases I only had 3 GBs of RAM installed. The built-in drivers from Win7 seem to be working fine in both 32 & 64-bit for me. I am enjoying the AFC play-off game in HD right now......using just basic cable with no rented Comcast HD box. I love it!!!!!
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I have an older hauppauge wintv-pvr 150 running 64bit W7 w/ 4 gigs of ram and its working well.
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well after trying to update DirectX TWICE and resetting back 2 system restores after that failed I have come to the realization that it is IN FACT my sound card.
After rolling back all was well but I only had sound through my back 2 speakerswhen TV was on and it was crackly , so I reinstalled my sound card driver and BAM!! Back to ____ Live TV city!!!
Seeing as how ASUS has not updated their sound drivers since last sept and has NEVER had a WHQL driver I am going to consider myself lucky that I have sound at all , everything else works like a charm , WMP music sounds awesome and DVDs play like champs in 5.1 glory , so I guess its the driver waiting game again for me.
sound card I am using for reference:
ASUS Xonar D2 - latest drivers
thanks
Tall , dark....chubby...and handsome.
After rolling back all was well but I only had sound through my back 2 speakerswhen TV was on and it was crackly , so I reinstalled my sound card driver and BAM!! Back to ____ Live TV city!!!
Seeing as how ASUS has not updated their sound drivers since last sept and has NEVER had a WHQL driver I am going to consider myself lucky that I have sound at all , everything else works like a charm , WMP music sounds awesome and DVDs play like champs in 5.1 glory , so I guess its the driver waiting game again for me.
sound card I am using for reference:
ASUS Xonar D2 - latest drivers
thanks
Tall , dark....chubby...and handsome.
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I did try only using 2gb of Ram with no luck, I am have problems reinstalling sound drivers from CD 'Audigy advanced mb ' unable to detect product . my sound does work fine with windows 7 drivers .
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Desktop Toolbars / Deskbands ?
Hi all, anyone know how to bring back deskbands in Win7? I've tried dragging a folder to the edge of the screen to make it, but it doesn't do anything.
I relied on this feature heavily; i would have my taskbar at the top of the screen, and then have the address bar docked to the bottom of the screen and always-on-top, so i could rapidly type in and go to ANY website/folder/protocol (eg: mailto:).
I would REALLY like to get this back, but can't figure out how to turn it on in 7. I could put the address bar in the taskbar, but
a) it looks bad on the double-height taskbar, and
b) i still regularly have my taskbar nearly full, and can't afford the space on the taskbar
Thanks in advance!
I relied on this feature heavily; i would have my taskbar at the top of the screen, and then have the address bar docked to the bottom of the screen and always-on-top, so i could rapidly type in and go to ANY website/folder/protocol (eg: mailto:).
I would REALLY like to get this back, but can't figure out how to turn it on in 7. I could put the address bar in the taskbar, but
a) it looks bad on the double-height taskbar, and
b) i still regularly have my taskbar nearly full, and can't afford the space on the taskbar
Thanks in advance!
- Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Tuesday, January 20, 2009 12:28 AM
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You can look for, or create, a Gadget to do it. Toolbars are only a feature of the taskbar in Win7.
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hmmm... that's not really the same. Cuz with toolbars, i would have the address bar on the bottom, along with several folders all set as small as possible, giving me quick drop-down (or pop-up) menus for Desktop, Control Panel, and a few other folders.
I've never seen a gadget that could do that. :-\
So anyone have any recommendations of good Address bar gadgets? Or good folder menu gadgets?
Also, can a gadget reserve space on the edge of a window, so windows don't maximize to there?? I think that's another no. Overall i'd have to say gadgets really are NOT a good replacement for deskbands.
I've never seen a gadget that could do that. :-\
So anyone have any recommendations of good Address bar gadgets? Or good folder menu gadgets?
Also, can a gadget reserve space on the edge of a window, so windows don't maximize to there?? I think that's another no. Overall i'd have to say gadgets really are NOT a good replacement for deskbands.
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Well, you should do as you prefer, but I hold out still that a gadget could give you the perfect 'look and feel' of those old toolbars, given someone who understood HTML and a bit of scripting. It's the reason gadgets were created, to let the user expand in any preferred direction. Good Luck.
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Froze on file migration? What should I do?
My installation froze on the last step, file migration, at 64%. What should I do?
- Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Wednesday, February 18, 2009 3:55 PM
Going into a folder containing burnt DVD files results in complete lock-up
Hi
I burnt a DVD to my windows 7 test machine. Using explorer and going into that folder (the one containing the .IFO and .VOB files) results in a complete machine lock-up with any attempt to interact with the folder (scrolling or right click on a file for example). Machine has to be restarted - ctrl-alt-delete doesn't do anything.
Same thing happens if you use a prog and file open inside that folder.
I've tried loads of other folders - its just this one.
Anyone else seen that? I would submit a bug report - but don't know how to.
Thanks
DullingWine
I burnt a DVD to my windows 7 test machine. Using explorer and going into that folder (the one containing the .IFO and .VOB files) results in a complete machine lock-up with any attempt to interact with the folder (scrolling or right click on a file for example). Machine has to be restarted - ctrl-alt-delete doesn't do anything.
Same thing happens if you use a prog and file open inside that folder.
I've tried loads of other folders - its just this one.
Anyone else seen that? I would submit a bug report - but don't know how to.
Thanks
DullingWine
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I should have, of course, said 'ripped', not 'burnt'!
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Upgrade from Vista to 7 takes too long (5 1/2 hours!)
Hi,
I upgraded from Vista Ultimate x64 to Windows 7 Beta. The Upgrade took 5 1/2 hours(!) to complete.
On the same machine, a fresh install inside a virtual machine took less than 30 minutes.
I was installing on a Dell Latitude E6400. This is a new and fast machine (2,8 Ghz CPU, 8 GB RAM, Hard Disk performance rating 5.8).
If you can't change the speed of the upgrade, at least provide better information on the progress. For example, don't tell me that something could "take several minutes" if in reality it will take several hours. Also, the upgrade showed the # of files it migrated, but it sometimes did not upgrade that number for more than 10 or 15 minutes, so that I was not sure if it was doing anything at all.
Also, you could try to do more in the first phase of the upgrade, where it is still possible to use the machine while setup is running (then I could at least read some web sites or listen to music while I wait).
Mathias
I upgraded from Vista Ultimate x64 to Windows 7 Beta. The Upgrade took 5 1/2 hours(!) to complete.
On the same machine, a fresh install inside a virtual machine took less than 30 minutes.
I was installing on a Dell Latitude E6400. This is a new and fast machine (2,8 Ghz CPU, 8 GB RAM, Hard Disk performance rating 5.8).
If you can't change the speed of the upgrade, at least provide better information on the progress. For example, don't tell me that something could "take several minutes" if in reality it will take several hours. Also, the upgrade showed the # of files it migrated, but it sometimes did not upgrade that number for more than 10 or 15 minutes, so that I was not sure if it was doing anything at all.
Also, you could try to do more in the first phase of the upgrade, where it is still possible to use the machine while setup is running (then I could at least read some web sites or listen to music while I wait).
Mathias
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OutOfCoffeeException said:
Hi,
I upgraded from Vista Ultimate x64 to Windows 7 Beta. The Upgrade took 5 1/2 hours(!) to complete.
On the same machine, a fresh install inside a virtual machine took less than 30 minutes.
I was installing on a Dell Latitude E6400. This is a new and fast machine (2,8 Ghz CPU, 8 GB RAM, Hard Disk performance rating 5.8).
If you can't change the speed of the upgrade, at least provide better information on the progress. For example, don't tell me that something could "take several minutes" if in reality it will take several hours. Also, the upgrade showed the # of files it migrated, but it sometimes did not upgrade that number for more than 10 or 15 minutes, so that I was not sure if it was doing anything at all.
Also, you could try to do more in the first phase of the upgrade, where it is still possible to use the machine while setup is running (then I could at least read some web sites or listen to music while I wait).
Mathias
It IS Beta 1 after all.
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well, the setup did mention the upgrade could take several HOURS. Although 5,5 hours is a bit too much. Mine took about 1h. Beta 1 works just fine, except for the confusing new taskbar, where open programs are pinned together with the others (some may say it looks similar to the OSX)
JMA
JMA
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ZW_Jorge said:
JMA
well, the setup did mention the upgrade could take several HOURS. Although 5,5 hours is a bit too much. Mine took about 1h. Beta 1 works just fine, except for the confusing new taskbar, where open programs are pinned together with the others (some may say it looks similar to the OSX)
JMA
The taskbar behavior can be changed. OS X like? Not really, OS X doens't have a taskbar although it does have a dock and the pinning together might be considered OS X like but that's about it. But as I said, that pinning can be changed. And yes, at Beta 1 I find 7 a lot further along than Vista was at Beta 2. I can't make any assumptions about that system reference to take 5.5 hours to upgrade but as we note, it is Beta 1 and it warns and the number of installed programs as well as type of setup and amount of data can greatly affect upgrade time. Anyway, yes, 5.5 hours is long. BTW, if you people are upgrading working systems that you depend on I sure hope you imaged your drive. Again this is Beta and I can't count the number of times I've seen this done with no backup and then someone going off about how it hosed their system.
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The upgrade from Vista SP1 to 7 Ultimate took me a few hours, that was mainly due to transferring files though, so not really their fault..
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By chance, did you disable or uninstall antivirus? The reason I ask, this can speed up the process immensely.
http://blog.tiensivu.com/aaron/ - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Aaron.Tiensivu
http://blog.tiensivu.com/aaron/ - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Aaron.Tiensivu
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I upgraded from Vista on a HP 64 bit laptop and it only took about 1 hour and 15 minutes. I would get rid of that Dell!!
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Skimble19 said:
The upgrade from Vista SP1 to 7 Ultimate took me a few hours, that was mainly due to transferring files though, so not really their fault..
Backing up my complete hard disk before the upgrade was many times faster than migrating my data from Vista to 7, so I think that is their fault and there is room for improvement.
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Halcar said:
I upgraded from Vista on a HP 64 bit laptop and it only took about 1 hour and 15 minutes. I would get rid of that Dell!!
This Dell is the best notebook I ever had. And I had many - HP, Acer, Fujitsu Siemens, other Dell. It is fast, the overall quality of the notebook is very good, it runs for about 7-8 hours, and if you ever need the customer support, they are really good as well.
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Aaron Tiensivu said:
http://blog.tiensivu.com/aaron/ - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Aaron.Tiensivu
By chance, did you disable or uninstall antivirus? The reason I ask, this can speed up the process immensely.
http://blog.tiensivu.com/aaron/ - https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Aaron.Tiensivu
Hi Aaron,
I currently do not use any Anti Virus software. I used AV software for several years, but it never found anything. It just wasted speed and energy and annoyed me with "upgrade to the pro version" popups. I always install all security updates and I think before I answer UAC prompts, that was enough so far.
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Mathias, we would like to understand why the upgrade took so long. Will you please send the logs for the upgrade using the "send feedback" botton in Win 7 with the same title as your post and select the Installation and Upgrade catagory and Windows Upgrade sub catagory. That will allow us to investigate the cause.
Thank You.
Thank You.
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john [msft] said:
Mathias, we would like to understand why the upgrade took so long. Will you please send the logs for the upgrade using the "send feedback" botton in Win 7 with the same title as your post and select the Installation and Upgrade catagory and Windows Upgrade sub catagory. That will allow us to investigate the cause.
Thank You.
Hi John,
I'd love to give feedback to that issue and to many others as well, but the feedback tool won't let me log in. It asks for a LiveID, and when I enter my credentials I always get the error "The given Live ID does not have permission to submit bugs...".
My LiveID is mathias@raacke.info
What do I have to do to get permission to submit feedback? I'd really love to give feedback on many areas of 7.
Thanks,
Mathias
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I found a connect invitation code somewhere and I'm now sending the logs.
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About 1 h here on my Lenovo R61 upgrading from a very heavy Vista with lots of programs and docs.. and it checks every file! My Toshiba clean install not even 1/2 h!
Adelino Araujo
Adelino Araujo
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HDD
I have 2 OS in my notebook- vista 32 and w7 64. Each other is on separate partition of disc (C:, D:) Windows 7 doesnt show me partition D: Only C: where is instaled w7!!! I have question how I can post an error of windows 7 to microsoft? Because feedback is for particulary items only. Sorry for my english :)
- Moved by Mike Walsh FIN Sunday, January 18, 2009 8:37 AM Off-topic (Moved from MSDN and TechNet Search Feedback to Off-Topic Posts (Do Not Post Here))
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Try asking in this forum
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whatforum/threads/
where you should post this question to.
The present forum isn't the place as it is only for Search in MSDN and TechNet
Moving to Off-Topic
Moving to Off-Topic
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May I ask some thing? You using 2 hard drives
Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T3200 @ 2.00GHz, 2000 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s) Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T3200 @ 2.00GHz, 2000 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s) Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium
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PPS SP2 Feedback
Guys can you share the feedback of your PPS SP2 with sql 2005.
Is ther any issue you have monitored?
Thanks
D
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Hi,
I was able to upgrade to PPS SP2 without any issues against SQL Server 2005. Note: You need to install SQL Server 2005 CU 9 redistributables on Monitoring Server
Thank you,
Sundar - MSFT
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
I was able to upgrade to PPS SP2 without any issues against SQL Server 2005. Note: You need to install SQL Server 2005 CU 9 redistributables on Monitoring Server
Thank you,
Sundar - MSFT
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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You need to download and install the SSRS 2008 redistributable components on the machine to get the proper versions of the dlls installed in the GAC in order to utilize the SQL Server Report report items also. If you have BIDS 2008 installed already you should be fine, but if not then download and install the following components.
Microsoft Report Viewer Redistributable 2008
I haven't seen this documented yet, but maybe I overlooked it in the requirements and setup for PPS SP2.
Microsoft Report Viewer Redistributable 2008
I haven't seen this documented yet, but maybe I overlooked it in the requirements and setup for PPS SP2.
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Guys Thanks for your feedback,
I wanted to check everything before upgrading if any any issues comes with sql 2005.
Thanks
D
I wanted to check everything before upgrading if any any issues comes with sql 2005.
Thanks
D
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well, i cant install the SP2 because i am using an evaluation version. i dont understand why microsoft doesnt allowed the sp2 to be installed on trial versions...
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Has anyone sequenced Office 2007 on XP sp3 yet?
Hi has anyone managed to sequence and get Office 2007 to run on xpsp3?
Or does anyone have any good guides for sequencing Office 2007 for xp?
I want to try it, but I get the feeling I am going to have some serious problems.
Thanks
Or does anyone have any good guides for sequencing Office 2007 for xp?
I want to try it, but I get the feeling I am going to have some serious problems.
Thanks
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Here is a blog post on sequincing it on XP (not SP3):
http://blogs.technet.com/softgrid/archive/2008/07/30/softgrid-sequencing-office-professional-2007-in-30-easy-steps.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/softgrid/archive/2008/07/30/softgrid-sequencing-office-professional-2007-in-30-easy-steps.aspx
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Thanks i,ll give this a try.
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Windows Installer cannot be used anymore and Windows Explorer keeps crashing
For reasons unknown "Windows Installer" became unuseable on my quite fresh W7 64-bit installation today. That means I cannot neither install nor uninstall things.
The last thing I installed today was Nero 7. After that I encoded a DVD via Nero Vision which made the computer BLUE SCREEN right in the middle of the calculations.
Later I ran Prime 95 to test stability and after more than half an hour the computer hang. Screen was black, power-draw/wattage was down to Idle eventhough it should have been at least double as high because of the maximum CPU load.
After that the Windows Installer must have become corrupted.
Windows Explorer also keeps crashing quite often when I'm trying to do configuration or installation work.
After several BLUE SCREENS, Explorer crashings and now this I am not half as much convinced that the BETA is as stable as people keep calling it.
The last thing I installed today was Nero 7. After that I encoded a DVD via Nero Vision which made the computer BLUE SCREEN right in the middle of the calculations.
Later I ran Prime 95 to test stability and after more than half an hour the computer hang. Screen was black, power-draw/wattage was down to Idle eventhough it should have been at least double as high because of the maximum CPU load.
After that the Windows Installer must have become corrupted.
Windows Explorer also keeps crashing quite often when I'm trying to do configuration or installation work.
After several BLUE SCREENS, Explorer crashings and now this I am not half as much convinced that the BETA is as stable as people keep calling it.
Windows Media Centre
the media centre needs to be a bit more responsive when loading up it takes ages to load up and it takes to much resources up
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+1
Windows Media Center in W7 needs some serious optimizations. When I am watching TV in WMC using my ATI HD Wonder TV tuner card, other programs load very slowly because ehrecvr is using 40-45% of the CPU and ehshell is using 15-20% of the CPU.
Windows Media Center in W7 needs some serious optimizations. When I am watching TV in WMC using my ATI HD Wonder TV tuner card, other programs load very slowly because ehrecvr is using 40-45% of the CPU and ehshell is using 15-20% of the CPU.
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media centre needs a better layout. Just big fonts isnt enough maybe even put a background image on the main menu.
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Better Boot Screen
Maybe the boot screen should come in several different resolutions so it doesn't look stretched on widescreen displays. Or maybe the boot screen should not be stretched to fit the whole screen.
Norton AntiVirus 2009
Norton AntiVirus 2009
"Setup can't find any existing partitions..."
I've been trying to install win 7. Each time I do, I reach the menu where it asks me which partition to use. I currently have to disk, each with multiple partitions. One is an external 1TB drive, which Windows seems unable to use because it can't install via usb. The other disk is my internal drive. This drive is the one I've been trying to install to. On it, I have multiple partitions. First there is the factory pre-made 8gb partition made for system recovery. After my vista OS crashed, I setup Ubuntu originally to divide the other partition into to primary partitions, one for Ubuntu, and one for Windows, as soon as I restored it again. Having no luck with the restoration, I decided instead to install win 7 on my hard drive. Of course, Ubuntu further altered the the second of the two new partitions into a few more partitions, so it could operate.
Anyways, right now I am having trouble because as soon as I select the partition I want, the win 7 installer tells me that it can't create or find an existing partition, regardless of whether or not I choose, the partition, or delete it and select the unallocated space. It further tells me to "check the setup logs" but I have no Idea where I can find those. Most of the actual partitioning tools seem to work fine, but when I click "load drivers" I never turn up any results, and I'm not exactly sure what drivers I need to load. It seems this was a pretty sloppily made installation disk, because while I ran the Ubuntu ISO, I had no troubles of any sort.
So could anyone help me? My model is a Sony VAIO, number VGN-FZ283BN. For one thing, I'd like to know where the setup log is to be found. For another thing, I'd like to know what is going wrong with the partitions and the drivers.
Thanks.
Anyways, right now I am having trouble because as soon as I select the partition I want, the win 7 installer tells me that it can't create or find an existing partition, regardless of whether or not I choose, the partition, or delete it and select the unallocated space. It further tells me to "check the setup logs" but I have no Idea where I can find those. Most of the actual partitioning tools seem to work fine, but when I click "load drivers" I never turn up any results, and I'm not exactly sure what drivers I need to load. It seems this was a pretty sloppily made installation disk, because while I ran the Ubuntu ISO, I had no troubles of any sort.
So could anyone help me? My model is a Sony VAIO, number VGN-FZ283BN. For one thing, I'd like to know where the setup log is to be found. For another thing, I'd like to know what is going wrong with the partitions and the drivers.
Thanks.
- Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:21 PM
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They would reside under \Windows\Panther\setupact.log file.
If you could copy out the contents of this setupact.log file and paste relevant information we should be able to help diagnose
If you could copy out the contents of this setupact.log file and paste relevant information we should be able to help diagnose
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Windows 7 corrupted my Data drive
I have a logical partition on the same disk as I installed Windows7.
Now I cant access the partition.
When I boot XP and run chkdsk /r it runs and detects the volume names, but when its done I still cant see my data.
HELP PLEASE!
Now I cant access the partition.
When I boot XP and run chkdsk /r it runs and detects the volume names, but when its done I still cant see my data.
HELP PLEASE!
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You mean you cannot access it from XP or from Win7???
Did you go into admin tools/device management/disk manage,ment and assign it a drive letter?
Win7 hides your other boot partition from itself to prevent damage unless you activate the drive letter of the other boot partition.
Did you go into admin tools/device management/disk manage,ment and assign it a drive letter?
Win7 hides your other boot partition from itself to prevent damage unless you activate the drive letter of the other boot partition.
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When I had Win7 up and running, it could see the drive but when I clicked on it it said "Access denied"
I have tried to run "chkdsk /r" from XP and it runs, but when its done I can see the drive, but I cant access it.
I think the data is still there, because when I run chkdsk it can see the Volume name "Lager" , but from XP its listed just as "Local disk"
Everytime I reboot my PC it checks the disk...
I have tried to run "chkdsk /r" from XP and it runs, but when its done I can see the drive, but I cant access it.
I think the data is still there, because when I run chkdsk it can see the Volume name "Lager" , but from XP its listed just as "Local disk"
Everytime I reboot my PC it checks the disk...
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Im gonna try different tools to recover
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OK, tools like Active@ File recover can see the files.
Does anybody know of a free tool?
Does anybody know of a free tool?
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can you right click on the drive and get to a security tab? If yes, go the the owner tab and check the take ownership checkbox.
jf
jf
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Sorry...no cant do that
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I had to go out and get a tool Active@ File recovery seems to be able to do it.
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Kerberos sometimes doesn't working
I have this situation: I use kerberos authentication, wich sometimes works, sometimes doesn't. When I understand situation, I will post description here
fvv
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Th esituation was next: when I log in to site using local name (like http://computername), all work.
If I use full name (like http://computername.domainname), it doesn't.
It's because in first case I was in Local Intranet zone, in second - in Internet zone
fvv
If I use full name (like http://computername.domainname), it doesn't.
It's because in first case I was in Local Intranet zone, in second - in Internet zone
fvv
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Have you been using License Reconciliation in AIS 1.5?
Hello,
If you are an AIS customer and you have used the new Licensing features introduced in version 1.5, we want to hear from you!
Please visit http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/ais/threads/ and post your thoughts, comments or feedback.
The AIS team would love to hear what you think.
Thanks!
Paul Bourgeau (MSFT)
If you are an AIS customer and you have used the new Licensing features introduced in version 1.5, we want to hear from you!
Please visit http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/ais/threads/ and post your thoughts, comments or feedback.
The AIS team would love to hear what you think.
Thanks!
Paul Bourgeau (MSFT)
Win7 WMP negatively altering WMA meta-data [subgenre and artist field]
I have a 50,000 song collection [non-DRM, non-subscription] of all *.wma files and they have all been tagged fully and include embedded album art. A good majority of them also have the sub-genre field filled out and displayed in WMP.
I have the 'add media option' checked if it's missing [not the full overwrite]. I noticed after I installed Win7 B1 x64 version after a few days some of my songs in song view were 'losing' their subgenre fields. Additionally some of the songs started losing their artist tags and becoming 'unknown'. Now I had the MP3 corruption KB update installed and I don't know that even that effected *.wma files.
The only other compounding factor could be the presence of the Zune x64 software which is running too and has the add meta data selected.. so either WMP12 in Win7 did this or some interaction w/ the Zune software did it. I had to return to Vista and restore 150Gigs of music to get around it.
Anyhow, just throwing this out here in case some others are seeing similar wackiness w/ WMP12 and this scenario.
I have the 'add media option' checked if it's missing [not the full overwrite]. I noticed after I installed Win7 B1 x64 version after a few days some of my songs in song view were 'losing' their subgenre fields. Additionally some of the songs started losing their artist tags and becoming 'unknown'. Now I had the MP3 corruption KB update installed and I don't know that even that effected *.wma files.
The only other compounding factor could be the presence of the Zune x64 software which is running too and has the add meta data selected.. so either WMP12 in Win7 did this or some interaction w/ the Zune software did it. I had to return to Vista and restore 150Gigs of music to get around it.
Anyhow, just throwing this out here in case some others are seeing similar wackiness w/ WMP12 and this scenario.
- Changed type Ronnie VernonMVP Saturday, February 7, 2009 1:56 AM
Incorrect Post time.
I am in Saudi Arabia (GMT + 3) .I have created a new post on the forum and immediately it show thread create 11 hours ago i.e the difference between my time zone and PST.
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That's interesting... which page was this on? The thread list page? (i.e. the forum)
Matt Fraser, STO Forums Software Developer
Matt Fraser, STO Forums Software Developer
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When you installed Windows on your machine, did you change the timezone? PST is the default. Fix by double-clicking the clock, Time Zone tab.
Hans Passant.
Hans Passant.
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@mattfras: i have started couple of threads on SQL and ADO.NET forums and both of them wwere displaying posted 11 hours ago immediately after posting.
@nobugz:Ya I did that. My timezone is set to GMT +3. But this shouldn't have any effect on the post duration regardless of the timezone difference thie duration should not change.
Muhammad Umair umair.muhammad@hotmail.com MVP - Visual Basic Technologies
@nobugz:Ya I did that. My timezone is set to GMT +3. But this shouldn't have any effect on the post duration regardless of the timezone difference thie duration should not change.
Muhammad Umair umair.muhammad@hotmail.com MVP - Visual Basic Technologies
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personalize / theme gone blank. No wallpaper
I'm currently experiencing blank wallpaper. I can choose many of the theme installed and downloaded but none of the wallpaper actually appearing. The wallpaper picture preview & selection also failed to show any picture.
my screen capture:
my screen capture:
- Edited by Mark L. Ferguson Monday, January 19, 2009 6:53 PM advert removed per agreement
- Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Monday, January 19, 2009 6:54 PM needs to send feedback
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Try selecting a different folder to select a wallpaper from. then go back to the folder that has the picture you want. Does it get applied then?
~Alex T.~Windows Desktop Experience MVP~
~Alex T.~Windows Desktop Experience MVP~
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Yup, that's happened to me a few times. Try changing your resolution a few times
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Thanks for the suggestion, but still did'nt work.
furthermore, it seems that it can't remember what folder I choose. It just getting back at default folder. the only wallpaper that would properly display are irfanview wallpaper or by selecting "set as background" features in IE.
Explorer also refuse to show the thumbnail of pictures in normal folder. I did try to reset default settings in folder & search option.
furthermore, it seems that it can't remember what folder I choose. It just getting back at default folder. the only wallpaper that would properly display are irfanview wallpaper or by selecting "set as background" features in IE.
Explorer also refuse to show the thumbnail of pictures in normal folder. I did try to reset default settings in folder & search option.
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I've been asking around and still no solutions, at least that worked for me. restart dwm.exe, uninstall driver & even system restore. I dare not restore to another earlier date.
I believe this is one serious flaw / bugs. How do I report this thing?
I believe this is one serious flaw / bugs. How do I report this thing?
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You have a 'send feedback' link at the top of most windows. To join the full beta test feedback, you would need to be a member of the beta 'Connect' site
Rating posts helps other users
Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP ------------------------------------
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