Help for ppl with creative audio cards
To get your cards to mainly work do the following.
Download the latest drivers for your card and mediacenter etc.
Then run them in vista compability mode and also with admin priv. and they should install properly.
After this open up your windows sound manager panel and set your speakers to the system you have (it wont work in the creative panel) after this go to your creative panel and set the settings you want and everything should work except cmss-3d.
There is also a few ppl on the creative forums working on a working driver.
Download the latest drivers for your card and mediacenter etc.
Then run them in vista compability mode and also with admin priv. and they should install properly.
After this open up your windows sound manager panel and set your speakers to the system you have (it wont work in the creative panel) after this go to your creative panel and set the settings you want and everything should work except cmss-3d.
There is also a few ppl on the creative forums working on a working driver.
Reply:
*update* you will be able to find updated drivers at this site when the guy tweaking them are done with them. So check that page in a few days and he will most likely have them up and running.
http://danielkawakami.blogspot.com/
http://danielkawakami.blogspot.com/
------------------------------------
Event 2501 , 2412
Recently my exchange servers hub transport unbale to start the services . It give event 1 , 2412 & 2501 for the ADtopology error and dns not register properly error..
performed nltest /dsgetsite .. receive error unable to get site name..
However perform get-exchangeserver , you will be able to see the sites.
Go to Active directory site & services , realise that there is one more sites created w/o any servers in the sites. No subnet was created as well . So decided to delete it .
Wola ... everything back to normal...
Question 1: Is the "get-exchangeserver" sites url is not the same as the nltest result ?
Question 2: Why blank sites can affect the exchange topology services ?
thanks
performed nltest /dsgetsite .. receive error unable to get site name..
However perform get-exchangeserver , you will be able to see the sites.
Go to Active directory site & services , realise that there is one more sites created w/o any servers in the sites. No subnet was created as well . So decided to delete it .
Wola ... everything back to normal...
Question 1: Is the "get-exchangeserver" sites url is not the same as the nltest result ?
Question 2: Why blank sites can affect the exchange topology services ?
thanks
Reply:
I would not think that an Exchange server in an unknown site would affect Active Directory connectivity. However, it would probably affect mail delivery. Exchange Server 2007 uses the Active Directory site architecture as a boundary between Hub Transport servers. Even if you have only a single site with servers, but multiple AD sites, defined, this might (well, apparently *did*) cause problems for the Exchange topology services.
Why were sites defined that have no DCs or IP subnets associated with them?
Jim McBee - Blog - http://mostlyexchange.blogspot.com
------------------------------------
MBSA 2.1
MSBA 2.1 not running on 32 bit W7 Beta. Anyone else?
- Changed type Ronnie VernonMVP Saturday, February 7, 2009 2:38 AM
Reply:
Tried compatibility mode?
~Alex T.~Windows Desktop Experience MVP~
~Alex T.~Windows Desktop Experience MVP~
------------------------------------
Reply:
Yes, Vista compt. also tried run as admin
------------------------------------
Different backgrounds for mulit-monitor configuration
Back when Vista came out the Windows developers said allowing different backdrops for multi-monitors was not going to happen before RTM. We are now at Windows 7 beta 1 and STILL users can not have different backdrops on their various monitors.
Seems like a very basic feature, and I'm boggled as to why it's not there.
Seems like a very basic feature, and I'm boggled as to why it's not there.
Reply:
This topic was brought up a while back on the Engineering Windows 7 Blog. It seems that the process isnt as easy as we would think. But it seems they are in the process of looking into a solution for this.
~Alex T.~Windows Desktop Experience MVP~
~Alex T.~Windows Desktop Experience MVP~
------------------------------------
Reply:
I would have thought it would have been something fairly simple.
1. Select the background images for each screen
2. Create a image file big enough to cover all the displays
3. Copy image 1 and resize it for the correct size of that screen, or tile it to size of that screen (i.e copy the image normally displayed)
4. Paste the resize/tiled image into the respective position for that screen
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each screen
6. Save the file and select as the background
In effect automate what has to be done at the minute.
1. Select the background images for each screen
2. Create a image file big enough to cover all the displays
3. Copy image 1 and resize it for the correct size of that screen, or tile it to size of that screen (i.e copy the image normally displayed)
4. Paste the resize/tiled image into the respective position for that screen
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each screen
6. Save the file and select as the background
In effect automate what has to be done at the minute.
------------------------------------
Anyone else have problem using Send Feedback in Organize Favorites??
I just ran across this...When I go to Favorites tab and then go to menu and go to Organize Favorites When I go to add a new folder it doesn't come up until you click close and then reopen Organize Favorites or go to Favorites. I also noticed that in the Organize Favorites if you use the Send Feedback it doesn't work see below...anyone else come across this bug... 
Reply:
To be honest I think most people have removed the annoying Send Feedback link from their Windows (its a simple registry change, and the send feedback tool is still accessible from the Control Panel)
Also remember the send feedback tool won't appear in the final version, so MS won't really be concerned about any bugs it has.
Also remember the send feedback tool won't appear in the final version, so MS won't really be concerned about any bugs it has.
------------------------------------
Reply:
I have seen the IE issue myself having jsut come across it myself. The Send Feedback issue has been brought to our attention and from what was said it seems that this feature was not included in all distrobutions of Windows 7.
~Alex T.~Windows Desktop Experience MVP~
Have Comments about Windows 7 Beta?
If you feel that this is something that needs attention please go to that thread and make your feelings known. Thank you.
~Alex T.~Windows Desktop Experience MVP~
------------------------------------
Windows 7 download hangs at 99%
I've tried several times to download windows 7 beta but the download manager stops at 99% and never goes any further. It says 2.44G of 2.44G downloaded but never gets to 100%. Can anyone tell me what I need to do to fix this?
- Moved by Othorvath Friday, January 16, 2009 10:05 AM (Moved from Windows 7 Installation, Setup, and Deployment to Windows 7 Miscellaneous)
- Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Monday, February 16, 2009 8:31 PM
- Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Monday, February 16, 2009 8:31 PM
Reply:
I'm using Vista 64 bit and having the same issue downloading the 32 bit version of Windows 7. Wish I knew why though.
------------------------------------
No mixer device available
Hi. I had the same problem and found the answer elsewhere. What you have to do is start the Windows Audio Service. For some reason it gets stopped. Here's what the post said:
Go to Start --> Run, and type in services.msc.
A window will pop up with a list of services. Scroll down to Windows Audio. Right-click
and click on Properties.
Make sure that "Startup type" is set to automatic. Also, make sure, under "Service
status," start is selected.
Hope this helps! Good luck.
Go to Start --> Run, and type in services.msc.
A window will pop up with a list of services. Scroll down to Windows Audio. Right-click
and click on Properties.
Make sure that "Startup type" is set to automatic. Also, make sure, under "Service
status," start is selected.
Hope this helps! Good luck.
This did the trick. I had taken it into a local shop and they didn't have a clue.....Thanks a million
- Moved by The March Hare Wednesday, October 7, 2009 6:30 PM not about Media Foundation SDK (From:Media Foundation Development)
Drag and drop to taskbar
Anybody else thought how much better it would be if there was drag and drop functionality within the taskbar? For instance, I'm browsing the web full screen and come across a page with a few images that I like (not ____...)
1) I open up the folder where I keep them and it shows up on the taskbar, grouped with whatever other folders I have open
2) I drag the image and hover over the folder icon
3) I hover over the correct folder to bring it up on screen
4) I drop the image in to the folder
5) I restore focus to the browser
Either that or
1) I shrink the browser
2) I open the folder (as above)
3) I move it from out behind the browser
4) I drag and drop the image
5) I maximise the browser again
But how about
1) I open up the folder...
2) I drag the image and hover over the folder icon
3) I drop the image onto the preview of the folder I want
That way I never have to leave the browser window. I'm sure there are other instance where that functionality would useful...
1) I open up the folder where I keep them and it shows up on the taskbar, grouped with whatever other folders I have open
2) I drag the image and hover over the folder icon
3) I hover over the correct folder to bring it up on screen
4) I drop the image in to the folder
5) I restore focus to the browser
Either that or
1) I shrink the browser
2) I open the folder (as above)
3) I move it from out behind the browser
4) I drag and drop the image
5) I maximise the browser again
But how about
1) I open up the folder...
2) I drag the image and hover over the folder icon
3) I drop the image onto the preview of the folder I want
That way I never have to leave the browser window. I'm sure there are other instance where that functionality would useful...
- Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Monday, January 19, 2009 6:26 PM general discussion
Reply:
I was able to drag the bookmark icon for this page to an explorer window using the Aero Peek Preview without any issue (had 3 Explorer windows open to be sure). I just pointed at the icon until it showed the preview (about a half-second), and then pointed at the preview to display the window (a second), and then released on the Explorer window to create a shortcut... I am sure this applies for multiple types of files as long as the target program accepts the content in question.
I do see some benefit in making it possible to drop directly on the preview, but I don't see it as a necessity.
I do see some benefit in making it possible to drop directly on the preview, but I don't see it as a necessity.
------------------------------------
Reply:
Pinning things is good obviously, as well as re-ordering what's on the Taskbar itself but that's not nearly enough in my view.
What I would like to be able to do is create little scripts for things such as the IE icon and drag them to the taskbar instead of having to look for icons myself or have the programs etc already open in order to "pin" them on for good.
Also, having the size of things change whether open or closed is another point of issue for me as well as this space to the left or to the right depending on how it is used.
Good try Microsoft but not really good enough sorry.
------------------------------------
Reply:
So what you're really asking for is a way to automate the process of pinning objects to the superbar, right?
As a system administrator, I can see TONS of useful benefits and harmful concerns with this. I don't think I want anything pinned without my say-so. I have enough problem with that as it is on the Desktop with program installers cluttering things up.
Granted, this is helpful too in the sense that as an admin, I could better control what is seen in a work environment, but does that benefit outweigh the potential risk?
As a system administrator, I can see TONS of useful benefits and harmful concerns with this. I don't think I want anything pinned without my say-so. I have enough problem with that as it is on the Desktop with program installers cluttering things up.
Granted, this is helpful too in the sense that as an admin, I could better control what is seen in a work environment, but does that benefit outweigh the potential risk?
------------------------------------
Reply:
Hmm... apart from the first reply, people seem either to have misunderstood what I was talking about, or just deviated from the topic.
All I would like to do is drag a file from one window on to the preview of another. So I could drag a .pdf file from my Downloads folder (which I have open maximised) into my Documents folder (which is open but hidden behind it) without changing focus.
As GoodThings2Life said, it only takes an extra second or so for the preview to become the focus-window. But then sometimes a second feels like quite a long time... And you've still got to switch focus back to your original window again. I personally find it quite disruptive.
[Oh and then there's the further annoyance that when you try and drag a file over a folder icon on the taskbar, the folder often skips out of the way because Windows thinks you want to pin the file to the taskbar...!]
.
.
.
Not that I don't generally favour the changes mind you...
All I would like to do is drag a file from one window on to the preview of another. So I could drag a .pdf file from my Downloads folder (which I have open maximised) into my Documents folder (which is open but hidden behind it) without changing focus.
As GoodThings2Life said, it only takes an extra second or so for the preview to become the focus-window. But then sometimes a second feels like quite a long time... And you've still got to switch focus back to your original window again. I personally find it quite disruptive.
[Oh and then there's the further annoyance that when you try and drag a file over a folder icon on the taskbar, the folder often skips out of the way because Windows thinks you want to pin the file to the taskbar...!]
.
.
.
Not that I don't generally favour the changes mind you...
------------------------------------
Reduce those UI delays
I really like the new Superbar, but find the little delays really frustrating (disproportionately frustrating, to be honest).
In the Superbar:
In the Superbar:
Hover the pointer over an icon for a non-running program - it takes roughly ONE AND A HALF SECONDS for the program name to pop up. This is way too slow.
Hover the pointer over an icon for a running program - it takes about half a second for the preview to appear - slow enough to form an annoying speed bump in the smooth flow of using the Superbar.
Hover the pointer over the Show Desktop rectangle - again, there's roughly a half-second delay before it works.
I realise there have to be some pauses in the UI so things don't flash in and out of existence as an inexperienced user sweeps the mouse pointer around the screen, but I find these too long - long enough to cause frustrating speed bumps as I wait for the UI to respond.
Please, shorten these pauses, or let us control them.
- Changed type Ronnie VernonMVP Saturday, January 17, 2009 4:50 PM
- Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Monday, January 19, 2009 6:21 PM needs to send feedback
Reply:
I guess that MenuShowDelay in the registry under control panel might do this.
Or completely disable the animations. Not at my windows 7 box right now but search the registry for that name and try.
Arjan
Or completely disable the animations. Not at my windows 7 box right now but search the registry for that name and try.
Arjan
------------------------------------
Reply:
Arjan Sin said:
I guess that MenuShowDelay in the registry under control panel might do this.
Or completely disable the animations. Not at my windows 7 box right now but search the registry for that name and try.
Thanks for that suggestion. It certainly doesn't affect the first delay I mentioned - the 1.5s to show the program name.
I'll experiment with various values to see if it affects the other delays noticeably.
------------------------------------
Reply:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StartPage
holds a few keys that might look very interesting but unfortunatly is in binary form.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects might be nice to check out as well.
Arjan Sin
holds a few keys that might look very interesting but unfortunatly is in binary form.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects might be nice to check out as well.
Arjan Sin
------------------------------------
Dragging to border with multiple displays
I like the new ability to drag a window up to maximise, or left or right to half-maximise. But when multiple displays are present, the boundary between displays does not behave in this way. So it's not possible to easily make a window fill the right half of the left monitor.
This is probably by design as it might be hard to accurately position the mouse pointer between the two displays. But perhaps it might be possible to make a 10-pixel wide area for this.
The keyboard shortcuts are a workaround for this, but it would be nice to be able to do it with the mouse, too.
This is probably by design as it might be hard to accurately position the mouse pointer between the two displays. But perhaps it might be possible to make a 10-pixel wide area for this.
The keyboard shortcuts are a workaround for this, but it would be nice to be able to do it with the mouse, too.
Reply:
I think it should be an option that can be turned on/off.
I know i've had some issues already with windows trying to maximise without me meaning to.
I like being able to use the keyboard shortcut but its a bit too easy to do with accidentally
I know i've had some issues already with windows trying to maximise without me meaning to.
I like being able to use the keyboard shortcut but its a bit too easy to do with accidentally
------------------------------------
Reply:
Rob Fisher said:
I like the new ability to drag a window up to maximise, or left or right to half-maximise. But when multiple displays are present, the boundary between displays does not behave in this way. So it's not possible to easily make a window fill the right half of the left monitor.
This is probably by design as it might be hard to accurately position the mouse pointer between the two displays. But perhaps it might be possible to make a 10-pixel wide area for this.
The keyboard shortcuts are a workaround for this, but it would be nice to be able to do it with the mouse, too.
Hi Rob
The problem with what you are suggesting is that if the 'snap window' feature was configured this way, you would not be able to drag anything between the monitors?
The whole concept of having multiple monitors is to have the benefit of one 'contiguous' screen where you can freely move things around just as if it was one big desktop.
Having the keyboard shortcuts allows users to retain the benefits of using multiple monitors and still take advantage of the 'snap window' features.
Hope this helps.
Ronnie Vernon MVP
------------------------------------
Reply:
This is just occuring to me now (I haven't had a multi-mon setup in about a decade), but.. why wouldn't it be possible to enable Snap functionality by the mouse?
You have a window on the left monitor, and start dragging it to the right.
The mouse cursor isn't close to the edge: Nothing happens
The mouse cursor gets close to the edge: The window snaps to the right edge of the left monitor
The mouse cursor goes past the edge and ends up on the right monitor: The window snaps to the left edge of the right monitor
The mouse cursor still keeps on going: The window ends up placed normally on the right monitor
I could be mistaken, but I don't think it would be that hard to implement.
Unless it's actually a question of properly detecting the multiple monitors. I can see how that would cause problems if that's not sorted yet.
You have a window on the left monitor, and start dragging it to the right.
The mouse cursor isn't close to the edge: Nothing happens
The mouse cursor gets close to the edge: The window snaps to the right edge of the left monitor
The mouse cursor goes past the edge and ends up on the right monitor: The window snaps to the left edge of the right monitor
The mouse cursor still keeps on going: The window ends up placed normally on the right monitor
I could be mistaken, but I don't think it would be that hard to implement.
Unless it's actually a question of properly detecting the multiple monitors. I can see how that would cause problems if that's not sorted yet.
------------------------------------
Reply:
Hi Akame-san
I think one of the underlying problems is that, as far as the mouse is concerned, there is only one big screen and not multiple monitors.
It would probably take re-doing the standard mouse drivers as well as the snap window feature to make this work.
This could also have the effect of breaking a lot of third party multiple monitor utilities such as UltraMon, etc.
If this was configured, the way you described, it seems like it would be disconcerting to see a "smooth-Snap - Snap-smooth' effect when dragging a window between monitors.
Just having the programmed keyboard shortcuts solves the problem.
Regards,
Ronnie Vernon MVP
------------------------------------
Reply:
If you use WIN+right Cursor the window will snap to the right hand side of the left monitor.
If you use WIN+left cursor the window will snap to the left hand side of the right monitor.
It'd be nice if there was a way to do this with the mouse, but I've not found it yet!
Edit: Beg your pardon - I overlooked you mentioned you knew the keyboard shortcuts already.
If you use WIN+left cursor the window will snap to the left hand side of the right monitor.
It'd be nice if there was a way to do this with the mouse, but I've not found it yet!
Edit: Beg your pardon - I overlooked you mentioned you knew the keyboard shortcuts already.
------------------------------------
performance rocks!!!
I have done a clean install on an "older" laptop (HP L2000). I had a Vista upgrade installed on it previously. The Vista install was somewhat sluggish. The current Win7 install is VERY responsive, the fit and finish of the OS seems to be almost ready for prime time.
Reply:
great
i agree almost however there are some issues with upgrades and memory theft with windows 7 still but other then that the User Interface ,Data Management , Security are all running smooth but i can not complain about the memory usage because beta is ultimate edition and its lower usage then windows vista ultimate which major score on my part.
in all other accounts i believe that windows 7 is ready for marketing however lets test it more before we put it on shelf's and computers world wide. ;)
i agree almost however there are some issues with upgrades and memory theft with windows 7 still but other then that the User Interface ,Data Management , Security are all running smooth but i can not complain about the memory usage because beta is ultimate edition and its lower usage then windows vista ultimate which major score on my part.
in all other accounts i believe that windows 7 is ready for marketing however lets test it more before we put it on shelf's and computers world wide. ;)
------------------------------------
Reply:
I wish it was ready. I do love the speed it feels that it has, but my testing doesn't show it much faster than Vista or XP. Faster yes, but not by much. Yet it feels and acts so much faster.
And, I've run into enough anomolies that I feel we are a ways yet from release. I've heard rumor of July of this year. I hope it gets a lot more polish before then.
I am anxious just like you guys though. It is a much more exciting OS than Vista was (which I did find exciting too)
And, I've run into enough anomolies that I feel we are a ways yet from release. I've heard rumor of July of this year. I hope it gets a lot more polish before then.
I am anxious just like you guys though. It is a much more exciting OS than Vista was (which I did find exciting too)
------------------------------------
Reply:
im sure it wont be released in July do to public beta will last till august 1 2009 which why would they have us testing a already released edition of windows so far past the release of the actual OS but the release date is no matter its the quality of the product that count's .
i can say for the most part that win 7 will be fully tested correction's made beta 2 released tested then if no more issue's are presented then internal gold master then public release much like GNU linux but with more testing done.
i am excited to see where it goes and will gladly buy it when it is released but i agree the system requirment's are still a little steep for the operating system that is ment to change the world.
already it is running better then vista was when it was first released but it is still not streamlined as i see it will be before public release remember this is the Vista killer it will be the ultimate upgrade from xp or vista so it will need to reflect such before it is sold.
already i see great improvment's such as DirectX 11 , UI to name a few i did not ever expect to see in such a early release we got to give them prop's this system already rock's compaired to Vista SP1.
i myself am testing on a p4 2,6gz with 1.5 gig memory old ati radeon x1050 agp card and it is running better then XP was before win7
i can say for the most part that win 7 will be fully tested correction's made beta 2 released tested then if no more issue's are presented then internal gold master then public release much like GNU linux but with more testing done.
i am excited to see where it goes and will gladly buy it when it is released but i agree the system requirment's are still a little steep for the operating system that is ment to change the world.
already it is running better then vista was when it was first released but it is still not streamlined as i see it will be before public release remember this is the Vista killer it will be the ultimate upgrade from xp or vista so it will need to reflect such before it is sold.
already i see great improvment's such as DirectX 11 , UI to name a few i did not ever expect to see in such a early release we got to give them prop's this system already rock's compaired to Vista SP1.
i myself am testing on a p4 2,6gz with 1.5 gig memory old ati radeon x1050 agp card and it is running better then XP was before win7
------------------------------------
Reply:
LarryS56 said:
"Responsive" compared to Vista doesn't count. I have done a clean install on an "older" laptop (HP L2000). I had a Vista upgrade installed on it previously. The Vista install was somewhat sluggish. The current Win7 install is VERY responsive
Compare it to XP and you'll see an entirely different story.
(Why compare to XP? Because that's where the majority of users will or won't upgrade from)
------------------------------------
Reply:
_jodo said:
LarryS56 said:
"Responsive" compared to Vista doesn't count. I have done a clean install on an "older" laptop (HP L2000). I had a Vista upgrade installed on it previously. The Vista install was somewhat sluggish. The current Win7 install is VERY responsive
Compare it to XP and you'll see an entirely different story.
(Why compare to XP? Because that's where the majority of users will or won't upgrade from)
Really?
On my system compared to xp, win7 loads my main apps noticeably quicker (photoshop/office 2007). I play games and they are equally as smooth, (and in some cases) smoother than xp. My machine boots and shuts down quicker than xp. XP can finally go to bed as far as I'm concerned.
------------------------------------
Reply:
------------------------------------
Reply:
I have 32 bit and 64 bit Windows 7 and Windows Vista 64 bit.
I have ran 3Dmark Vantage on all three o/s
Windows Vista 64 bit beats them all hands down this is what I compair speed to. Boot and turning off your computer is nice but don't do anything for real speed.
Windows Vista 64 bit= 14,871 , 12,385 , 37,400
Windows 7 64 bit = 14,619 , 12,082 , 39,522 -253
Windows 7 32 bit = 14,092 , 11,652 , 37,983 -780
All three test were ran on the same computer.
EVGA 780 i m/b
QX6850 Extream Intel prosesor Danger Dan Water block
$ gig 1060 corsair ram
3 disk drives
280 GTX HC water cooled video card
1500 W Thermotake power sup.
Koolance PS-4 water cooled case
I do like Windows 7 but they need to get the speed up a bit. I always run benchmarks to see the proof. They don't lie and when done on the same computer then it is apples to apples. I was dissapointed to see Windows 7 slower. Yes everything is turned on such as debug and several trackers. I am sure it will be much faster when you turn off all the garbage to beta test with. Believe me Microsoft does have a big winner here and will change the way computers are used . I myself do like Windows 7 and will put it on all my computers.
Thomas 29
SLI and Vista
I have ran 3Dmark Vantage on all three o/s
Windows Vista 64 bit beats them all hands down this is what I compair speed to. Boot and turning off your computer is nice but don't do anything for real speed.
Windows Vista 64 bit= 14,871 , 12,385 , 37,400
Windows 7 64 bit = 14,619 , 12,082 , 39,522 -253
Windows 7 32 bit = 14,092 , 11,652 , 37,983 -780
All three test were ran on the same computer.
EVGA 780 i m/b
QX6850 Extream Intel prosesor Danger Dan Water block
$ gig 1060 corsair ram
3 disk drives
280 GTX HC water cooled video card
1500 W Thermotake power sup.
Koolance PS-4 water cooled case
I do like Windows 7 but they need to get the speed up a bit. I always run benchmarks to see the proof. They don't lie and when done on the same computer then it is apples to apples. I was dissapointed to see Windows 7 slower. Yes everything is turned on such as debug and several trackers. I am sure it will be much faster when you turn off all the garbage to beta test with. Believe me Microsoft does have a big winner here and will change the way computers are used . I myself do like Windows 7 and will put it on all my computers.
Thomas 29
SLI and Vista
------------------------------------
Reply:
my specs: gigabyte GA-EX38-DS4|Intel C2D e7200 at 3.8GHz | 2X ATI 3870 512M CCC 8.12|8G Patriot PC6400 DDR2 800MHz 5-5-5-12|Seagate 250G SATA HD|Sunbeam core contact cooler 120mm|BFG Tech 800w| Windows 7 beta| Antec 1200
my3dmark06 scores:
xp 32 bit, ATI 8.12 = 17000
win7 64bit, ATI 8.12 = 16600
games FPS XP 32bit, max settings, 4x AA, 16x AF, 1680x1050, DX9:
COD5 = 80-100
Farcry2 = 45
Left4dead = 150
games FPS win7 64bit, max settings, 4x AA, 16x AF, 1680x1050, DX10:
COD5 = 60-80
Farcry = 50
Left4dead = 180
Scores are mixed, but it is a beta. I would bet, retail will be faster across the board. I believe the issues with lower performance for me is bad graphics drivers. Once ATI gets up to speed with better drivers, i imagine much better numbers.
Regardless of scores and FPS, the quality of the image is much better, maybe due to dx10, but i would much rather play games on win7 64bit than XP any day. And just simple tasks like booting, shutdown, file management and administration is a heck of a lot better.
my3dmark06 scores:
xp 32 bit, ATI 8.12 = 17000
win7 64bit, ATI 8.12 = 16600
games FPS XP 32bit, max settings, 4x AA, 16x AF, 1680x1050, DX9:
COD5 = 80-100
Farcry2 = 45
Left4dead = 150
games FPS win7 64bit, max settings, 4x AA, 16x AF, 1680x1050, DX10:
COD5 = 60-80
Farcry = 50
Left4dead = 180
Scores are mixed, but it is a beta. I would bet, retail will be faster across the board. I believe the issues with lower performance for me is bad graphics drivers. Once ATI gets up to speed with better drivers, i imagine much better numbers.
Regardless of scores and FPS, the quality of the image is much better, maybe due to dx10, but i would much rather play games on win7 64bit than XP any day. And just simple tasks like booting, shutdown, file management and administration is a heck of a lot better.
------------------------------------
Reply:
well i agree 3d marks not stunning but bear in mind WDDM drivers are 179, but it does seem to react well to o/cing
current rig
evga 780i board
corsair dommi 1066 @1080
Q9550 @3.825
xfx 98 gtx + black's
820 core 1222 mem 1984 shader
win 7 64
vista prem 32
XP pro 32
first time with a 64 bit os an very impressed. as db says general image quality whether desktop or in game is much improved over vusta or xp and very responsive gamming, lookin forward to the clean version.
current rig
evga 780i board
corsair dommi 1066 @1080
Q9550 @3.825
xfx 98 gtx + black's
820 core 1222 mem 1984 shader
win 7 64
vista prem 32
XP pro 32
first time with a 64 bit os an very impressed. as db says general image quality whether desktop or in game is much improved over vusta or xp and very responsive gamming, lookin forward to the clean version.
------------------------------------
Some issues I've posted before
And are not solved. See this thread as a reminder. Maybe someone from MSFT Forums Devel Team will see this and DO SOMETHING about this IMPORTANT bugs:
- points not updated after the last migration
- threads not appearing in the My Threads section
- Top Answerers section not working
Lucian Baciu, http://studentclub.ro/lucians_weblog
- points not updated after the last migration
- threads not appearing in the My Threads section
- Top Answerers section not working
Lucian Baciu, http://studentclub.ro/lucians_weblog
Reply:
it's not being ignored. We've found another issue that needs to be fixed before we can fix the points and my threads. It's all slated to be fixed next week.
Matt
Matt Fraser, STO Forums Software Developer
Matt
Matt Fraser, STO Forums Software Developer
------------------------------------
Reply:
Hi Matt!
Please take into account the last reported bug: the one about the Top Answerers section.
Regards,
Lucian Baciu, http://studentclub.ro/lucians_weblog
Please take into account the last reported bug: the one about the Top Answerers section.
Regards,
Lucian Baciu, http://studentclub.ro/lucians_weblog
------------------------------------
Reply:
What do you mean by "not working"? I don't recall seeing a bug reported on this.
Matt Fraser, STO Forums Software Developer
Matt Fraser, STO Forums Software Developer
------------------------------------
Reply:
Matt,
The Top Answerers section in the newly migrated forums does not work. If it's not been reported before, I report it now. Please see the Windows Forms or the Visual Studio Express forums. The stats in there have not changed since the forums have been migrated. I think this issue exists also in the other newly migrated forums, but I don't post there so often so I cannot be 100% sure.
Regards,
Lucian Baciu, http://studentclub.ro/lucians_weblog
The Top Answerers section in the newly migrated forums does not work. If it's not been reported before, I report it now. Please see the Windows Forms or the Visual Studio Express forums. The stats in there have not changed since the forums have been migrated. I think this issue exists also in the other newly migrated forums, but I don't post there so often so I cannot be 100% sure.
Regards,
Lucian Baciu, http://studentclub.ro/lucians_weblog
------------------------------------
Reply:
Matt, ca you look at this issue?
Lucian Baciu, http://studentclub.ro/lucians_weblog
Lucian Baciu, http://studentclub.ro/lucians_weblog
------------------------------------
Reply:
I beleive that this feature is being looked at as part of a larger release.
Matt Fraser, STO Forums Software Developer
Matt Fraser, STO Forums Software Developer
------------------------------------
Reply:
The Top Answerers section is not a feature. How can you release something that is already there?!
Lucian Baciu, http://studentclub.ro/lucians_weblog
Lucian Baciu, http://studentclub.ro/lucians_weblog
------------------------------------
Reply:
Since we're rewriting the UI code, we're re-evaluating how everything works as we go. The top answerers section is one such feature.
Matt Fraser, STO Forums Software Developer
Matt Fraser, STO Forums Software Developer
------------------------------------
Bug: Taskbar with "Never combine" option enabled
OS: Windows 7 Beta 1 Build 7000 x86/x86-64.
When the option "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties|Taskbar|Taskbar buttons:|Never Combine" is enabled, running application windows can appear mixed with application shortcuts at the taskbar. I consider it a bug.
I think the normal behaviour with "Never Combine" should be, the running application windows never appear mixed with application shortcuts at the taskbar, in addition to not appearing combined as a single window with them at the taskbar.
When the option "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties|Taskbar|Taskbar buttons:|Never Combine" is enabled, running application windows can appear mixed with application shortcuts at the taskbar. I consider it a bug.
I think the normal behaviour with "Never Combine" should be, the running application windows never appear mixed with application shortcuts at the taskbar, in addition to not appearing combined as a single window with them at the taskbar.
Reply:
It's not a bug, though. It's the intended behavior.
You can either re-order them manually or unpin everything.
You can either re-order them manually or unpin everything.
------------------------------------
Windows 7 Install Working, Now Won't Boot
I am running Windows 7 off of a 500GB internal hard drive on my Dell M1530 laptop.
Yesterday, I installed all my programs - Firefox (with all my old data backed up using FEBE), Picasa 2, Creative Suite 4, Office, O&O Defrag, Avast! AntiVirus, and Mixcraft studio. O&O and Avast! were installed a few days after the others, and were set to perform boot-time time scans / defrags. I restarted to perform the scans...
When these programs were meant to be scanning, I just witnessed a black screen with the CPU / HDD lights lit up. This went on waaaaay longer than it should have on a clean install (around 45 minutes), so I restarted. It still just boots to a black screen, right after the "Windows is Starting" screen.
I installed 7 on a second 500GB HDD I have, linking the old HD by an external drive. All the files - Program Files (x86), Program Files, Users, Windows, etc are there, but Windows Repair (off the CD) and Start Up repair say that the program cannot be fixed automatically.
Apparently system restore is off by default, which is INCREDIBLY STUPID. There are no restore points I can choose from...
Considering I still have access to all files on the previous HDD over a FireWire connection, can I somehow repair it? I'm surpirsed that the auto repair doesn't work.
I had Windows 7 setup just how I wanted it, and it was amazing. All the data is still there, but the startup fails after the "Starting Windows" screen. Copying a few files over from my new /Windows/ folder would be much easier than spending five hours installing programs and setting preferences.
- Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Wednesday, February 18, 2009 4:58 PM
Reply:
45 minutes? Let it keep running. Seriously. Mine's taking over an hour to boot. All I see is black screen, then...boom, there it is. Keep waiting for it. Walk away and come back later. Good luck.
------------------------------------
Mirrors Edge game no sound in movies. Any solution?
Mirrors Edge game no sound in movies. Alredy installed all video codecs. Any solution? OpenAl issue with Win 7?
Irvaniew works fine in Windows 7
Irfanview 4.23 works fine with Windows 7. Irfanview is a free graphic program uses very little memory to open pictures and actually works better than some of the expensive paid ones.
robin
robin
Reply:
robinb9 said:
Irfanview 4.23 works fine with Windows 7. Irfanview is a free graphic program uses very little memory to open pictures and actually works better than some of the expensive paid ones.
robin
It's an excellent freeware I've used here on the previous versions of XP and Vista as well. I saw that go right on the 32bit release of 7 here.
------------------------------------
Reply:
Excellent program with a great screen shot utility as well. One of he best 'freebies' for any O/S.
------------------------------------
Reply:
I've run into an issue with using the batch-rename function while the folder I'm renaming in is open in explorer.
The explorer view refreshes itself too quickly and tries to create thumbnails for all the images while they're being renamed, and since you can't rename files while they're being read, anywhere from 0-5% of the files give me an error instead of being renamed.
Never had this problem with XP or Vista.
The explorer view refreshes itself too quickly and tries to create thumbnails for all the images while they're being renamed, and since you can't rename files while they're being read, anywhere from 0-5% of the files give me an error instead of being renamed.
Never had this problem with XP or Vista.
------------------------------------
Windows system folder protection and registry concept
Does windows 7 still work on the same lines in keeping registry entries and not protect windows/system and windows/system32 directory or did they have a better security. Personally I hate registry concept - it sucks. How does the browser IE work now? Is it the same for exploring the files and a browser as well? Unless these rasping issues are resolved whether it is Windows 7 or any other Windows OS it is in my opinion a big big big failure even though it has more functions and new look. What big difference it make? It is killer.
- Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Tuesday, January 20, 2009 1:27 AM
Reply:
UAC and IE protected mode do still add a great deal of security layers that Windows XP doesn't have. For every time that someone lays out the arguments that the registy needs to be killed off, one needs to step back and look at the ecosystem of software and development.
It's easy to say 'rip it out' but as a person using line of business software I'll say "hang on, not so fast". It's not trivial for me to rip out and replace all of my functioning software.
I think it's a bit simplistic and naive to say it needs to be chucked out and sucks.
What has changed is better acls on the registry, attention to users folders being more segregated for security purposes and kicking our butts and that of our application developers to stop demanding administrator rights.
'Nix has it's .conf folder that can be it's achilles heel as well.
It's easy to say 'rip it out' but as a person using line of business software I'll say "hang on, not so fast". It's not trivial for me to rip out and replace all of my functioning software.
I think it's a bit simplistic and naive to say it needs to be chucked out and sucks.
What has changed is better acls on the registry, attention to users folders being more segregated for security purposes and kicking our butts and that of our application developers to stop demanding administrator rights.
'Nix has it's .conf folder that can be it's achilles heel as well.
------------------------------------
Reply:
The differences between UNIX configuration files and the Windows registry are manyfold. For example, UNIX configuration files are just simple text files that live in a well-known, standard place, that can be easily edited using any editor (from a working system or a recovery LiveCD), modified, backed up, etc, whereas Windows registry consists of a few binary files that are less flexible to manage.
I will concede if you speak of GNOME's own implementation of the registry: GConf. It's one of the worst mistakes GNOME developers did: trying to emulate the old and brain-dead Windows registry system.
I will concede if you speak of GNOME's own implementation of the registry: GConf. It's one of the worst mistakes GNOME developers did: trying to emulate the old and brain-dead Windows registry system.
------------------------------------
WINPE 3.0 and profiles
to those who look into the AIK as well, have a look at the new "Profiling" options in WinPE 3.0, it allows you to decrease the size of WinPE significantly. Read my findings here: http://www.verboon.info/index.php/2009/01/reducing-size-of-winpe/
Cheers
Alex
Cheers
Alex
WMC - Sorting Recorded TV
Currently when I view the list of episodes of a TV show in Windows Media Center, the newest episode is listed first. Is it possible to reverse the sort order to show the first recorded episode first on the list?
i.e. When listing M*A*S*H episodes, I'd rather see the first recorded at the beginning of the list since that is the one I'll watch first.
i.e. When listing M*A*S*H episodes, I'd rather see the first recorded at the beginning of the list since that is the one I'll watch first.
- Changed type Ronnie VernonMVP Saturday, February 7, 2009 1:41 AM
Installation
Both 32 & 64 bit versions were a breeze and dare I say FASTER to install! Good experience so far
No comments:
Post a Comment