NFL Game Rewind -- Move Networks video player -- no work

NFL.com's "Game Rewind" service, which uses Move Networks video player, doesn't work with Windows 7.

http://www.nfl.com/gamerewind

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Hi,

Thank you for your sharing. J

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Taskbar icons not always displaying one next to another.

Is anyone else experiencing strange displaying of the icons in the taskbar?
Mine are sometimes displaying correctly one next to the other, sometimes there is "space" between theme and not with a precise pattern, I can have "icon-space-icon-icon-big space and so on...
I'm currently running the "combine when full" mode with the good old quick lauch bar.

Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Monday, January 19, 2009 7:10 PM needs to send feedback

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Can you please take a screenshot to show us? This will be of better help to us to try and determine if this is normal or a issue.

~Alex T.~Windows Desktop Experience MVP~

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Hi, I put a couple here on my skydrive: http://cid-80fe8d6304e7e6a9.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Pubblica/Clipboard01.jpg?lc=1040
The first button comes always at the same distance from the quick launch, a bit too far from it I believe, while the other buttons seam to do what they want in terms of spacing.

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Hello Harry,

Can you please right click on the taskbar and see what option you have set for the Taskbar Buttons. It seems that you may have the Taskbar buttons set to Combine when Taskbar is full or Never Combine. Setting this to Always Combine, Hide Labels should fix this for you.

Alex

~Alex T.~Windows Desktop Experience MVP~

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Hi Alex, yes I do have "combine when full" selected but if the taskbar is not full I don't see why there should be a problem.
Anyway, I set it to "always combine" and I believe the problem is still there, I've put up another screenshot "clipboard03" at the link above.

I removed the quick launch bar to see if something would change and also tried "never combine" but the problem persist.

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This issue is happening only under the 64 bit version of windows 7, 32bit on the same pc doesn't have the problem.

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MacBook Pro (Early 2008) Spotty Connection

Hello all,

I have a MacBook Pro (Early 2008) and the wi-fi works. However, it will randomly lose connection and re-connect. I have the latest Broadcom BCM43XX
802.11n driver installed from the Boot Camp driver CD. Has anyone found a fix, or is stuck in a similar solution yet?

Changed type Ronnie VernonMVP Wednesday, February 4, 2009 6:44 AM No response from TS

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My laptop (a Dell) doesn't seem to lose the connection per se, but I do see sessions drop if I leave the laptop unattended for a while.

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What About The Mobile Users?

I have seen alot of mobile video driver issues pass by here, I myself have a Gateway 200ARC with Intel 82855 video and cant seem to make my drivers work at all, so no aero an no glass look for me. it may be older, but people don't upgrade Laptops like they do PC's so i do believe some support would be nice, even if it is just downloadable after install from microsoft.

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Hi,

as far as I have seen this graphic adapter has only 32MB of RAM. The decision if a manufacturer is delivering drivers or not, is not the responsibility of Microsoft. Microsoft is not developing drivers, they only sell their own software. The minimum system requirements to running aero are 128 MB and were specified already with Windows Vista. So it is not only a driver issue, it is also a hardware limitation at all.

Peter Forster, MVP Virtual Machine, Austria

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if you look at device manager you will see numbers of drivers made by microsoft for devices made by other manufactures. but my point is there are alot of unsupported laptop devices and most seem to be video. i cant even get my vista driver to install, which means no opengl for my games. thats kind of a waste for those who have slightly older laptops. though i do agree manufactures should support even there older hardware

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Install hangs at "completing installation"

Installing via upgrade from Vista GUI and all goes well until after two reboots and then the last step, "completing installation". it will then hang and i have waited as long as 2 hours...no go.
I am upgrading from vista 64 to win 7 64
OS disk is a raptor 150 and very clean / programs are on a 4 disk raid 0 with WD 320gb matched drives / backup is done to a 1 tb seagate drive with ghost 12 / ICH9r chip
gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 with latest bios / 8 GB OZC high performance ram / core 2 dual 65nm conroe / no overclock
Nv 8800 ultra / SB X-FI extreme Music
PhotoShop CS4 / Office 07 ultimate / symantec corp 11.0 (service disabled) / ghost 12 (service disabled) / Coral winDVD 9.0 / misc insignificant
current OS; Vista ultimate x64 SP1

Any Ideas?

Edited by sttuppid Saturday, January 17, 2009 10:13 PM
Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Saturday, February 21, 2009 1:24 AM

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A likely cause of this is a device installation that is failing to return. You can provide a bit more detail to help pinpoint the issue:

1) What percentage is the "completing installation" at?
2) Analyze and/or post relavent sections of setup log files. Try the following:

Press SHIFT-F10 during the "completing installation" screen, a command prompt opens
Navigate and review the following log files (start at the end):

\windows\inf\setupapi.dev.log (shows current device installations)
\windows\panther\unattendgc\setupact.log (shows the current state of Setup)

If you're not getting anywhere with looking at the log files, post some of the suspicious/relevant information and it might shed more light on the issue.

Stephen Lodwick [MSFT]

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As suspected, it looks as though the culprit is Device Installation that occurs at this point. It's possible that a device hang causes Setup to loop and stall progress. The logs indicate that we are "specializing" the computer and making it hardware dependend. That's what SYSPRP logs are alluding to.

This is where the setupapi.dev.log would be useful. Please add the *last 100 lines* of that log file (location in first reply). Do not attach the entire log file.

Stephen Lodwick [MSFT]

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The attached setupapi.dev.log file does not appear to be from the same installation that is hanging. Review the following:

setupapi.dev.log:
<<< Section end 2009/01/02 16:57:10.091
<<< [Exit status: SUCCESS]

setupact.log:

2009-01-09 23:54:54, Info SYSPRP Status: Active

2009-01-09 23:54:54, Info SYSPRP Status: Total = 267, Complete = 143, Progress = 53% (53%)

The two timestamps appear that they do not come from the same installation. Can you check to make sure you picked up the setupapi.dev.log from the installation \Windows directory?

Stephen Lodwick [MSFT]

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Do you have a Ready Boost USB Drive sticking out of your system (SanDisk)? If so, could be your issue; or some other usb appliance which needs to be unplugged before install?

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Hi Steven, i tried to install again to no avail...here are the last half of the setup.dev.log;

>>> [Device Install (Hardware initiated) - USB\VID_046D&PID_0B06\5&233cb252&0&2]
>>> Section start 2009/01/15 20:52:10.468
     ump: Creating Install Process: DrvInst.exe 20:52:10.483
     ndv: Retrieving device info...
     ndv: Setting device parameters...
     ndv: Building driver list...
     dvi: {Build Driver List} 20:52:10.702
     dvi:      Searching for hardware ID(s):
     dvi:           usb\vid_046d&pid_0b06&rev_0101
     dvi:           usb\vid_046d&pid_0b06
     dvi:      Searching for compatible ID(s):
     dvi:           usb\class_09&subclass_00&prot_00
     dvi:           usb\class_09&subclass_00
     dvi:           usb\class_09
     dvi:      Enumerating INFs from path list 'C:\Windows\INF'
     inf:      Opened PNF: 'C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\usb.inf_e4cafc37\usb.inf' ([strings.0409] <src=drvstore>)
     dvi:      Created Driver Node:
     dvi:           HardwareID   - USB\CLASS_09
     dvi:           InfName      - C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\usb.inf_e4cafc37\usb.inf
     dvi:           DevDesc      - Generic USB Hub
     dvi:           DrvDesc      - Generic USB Hub
     dvi:           Provider     - Microsoft
     dvi:           Mfg          - (Generic USB Hub)
     dvi:           ModelsSec    - GenericHub.Section.NTamd64
     dvi:           InstallSec   - StandardHub.Dev
     dvi:           ActualSec    - StandardHub.Dev.NT
     dvi:           Rank         - 0x0dff2002
     dvi:           Signer       - microsoft windows
     dvi:           Signer Score - INBOX
     dvi:           DrvDate      - 06/21/2006
     dvi:           Version      - 6.0.6001.18000
     inf:      Searched 1 potential matches in published INF directory
     inf:      Searched 31 INFs in directory: 'C:\Windows\INF'
     dvi: {Build Driver List - exit(0x00000000)} 20:52:11.357
     ndv: Selecting best match...
     dvi: {DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV} 20:52:11.357
     dvi:      No class installer for 'Logitech BT Mini-Receiver'
     dvi:      No CoInstallers found
     dvi:      Default installer: Enter 20:52:11.357
     dvi:           {Select Best Driver}
     dvi:                Selected driver installs from section [StandardHub.Dev] in 'c:\windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository\usb.inf_e4cafc37\usb.inf'.
     dvi:                Class GUID of device remains: {36fc9e60-c465-11cf-8056-444553540000}.
     dvi:                Set selected driver complete.
     dvi:                Selected:
     dvi:                     Description - [Generic USB Hub]
     dvi:                     InfFile     - [c:\windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository\usb.inf_e4cafc37\usb.inf]
     dvi:                     Section     - [StandardHub.Dev]
     dvi:                     Signer      - [microsoft windows]
     dvi:                     Rank        - [0x0dff2002]
     dvi:           {Select Best Driver - exit(0x00000000)}
     dvi:      Default installer: Exit
     dvi: {DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV - exit(0x00000000)} 20:52:11.357
     ndv: Driver selected, now performing install...
     ndv: {Core Device Install}
     inf:      Opened PNF: 'C:\Windows\INF\usb.inf' ([strings.0409] <src=drvstore>)
     inf:      Opened PNF: 'C:\Windows\INF\usb.inf' ([strings.0409] <src=drvstore>)
     dvi:      {DIF_ALLOW_INSTALL} 20:52:13.728
     dvi:           No class installer for 'Generic USB Hub'
     dvi:           Default installer: Enter 20:52:13.728
     dvi:           Default installer: Exit
     dvi:      {DIF_ALLOW_INSTALL - exit(0xe000020e)} 20:52:13.728
     ndv:      Installing files...
     dvi:      {DIF_INSTALLDEVICEFILES} 20:52:13.728
     dvi:           No class installer for 'Generic USB Hub'
     dvi:           Default installer: Enter 20:52:13.728
     dvi:                {Install FILES}
     inf:                     Opened PNF: 'c:\windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository\usb.inf_e4cafc37\usb.inf' ([strings.0409] <src=drvstore>)
     inf:                     {Install Inf Section [StandardHub.Dev.NT]}
     inf:                          CopyFiles=Hub.CopyFiles.NT (usb.inf line 134)
     flq:                          CopyFiles from an inbox inf.
     cpy:                          Open PnpLockdownPolicy: Err=2. This is OK. Use LockDownPolicyDefault
     flq:                          QueueSingleCopy...
     flq:                          Inf     : 'c:\windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository\usb.inf_e4cafc37\usb.inf'
     flq:                          SourceInf: 'c:\windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository\usb.inf_e4cafc37\usb.inf'
     flq:                          SourceSection: [sourcedisksfiles]
     flq:                          Source root path based on SourceInf
     flq:                          SourceRootPath: 'C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\usb.inf_e4cafc37'
     flq:                          {FILE_QUEUE_COPY}
     flq:                               CopyStyle      - 0x09000000
     flq:                               SourceRootPath - 'C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\usb.inf_e4cafc37'
     flq:                               SourceFilename - 'usbhub.sys'
     flq:                               TargetDirectory- 'C:\Windows\system32\drivers'
     flq:                               TargetFilename - 'usbhub.sys'
     flq:                               SourceDesc     - 'windows cd'
     flq:                          {FILE_QUEUE_COPY exit(0x00000000)}
     inf:                          DelFiles=Hub.DelFiles,USBINF.DelFiles.NT,USBMON.DelFiles.NT (usb.inf line 135)
!    inf:                          Empty Section! [Hub.DelFiles]
     inf:                     {Install Inf Section [StandardHub.Dev.NT] exit (0x00000000)}
     dvi:                     Processing co-installer registration section [StandardHub.Dev.NT.CoInstallers].
     inf:                     {Install Inf Section [StandardHub.Dev.NT.CoInstallers]}
     inf:                          No (Copy/Ren/Del)Files directives found
     inf:                     {Install Inf Section [StandardHub.Dev.NT.CoInstallers] exit (0x00000000)}
     dvi:                     Co-installers registered.
     dvi:                     {Install INTERFACES}
     dvi:                          Installing section [StandardHub.Dev.NT.Interfaces]
     dvi:                     {Install INTERFACES exit 00000000}
     dvi:                {Install FILES exit (0x00000000)}
     dvi:           Default installer: Exit
     dvi:      {DIF_INSTALLDEVICEFILES - exit(0x00000000)} 20:52:13.759
     ndv:      Pruning file queue...
     dvi:      {_SCAN_FILE_QUEUE}
     flq:           ScanQ flags=620
     flq:                SPQ_SCAN_PRUNE_COPY_QUEUE
     flq:                SPQ_SCAN_FILE_COMPARISON
     flq:                SPQ_SCAN_ACTIVATE_DRP
     flq:           ScanQ number of copy nodes=1
     flq:           File 'C:\Windows\system32\drivers\usbhub.sys' pruned from copy.
     sig:           Using catalog 'C:\Windows\system32\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\Package_30_for_KB936330~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.0.1.18000.cat'.
     cpy:           DrpSetRegFileProt 'C:\Windows\system32\drivers\usbhub.sys' Status=0 Class=Inbox Windows protected
     flq:           ScanQ action=200 DoPruning=32
     flq:           ScanQ end Validity flags=620 CopyNodes=0
     dvi:      {_SCAN_FILE_QUEUE exit(0, 0x00000000)}
     ndv:      Committing file queue...
     flq:      {_COMMIT_FILE_QUEUE}
     flq:           CommitQ DelNodes=7 RenNodes=0 BackNodes=0 CopyNodes=0
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_STARTQUEUE}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_STARTQUEUE - exit(0x00000001)}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_STARTSUBQUEUE}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_STARTSUBQUEUE - exit(0x00000001)}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_STARTDELETE}
     ndv:                Saving LastKnownGood file C:\Windows\system32\propext.inf (delete)
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_STARTDELETE - exit(0x00000001)}
!    flq:           Error deleting file 'C:\Windows\system32\propext.inf'
!    flq:           Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_DELETEERROR}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_DELETEERROR - exit(0x00000002)}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_ENDDELETE}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_ENDDELETE - exit(0x00000001)}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_STARTDELETE}
     ndv:                Saving LastKnownGood file C:\Windows\system32\tmusb.inf (delete)
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_STARTDELETE - exit(0x00000001)}
!    flq:           Error deleting file 'C:\Windows\system32\tmusb.inf'
!    flq:           Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_DELETEERROR}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_DELETEERROR - exit(0x00000002)}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_ENDDELETE}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_ENDDELETE - exit(0x00000001)}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_STARTDELETE}
     ndv:                Saving LastKnownGood file C:\Windows\system32\ehidmous.inf (delete)
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_STARTDELETE - exit(0x00000001)}
!    flq:           Error deleting file 'C:\Windows\system32\ehidmous.inf'
!    flq:           Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_DELETEERROR}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_DELETEERROR - exit(0x00000002)}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_ENDDELETE}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_ENDDELETE - exit(0x00000001)}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_STARTDELETE}
     ndv:                Saving LastKnownGood file C:\Windows\system32\ehidkbd.inf (delete)
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_STARTDELETE - exit(0x00000001)}
!    flq:           Error deleting file 'C:\Windows\system32\ehidkbd.inf'
!    flq:           Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_DELETEERROR}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_DELETEERROR - exit(0x00000002)}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_ENDDELETE}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_ENDDELETE - exit(0x00000001)}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_STARTDELETE}
     ndv:                Saving LastKnownGood file C:\Windows\system32\ehidjoy.inf (delete)
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_STARTDELETE - exit(0x00000001)}
!    flq:           Error deleting file 'C:\Windows\system32\ehidjoy.inf'
!    flq:           Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_DELETEERROR}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_DELETEERROR - exit(0x00000002)}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_ENDDELETE}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_ENDDELETE - exit(0x00000001)}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_STARTDELETE}
     ndv:                Saving LastKnownGood file C:\Windows\system32\mondrv.sys (delete)
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_STARTDELETE - exit(0x00000001)}
!    flq:           Error deleting file 'C:\Windows\system32\mondrv.sys'
!    flq:           Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_DELETEERROR}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_DELETEERROR - exit(0x00000002)}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_ENDDELETE}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_ENDDELETE - exit(0x00000001)}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_STARTDELETE}
     ndv:                Saving LastKnownGood file C:\Windows\system32\mondll.dll (delete)
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_STARTDELETE - exit(0x00000001)}
!    flq:           Error deleting file 'C:\Windows\system32\mondll.dll'
!    flq:           Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_DELETEERROR}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_DELETEERROR - exit(0x00000002)}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_ENDDELETE}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_ENDDELETE - exit(0x00000001)}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_ENDSUBQUEUE}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_ENDSUBQUEUE - exit(0x00000001)}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_ENDQUEUE}
     flq:           {SPFILENOTIFY_ENDQUEUE - exit(0x00000001)}
     flq:      {_COMMIT_FILE_QUEUE exit(0x00000000)}
     ndv:      Registering CoInstallers...
     dvi:      {DIF_REGISTER_COINSTALLERS} 20:52:14.664
     dvi:           No class installer for 'Generic USB Hub'
     dvi:           Default installer: Enter 20:52:14.695
     inf:                Opened PNF: 'c:\windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository\usb.inf_e4cafc37\usb.inf' ([strings.0409] <src=drvstore>)
     inf:                {Install Inf Section [StandardHub.Dev.NT.CoInstallers]}
     inf:                {Install Inf Section [StandardHub.Dev.NT.CoInstallers] exit (0x00000000)}
     dvi:                Co-installers registered.
     dvi:           Default installer: Exit
     dvi:      {DIF_REGISTER_COINSTALLERS - exit(0x00000000)} 20:52:14.711
     ndv:      Installing interfaces...
     dvi:      {DIF_INSTALLINTERFACES} 20:52:14.711
     dvi:           No class installer for 'Generic USB Hub'
     dvi:           No CoInstallers found
     dvi:           Default installer: Enter 20:52:14.711
     dvi:                {Install INTERFACES}
     inf:                     Opened PNF: 'c:\windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository\usb.inf_e4cafc37\usb.inf' ([strings.0409] <src=drvstore>)
     dvi:                     Installing section [StandardHub.Dev.NT.Interfaces]
     dvi:                {Install INTERFACES exit 00000000}
     dvi:           Default installer: Exit
     dvi:      {DIF_INSTALLINTERFACES - exit(0x00000000)} 20:52:14.711
     ndv:      Installing device...
     dvi:      {DIF_INSTALLDEVICE} 20:52:14.711
     dvi:           No class installer for 'Generic USB Hub'
     dvi:           Default installer: Enter 20:52:14.711
     dvi:                {Install DEVICE}
     inf:                     Opened PNF: 'c:\windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository\usb.inf_e4cafc37\usb.inf' ([strings.0409] <src=drvstore>)
     dvi:                     Processing Registry/Property directives...
     inf:                     {Install Inf Section [StandardHub.Dev.NT]}
     inf:                          AddReg=StandardHub.AddReg.NT (usb.inf line 136)
     inf:                               HKR,,EnumPropPages32,,usbui.dll,USBHubPropPageProvider (usb.inf line 139)
     inf:                     {Install Inf Section [StandardHub.Dev.NT] exit (0x00000000)}
     inf:                     {Install Inf Section [StandardHub.Dev.NT.Hw]}
     inf:                          Empty section
     inf:                     {Install Inf Section [StandardHub.Dev.NT.Hw] exit (0x00000000)}
     dvi:                     {Writing Device Properties}
     dvi:                          Provider name=Microsoft
     dvi:                          DriverDate 06/21/2006
     dvi:                          DriverVersion=6.0.6001.18000
     dvi:                          Class name=USB
     dvi:                          Manufacturer=(Generic USB Hub)
     dvi:                          Matching DeviceID=usb\class_09
     dvi:                          Strong Name=usb.inf:GenericHub.Section.NTamd64:StandardHub.Dev:6.0.6001.18000:usb\class_09
     dvi:                     {Writing Device Properties - Complete}
     inf:                     {Install Inf Section [StandardHub.Dev.NT.Services]}
     inf:                          AddService=usbhub,0x00000002,StandardHub.AddService (usb.inf line 142)
     inf:                          ServiceType=1 (usb.inf line 146)
     inf:                          StartType=3 (usb.inf line 147)
     inf:                          ErrorControl=1 (usb.inf line 148)
     inf:                          ServiceBinary=C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\usbhub.sys (usb.inf line 149)
     inf:                          DisplayName="Microsoft USB Standard Hub Driver" (usb.inf line 145)
     inf:                          LoadOrderGroup=Base (usb.inf line 150)
     dvi:                          Add Service: Modified existing service 'usbhub'.
     inf:                     {Install Inf Section [StandardHub.Dev.NT.Services] exit(0x00000000)}
     dvi:                {Install DEVICE exit (0x00000000)}
     dvi:                Writing common driver property settings.
     dvi:                     DriverDescription=Generic USB Hub
     dvi:                     DeviceDisplayName=Generic USB Hub
     dvi:                Install Device: Removing device sub-tree. 20:52:14.773
     dvi:                Install Device: Removing device sub-tree completed. 20:52:16.411
     dvi:                Install Device: Restarting device. 20:52:16.411
     dvi:                Install Device: Restarting device completed. 20:52:16.973
     dvi:           Default installer: Exit
     dvi:      {DIF_INSTALLDEVICE - exit(0x00000000)} 20:52:16.973
     dvi:      {Build Driver List} 20:52:16.973
!    dvi:           Driver list already built
     dvi:      {Build Driver List - exit(0x00000000)} 20:52:16.973
     dvi:      {DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV} 20:52:16.973
     dvi:           No class installer for 'Generic USB Hub'
     dvi:           Default installer: Enter 20:52:16.988
     dvi:                {Select Best Driver}
     dvi:                     Selected driver installs from section [StandardHub.Dev] in 'c:\windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository\usb.inf_e4cafc37\usb.inf'.
     dvi:                     Class GUID of device remains: {36fc9e60-c465-11cf-8056-444553540000}.
     dvi:                     Set selected driver complete.
     dvi:                     Selected:
     dvi:                          Description - [Generic USB Hub]
     dvi:                          InfFile     - [c:\windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository\usb.inf_e4cafc37\usb.inf]
     dvi:                          Section     - [StandardHub.Dev]
     dvi:                          Signer      - [microsoft windows]
     dvi:                          Rank        - [0x0dff2002]
     dvi:                {Select Best Driver - exit(0x00000000)}
     dvi:           Default installer: Exit
     dvi:      {DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV - exit(0x00000000)} 20:52:16.988
     dvi:      {DIF_NEWDEVICEWIZARD_FINISHINSTALL} 20:52:16.988
     dvi:           No class installer for 'Generic USB Hub'
     dvi:           Default installer: Enter 20:52:16.988
     dvi:           Default installer: Exit
     dvi:      {DIF_NEWDEVICEWIZARD_FINISHINSTALL - exit(0xe000020e)} 20:52:16.988
     ndv:      Device install status=0x00000000
     ndv:      Performing device install final cleanup...
     ndv: {Core Device Install - exit(0x00000000)}
     ump: Server install process exited with code 0x00000000 20:52:16.988
<<< Section end 2009/01/15 20:52:16.988
<<< [Exit status: SUCCESS]

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any ideas?

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any ideas what could be causing it after reviewing the logs?

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I've got the same problem on my Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo A1667G (64bit AMD Turion ML32 @ 1,8GHz, 1GB RAM, 80GB IDE HDD) notebook.

Would be really glad if someone could fix this.

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Had same experience - a "forever hang" at "Finishing installation . . ." Solved it by removing the TV tuner PCI card, reformatting the drive, and then continuing with a fresh install. After successful install, I reinstalled the PCI card and Windows 7 found and installed the drivers for the TV tuner

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visualizations in windows 7

I am having windows 7 beta on my vaio notebook.But when i am playing music with visualization by maximizing the now playing window,the othe windows start flashing partially.But after moving my mouse over that portion such as taskbar ,the flashing part decreases .after few moments it again comes to the same point.

Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Sunday, February 15, 2009 4:39 PM

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Excuse me, but I didn't get what was the question...

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Reply:

Hi,

Could you please capture a screenshot? We need more information to troubleshoot the problem.

Thanks.

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ODBC data sources visibility

I create lots of ODBC data sources.
Some for my home network, some for my work network, and some for each client I come to.
So in the end I have on average some 30 ODBC data sources, but would have more if I didn't delete old ones from business clients that I don't expect to return to soon.

So I'd like to see some functionality in Win7 that would allo me to "link" the ODBC data sources to the networks that I connect to. This way the applications that use those sources would only display data sources that would be relevant in a particular network.
Of course, some data sources (servers) are always accessible, like servers installed on my computer or in a VM on my computer.

Is this a sensible suggestion?

Creative Audigy 2 ZS Platinum - Partial Workaround to working Sound.

For those of you out there pulling hair out to get your sound working better. Running the Vista Drivers despite being 2 years old off creative's website work when run in compatibility for vista mode. You do get sound working at proper volumes without blasting your speakers just to hear. However you do get sporadic static periodically which I have yet to figure out a means to prevent.

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if you haven't already found this , Daniel_K has released an Audigy Support Pack 2.18.0001 - Windows 7

Since i've installed this i have access to full surround sound and no static hiss, dropping volumes any more.

To get surround sound/more than 2 speakers, go into the creative speaker settings and set the speakers there before going to Devices sounds to set the speakers.

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Kaspersky Internet Security 2009

Has anyone else had problems with this program?

Installation - No Problem

Tried to update - No signal to monitor - system froze.

Reboot - tried to update same again

Another reboot - problem repeated

Reboot to safe mode with network - updates successfully completed

Reboot to normal mode - works perfectly

Just a little wobble bit something youmay need to be aware of & how to cure it.

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Hi Big-Luap

Thanks for the feedback.

This is good information.

Ronnie Vernon MVP

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If this is the kaspersky beta that Windows recommends, then yes, it is very buggy.

Was previously using AVG 8, then decided to try KAV just to test things out.

Install went thru fine, however the anti-hacker tool as they call it (the firewall) was extremely buggy. Started up utorrent and after a minute or two, all network activity stopped.

I tried to uninstall but it hanged for 5 minutes requiring a manual reboot. I was finally able to uninstall and just went back to AVG.

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im running KIS 8.0.0.506en on windows 7 (64) and have had absolutely no problems, it updates in the background quite happily, however when i installed it i chose the disable windows firewall option, thereby letting KIS do both antivirus and firewall, so far ive had one Virus warning, which was apparently a script on facebook, so i sent the details to the application makers, havent heard back but KIS does'nt go nuts there now.

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Gadget issue with multiple monitors

In the office I have the gadgets on the right edge of my second monitor. I hibernate and when I restart at home I have only my laptop monitor. The gadgets aren't there and I can't seem to figure out how to move them. If they were on the taskbar I could at least move them.

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hit windows + p set it too show desktop on computer display only.

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update problems.

well when windows 7 needs an update applied it shows an exclamation point in the shut down button. I have been shutting down my computer so w7 can apply updates, yet it still shows. and everytime i apply the update it seems to be the same ones.

my M1530 -C2D 1.66 ghz t5450 -200gb hitachi 7200 rpm (upgraded from 160gb 5400rpm) -4gb dual channel ram (upgraded from 2gb) -Vista Ultimate service pack 2 -1280x800 lcd screen -8400m GS 128mb GDDR3 OC'ed Core 650 mhz l Mem 950 mhz l Shader 1400 mhz

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G'Day ; Got the same problem, tried installing manually but no good will not install, had the same problem with XP a wihile back, reregistered certain .dll files and that fixed it but not sure with this new distro. thats the fun of beta I guess. May have to reinstall.
Blessings Miykle

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Does installing the updates using the Windows Update work or does that also fail?

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i just kept installing the update..and not the notification is gone. hope this helps

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Before you install the update, does the more information window give you an KB (knowledge base) ID?

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NAM (Network Access Management) by NVidia

hi Guys,

have anywhere a idea to use die Network Accces Managment (NAM) from Nvidia? My mainboard use this and it's better as the Windows Firewall for manage the networkaccess.

Info: I use the 64-bit version by Windows 7

Maindboardchipset: NVidia Nforce 4 Ultra AMD

CPU: AMD Opteron 170

Changed type Ronnie VernonMVP Saturday, January 24, 2009 6:51 AM

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I haven't tried it with Windows 7. It caused so many problems with Vista I vowed never to use it again. I have uninstalled it from every computer I work on that has it installed. Uninstalling it often fixes network problems.

Kerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

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Windows Update Crashes explorer.exe

Whenever i try to open windows update, i get an error saying that Windows Explorer has stopped working. i cannot use windows update beacause of this.

Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Friday, February 13, 2009 3:34 PM Resolved by Windows Update.

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I am getting the exact same error, hence the reason I am here!

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ditto same problem. gosh dang it. it is so frustrating...

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Did you guys upgrade or do clean installs of Windows 7?

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I installed on a clean hard drive.

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Same problem here on a clean install of 64 bit. Just seemed to start happening today though. I managed to get it to open by right clicking on the Windows Update link in the start menu and Running it as administrator. That seemed to make it work like normal again even after going back into it without running it as administrator.

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I am having the same issue as well. Selecting "run as admin" does not resolve the issue for me.

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Certainly happening here. It seems related to the Windows Installer Service, as any attempt to install software that uses causes the crash of Explorer.exe

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Ran a chkdsk on all my drives and I no longer have this issue. I can not verify if that is what fixed this issue.

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"run as admin" doesnt work for me and i did a clean install

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I'm getting this too...don't think it was always like this. Chksdk didn't fix it for me.

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I was having this problem all morning today... and then the Windows Update issue resolved itself. Unfortunately, the application installers were still crashing, so I ended up doing a system restore, and that fixed it.

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GoodThings2Life™ said:

Thanks this got by system back to a usable point.

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watsonn.ohio.edu said:

This did not work for me on a clean install of 32 bit.

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I had the same problem. Every time I ran update I got a message that explorer had crashed. I did a system restore to a time when update wasn't crashing then downloaded and installed all my updates. Checked that update was working and made a restore point Then I reinstalled my GeForce FX5500 drivers and checked again. All is well. (The video drivers were for Vista and I thought they might have contributed to the problem)

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I also have this problem, and it started on saturday. Everything was working fine before that, but then all of a sudden it stopped. I am wondering if there was an update that was installed overnight, or another conflict. The only other software i have installed recently is the Office 2007, and that was a little while ago, and i think everything else worked after that.

I have heard of a few people had complete installer crashes now as well as the update problem. Whenever they try to install or uninstall anything or windows update, their explorer.exe crashes.

Has anyone found anything new on this, i really do not want to system restore it.

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Chalk another one up to having this issue. It just started this afternoon. I try to run Windows Update and it just says Explorer crashed. It restarts it like I would expect but when I try again same thing.

I tried to Run as administrator, same thing.

I ran a chkdsk and tried, same thing.

I disable System Restore after I install Windows so I can't try that.

I'm running a clean install of Windows 7 64-bit on the following hardware:

Dell XPS720HC
Intel E6850 dual-core @ 3.0GHz
4GB RAM
Nvidia 8800GT PCI-e with 512MB

I recently installed the 181.80 drivers from the Nvidia site after I began having driver issues with the ones originally installed from Windows Update.

BTW, when Explorer does restart and I get my toolbar back I notice a new icon which says AVG is running a scan. That icon is not there normally and I did not set AVG to begin scanning.

[Edit] Right after I made this port I was able to start Windows Update like normal so I rebooted by PC and tried and it went back to failing. I thought maybe AVG might have something to do with it so I disabled the Resident Shield and tried and it continued to fail.

Here is the information from the Event Viewer just in case it might help someone figure this out:

Faulting application name: Explorer.EXE, version: 6.1.7000.0, time stamp: 0x494324ea
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.1.7000.0, time stamp: 0x49434898
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00000000000ebbaa
Faulting process id: 0x7c8
Faulting application start time: 0x01c979e652e46e98
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Report Id: e7121db8-e5d9-11dd-8fc8-001e4fb3dbd6

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I had the same problem today.

Did a system restore to 2 days ago and it seemed to fix it.

Kurt

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The consensus so far is that this was caused by a faulty update to Windows Defender on the 16th/17th.

More details can be found here.

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The registry edit in the thread linked above fixed the issue for me.

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My problem reappeared today out of the blue and I followed the link that GoodThings2Life posted. The simple registry edit solved my problem and Update now works just fine. Thanks.

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Yep the reg edit is the fix
See this post:

Here

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The reg fix worked for me for half the day and then windows update started crashing windows explorer again

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Jim Wynn said:

Like others, the issue came back for me after the initial registry changes. However, using the link above I was able to stop the issue again and hopefully in a more permanent way. We shall see in a day or two. :)

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Deleting all the temp files in this folder fixed the problem for me:

C:\Users\your user name\AppData\Local\Temp

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Promise eSATA PCI Adapter

Windows 7 does not seem to like my Promise eSATA PCI Adapter (SATA300 TX4302). It came bundled with my Seagate external eSata drive and only comes with XP drivers.

I did not have any trouble in Vista, However, Windows 7 comes up as an unknown PCI device.

Changed type Othorvath Monday, January 12, 2009 7:53 PM
Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Tuesday, February 17, 2009 4:08 PM

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Did you try installing the drivers in XP Compatibility mode in Windows 7?

~Alex T.~Windows Desktop Experience MVP~

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Autoplay on empty DVD-R/CD-R any Empty Media Disc

For some reason whenever I put an empty media disc in my notebook it doesn't autoplay. Usually when I was to put an empty media disc it would ask me what to do what to burn with. What can it be that it doesn't do that no more. I checked autoplay settings everything seems right and when I put any other cd with media in it works it says what I wanna do view files or play dvd......

Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Monday, February 16, 2009 8:26 PM

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Are you able to burn disks with Explorer at all? Are you using iTunes?

Ned Pyle [MSFT] - MS Enterprise Platforms Support - Beta Team

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Win7, it's a go!

I have none of the issues listed, while with Vista Ultimate, I have BSOD's every day. I have a purpose built computer, Q6700, EVGA nVidia 8800 GTS and have installed Win7 64 on a partition on my 2nd hdd.
It installed slowly, but once up, there have been no glitches. The only issue is with games that have Punkbuster monitoring them. They do not support betas, so the online games are out for now.
The one thing I have noticed, between Vista and Win7 is it loads much faster, hooks up to the internet faster, and so far, it is a go for manufacture.
I hope there are no hidden issues I haven't found, but so far, it's a go....

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While I don't think that it ready to be RTMed yet, it is by far the best OS beta to date, in how solid it is at this stage. : )

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All MS needs to do is address the zillion installation issues still present. I had them myself and the "fix" was removing one stick of RAM and then reinstalling it after Win 7 was up and running. Strange, but true. Lots of other similar scenarios I've read about today.

That being said, I think it's MUCH better than Vista but time will tell whether it can hold a candle to XP.

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Windows theme turns off after 10min.

After about 10mins of being idle my start bar goes from transparent aero to solid colored blue and it resets with mouse activity.

I have tried everything from adjusting power settings (custom through advanced and just selected performance) Appearance options, adding a screen saver etc. Did I miss an option or is this a bug?

Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Monday, January 19, 2009 9:14 PM

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I have not seen this happen. Have you got the laest drivers and everything?

~Alex T.~Windows Desktop Experience MVP~

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Did you install Windows Live Mesh? If so, there are known interactions between Windows Live Mesh and themes in Windows 7. The only solution that has worked for me so far is to completely remove Windows Live Mesh and make sure that Remote Desktop for Live Mesh is also uninstalled.

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There is a new build of Live Mesh that corrects this issue...

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Live Mesh
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Live Mesh Version Number:

0.9.3424.14
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OK
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Virtual PC guest OS window goes black?

My company uses an incredibly old version of Lotus Notes for email, which I unfortunately must use at home. Since it will not run in Vista or Win7, I have to run it in an XP virtual machine.

However, the XP window keeps turning black (in the client area -- this is not the Aero turning black problem caused by Mesh). If I move or resize the window, the XP window becomes visible again for a few moments, or until I switch to where it's no longer the active window (on my Win7 desktop).

This only happens when using Aero. I set VirtualPC to disable desktop composition, and it fixed it.

Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Tuesday, February 17, 2009 2:50 AM

DVD boot only for my Win 7

I have installed Windows 7 64bit on one of my PC's (buy the way, the install went perfect and is running just fine) and the only way I can boot to it is by haveing the DVD in the drive. I have XP Pro on the machine, and use this as the main OS. I installed Win 7 on a seperate drive on it's own partition. Win 7 does not see the drive that the XP is install on, which is SATA. The drive that Win 7 is installed on is IDE. Does Win 7 have a problem with SATA drives? Anyway I am trying to get a dual boot going and not having much luck.
Any help please!
ron

Changed type Mark L. Ferguson Saturday, February 21, 2009 1:44 AM

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hi ..... i realy dont know how to help you but i hoppe you help me please.

how do i select a main OS for booting?

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I have the same issue.

Used to have a dual boot Vista/XP setup.
Formatted the XP partition and installed Windows 7.
On reboot my options where Vista and 'earlier version of windows' (which no longer worked).
From inside Vista, removed the 'earlier version of windows' option, and reformatted the 2nd partition again.
Re-installed Windows 7 and ran the repair utility when done.

Now if I boot with no DVD in the drive the system boots straight to Vista.
If I boot with the Windows 7 DVD in the drive, the system gives me the choice between 7 and Vista.

No way to boot to 7 w/o the DVD in the drive.

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Boot from DVD uses the boot data from the I: drive (disk 0)

Boot w/o DVD uses the boot data from the C: drive (disk 3, partion 1)

I added an entry for windows 7 using BCDEDIT, but it just gives an error when Windows 7 tries to load.

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Bartman01 said:

Well here is how I fixed this, I have a machine running 7 64 & I was running XP as the main OS, I had a partition on another driver to install 7 to, so I booted from DVD drive the Windows 7 Beta 1 disk, performed a custom install & chose the partition that I wanted to use & then start install. These OS's are on 2 different drives, I power on my machine & before I get a boot screen I get a message to choose which OS you want to select, an earlier version of windows or Windows 7. That is how you dual boot with 2 seperate drives.

Now my laptop has a 250GB SATA drive & its a Dell E1505 Core Duo with 2GB of DDR2, so I partitioned right down the middle, I installed XP on it first, thats the key, then after you finish with all the updates & install SP3, then boot off of the Windows 7 Beta 1 disk & perform the same steps as I metioned earlier in this post, then viola, you have a dual boot on a laptop, Windows 7 can be portable after all.

Mike

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Also make sure you set bios to boot from DVD drive first or if you have a USB DVD drive then make sure you can boot from usb devices.

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dj_hallucn8 said:

Your process was pretty much identical to mine.

The issue I am having is that booting from the install DVD, Windows 7 is seeing one drive as my 'boot' drive while booting normally Vista is seeing a different drive as the boot drive. BCDEDIT boooted to Vista shows it is using the boot loader on C:. Booting from DVD BCDEDIT is showing that it is using the boot loader on I:.

The only way I was able to 'fix' this was to manually create a valid boot entry for Windows 7 using BCDEDIT while booted to Vista without the Win 7 DVD in the drive.

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Rosewill -Ralink picked up

Ok, Beta 7 going actually pretty good so far.

HT Omega Striker 7.1 sound card, Vista drivers worked awesome. Really pleased with that one.

Vista drivers for MSI k9A2 mobo worked fine, save for the ethernet , but from what I've read this isn't uncommon.

Install ATI's Windows 7 beta for 4850s, dis[aly driver works fine, the CCC is nada.

And the major point of my post, I am using a Rosewill G300EX wireless adapter. I read the release notes, and it did seem to say that wireless would be a challenge. I installed the disk driver, and the latest from the rosewill website, they application seems to install fine, like on Vista and XP, it just wouldn't activate. Fair enough, I was o.k. with it, since I had read fair warning.

BUT, about 6 re-botts, and low and behold, the wireless signal popped up and connected!!! lol. Maybe my gift for taking it easy? IDK. But it was pretty weird.

I'm liking 7 though.

Penezelbub

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