looks like windows backup was the first culprit i've found so far..

6/15/2009 1:08:59 PM

check your system logs when it happens. Windows Backup doesn't lock your system, though you might see a little disc access latency. In any case it sounds like a pretty serious bug.

6/15/2009 6:02:59 PM

I think it's related to the ultramon replacement program I'm using. Driving right now so I can't look it up but symptoms started around when I installed it and it maxxes out the CPU sometimes when it happens or right before

6/15/2009 6:06:52 PM

My firewire is dreadfully slow. That's my only hardware issue so far... until I try my crummy Pinnacle USB TV stick

6/15/2009 8:43:13 PM

Suggestion:

the search bar on the start menu doesn't work very well. for example if i'm looking for absoluteTelnet and search for telnet it won't find it. plz to fix this noen?

[Edited on June 18, 2009 at 10:56 AM. Reason : oops]

6/18/2009 10:44:02 AM

displayfusion was def my problem. uninstalled it and no issues at all anymore with all the freezing up and shit. sucks.. i liked how well it worked. ah well

6/22/2009 10:09:10 AM

^^uh, unless it's in a non-indexed location, I have no idea why it wouldn't show up.

Windows search is freaking amazing for me, one of the best improvements I've seen.

6/22/2009 4:32:50 PM

So what are the options for Blu-ray & HD DVD support? No native support, so we'll have to get a Windows 7 compatible version of PowerDVD or WinDVD?

Quote :

"You can with TMT2, TMT3 or PowerDVD 9. What you cannot do is play HD-DVD's automatically within Windows 7 period. Microsoft removed the Event Handlers for HD-DVD format. You will need to launch your player manually. Or, trade in your HD-DVD's for Blu-ray's."

http://forum.slysoft.com/showthread.php?t=25707

[Edited on June 23, 2009 at 12:37 PM. Reason : ,]

6/23/2009 12:35:40 PM

Quote :

"^^uh, unless it's in a non-indexed location, I have no idea why it wouldn't show up."

guess that's it. i had to turn the shit off after it maxed out one core for 24 hours straight. the original beta i tried didn't do that shit which i was very happy about but RC1 did for me.

dunno what's going on.. i don't search enough usually to care, though

6/23/2009 12:38:59 PM

are you on 7000 or 7100? i've heard issues with internal builds, but not the official beta & rc

6/23/2009 12:46:44 PM

7100

6/23/2009 12:49:49 PM

Quote :

"i had to turn the shit off after it maxed out one core for 24 hours straight"

Wait, so you turned off indexing, and then expected Windows Search to work? C'mon dude.

You should never turn indexing off in Win7. My guess is that some other shit you installed spiked the core. Turn indexing back on and live the happy life.

6/23/2009 2:43:20 PM

does it really need windows search to just look for shit in the start menu?q

6/23/2009 3:06:30 PM

It's a unified service. So yes.

6/23/2009 5:11:15 PM

the indexer service is pretty lightweight this time around. Altho one thing that was bugging me:

Im current still running beta1 cause im lazy. When hit start and then start typing a url, it doesn't show me URLs from my IE history. If I open IE and start typing the same url in the address bar results show up like they should. Are web browser results supposed to show up in the start menu search? If not they should cause its annoying to have to type out full urls every time.

6/23/2009 5:18:06 PM

How does it find things if I spell out the beginning of the name then? Seriously..I know nothing about how it works and I'm not at a computer to look it up

6/23/2009 5:22:52 PM

Man, that new search thing that came as some suggestion on automatic updates (for XP) was so terrible I ended up reformatting the system.

The process was always maxing out the CPU and keeping the disks rolling. Don't know what it was attempting to do (create the initial index I guess) but it never finished, even after leaving it for a weekend.

Hope they fixed that, or made it optional. I do a search maybe twice a year. Nothing worth eating up resources to keep some unused process running.

6/23/2009 5:29:46 PM

You can turn it off in eithe OS. In the 7000 build it worked beautifully for me but in 7100 it acted like what you're describing. Ah well..it's cool when it works right. Hopefully it does for me in the final release

6/23/2009 5:39:36 PM

Windows search was completely overhauled from the ground up for Win7. NO more cpu spiking, no more system slowdowns, no more disk churning.

Whatever happened to you ScHpEnXeL, I would bet damn near anything that you did something wacky as shit to cause that to happen. I use it religiously and have a SHIT TON of files that are regularly changing. And I've not heard a whisper of any problems of that sort internally or externally.

6/23/2009 6:29:19 PM

Having a hell of a time trying to get my eSata working w/ hot plugging. MB is supposed to support it, but it might just be supporting it terribly. I got a $30 pci-e card to try out, we'll see if that works.

6/23/2009 11:25:28 PM

any ideas?

Quote :

"So what are the options for Blu-ray & HD DVD support? No native support, so we'll have to get a Windows 7 compatible version of PowerDVD or WinDVD? [quote]You can with TMT2, TMT3 or PowerDVD 9. What you cannot do is play HD-DVD's automatically within Windows 7 period. Microsoft removed the Event Handlers for HD-DVD format. You will need to launch your player manually. Or, trade in your HD-DVD's for Blu-ray's."

http://forum.slysoft.com/showthread.php?t=25707[/quote]

6/24/2009 12:08:55 AM

install powerdvd or windvd

6/24/2009 3:39:04 AM

I'm looking to build a new computer

is win7 worth waiting for? or should I go with vista?

I hear vista sucks.

6/24/2009 4:38:50 AM

7.

6/24/2009 8:03:24 AM

^^just go with the RC of 7. it's 10x better than vista even without being the official final version.

[Edited on June 24, 2009 at 8:36 AM. Reason : and it's free!]

6/24/2009 8:36:25 AM

wow

I'm going to have to read over this thread at some point


any downside other than it being beta?

6/24/2009 2:05:30 PM

It's not beta, it's the RC. Downside is you will have to upgrade within a year to the full version.

6/24/2009 2:48:12 PM

would that require a reformat or what?

I've never changed an OS, always just got a new one when I got a new computer

6/25/2009 12:21:26 AM

Here's the rundown of prices for a full version:

* Windows 7 Home Premium: $199.99
* Windows 7 Professional: $299.99
* Windows 7 Ultimate: $319.99

The prices are lower for users who are upgrading from Windows XP or Vista:

* Windows 7 Home Premium: $119.99
* Windows 7 Professional: $199.99
* Windows 7 Ultimate: $219.99

Starting tomorrow, US customers will be able to pre-order the operating system at much lower prices:

* Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade pre-order: $49.99
* Windows 7 Professional Upgrade pre-order: $99.99

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/buy/offers/pre-order.aspx

And we have the answer for people who need a new PC now but still want to get Windows 7 and that’s the Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program, which kicks off tomorrow, June 26th! Anyone who buys a PC from a participating OEM or retailer with Windows Vista Home Premium, Business or Ultimate on it will all receive an upgrade to the corresponding version of Windows 7 at little or no cost to customers. The Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program will be available until January 31st, 2010 – and is global! - see: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/buy/offers/upgrade.aspx

http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/06/25/announcing-the-windows-7-upgrade-option-program-amp-windows-7-pricing-bring-on-ga.aspx

[Edited on June 25, 2009 at 12:30 PM. Reason : .]

[Edited on June 25, 2009 at 12:34 PM. Reason : .]

6/25/2009 12:29:14 PM

I'm using it to host a work vmware image, and afaik it's impossible to bridge the network connection.

6/27/2009 12:00:30 PM

not sure if this has been posted in here yet, but if you're like me and still running the beta, you're gonna be boned come Wednesday

i found something called TimerNuke (http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/12/30/timernuke-crack-free-download-to-disable-activation-of-windows-7-and-server-2008/) that says it'll stop it

hopefully it'll hold me over in the interim before 7 is officially released

[Edited on June 27, 2009 at 12:03 PM. Reason : guess i'll find out on wednesday!]

6/27/2009 12:01:59 PM

question about ^

ran it on a coworkers computer earlier today. says it finished fine but it's still saying it expires tomorrow.

is it screwed tomorrow or is it just going to keep working or what??

Quote :

"actually does not stop the activation grace period countdown clock. Instead, it disables and removes several several services and files related to software licensing in order to bypass and skip the activation requirement. "

is what it says on the page.. i assume that means it'll keep counting down but won't do anything bad when it gets to 0??

[Edited on June 30, 2009 at 6:56 PM. Reason : asfd]

6/30/2009 6:50:52 PM

^^ hopefully they come up with something like that for RC1 but still allow it to apply all the updates to make it the same as the eventual RTM version

6/30/2009 10:07:01 PM

so is anyone preordering at the discount prices?

I just preordered 7 Home Premium for $50 on Amazon.com

7/1/2009 8:11:57 AM

i have no idea if ^^^^ will work, i only read that it might

i haven't actually messed with my win7 machine today, so i guess i'll find out after work if it did or not!

[Edited on July 1, 2009 at 8:32 AM. Reason : ^i'm going to grab whatever comes out on MSDNAA]

7/1/2009 8:31:04 AM

well, the woman at work using win 7 beta comes in at 9 so we're about to find out. i was hoping to go to the beach in a few mins so i sure as hell hope it worked

7/1/2009 8:52:50 AM

it was probably going to work until you jinxed it and said that

THANKS FOR FUCKING UP MY COMPUTER BUDDY

7/1/2009 8:56:24 AM

JUST RECEIVED AN EMAIL SAYING EVERYTHING IS WORKING FINE SO FAR

[Edited on July 1, 2009 at 9:02 AM. Reason : as]

7/1/2009 9:01:21 AM

7/1/2009 11:11:20 AM

so if i want to work/switch languages, i need ultimate?

what a rip.

7/1/2009 2:44:26 PM

tour videos: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/tour

7/1/2009 4:57:55 PM

Any updated on expiring of beta today? Did the crack thing work?

7/1/2009 6:03:12 PM

i just had a window that said THIS COPY OF WINDOWS 7 EXPIRES IN 0 HOURS

i closed it and all was well

7/1/2009 7:20:43 PM

Quote :

"so is anyone preordering at the discount prices? I just preordered 7 Home Premium for $50 on Amazon.com"

I did the same. I bought a refurb dell for ~215 a few months ago and it came with Vista. I haven't had too many issues with Vista (but, for the last few months, I haven't done a whole lot except surf the web) but $50 seemed cheap enough for an upgrade to Windows7.

I debated for a while, but the differences in Home Premium and Professional don't seem to add up to $50 extra.

7/1/2009 10:30:49 PM

So how do the upgrade versions work? I have legit versions of XP Pro and Vista Ultimate. Do the upgrade versions require that I insert one of my old CDs to validate that I had a legit license of XP or Vista?

7/1/2009 10:58:05 PM

Quote :

"i just had a window that said THIS COPY OF WINDOWS 7 EXPIRES IN 0 HOURS i closed it and all was well"

yup..exact same thing going on the one at work i was worried about. every time i login i get that message.

doesn't really matter though..the shit works so i get to sleep in

7/1/2009 11:01:20 PM

Quote :

"so is anyone preordering at the discount prices? I just preordered 7 Home Premium for $50 on Amazon.com"

I pre-ordered professional for the $100.

7/2/2009 10:51:56 AM

just ordered pro

7/2/2009 11:22:08 AM

i haven't really kept up with this thread so sorry if it's already been discussed

i've got win7 RC on my media server and it doesn't want to let me save files anywhere other than my home folder. in the last 2 days i've tried to save files to c:\ and c:\inetpub\wwwroot and it complained at me to contact an administrator. my account is an admin account so i don't know what the problem is. anybody know what's going on?


edit: google says it's a Notepad must be run as Administrator problem. Guess I forgot to disable UAC. hopefully this will fix it

[Edited on July 16, 2009 at 10:50 AM. Reason : .]

7/16/2009 10:29:47 AM

^^any particular reason you guys are spending the extra $50 for pro? I don't see much of an advantage this time around (compared to the differences in Vista and XP).

7/16/2009 10:58:19 AM