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9/11/2009 11:29:33 AM

yeah, oops. i typed notebook and meant netbook.

9/11/2009 12:06:31 PM

so im trying to use this method to get another 30 days of activation
http://lifehacker.com/5341666/run-windows-7-for-120-days-without-activation

its not working, when done in the run prompt it brings up a folder and when done in the command prompt it does nothing

anything else i can try

9/13/2009 9:22:04 PM

I tried buying a technet subscription.

It's been working pretty awesomely so far.

9/13/2009 9:24:44 PM

nvm, it worked, it just took two restarts instead of one for some reason

9/13/2009 9:28:06 PM

Will this truly be the Linux killer?

9/13/2009 9:30:28 PM

not as long as linux is a linux killer.

9/13/2009 9:36:56 PM

I

uh

what?

9/13/2009 9:57:17 PM

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"hmmm...i guess i hadn't been paying that much attention to SSDs. i didn't realize they made capacities that high now"

Toshiba and Super Talent both sell 512gb SSDs. They're ridiculously expensive, but they are on the market.

9/13/2009 10:21:15 PM

Quote :

"Will this truly be the Linux killer?"

what

9/13/2009 10:44:31 PM

I switched to surround sound to play a game, then switched back to 7.1 and it tested fine but things are still playing in stereo. Had to restart Windows 7 to get it to switch back to surround. Anyone notice that?

9/14/2009 12:32:57 AM

no, because 7.1 is surround sound.

9/14/2009 8:20:44 AM

^

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"I switched to surround sound stereo to play a game, then switched back to 7.1"

Sorry typo. I switched to stereo to play Red Faction and after switching back to 7.1 it wouldn't truly switch back to surround unless i restarted the computer. I don't know if this has to do with the driver or decoder.

9/14/2009 9:44:40 AM

Before going to work this morning I checked my email on my desktop running Windows 7. I saw that ESET was doing a virus scan and noticed that the HDD was working hard (figured that was the virus scan).

From there on out, the computer would "freeze" for about 5 second (mouse wouldn't move) and then would unlock for about 15, and repeat.

I restarted the computer and kept getting a blue screen on boot-up.

I completely turned off the power, let it sit for a minute, and now it's working fine.

Issue with Windows 7? Possible HDD failure? (they're only 2 years old)

9/15/2009 9:42:33 AM

getting win7 from work is looking unlikely due to the changes in how the corporate licenses work (they sync in with MS every so many months to make sure they are active and where they are.... (what network))

9/15/2009 11:05:30 AM

^^I had an issue with XP where the computer would freeze for a few seconds then unfreeze for a few seconds and repeat until a reboot. It was definitely my wireless driver that was causing it. Once I figured that out I could simply disable the nic and reenable it to get rid of the freezing.

I was lucky to even find a driver, as the wireless nic was a dumpster salvage. Definitely one of the earlier wireless models.

So anyway. Long story short - it may be a device driver.

[Edited on September 15, 2009 at 12:32 PM. Reason : -]

9/15/2009 12:31:32 PM

Quote :

"From there on out, the computer would "freeze" for about 5 second (mouse wouldn't move) and then would unlock for about 15, and repeat."

Are you running the RC? Definitely submit a bug report about it. I had similar things happen in Beta (with Kapersky and Norton AV products). There's a lot of potential semaphore causes for that kind of behavior, even outside of a crappy driver somewhere.

9/15/2009 1:21:41 PM

I have a question. I set up Hamachi and i want to change it from a public to a private network. When i go into network and sharing center and double click the park bench (public network) the Set Network Properties window pops up with a Network name box with "unidentified network" in it.

The text is read-only therefor i can't change the name, and hence can't change the network to private.

I was previously able to change the hamachi to private in Vista. Apparently Windows 7 won't let you change any of the properties of an unknown network, which it thinks hamachi is.

-Sorry just found this, if anyone else is having similar issues with Hamachi and Windows 7:

http://community.logmein.com/logmein/board/message?board.id=11&thread.id=739

Quote :

"On each installation of Hamachi2 I've done so far this isn't the case (note I've only done upgrades so far, so a new install 'may' be different). The consequence of this is that the Network is flagged as 'Unidentified' in Vista, Win 2k8 and Windows7 and we've experienced traffic being blocked on the Hamachi interface (firewall issues due to the Network being flagged 'Public' by default because it is Unidentified) and/or problems on the local LAN in regards to no traffic flowing (I believe due to the lack of the Interface Metric being set, the routing may be getting screwy)."

[Edited on September 15, 2009 at 4:15 PM. Reason : .]

9/15/2009 4:05:22 PM

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"Are you running the RC? Definitely submit a bug report about it. I had similar things happen in Beta (with Kapersky and Norton AV products). There's a lot of potential semaphore causes for that kind of behavior, even outside of a crappy driver somewhere."

Yes, the RC with all the latest updates and patches.

It also happened again this morning. The HDD wasn't churning like crazy I guess because the antivirus wasn't doing its weekly scan. This time, when I tried to load a webpage, I got a flag/notice at the bottom saying that the NVIDIA driver had gotten FUBAR'd and that Windows had corrected the issue. I didn't get a chance to PrintScrn the error, so I guess I have to wait until tomorrow to see it.

A full power down was required, otherwise a simple reboot would result in a perpetual blue screen/reboot loop.

I'll submit a bug report after I capture the error tomorrow.

9/16/2009 9:01:37 AM

ahh, yep driver failure it is then. update your video driver (or roll it back)

9/16/2009 9:53:28 AM

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"Will this truly be the Linux killer?"

apples : oranges

i dont see how either could replace the market(s) the respective OS targets

[Edited on September 16, 2009 at 4:30 PM. Reason : ]

9/16/2009 4:30:26 PM

anywhere i can still get a copy & key? my laptop just took a dump and i had not bothered downloading before now

9/16/2009 11:18:26 PM

Nope. If you missed the preorders, beta program freebies, technet offer, and the launch party hosting opportunity, you pretty much are gonna have to bite the bullet and buy it Retail/OEM

9/17/2009 2:26:17 AM

^^ http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5043679/Windows_7_Ultimate_AIO_Activated

i'm not advocating downloading it...but if you really want to "try" it out, have at it (and then buy it if you like it, of course!)

9/17/2009 7:43:23 AM

stupid that they even need to "activate" it. You can try Win7 for 120 days without activation completely legally.

You can use the Windows 7 Enterprise Trial for 90 days:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/cc442495.aspx

But you won't be able to turn it into a full license product (you'd need to Migrate to a retail Win7 version before the end of the trial)

9/17/2009 11:30:18 AM

you can still get a key from microsoft; no download though.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/download.aspx

9/17/2009 11:37:49 AM

so there's no $249 technet code floating around anymore?

9/17/2009 11:45:55 AM

Is there any way to get it so a taskbar button will continuously flash like in XP? Basically, AIM Like will flash the taskbar button a handful of times, then slowly pulse orange, then go completely orange.

I'd like it to flash like it used to I found a tutorial that said changing the HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Control Panel > Desktop > ForegroundFlashCount to 0 would do it, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

9/17/2009 12:01:02 PM

^ i haven't ignored a flashing box long enough to know what happens past the pulsing stage...i kind of like the pulsing

but if it goes solid eventually, that's pretty crappy

9/17/2009 12:29:49 PM

students can get win7 for $29

http://www.win741.com/

9/17/2009 1:10:22 PM

yeah i am not opposed to paying for it once it is launched, i just wanted to load it on this laptop to play with since xp is corrupt on there now and then i can do a clean install with a full version later

9/17/2009 2:15:18 PM

^^ sweet ass. i knew grad school would be good for something

9/18/2009 1:41:09 AM

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"ahh, yep driver failure it is then. update your video driver (or roll it back)"

Thanks Noen. That appears to have been the problem. I saw an optional update under Windows Update for a newer Nvidia driver. It's strange though that it has worked for months and all of a sudden it starts to flake out...

9/18/2009 8:34:39 AM

Why not go directly to nvidia.com for the latest driver? I don't know about Windows 7, the drivers may actually be up to date since the OS is new, but Windows Update would always suggest an extremely ancient nvidia driver for my XP system.

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

9/18/2009 9:05:10 AM

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"sweet ass. i knew grad school would be good for somethin"

agreed, haha

9/18/2009 10:29:05 AM

yeah pretty pissed i cant do this

9/18/2009 10:37:23 AM

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"but Windows Update would always suggest an extremely ancient nvidia driver for my XP system."

Windows XP isn't Windows 7.

Drivers suggested on Windows Update have been validated by Microsoft. Drivers from nVidia, who knows. 99% of the time the nVidia drivers will be great, but if you have problems its always a good idea to roll back to the last validated drivers.

9/18/2009 11:21:39 AM

^^ You don't still have your .edu?

9/18/2009 12:46:57 PM

nah you lose it after being graduated for a certain period of time

9/18/2009 12:52:21 PM

^ yes, but i'm pretty sure you can sign up for your alumni account at any time:

https://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/NCS/register.html

9/18/2009 1:30:50 PM

^ yep, just tried my alumni.ncsu.edu addy, and it approved it

9/18/2009 5:47:41 PM

@Ernie: Microsoft's marketing has been touting Windows 7 as "the Linux killer".

9/18/2009 6:11:25 PM

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"Drivers suggested on Windows Update have been validated by Microsoft. Drivers from nVidia, who knows. 99% of the time the nVidia drivers will be great, but if you have problems its always a good idea to roll back to the last validated drivers."

I found the problem, I think, because it happened again. It's a problem between the nVidia driver and Quicktime. If I have a Quicktime movie minimized to the start bar, and move my mouse over the icon to restore it, the preview window (or whatever its called) briefly pops up and then the display starts going crazy, I get the error saying that the driver has stopped working and the computer freezes for about 5 seconds every 15-20 seconds until I reboot.

This is a repeatable error/bug/flaw/whatever. I don't know who to be mad at.. Apple or nVidia.

9/18/2009 6:13:10 PM

As Quicktime has been shit in every version of Windows since the dawn of time, I'm going to imagine it's an Apple problem.

9/18/2009 6:49:27 PM

^^ Yeah, I know, and it's a dumb angle to take. Those comparison charts made by Microsoft are hilariously off-base.

I mean, you weren't asking that question sincerely, were you?

[Edited on September 18, 2009 at 6:51 PM. Reason : @Spontaneous lol twitter]

9/18/2009 6:50:43 PM

^^

9/19/2009 9:03:46 AM

why does win7 keep resetting my wireless adapter's power management settings? it's been documented that win7 has problems with sleeping machines when the "allow this device to wake the computer" setting is activated, so i turned it off...win7 is being a bitch and keeps reactivating those settings and locking up my laptop

fwiw, it's an intel 4965AGN card

9/23/2009 9:33:42 PM

i've been having weird issues where for the first 2 minutes my computer is on the whole TCP/IP stack doesn't work. No packets go in or out any interfaces and trying to ping anything gives some weird ass error.

Oh well, always works..just takes about 2 minutes

9/23/2009 9:50:38 PM

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"yes, but i'm pretty sure you can sign up for your alumni account at any time: https://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/NCS/register.html"

awesome! thanks so much for this info. had no idea there were even alumni accounts

9/25/2009 1:47:45 PM

The only issue I've had is that explorer crashes and restarts quite often. I think it may have something to do with a 3rd party app that tries to display things in the right-click menu.

9/25/2009 3:21:18 PM