Morning Discussion
Not so with Plants vs. Zombies. This game is marvellous. Matching your plants to the zombies, terrain and time of day is surprisingly 'hardcore' for a PopCap games. Plant and zombie designs are neat too--the Michael Jackson zombie is positively sublime.
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replyWindows 7 is awesome
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Hmm learned something new, thanks
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as in it is rumored they are going to surprise us with a new UI on top of what we have been seeing in the betas and release candidate. i don't have anymore details than that....this is the internet after all and it could all be a bunch of bullshit. but, if you followed the vista process they threw the aero stuff in at the last minute....same kind of deal.
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I installed it last night in VPC and it took almost six hours.
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Update Just finished installing Windows 7 on an HP Mini 10 /w 1GB of RAM. Available resources after install are about halved (400MB mem usage). I was going to see if I can survive with just 1GB of RAM but it looks like i"ll have to bump it to 2GB. Runs well and Aero was enabled out of the box.
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IA, its quite nice
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Any suggestions on the pro antivirus choice for the RC? Takes me to this page by default. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/antivirus-partners/windows-7.aspx
I heard Norton doesnt suck anymore but its only a 2 week trial. Trying the Kaspersky one.-
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This is what I use. I like it!
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Norton DOESNT suck anymore but I have yet to try the Windows 7 version.
Everyone else needing AVAS should check out their 2009 Internet Security and Norton 360v3 (stay away from v2). It's pretty awesome.-
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Go to Windows Explorers properties (right-click -> properties) and change the target to:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /root,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
Hit OK. Unpin Explorer from your taskbar and repin it.
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idk if theres a better or easier way to do it. I just read that off a MS blog and that's how I did it. It does kinda suck that they make it super hard to switch from that library view which I really don't like.
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or after the explore.exe part just put "C:\users\username" (quotes included) and it will go to that folder instad of the libraries.
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Anyone know if Ultramon works with Windows 7, that's the only thing I don't like about it thus far?
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the installer is pretty smart. I installed it to the same partition as my vista installation. Chose the 'custom' option. It moved all my windows files (including program files) to a folder called Windows.old and then installed windows 7. This effectively nukes the old windows installation but lets you access all your old windows files incase you forgot to back some shit up.
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Yea I did the same thing with XP and I was really impressed with this, I'd backed up everything, but couldn't get the partition to resize, said screw it, but was pleasantly surprised by this.. pretty nice.
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Steam doesn't actually need to be reinstalled, Steam will work fine (has for me through 3 formats) if you just copy the entire folder over.
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Denied! It gives you the option to upgrade, but even if you choose 'install' it just says, "There was an existing windows. I moved it to windows.old and went to town." I still have everything except my windows directory. I'm about to see what happens when I install Steam to the same place it lived before....whether I have to download all my crap again.
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I upgraded with no issues from Vista 64 to Windows 7 64. You start the installer while Windows is still running (you do NOT boot off the DVD). It just took a long time.
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I don't see why that wouldn't work, but I haven't tried it. Certainly worth a shot.
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i'd actually expect a complete reinstall.. iirc to upgrade vista 32 -> 64 you had to nuke, didn't you?
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me too... works better on a 800 height widescreen.
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Anybody know of a VNC fix?
UltraVNC works fine, except the 'hover' over the taskbar doesn't work. Actually it does work, you just can't see it. So, if you minimize something, you have to just hover and 'click' on mid air to restore it.
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Windows 7 Hotkeys
Win+Up - Maximize
Win+Down - Restore / Minimize
Win+Left - Snap to left
Win+Right - Snap to right
Win+Shift+Left - Jump to left monitor
Win+Shift+Right - Jump to right monitor
Win+Home - Minimize / Restore all other windows
Win+T - Focus the first taskbar entry. Pressing again will cycle through them, you can arrow around.
Win+Shift+T - cycles backwards.
Win+Space - Peek at the desktop
Win+G - Bring gadgets to the top of the Z-order
Win+P - External display options (mirror, extend desktop, etc)
Win+X - Mobility Center (same as Vista, but still handy!)
Win+# (# = a number key) - Launches a new instance of the application in the Nth slot on the taskbar. Example: Win+1 launches first pinned app, Win+2 launches second, etc.
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i have been loving win + up, down, left, right, makes instant tiling so easy. makes side-to-side document work so easy. makes everything better.
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Yes indeedy
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Win! thank you
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I'm not getting all the love here. It feels exactly like Vista (all patched up etc).
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pffft, lightweight: 7/8/2004 8:09pm
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Windows 7 audio tip:
By default, Windows 7 will decrease the volume of applications and games by 80% if it detects "communications activity". This can be frustrating in a game like Left 4 Dead or Counterstrike where the voice channel is detected, and you can't figure out why your in-game volume is so low and tinny.
To correct this, go to Control Panel, Hardware and Sound, Sound, the Communications tab, and choose "Do Nothing".
I spent all weekend wondering why my Source game sessions were so much quieter than the rest of my system sounds.-
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i would be playing TF2 and the Valve Guy splash screen sound would be LOUD, and then in-game i could barely hear any effects
i was worried sound was just fucked for my onboard chip and that i'd have to go back to XP :( happily, i discovered this "feature", which i guess would be okay in some desktop apps, but certainly not games
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easy install
Intel SSD 7.7 on HD performance
www.sphinx-soft.com for free firewall upgrade (annoying wav file, just overwrite)
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ugh has anyone installed the 64-bit version via bootcamp with any success? it installs fine but when I try and install the windows device drivers from the OSX CD it says that bootcamp x64 is unsupported on this model computer. wtf I have a unibody MacBook, is it freaking out about Win7 or the computer? the 32-bit beta install worked great :(
it runs fine but no multitouch and I can't seem to eject anything from the DVD drive :( I installed some drivers individually (like the nvidia ones) but it's pretty hit and miss :(-
I couldn't get them installed on the 32 bit version (in beta1 either). I'd posted about it multiple times with no success. I guess I must not have tried the DVD drive but the trackpad is definitely worthless, no way to right click at all. Of course, even with the drivers Apple's trackpad doesn't work well in Windows so using an external mouse is much better.
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Yeah I have an older one so the most recent drivers for multitouch didn't support mine either. Even with the drivers the scrolling is horrible, the incidental touch detection isn't there, etc. I won't don my tinfoil hat to explain...
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Exactly the same here.. I posted about it 2 days ago http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19838221#itemanchor_19838221
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So I've got a netbook with no optical drive, and Win7 on a DVD, but no USB stick. I used to install 98 by copying the disc to my hard drive and booting to command prompt only and install from there. Can I do this for Win7?
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windows update could still use more work, nowhere near enough feedback on whats going on. If the first update to be installed is a big one, it looks like its stalled.
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it works till march 2010 perfectly, then it'll start restarting itself every 2 hours until june 2010 where i presume it will just kill you and your family
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starts to shit itself starting march next year, and commits suicide in august.
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Are you asking if this will brick your PC somehow? Of course you can reinstall another OS later when the RC expires.
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I like the desktop wallpaper slide show setting. no more getting bored of the same background. you can also right click the desktop and pick the next one if you don't want to wait the 30 minutes or hour or whatever.
It's the little things!
Also, be sure to grab the hidden backgrounds for the various region specific themes, some of them are pretty rad:
http://www.blogsdna.com/1828/unlock-unhide-windows-7-hidden-themes-for-regional-countries.htm-
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http://www.2shared.com/file/5664867/6986f2f7/W7BG.html
zipped and uploaded these images for those who are lazy or don't have windows 7, lower right "click here" to download.
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HELP
I assume the blue and yellow shield icon has something to do with UAC or admin privileges. But I'm using an admin account and when I click something with that icon next to it, nothing happens. I don't get any confirmation dialog or anything. I can't turn off UAC because that has the shield next to it. -
It's weird. I'm actually excited about a new MS OS. Good to hear all this positive buzz about it. Will most likely be my upgrade from XP.
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