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Re: Learning to use Windows 7

LeeNukes — Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:36 am

Author: LeeNukes

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:36 am

LoL wrote:

I can't remember ... Is it even numbered service packs that should be avoided or odd numbered ones?

Any with a number against it, and the MS name.

Re: Learning to use Windows 7

LoL — Wed Dec 09, 2009 11:12 pm

Author: LoL

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 11:12 pm

wyliecoyoteuk wrote:

In windows, it is usually both

True enough, but I was entirely underwhelmed by Vista [1] ... and see no reason why the Service Pack 7 experience should be any different

In fact, I think all the nonsense with randomly rearranged icons on the taskbar [2] and no titles on the icons is a retrograde step, even for Windows

Mind you, I think any interface that resembles Windows / MacOS is retrograde anyway - What's the point in re-arranging the deckchairs?

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[1] Although I'd really like the ... finally ... functional virtual search-folders feature

[2] Oh, no! ... I've remembered the taskbar! ... Haven't seen one of those on my computers in ... God ... years now - I feel unclean!

Re: Learning to use Windows 7

wyliecoyoteuk — Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:59 pm

Author: wyliecoyoteuk

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:59 pm

LoL wrote:

I can't remember ... Is it even numbered service packs that should be avoided or odd numbered ones?

Depends, in Linux, it is usually odd numbers that denote unstable versions.
In windows, it is usually both

Re: Learning to use Windows 7

LoL — Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:40 pm

Author: LoL

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:40 pm

I can't remember ... Is it even numbered service packs that should be avoided or odd numbered ones?

Re: Learning to use Windows 7

heiowge — Sun Nov 22, 2009 10:44 pm

Author: heiowge

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 10:44 pm

Adblock on both. Noscript on neither. I'd just stay in Linux, but I've been splicing MOV files and I only know how to do that in Quicktime Pro.

Re: Learning to use Windows 7

LeeNukes — Sun Nov 22, 2009 9:41 pm

Author: LeeNukes

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 9:41 pm

heiowge wrote:

I view AOL in Firefox in win7, it does this. I view it with Ubuntu, and it loads straight away. No hanging, no popups.

No script or AdBlock installed in one and not the other?

Re: Learning to use Windows 7

heiowge — Sun Nov 22, 2009 11:10 am

Author: heiowge

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 11:10 am

Another nail in 7's coffin.

I have an AOL email account (one of 9 different email accounts). In the last few days, whenever I access it from win7, it tries to login and hangs. After about 5 mins, it offers me a chance to use a simpler version. When it loads I get a popup error message. Closing it pops up a second, then again a third. After that you can look at your inbox (same 3 popups again), delete any bad messages (popups every time), view a message (popups), look at spam (again, more error popups).

I view AOL in Firefox in win7, it does this. I view it with Ubuntu, and it loads straight away. No hanging, no popups.

Re: Learning to use Windows 7

jamie_tickner — Mon Nov 09, 2009 2:00 pm

Author: jamie_tickner

Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 2:00 pm

After 30mins of windows 7 I exited vmware! I did not like it at all, visually it looked dated and it seemed to run laggy when virtualised even when I gave it 2 out of my 4 cores and 3gig of ram

Re: Learning to use Windows 7

Ram — Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:22 am

Author: Ram

Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:22 am

heiowge wrote:

Ram wrote:

Am sure Nero would run in XP compatibility mode. Basically it's a virtual XP machine.

That's the 15Gb thing I mentioned. I hear that's what it needs to work.

But why bother committing such a huge chunk when K3b does the job better?

I see what you mean, Virtualbox and your original XP disk would only take up a few gig.

Ok is there not the old type compatibility like in XP to run Win2k / win 98 programs with out the use of MS Virtual PC.

Re: Learning to use Windows 7

LeeNukes — Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:14 am

Author: LeeNukes

Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:14 am

heiowge wrote:

Ram wrote:

Am sure Nero would run in XP compatibility mode. Basically it's a virtual XP machine.

That's the 15Gb thing I mentioned. I hear that's what it needs to work.

But why bother committing such a huge chunk when K3b does the job better?

You tell us, you're the one that went back to Windows

Re: Learning to use Windows 7

heiowge — Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:37 pm

Author: heiowge

Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:37 pm

Ram wrote:

Am sure Nero would run in XP compatibility mode. Basically it's a virtual XP machine.

That's the 15Gb thing I mentioned. I hear that's what it needs to work.

But why bother committing such a huge chunk when K3b does the job better?

Re: Learning to use Windows 7

wyliecoyoteuk — Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:25 pm

Author: wyliecoyoteuk

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:25 pm

Really, why bother?
I have not used , or needed windows OS at home for the last 3 years.
Linux runs on all of my hardware, does everything that I need, on all 4 of my PCs, media server, Kitchen PC, wife's PC, main box.

I use windows at work (I support Windows for our customers, it is my job) I also use it on my test rig for writing reviews and articles, but for nothing else. I even use Linux at work, on 4 servers and 4 workstations, for various tasks, in a mixed Linux/Windows/Mac environment of about 40 computers.

Re: Learning to use Windows 7

Ram — Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:13 pm

Author: Ram

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:13 pm

Am sure Nero would run in XP compatibility mode. Basically it's a virtual XP machine.

Re: Learning to use Windows 7

heiowge — Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:30 pm

Author: heiowge

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:30 pm

My trial of win7 came to an end. Tried to do something in windows that is easy in XP and Ubuntu and found I couldn't do it in win7 - burn a music CD. My copy of nero wasn't compatible. I don't have drive space for the XP that you can use here (15Gb I hear!) and I can't afford to update.

You can use windows to burn them (media centre if I remember correctly), but it wouldn't even look at files that were stored in locations other than the preset music folder.

So after about 10 days trial run, I went back to Ubuntu and only once gone back in the last 2 weeks. I didn't miss it. The damn thing crashed 3 times in 5 minutes. Probably having a tantrum that I'd neglected it.

Re: Learning to use Windows 7

heiowge — Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:30 pm

Author: heiowge

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:30 pm