Comments on: Windows 7 – better than Vista already

By: technogeist

technogeist — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:17:17 +0000

If you haven’t seen the alternative UI features yet, then look for the ‘bluebadge’ patch.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:14:51 +0000

So far, I’m loving it. I’ve had it installed on my laptop as a dual boot setup with XP since the night of the original “leak” I personally think it is much better than Vista, faster and less of a resource hog. It has crashed a couple times, had to reboot…but what the hell, it’s not a finished copy. I just found an activation code, so no more activation nag.

To the person asking where to find a copy, here you go: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4475431

Download it, burn to a DVD. Insert DVD, boot from disc. Make sure your boot order is set to cd/dvd rom FIRST in the computers BIO’s. Install. When asked for a registration key, leave blank. Just continue on. You’ll get 30 days fully functional. There are ways to “rearm” every 30 days for an additional 30 days 3 times. There is also a list of 15 “MAK” keys floating around. Google it. If you use this list of keys, IT DOES WORK. You’ll more than likely have to call microsoft’s toll free automated activation line and activate it over the phone. Have fun!

By: technogeist

technogeist — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:31:52 +0000

I tried Win7 on Virtual PC and it certainly seems to be an improvement over Vista RTM/Vista SP1.
I didn’t give it much memory (640MB), but just enough to get by with. Performance was noticeably improved when compared to Vista SP1 under the same conditions.
It’s still far too early to say what the final system load will be at release, but I’m more hopeful that this will cope with less-powerful systems than Vista demands.

I don’t currently use Windows on the desktop, but I do have to provide end-user support for all the Windows versions, so they’re all running virtualised, that way I can bring up whatever version the customer is using.

I’m currently using VirtualBox, which has support for VMware’s .vmdk disk images and runs on Mac OS-X as well as Linux, Solaris, and of course Windows.

By: de-void

de-void — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:01:53 +0000

DO NOT TURN UAC OFF!!!

Anyone who turns off User Account Control (UAC) is asking to be pwned.

Whether or not your user account has admin rights, when running Vista under normal circumstances, you user accounts only has normal user rights. If you run an app that needs admin rights, Vista steps in and asks you for permission to run the app under elevated “full admin” rights.

If you turn off UAC, you are essentially giving any app that runs on your machine – valid or malicious, rights to run as full admin by default.

If you turn off UAC and end up getting hosed, you’ve only got yourself to blame.

If you’re running Vista and are seeing too many UAC prompts, make sure you’ve installed Vista SP1. If you’re STILL seeing UAC popups where you don’t think there should be any, contact the vendors of the apps you’re using as they need to update their code to no longer require admin rights in order to run.

FWIW, I have been running Win7 for several months now and have only seen UAC pop up when I’ve explicity elevated an app to run in admin mode. Other than that, it just sits there out of view, watching my back for me.

By: WC

WC — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:28:13 +0000

I sincerely hope Win7 is better than Vista. I myself have not even truly upgraded to Vista as yet aside from a new laptop that came with it, which I use on occasion. XP has been stable and Vista never warranted a serious look over it’s predecessor. My only concern is that this is the pre-beta version being reviewed which is typically far from the release version. In between now and next year when it is supposed to be release Microsoft could as well throw a bucket load of useless or unnecessary bloatware into Win7 and crank out another Vista.

Oh and please please please get rid of that annoying Vista feature that has to asks me every single time if I want to run a program or allow a program to be run.

By: technogeist

technogeist — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:57:22 +0000

Quick Microsoft!!! Ship it NOW! Before any bloated extras get thrown in. :p

By: Deadman

Deadman — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:14:32 +0000

The latest beta version of Windows Live Messenger installed fine on my Win7 install!

By: David Fearon

David Fearon — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:06:07 +0000

Good idea PO! I miss the Win3.1 clock applet. Maybe they could stick a RISC OS emulation mode in there too. I’ll ask.

By: PO at MS Bash

PO at MS Bash — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:10:21 +0000

Maybe MS will add a WIndows 3.1 emulation buttton in Windows 7 for you. Although it would need to be big and right in the middle of the screen I think.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:45:22 +0000

@Pete
Yes it does have UAC, but this can be easily turned off.