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| Thread ID: 96368 | 2009-01-08 07:52:00 | Microsoft Releases Windows 7 Beta as a Free Download | zqwerty (97) | PC World Chat |
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| 736193 | 2009-01-08 23:30:00 | "Last thing, we swear. The Windows 7 beta is actually an upgrade, not a full new install. You need to have a machine running Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) to install the beta." That's not correct. |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 736194 | 2009-01-08 23:34:00 | True i ran xp so i installed the beta version on win7 and it turned xp into a folder called windows old so i didn't lose a thing. if i want anything ive downloaded i just go to windows old choose my program and click copy then paste it into my folder on win 7 Easy. | Hitech (9024) | ||
| 736195 | 2009-01-08 23:51:00 | Windows 7 beta will install as a full install on a blank drive, no problems at all, it has the option to upgrade if an earlier version of windows is installed. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 736196 | 2009-01-09 00:35:00 | "Last thing, we swear. The Windows 7 beta is actually an upgrade, not a full new install. You need to have a machine running Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) to install the beta." That's not correct. The original MS release notes were badly worded. The intention of them was "if you're going to upgrade, then you'll need Vista SP1". Instead, people interpreted them as "you need to upgrade from Vista SP1". |
Nermal (7077) | ||
| 736197 | 2009-01-09 01:04:00 | BETA. Buggy Exasperating Troublesome Awful. Have patience, it will be inflicted on you all soon enough. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 736198 | 2009-01-09 01:29:00 | Personally I haven't had any problems yet, and so far it's been better than the betas of XP and Vista. I haven't done any "stress tests" yet though, and so far everything's been under VMware. I'm going to try it on real hardware once I get a new DVD drive, and use it as my secondary OS (it'll be the only OS on that machine, but it's my secondary machine). | Nermal (7077) | ||
| 736199 | 2009-01-09 09:27:00 | blog.wired.com Now to remember my MSDN details ;) |
razzarphenix (2626) | ||
| 736200 | 2009-01-09 09:53:00 | "Microsoft also recommended that users back up all MP3 files before installing the beta, and set all of them to "read-only" status by right-clicking each file in Windows Explorer, then clicking the General tab and selecting the "Read-only" box. Right. Like you have time for that." :lol::lol: |
--Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 736201 | 2009-01-09 09:56:00 | At least MS are warning people - remember its BETA - its not a RTM yet - so some bugs are to be expected. Its also NOT meant to be used as a main OS at the moment - any one who does is asking for trouble. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 736202 | 2009-01-09 10:56:00 | MMmm... Keep it on a separate comp, not a main one.. I can just see the forums 48 hours from now, littered with threads: "Help, I br0ked my PC with Win7 Beta coz I dunno what Im doin!" :p Better yet, run it in a VM, the new EULA allows it apparently |
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