The Virtual Pub
Come Inside... => The Computer Room => Topic started by: Barman on May 09, 2009, 01:36:43 PM
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Wossitlike like? Shrugs:
I'm just downloading it... whistle:
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Well you tell us then! ::)
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Wossitlike like? Shrugs:
I'm just downloading it... whistle:
noooo:
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos.jibble.org%2Falbums%2FBradford-on-AvonAtEaster%2FBarge_Pole_At_Bradford_on_von_Lock_Gates_A8V9293.jpg&hash=13594ca518a64546732012ed16ad422405c3b501)
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Well you tell us then! ::)
Still only 47% - it is mahoosive....
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We have plenty of time whistle:
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51%... noooo:
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I have heard good reports from them that are using it.
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I have heard good reports from them that are using it.
I suppose if they are still in touch that is a good sign...? rubschin:
63%...
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63% ~ That is either a shite connection or you will shortly get a "Download failed" message
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It can't be a shite connection, he installed it himself.
On the other hand rubschin:
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89%... whistle:
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This is over three hours so far ~ I wouldn't have the patience. tunble:
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This is over three hours so far ~ I wouldn't have the patience. tunble:
It's not like I have to watch it or anything like.... 93%
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If it doesn't work then the party will be in North Wales ~ deffo!
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So was it worth it rubschin:
How long does it take to uninstall lol:
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It says it doesn't have a driver for the hard drive it has just scanned... noooo:
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I refer the Honourable Barman to the post I made earlier. whistle:
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The one about you not having the patience...?
I've booted from the DVD this time and it is currently installing... whistle:
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No the one that said:
63% ~ That is either a shite connection or you will shortly get a "Download failed" message
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No the one that said:
63% ~ That is either a shite connection or you will shortly get a "Download failed" message
It is just finishing the install... whistle:
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No the one that said:
63% ~ That is either a shite connection or you will shortly get a "Download failed" message
It is just finishing the install... whistle:
Is it still finishing the install?
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No it finished days ago...
It is okay actually, fairly quick on an old PC that I had lying around...
very Vi$ta like...
Been fairly busy since I installed it tho...
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Well, I've been playing with it (snigger) for over a month now...
Has been 100% stable although I'm not using it as my main work machine so I'm not on it all day... I've switched it off at the mains a few times to try and catch it out though and it hasn't missed a beat.
However, anybody expecting to load it on their PC and gain a large performance boost will be (unsurprisingly I suppose) disappointed.
I suspect that the vast majority of users (like me) don't need a '3D' desktop or all the thousands of other features that have created the bloated operating systems that most people use. However, if Micro$oft optimised the current system (which I'm sure is totally possible) and gave us more performance they'd put a mahoosive hardware industry out of business over night. It ain't gonna happen... noooo:
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BTW if you switch off your PC (while you go away for a few days for instance) and it 'forgets' the date 'cos the battery is flat Windows 7 is FUBAR! lol:
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You would need to be away a long time for the battery to run flat. I've switched my PC off for three weeks with no ill effects and there is one upstairs that was switched off and disconnected for 6 months but still came back to right date/time the minute it was switched on, even compensating for the advent of BST. Methinks you have another problem unrelated to Windows 7 if your battery is running flat in "a few days"
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You would need to be away a long time for the battery to run flat. I've switched my PC off for three weeks with no ill effects and there is one upstairs that was switched off and disconnected for 6 months but still came back to right date/time the minute it was switched on, even compensating for the advent of BST. Methinks you have another problem unrelated to Windows 7 if your battery is running flat in "a few days"
Not at all... 'tis just an old PC with a flat battery... ::)
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PC's have batteries eeek:
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Yes precious ~ that's how they can maintain the time etc whilst they are switched off. They are rechargeable and automatically charge up whilst the PC is on. whistle:
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Well blow me down lol: - never really thought about how the time is maintained - just was as far as I was concerned redface:
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I imagine she does not have a box of cables either noooo:
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What!
But everyone has a box of cables.
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BTW PC World are now selling Windows 7 Home Premium at ?44.99.
Serious question ~ Can I/should I install it to replace Vista on my home machine?
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Shrugs:
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BTW PC World are now selling Windows 7 Home Premium at ?44.99.
Serious question ~ Can I/should I install it to replace Vista on my home machine?
Why don't you download it for free and try it like wot I did? Shrugs:
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Was that not quite the finished version though?
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Nothing Microsoft makes is ever finished noooo:
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Was that not quite the finished version though?
I think it is the release candidate and they update it regularly...
More likely to be up-to-date than a DVD on the shelf at PC World that was burnt three months ago...
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PC World have had a fire? eeek:
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PC World have had a fire? eeek:
Yes Nick... happy100
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No wonder they are flogging stuff off cheap, like
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I imagine she does not have a box of cables either noooo:
I have a very big box of cables, power tools and micro tools etc etc etc
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No wonder they are flogging stuff off cheap, like
Yes Nick... happy100
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I imagine she does not have a box of cables either noooo:
I have a very big box of cables, power tools and micro tools etc etc etc in my suitcase
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They are rechargeable and automatically charge up whilst the PC is on.
Mine isn't. It's one of those dirty great lithy liffo watch batteries the size of a half-crown. Had to replace it in the spring.
I have a very big box
shutup:
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BTW PC World are now selling Windows 7 Home Premium at ?44.99.
Serious question ~ Can I/should I install it to replace Vista on my home machine?
There is a special offer for Windows 7 until, I think, the end of next month. An attempt to bury Vista prolly.
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You know it makes sense.... whistle:
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Amazon are also offering 7 at a "special reduced price" for "pre-release orders" but they add that quantities are limited. They also caution that 7 does not come with a browser and that if you choose to install it you will need to also install a browser.
I shall be avoiding it like the plague because, frankly, the less I have to do with Microsoft the happier I will be, also I will wait until the new Google kit comes out. Meantime Linux and Firefox suit me nicely thank you.
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Amazon are also offering 7 at a "special reduced price" for "pre-release orders" but they add that quantities are limited. They also caution that 7 does not come with a browser and that if you choose to install it you will need to also install a browser.
I shall be avoiding it like the plague because, frankly, the less I have to do with Microsoft the happier I will be, also I will wait until the new Google kit comes out. Meantime Linux and Firefox suit me nicely thank you.
**Cough** See above like... whistle:
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Cough Cough ~ I did see it ~I'm a Beagle not a Blind Dog whistle:
But I added the important information that Amazon is only offering limited numbers AND are advising about the browser. Amazon are sending the info by email to ALL their past customers stressing the "Discount" available to those who get in early with an order.
Other companies are not telling people about the need for a browser until they have got them in the shop buying 7 and then they are hoping to sell the unwary (and that applies to most of their customers) a seprate browser package.
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I see Amazon have run out of the special offer low-cost versions although I gather that Tesco and PC World still have them.
I'm thinking this might be a good product actually... redface:
You get both 32-bit and 64-bit versions in the package. So, by stuffing a load of (cheap) memory on a suitable motherboard you should see a significant increase in performance over XP (which is limited to ~3Gbytes RAM unless you have the 64-bit version).
The only issue I see is that the EU is preventing Micro$oft selling an 'upgrade' product so you would have to back up all your data and do a clean install... Okay in theory but I have loads of bits and pieces of software that I prolly can't find the registration codes for...
rubschin:
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Have you checked to see if your existing s/ware will run under the new OS?
Some people will be in for a big surprise, methinks.
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Have you checked to see if your existing s/ware will run under the new OS?
Some people will be in for a big surprise, methinks.
I thought I'd test it as the release date got closer... rubschin:
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If by some miracle everything is compatible you may be able to find the serial keys by using regedit on your current system BM.
If you expand the local machine and software lists you should get a list of everything you installed by software house. Some programs store their key here.
If that doesnt work & tech support is no help the only other option I could think of, as long as you own the original programs, would be to google serial keys or keygens for them. I would stress that this is not something I wouldn't consider unless I was out of options.
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While I'm in the computer room...
My server packed up last week... the thing was full of cat hair and overheated... I took it apart and cleaned all the shite out but it never werked again. Banghead
However, I bought a cheap new motherboard to replace it and stuffed 4Gbytes of RAM in it. I'm running XP Professional 64-bit on the board so it can use all the memory.
Anyhoo... using the same Pentium D processor, discs, etc. the new system is significantly faster than the old one which had only 2Gbytes of RAM.
Ipso facto, I suspect that my proposal to upgrade from XP to Windows 7 64-bit with oodles of (cheap) RAM is sound.
My case rests.
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I took it apart ... but it never werked again.
So predictable noooo:
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I took it apart ... but it never werked again.
So predictable noooo:
I know... damned technology! Banghead
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Of course whistle:
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Of course whistle:
It bleddy was! cussing:
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happy100