[WLJohnson05]

my question now is, that i can get the home premium now and download it, but its labeled upgrade...can i still use that on my xp? is it a full version or is it just some sort of upgrade only type of thing....also i can preorder windows7 professional instead, im thinking im going to do that instead...

feedback?

[dude496]

Originally Posted by WLJohnson05 how would they want you to prove you are a student besides email i have my student ID...

If you don't have a .edu email, you have to submit a form and proof of school...proof of tuition, or grades or something. I think they said it will take about 2 weeks to verify it that way. There is a link on the buy page on how to do it.

[Lefty]

I've been running Windows 7 Professional for about 4 weeks now. I love it (I work in the IT field and the company I work for is a Premier Microsoft partner so we got copies of it before the release). Def. upgrade and skip Vista. It runs smooth, I love the task bar and the interface.

[NastyFX4]

Originally Posted by WLJohnson05 my question now is, that i can get the home premium now and download it, but its labeled upgrade...can i still use that on my xp? is it a full version or is it just some sort of upgrade only type of thing....also i can preorder windows7 professional instead, im thinking im going to do that instead... feedback?

Am I going to have to download all of my programs or will it just upgrade the operating system? I'm assuming that Microsoft Office 2007 will work fine as well, correct? How long did it take you guys with say 3M DSL?

[Notcho]

I've been using Win 7 ultimate for a few weeks now. Its the final release, activated, legit, and all that fun stuff. The disc was the full install and had x86 and x64 on it.

If I want, I can buy w7 ultimate upgrade from my school in either x86 or x64 for $15.

So far my only complaint is... WTF did they do to my display properties window?? You know, the one that comes up in XP when you right click the desktop and click properties. They changed it around some with Vista, but DAMN. It used to be so simple.

I'm damn happy that vista drivers work with it though.

[WLJohnson05]

ok got it updated and all, now its just a matter of cleaning up and getting my old stuff back on....they have the easy transfer thing, but i dont need a lot of the stuff that was on there, so im just doing apps one by one and reloading what i need....very smooth transfer, very simple. windows 7 works awesome so far.

[WLJohnson05]

i do have a few things in device manager that dont have a driver, but im not even sure what they are and it doesnt seem to affect anything right now.

[Notcho]

Originally Posted by WLJohnson05 i do have a few things in device manager that dont have a driver, but im not even sure what they are and it doesnt seem to affect anything right now.

I've seen some websites (like ATI's website) that don't show drivers for my video card for windows 7... but according to M$ (and my own testing) the Vista drivers do work.

[WLJohnson05]

Originally Posted by 89 5.0 LX I've seen some websites (like ATI's website) that don't show drivers for my video card for windows 7... but according to M$ (and my own testing) the Vista drivers do work.

yea the upgrade adviser said that i might have issues with the ati stuff.

[WLJohnson05]

which i am having some problems with...its set it up as a standard vga graphics adapter.

[Notcho]

Originally Posted by WLJohnson05 which i am having some problems with...its set it up as a standard vga graphics adapter.

Mine was the same.. it said standard vga graphics adapter as well... I downloaded the Vista driver and installed it, and it works great.

I didn't install all that catalyst control shit though..(I dont like it)


I opened the ATI driver file I downloaded, and it auto extracted the files to c:\ATI

Then it tried to auto-run the ATI catalyst install program but I cancelled it.

I went back to device manager and installed the driver manually.. by opening the standard vga graphics adapter, going to the driver tab, clicking update driver, then browsing to the C:\ATI folder that it made. It found the driver in there and installed it. After a reboot, all was well. No more 'standard vga graphics adapter'

[Dennis]

like every os ill wait about 6 months for the bugs to get worked out and all the programs that i run to get upated for compatbility

[WLJohnson05]

Originally Posted by 89 5.0 LX Mine was the same.. it said standard vga graphics adapter as well... I downloaded the Vista driver and installed it, and it works great. I didn't install all that catalyst control shit though..(I dont like it) I opened the ATI driver file I downloaded, and it auto extracted the files to c:ATI Then it tried to auto-run the ATI catalyst install program but I cancelled it. I went back to device manager and installed the driver manually.. by opening the standard vga graphics adapter, going to the driver tab, clicking update driver, then browsing to the C:ATI folder that it made. It found the driver in there and installed it. After a reboot, all was well. No more 'standard vga graphics adapter'

haha wow, i pretty much just did that. got it all working fine too. seems like everything works perfect now as far as i can tell. now i just have to learn my way around the os...its more vista based than xp as far as the menus and everything, but so far i give it a big thumbs up

[Notcho]

Originally Posted by WLJohnson05 haha wow, i pretty much just did that. got it all working fine too. seems like everything works perfect now as far as i can tell. now i just have to learn my way around the os...its more vista based than xp as far as the menus and everything, but so far i give it a big thumbs up

Awesome!

Yeah I said the same thing back when XP first came out.. it seemed so foreign and odd that they would put 'My Computer" and "Internet Explorer" (and everything else) on the start menu, but its all second nature now lol.

[dr.gonzo!]

lol I still switch it to classic view on XP. I cant stand it the other way

[WLJohnson05]

Originally Posted by dr.gonzo lol I still switch it to classic view on XP. I cant stand it the other way

yea im still gettin used to that....its not really bad at all though, once u figure out where everything is its quicker

[maverick0817]

I have a .edu address, so I guess I could help someone with that $30 deal. I dont need it, I already have 2 copys of ultimate. I really like it, I mean 6 gb's of ram and a i7 probally help the experience,lol.

[WLJohnson05]

well i found another issue. blackberry desktop manager and the blackberry dont want to work right. the blackberry is found and you can go through the phone manually, but desktop manager doesnt want to recognize that the phone is plugged in...so thats my next thing to work on

[ItaliStang]

damn it...I just got used to Vista...


it's really that much better? like completely different? almost don't want to, just because I finally got all my shit set up on this new laptop, haha...

[WLJohnson05]

Originally Posted by ItaliStang damn it...I just got used to Vista... it's really that much better? like completely different? almost don't want to, just because I finally got all my shit set up on this new laptop, haha...

i never had vista, but i've used it on my girlfriends laptop many times, i think this just works better than vista overall. definitely more snappy.