I will personally wait until SP1 for Windows 7 before I mess with installing it. Due to the way Vista was when it first came out, I believe upgrading to Windows 7 right on release date would be a very bad bad idea.
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The official word on timing for Windows 7 has come to the world... October 22, 2009.
For more info, check out the articles below:
Article - WSJ.com
Windows 7 To Ship Oct. 22, Microsoft Confirms -- InformationWeek
Windows 7 Will Ship Oct. 22 - Business Center - PC World
Windows 7 is scheduled to be released Oct 22/09. This includes pre-installed, and stand alone retail packages.
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View 4 Replies View Relatedthere's always a pop up msg saying that"the pre release of windows vista home premuim will expire in 0 hours.Back up your files and install any release edition of windows vista home premuim"
...2 hours after I receive that msg. my pc restrarts....my windows detected a problem and needs to restart...
How to do the process is my problem..I have read notes how to uninstall my pre-release version. After I uninstall it what shall i do then?
How do i back the date up on windows vista home basic?
View 5 Replies View Relatedi currently have windows vista ultimate 32 bit x86 but i'm thinking of upgrading to 64 bit ultimate but is it worth it? I'm sure you get asked this a lot but just wondering if it's worth it.
View 7 Replies View RelatedBack in November, I explored the number of editions of Windows 7 that Microsoft was working on. While the company has not officially given a list yet, it was clear that Windows 7 Enterprise Edition and Windows 7 Ultimate Edition were definitely coming. Furthermore, there was an obvious avoidance of naming a Windows 7 Business Edition, though there was a mention of a Windows 7 Small Business Edition. While doing a little more digging, I stumbled on the following upgrade paths for Windows Vista to Windows 7. These are not confirmed, but I am told they are what Microsoft is currently considering: Windows Vista Home Premium Edition => Windows 7 Home Premium Edition Windows Vista Business Edition => Windows 7 Professional Edition Windows Vista Ultimate Edition => Windows 7 Ultimate Edition Full Story: Rumor: three options for upgrading from Vista to Windows 7
View 9 Replies View RelatedI just received my upgrade Windows 7 disks. Ive followed the steps and everything appears to be ready to upgrade for vista... Ive tried the upgrade process 2 times and both times my computer got to 62% of the final part of the install and sat there from 11pm until 730 am. what is the problem? bad software?
View 6 Replies View RelatedIs Vista SP1 necessary or recommandable before upgrading to Windows 7? Many people these days is upgrading from Windows Vista preinstalled on the PC to Windows 7. In case of a complete recovery it's necessary to reinstall Windows Vista and then upgrade to Windows 7 (if you have bought an upgrade and not a complete Windows 7 version).
Yesterday I did a complete recovery and did a reinstallation of Vista Premium. After installation of Windows Vista I have so far done approximately 100 Windows Vista updates and is now continuing with SP1.
I have a Windows7 upgrade and plan to upgrade Windows Vista to Windows 7. Could I had saved time upgrading directly from Windows Vista in the original edition without all the other updates before upgrading to Windows 7, or was, and is it correct to take this detour?
I just recently upgraded to Windows Vista. All my olf files were saved to a folder on the same computer. How do I reinstall these programs such as Nortan Internet Sevurity? I tried to use Windows easy transfer but you can only do it from one computer to another and not from the same computer?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI would like to install Windows 7 on top of my existing Vista Ultimate installation thus retaining all the programs and data. I realize this may not be the best way to move to the new OS but I can't bear the thought of having to reinstall all the programs if I do a clean install. Will it be possible to do this and if so, what are the drawbacks?
View 9 Replies View RelatedMy son is running Vista Home Premium onto his machine and just downloaded Windows 7/RTM and he wants to install it desperately. I'm hesitant to do so: it's easy to "uninstall" Windows 7 and revert back to Home Premium if he thinks that he made a mistake?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI have a HP Pavilion dv6 1140ea. It is able to upgrade to Windows 7. I downloaded Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Version 1.0 and all softwares were compatbile. Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor 2.0 was released, I got it. I did a scan if anything was compatible. In 4 programs it said 'Before Upgrading to Windows 7, we reccomend unistalling this program. It can safely reinstalled after the upgrade'. And I know that they will work on Windows 7. But other people don't bother reinstalling, they just upgrade simply, I don't want to reinstall the programs again as they are compatible with Windows 7.
Even HP said that the software are compatible and you can upgrade just like that. I got two softwares that are ATI Catalyst Install Manager and Catalyst Control Centre, now I don't know were to download them off. I don't want to reinstall the programs, do I have to reinstall it, even though it is recommened?
im having problems with my hard drive and im going to install my windows vista ultimate 64 bit in a new hard drive, what should i do to reactivate my windows if im living in Dominican Republic? i dont wanna loose my windows
View 8 Replies View Relatedwill they be releasing a new service pack for vista 32bit??? i got sp1... anytime soon? is there a set date>? whats new thats coming out for 32bit?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI am surprised at how Vista refuses to release memory. I have disabled Supercaching entirely, and still I find that free RAM drifts from 0 to 50MB quite regularly. Way back in the day, I used to use an app called CacheMan - it would prompt the system to release physical RAM back to the system. It worked very well. The folks who develop CacheMan are working on a Vista64 version, but it's not quite cooked yet.
I'm looking for recommendations on mechanisms to prompt the release of this RAM. The reason for this is that I am trying to troubleshoot occasional mouse lockups, which feel like the system's swapping. Unfortunately, my HDD LED isn't working and my hard drives are pretty much silent. So if the system is actually swapping, I have no way to know aside from keeping a PerfMon session running all the time. I see various shareware apps out there to release RAM on demand or on schedule - I'm looking for recommendations. Once CacheMan is ready for Vista I'll give that a go.
Upgrading from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 and using Windows Mail, does the upgrade preserve the mail folders and Windows Mail untouched, or is Windows Mail removed so I have to do a backup of the mail folders before the upgrade and install a new mail program (Outlook or WLM) after the upgrade? I prefer to continue with Windows Mail and have previously tried to get used to WLM without success.
View 5 Replies View Relatedwe know that bill gates released vista home pain..even though it was defective and pure crap..he ripped off a lot of people..just took the dollarbills and ran...now he wants to trash vista and release another.os..who is going to step up and buy it..any dumbys in the house.is he so rich and powerful,that he can just steal from us and laugh all the way to the bank..if a man steals your car and gets caught,he goes to jail.why is it any different.with software..look at the pain and suffering..from peoples post on here.day in and day out.he knew vista was defective.he put it out any way.rant,complain,bitch,wine and moan.we got a right.we paid for the right.too
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View 5 Replies View RelatedMicrosoft to release Vista SP2 beta to more testers next week | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 11:36 am Microsoft will release a beta of its forthcoming Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) to a wider group of testers on October 29. Microsoft had been testing SP2 among a very select group of testers for the past couple of weeks. Last week, the company began signing up testers for a broader beta, which testers were told would be released sometime in the next four weeks. As the Hotfix.Net site reported, Microsoft has begun rolling out that broader beta of Vista SP2 this week. The build number for the beta is 16489. (Thanks to Neowin for the pointer to the Hotfix site.) Via the Vista Team blog, Microsoft said on October 24 to expect an even wider group of Technology Adoption Program (TAP) testers to get the SP2 beta bits on October 29.
Testers who received invitations to the Vista SP2 beta said they were told it would incorporate Windows Search 4, support for the VIA 64-bit CPU and Bluetooth support. Microsoft confirmed some of those fixes and features will be in the final SP2 in today’s blog posting. The company also said to expect SP2 to: Add the ability to record data on to Blu-Ray media natively in Windows Vista. Add Windows Connect Now (WCN) to simplify Wi-Fi Configuration. Enable the exFAT file system to support UTC timestamps, which allows correct file synchronization across time zones. I haven’t yet heard about any testers getting the Windows Server 2008 SP2 bits. That beta seemingly was timed to coincide with the Vista SP2 one. I’ve asked Microsoft for more information on when testers can expect to get those beta bits. No word so far............
Been visiting the comodo forums after i installed their excellent firewall that is also 64 bit. Aparently they are developing newer antivirus software to replace their current thats nearing release (next month or so should see first open beta of version 3), & guess what, its also going to be free & 64 bit. If its anything like their firewall, im never paying for av again.
View 8 Replies View RelatedMicrosoft is preparing to release a pair of updates next Tuesday. The company said in an advance notice that the November edition of the 'Patch Tuesday' release will include one fix labeled 'critical' and a second labeled 'important.' The critical fix addresses a vulnerability in the Microsoft XML Core Services component in Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, 2008 and Windows Vista. While Microsoft did not disclose the exact nature of the vulnerability, the company said that if exploited it could allow an attacker to remotely execute code on a targeted system. While the second flaw could also allow an attacker to remotely execute code, Microsoft rated the issue as an 'important' risk. The vulnerability lies within a component in Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Server 2008 and Windows Vista.
Microsoft offered little more on the nature of the vulnerability. The company typically refrains from disclosing specific details on a flaw until a fix can be released.The November update comes just two weeks after the disclosure and patching of another critical vulnerability in a Windows component. Shortly after the company posted the fix, an attack for the flaw was reported. Microsoft is planning to release the update next Tuesday. The update is typically released by early afternoon US Pacific time. Microsoft to deliver a pair of November fixes - vnunet.com
New nVidia GeForce WHQL Release 175.16 -- 13 May 2008:
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
WHQL driver for GeForce 6, 7, and 8 series GPUs.
Added support for NVIDIA 3-way SLI Technology.
Added support for GeForce 8800 GTS 512 GPU.
Recommended driver for the latest DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL
applications.
Numerous game and application compatibility fixes. Please refer to the release documentation for more information on features, driver fixes, and known issues.
Avast Update History Page:Fixed a vulnerability in TAR unpacker Improvements in various unpackers (winexec, installer, CAB, NTFS Streams) Boot-time scanner now functional even with USB keyboards Speed improvements in the Outlook plugin (Windows XP+) Web Shield: compatibility improvements Internet Mail provider: improvements on Windows Vista CAB unpacker now working in boot-time scan RAR unpacker modified so that it is now more tolerant to certain corrupted archives (issue reported by Thierry Zoller of n.runs AG) Professional Edition: scheduled scan progress icon now accessible even in Windows Vista Windows 9x/ME: fix in the Mail Protection Wizard (related to Mozilla Thunderbird accounts) Fixed a bug in the scan area selection dialog in Windows NT/2000 Optimizations in the updater Removed mail heuristics false alarm (related to TNEF attachments) Enjoy,Shawn
View 9 Replies View Relateddoes anybody know the date of Windows 7 free upgrade for Vista?
View 9 Replies View RelatedCan someone tell me how to do it?
View 5 Replies View RelatedA few sites are reporting that MS has released another beta of SP2 to the public. Unfortunately, all the links provided by those sites point to older versions. Does anyone have a link to the x86 version of the latest SP2 Beta? It would have to be higher than v.285.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI want to do is search by date or type of software. Actually I am searching for a recently created word file. All any search engine does now is find a program when you know its name. If you know a programs name you generally know were it is so Vista's search engine is useless. Lets make it clear it doesn't even do that. On my H drive I have a file named Zahainya when I asked Vista to search my H drive for a file named Zahainya it comes up empty. Moreover Vista admits it searches slowly because it asked if it can index my files every time and I say yes and still the search is at least 5X slower then XP and it can't find anything anyway.
View 9 Replies View RelatedAfter the first time installation of VISTA 64 on pure new disc I have all files in widowspanther dated 2030 year!!! also in some other catalogues (boot) i get the same. Those data are not accessible by user. Then there is a problem since FLEXlm licensee is giving me a notice that the "system clock has been set back" !! and i cannot run FLUENT and other programs.
View 9 Replies View RelatedCan anyone tell me the consequences if the disk defragmenter is not used or not up to date?
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