Comments on: Lifehacker’s Guide To Upgrading To Windows 7 RC http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/05/lifehackers-guide-to-upgrading-to-windows-7-rc/ tips and downloads to help you at work and play Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:40:14 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Frank Coughlan http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/05/lifehackers-guide-to-upgrading-to-windows-7-rc/comment-page-1/#comment-7717 Frank Coughlan Tue, 12 May 2009 11:18:54 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=334515#comment-7717 I installed 7 over vista on one computer and it is running beautifully. But in my aattempts to install 7 to a new partition on my xp computer, the process stops at one of the installation reboots. The monitor just shows a message "out of range". Cannot find a solution online that seems to fit my situation but I get the sense that it might be related to a driver (for Monitor?). There is an option at the start of installation to upload drivers. But what drivers? I installed 7 over vista on one computer and it is running beautifully.
But in my aattempts to install 7 to a new partition on my xp computer, the process stops at one of the installation reboots. The monitor just shows a message “out of range”. Cannot find a solution online that seems to fit my situation but I get the sense that it might be related to a driver (for Monitor?). There is an option at the start of installation to upload drivers. But what drivers?

]]> By: Bob Saget http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/05/lifehackers-guide-to-upgrading-to-windows-7-rc/comment-page-1/#comment-7460 Bob Saget Wed, 06 May 2009 17:46:55 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=334515#comment-7460 I just installed it and it seems to be missing some of the flashy stuff. Alt tab is plane jane, and i thought you hover out over the icons on the buttom it displays a preview, dont see settings anywhere to enable it. Also just noticed this, when i go to windows media center it says "TV and video may not work as expected because the video card does not meet the minimum memmory requirment of 64 MB..." but my card has 246 onboard, what gives. I just installed it and it seems to be missing some of the flashy stuff. Alt tab is plane jane, and i thought you hover out over the icons on the buttom it displays a preview, dont see settings anywhere to enable it.

Also just noticed this, when i go to windows media center it says “TV and video may not work as expected because the video card does not meet the minimum memmory requirment of 64 MB…” but my card has 246 onboard, what gives.

]]> By: Troy M http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/05/lifehackers-guide-to-upgrading-to-windows-7-rc/comment-page-1/#comment-7435 Troy M Wed, 06 May 2009 05:15:25 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=334515#comment-7435 As of Sunday, I have upgraded my live vista install to the new windows 7 RC, and to say i am impressed is far from the truth! The upgrade was so easy, i just cliecked a few things and the install did most of it itself. What i am finding, is my OS, as it was on vista, with the look, feel and features of windwos 7. So I recommend this process to anyone who is prepared to do so. If you can, a system state backup is a good thing if you have the drive space however i did not, but did the upgrade anyway, and am happy to say that i am 110% pleased with the result. Everything works just like it did before and the only 2 things i had to uninstall/upgrade was Daemon tools and my virus scanner, which new versions had support for W7 anyway. Also, i recommend that anyone who is going to attempt this, run the compatability test pre-upgrade. This will tell you what hardware/software you will need to aquire new version of. Good Luck ^_^ As of Sunday, I have upgraded my live vista install to the new windows 7 RC, and to say i am impressed is far from the truth! The upgrade was so easy, i just cliecked a few things and the install did most of it itself. What i am finding, is my OS, as it was on vista, with the look, feel and features of windwos 7. So I recommend this process to anyone who is prepared to do so. If you can, a system state backup is a good thing if you have the drive space however i did not, but did the upgrade anyway, and am happy to say that i am 110% pleased with the result. Everything works just like it did before and the only 2 things i had to uninstall/upgrade was Daemon tools and my virus scanner, which new versions had support for W7 anyway.

Also, i recommend that anyone who is going to attempt this, run the compatability test pre-upgrade. This will tell you what hardware/software you will need to aquire new version of.

Good Luck ^_^

]]> By: hina http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/05/lifehackers-guide-to-upgrading-to-windows-7-rc/comment-page-1/#comment-7421 hina Wed, 06 May 2009 00:05:21 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=334515#comment-7421 I dual boot Vista Ultimate and 7 Ultimate from a VHD. My boot loaded grabs the Windows 7 VHD from the Vista C:\ and it works like a charm. I dual boot Vista Ultimate and 7 Ultimate from a VHD. My boot loaded grabs the Windows 7 VHD from the Vista C:\ and it works like a charm.

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