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7 Things to Know About Windows 7

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« on: November 29, 2009, 07:43:44 am »

7 Things to Know About Windows 7

The latest version of Microsoft Windows — Windows 7 — is now on the market. So if you're like the average PC user, it's fated to become a factor in your life. Here are seven things to keep in mind about it.


1. It's really a "maintenance release."

Basically, it's Microsoft Vista with accumulated fixes and performance enhancements. That's a good thing, since there's no dramatic break with the past to cause festering compatibility issues, and no steep learning curve for the users. Compared to Vista, Windows 7 does better running on low-performance machines like netbooks. It boots and shuts down faster — but that's less of an issue since its sleep mode is reliable, letting you shut down in two seconds and restart in two seconds. With Vista, desktops often refused to go into sleep mode, or would restart randomly from sleep mode, noted PC industry watcher Rob Enderle, principal analyst the Enderle Group in San Jose, CA.

2. It's more secure.

A new release always is, since the malware writers haven't had time to pick at it for weaknesses, and there are too few installations to amount to a worthwhile target. They'll get around to Windows 7, although its built-in antivirus facility has been well-reviewed. In the meantime, malware's favorite target is the older Windows XP. Anyway, the bad guys are turning more and more to phishing, where they dupe users into spilling their personal information on the pretext of "restoring" their "suspended" online bank accounts. Technology is not much help there.

3. There is new stuff.

While most of the news concerns performance, the desktop and taskbar have been given enhancements that should make it easer to invoke specific applications and documents. The reviled User Account Control, which warned Vista users any time any application did anything to the system, has been given settings to make it less annoying. And, yes, Internet Spades, Backgammon, and Checkers, which had been dropped in Vista, are back. The enhanced Search facility, meanwhile, is now actually useful. For future expansion, Windows 7 makes better use of multiple cores, and includes handwriting recognition.

4. Pick the right version.

There are two retail versions: Home and Professional. The Pro version has a feature called Active Directory, which lets it be assigned an address and privileges in a corporate network. It is of no interest to a home or small business user. The Home version can also be found in a family pack that can upgrade three PCs. (Strictly speaking, there is also a third version called Ultimate, of interest only to software developers.)

5. If it ain't broke, don’t fix it.

If you are happy with Vista, there is little reason to upgrade to Windows 7, cautioned Enderle. If you are annoyed with Vista, Windows 7 should help. If you are running Windows XP, upgrading may make sense if your hardware is less than two years old. Otherwise, you are better off getting a new machine, with Windows 7 pre-installed, he advised.

6. If it's broke, do fix it — correctly.

If you're upgrading with the retail package, you can use either the clean (also called custom) or the in-place installation method. The first will wipe the disk clean and you'll need to re-install your applications. (It keeps your data intact. You did back up, of course.) The second performs the installation with your applications in place. The second is easier, but the first will remove any malware, broken drivers, and other evidence of the hard life your computer's been living, Enderle said. It's also the only method available when upgrading from Windows XP. Even easier is to buy a new machine with Windows 7 pre-installed.

7. Resistance is irrelevant.

Among Internet users, 93 percent use some version of Microsoft Windows, and that is not going to change dramatically in the near future. You can assume that all future PC software worth mentioning will be written for Windows 7, and new PCs will be shipped with it. The alternative is to go with the Apple Mac, Linux, or something esoteric.

http://www.livescience.com/technology/091101-ttr-windows-7.html
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« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2010, 02:14:55 pm »

But you can't manually arrange your files inside a folder arrrrggghhh. Windows 7 will only allow you to arrange them alphabetically. Plus ensure you have at least 1GB of RAM.
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« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2010, 08:43:40 pm »

My upgrade disk is in transit from Hong Kong (or some such place). 

I hate re-installing programmes.  Even from backup its a pain in the tushy and stressful.

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« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2010, 05:10:50 am »

I have a couple of friends who upgraded from Vista with a vision of something remotely like XP in their mind.  Not so.  The changes are not obvious to the user at all and in my opinion W7 is a faster version of Vista.
Dragon it shouldn't be too difficult.  It will come with destructions.
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« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2010, 04:01:50 pm »

My upgrade disk is in transit from Hong Kong (or some such place). 

I hate re-installing programmes.  Even from backup its a pain in the tushy and stressful.



It's here - sitting on my desk pending me being motivated enough to back up everything and load it.

It doesn't help that this machine and this copy of vista seems to run really well, with no hangups or problems lol - demotivator right there.
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« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2010, 04:10:52 pm »

Shall I demotivate you a little more.         I gave hubby the new Toshiba with Windows 7 and went back to the Compac with Vista.    Hummmmmm  decisions, decisions, decisions.        Got anyone handy with windows 7 that you can have a trawl through before you take the plunge?
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« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2010, 04:15:30 pm »

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« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2010, 07:18:43 am »

Ive had a hua of a time getting my upgrade disc .. it was part of a deal with Noel Leeming & HP.  I ended up threatening NL with Fairgo at which point he said oo no .. we got hit by fairgo recently .. not again .. here let me send u the upgrade.  Cheesy  Long story but the site I had to go to to pay the postage wouldnt accept my CC details, kept saying bank declined and the bank was wanting to know if the site was reputable  Shocked  Id emailed them many times, no reply.  The bank googled the emaila ddy and found hundreds of people around the world having trouble with them.  2 weeks after I got the copy from NL the outfit from Singapore contacted me and offered they send it for free.  I accepted and now I have 2 copies.  Problem LOL,  the system wont accept the number for the registratiion!!  So NL want the comp in there so they can do it for me.

I like windows7 - and theres actually a lot of toys within it that evenually will make themselves known.  They have placed within it what the call 'god codes' which when activated give all sorts of extra bits and pieces.  Cheesy
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