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Officially on board the Win 7 crew I finally got a copy and successfully installed Windows 7. And.... just like my Vista Ultimate.... I didn't spend a penny! Apparently Microsoft has a new site called MSDN Academic Alliance Software Center where as a student/instructor I can download ISO files for many programs and operating systems for free. I have to use my ITT-Tech email. I got: Windows 7 Professional, Windows Vista Business & Windows XP Professional. They give you a license number too. Thats not all.... You can also download many other programs by Microsoft Great Stuff! So now I can learn Windows 7.... finally MSDN Academic Alliance
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With W7 the search box actually works & brings up the program you are looking for really fast! I'll send you some of the tweaks I use as they come in really handy for fast access times navigating around W7 such as the desktop rightclick shortcut menu tweak & Take Ownership of an object. ![]() Also, use the Library for all of your folder shortcuts as this make it very easy to find what you are looking for very quickly! ![]() Try not to pin too much stuff to the taskbar as it will slow down your bootup times... I got 7 frequenly used programs pinned myself. ![]()
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I havn't really messed with the library yet.... but I see its potential. I like the new taskbar views and I usually pin my programs to the start menu. I'm really liking it so far. I allready turned off the UAC
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![]() Yea, UAC was the first thing I got rid of as well because it drove me crazy... ![]() ![]()
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UAC, go to: Start, Control Panel (All Control Panel Items), User Accounts and at the bottom is "Change User Account Control Settings" Just move the slider to "never notify"
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but there's a quicker easier way of accessing UAC though. Just type in the Search box UAC and hit Enter & it goes directly to it! Too simple huh! LOL ![]() Unlike XP or Vista, Windows 7 search function actually works really well & is quite useful. Also make use of the Library folder in the taskbar & place all your shortcuts to your data folders there for quick & easy access. Example of mine below in the screenie. I also got a lot more tweaks to speed up navigation & other stuff for Window 7 as well if you want them such as the rightclick desktop context menu shortcuts for Control Panel, Device Manager & Software. (below screenie) Just ask boo about that. ![]()
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No, don't ask me.... ask MUff1N He's quite the Windows 7 guru... I'm too new at 7 and am learning quickly. I do like the login screen plugin and the ownership menu. Otherwise, I still need to install some games and see how Windows 7 will treat them
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But if need be just rightclick on the launch.exe of the game, then click compatibility & choose what it runs best on like XP SP3, Vista, etc. I have very few games that don't want to work with W7 64bit... ![]()
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I would also remove notifications i hate them.... go into action center and on the left there is "change action center settings" ALso here is registry file tweaks http://www.blackviper.com/Windows_7/...e/registry.htm also you can use full version of windows 7 manager for 15 days and tweak everything then uninstall it http://www.yamicsoft.com/windows7manager/index.html Last edited by Necorum; 19th January, 2011 at 12:51 AM. |
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Awesome! it worked for me perfectly until my hard drive died. I could hear a clunk, clunk sound... so I shut it down and used my USB adapter to get critical files off of it. Now I just need an extra hard drive to install Windows 7 again.
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Welcome to my family uncle George! As once I said, THERES NOTHING LIKE THE GOOD OL WINDOWS IN NEW CLOTHES!!! Tea?
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