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I think I should get Windows 7... Maybe test it out. How big is the download?

I suppose I have 700 megs left for the month, I mind as well download it and have some fun =)
 
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I think I should get Windows 7... Maybe test it out. How big is the download?

I suppose I have 700 megs left for the month, I mind as well download it and have some fun =)
It's about 3GBs. But if you're using a TI account, that's irrelevant since the MS servers are local.
 
Local you say? Easier done than said then... And it's off, Downloading at 40KB/s:D
 
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Score in Win7 64:
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 2800+ 3.6
Memory (RAM) 1.00 GB 4.2
Graphics Radeon X1650 Series (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM) 4.6
Gaming graphics 767 MB Total available graphics memory 4.6
Primary hard disk 14GB Free (38GB Total) 5.3
 
Pulling my hair out trying to find a digitally signed driver for the Nforce network controller.

I've read that Vista and Win 7 64-bit FORCE you to install a signed driver. :(

Stupid question, if the driver is WHQL, that means it's digitally signed, right?

I'll try for the last time tomorrow to get my internet working on Windows 7, if it doesn't work, I'm either gonna buy a PCI network card or just wait/hope/pray for MS to release some signed drivers.
 
Ok I got a copy of the 32bit version from a friend.. Looks cool so far only found a couple stuff that I don't like so.

Pressing Win+E brings up Libraries instead of Explorer and pressing Win+E a second or third time don't open anything. I liked opening more than one copy of explorer to copy files between folders..

Second thing I don't see a place to change visual styles, or am I missing something???


Gonna try 64bit as soon as the post office delivers the mail from Juggy.
 
47% Through downloading 64-bit... It stopped during the night with a timeout error:(

I think I need to get a faster line cos When it says 12:38:54 remaining, I weep...
 
Pulling my hair out trying to find a digitally signed driver for the Nforce network controller.

I've read that Vista and Win 7 64-bit FORCE you to install a signed driver. :(

Stupid question, if the driver is WHQL, that means it's digitally signed, right?

I'll try for the last time tomorrow to get my internet working on Windows 7, if it doesn't work, I'm either gonna buy a PCI network card or just wait/hope/pray for MS to release some signed drivers.

Just use the official 64bit vista nforce drivers available at www.nvidia.com ?
 
Haha I got to 1% originally with the standard Firefox downloading system and had a brightspark idea to stop the download and use a download manager

Praeses said:
Just use the official 64bit vista nforce drivers available at www.nvidia.com ?
+1
 
47% Through downloading 64-bit... It stopped during the night with a timeout error:(

I think I need to get a faster line cos When it says 12:38:54 remaining, I weep...

12 hours remaining on my download aswell at 50 odd % Eskom decides to cut my electricity:mad:
Now im doing it via Newshost atleast I can resume :)
 
Im just using a Firefox extension called DownThemAll which allows me to resume :)

51% - 1.62GB - 11:20:54 Remaining
 
LOL I used Orbit downloader which is best in my opinion...

o yeah while using Win7 Beta I found something which I wished would have been remove from Windows already. The clasic theme that make Windows look like Win98.
I hate it, and my boss switches any computer the we sell or work on to the Classic theme even if the PC comes with 256MB graphics and 2GB of RAM.
 
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my boss switches any computer the we sell or work on to the Classic theme even if the PC comes with 256MB graphics and 2GB of RAM.
WTH??? I hate the classic theme as well... Ugh!

DownThemAll is a very basic and simple download manager. Will look up Orbit and get it possibly
 
Just use the official 64bit vista nforce drivers available at www.nvidia.com ?
Tried that.

Device manager still shows Ethernet Network Controller as not having any drivers. When I try to manually point it in the direction og the drivers, it insists that they aren't digitally signed, but the Nvidia site says they're WHQL drivers. :confused:
 
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