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3/1/2010 11:19:01 AM EDT
Just bought Windows 7 Pro 64bit



Give me courage to make the leap from Vista!
3/1/2010 11:28:18 AM EDT
[#1]
Man up Sally.
3/1/2010 11:32:59 AM EDT
[#2]
Do it. What's the worst that could happen?
3/1/2010 11:52:27 AM EDT
[#3]
Downloading latest Win7 drivers for video, sound and mobo, moving them to my external drive...
3/1/2010 12:35:05 PM EDT
[#4]
Win-7 is what Vista wishes it could be.

Microsoft screwed the pooch with Vista, and got a lot right with Win7.

Operating system versions are interesting:
Vista = v6.0....
Win7 = v6.1.... and NOT v7.x
3/1/2010 12:53:22 PM EDT
[#5]

Vista was the inoperative beta version of windows 7, I don't even remember that it existed sometimes.

I have changed all of the computers in the house to Win 7, most are 64-bit. It is a great operating system.
3/1/2010 1:45:34 PM EDT
[#6]
it will run fine, I don't see the issue
3/1/2010 2:16:07 PM EDT
[#7]
Been almost 2 hours. Getting everything installed again.



But Vista wont let me install Firefox or Thunderbird???



Asks me which login to install with. I'm an admin with my current account. I tell it to use my credentials and it fails. Any ideas?
3/1/2010 4:23:38 PM EDT
[#8]
Got it figured out...right click, Run as Administrator...
3/1/2010 7:55:18 PM EDT
[#9]
Quoted:
Been almost 2 hours. Getting everything installed again.

But Vista wont let me install Firefox or Thunderbird???

Asks me which login to install with. I'm an admin with my current account. I tell it to use my credentials and it fails. Any ideas?


I updated this past weekend.  I kinda wish that I had seen this thread earlier.  This is one windows product where the Update actually works.  I was feeling experimental and tried the update, and it went through smoothly and all I needed to reinstall was my sound driver.

3/1/2010 8:12:32 PM EDT
[#10]
Yeah Im not a fan of updating. I believe in wiping the slate clean and getting a fresh partition for it...



Before making the jump earlier, I went to the websites of my peripheral manufacturers and downloaded their drivers to an external hard drive
3/1/2010 8:17:36 PM EDT
[#11]



Quoted:


Win-7 is what Vista wishes it could be.



Microsoft screwed the pooch with Vista, and got a lot right with Win7.



Operating system versions are interesting:

Vista = v6.0....

Win7 = v6.1.... and NOT v7.x


Claimed to be done because going to 7.x broke too many apps.



 
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