Windows 7 Installed

Published on January 12, 2009 By Island Dog In Personal Computing

Well I finally got Windows 7 installed on my laptop. The only issue I had was getting the partitioning right, but that was my problem.

Installation took about 10 minutes, and in about 20 minutes overall I was on the desktop ready to work. Very impressive!

So far, Windows 7 seems very fast and haven’t run into any problems as of yet. No problems with application compatibility yet, and I’m really liking some of the design changes.

Still have a lot to go through, but my initial quick impression is great!

Comments (Page 4)

Robbie_Boy

on Jan 13, 2009

It may be a better OS but I suppose I'm wondering why no one but Brad had mentioned the 9 foot high taskbar

If you change the icons on the taskbar to small ones the Taskbar goes normal size....

PuterDudeJim

on Jan 13, 2009

Have you tried going into your disk management and checking if it shows up there?

Been there, done that....

PuterDudeJim

on Jan 13, 2009

If you change the icons on the taskbar to small ones the Taskbar goes normal size....

How do you do that?

PuterDudeJim

on Jan 13, 2009

BTW, when running W7 i can't see the drive where i have Vista installed, but from Vista i can see and access the drive with W7. Does this happen to anyone else?

I have a similar, but different problem. I wanted to install 7 as a dual boot with Vista onto a second drive already on my system. But when I try, 7 don't see that drive. It sees my C drive and my G drive (external) but not my F drive, internal.

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Thanx Zub, but my problem is not seeing my Vista drive. 7 sees Vista and my external. But I want to install 7 onto a third drive that 7 installation does not see.

Robbie_Boy

on Jan 13, 2009

If you change the icons on the taskbar to small ones the Taskbar goes normal size....

How do you do that?

Start menu, properties, in that window you will see it in there with a little tick box.

ShelbyGT_The_Car

on Jan 13, 2009

It may be a better OS but I suppose I'm wondering why no one but Brad had mentioned the 9 foot high taskbar

There is a setting for smaller icons in the taskbar to make it smaller ....

PuterDudeJim

on Jan 13, 2009

If you change the icons on the taskbar to small ones the Taskbar goes normal size....

How do you do that?

Start menu, properties, in that window you will see it in there with a little tick box.

Awesome! Thank you! That looks better. Like Brad said, That taskbar's a mess!

LightStar

on Jan 14, 2009

Windows 7 looks good, only issue I have is the Superbar kind of sucks. I like the idea on paper but in use it's a mess.

In complete agreement here! Superbar/Taskbar definitely needs work. That and the rainbow glow around the start button, looks distorted.

I actually decided to see what all the hype is about, and installed Windows 7 on my laptop, clean install. Install process went smooth, but had a little problem getting it to see my wireless during install. Evidently no drivers in Windows 7 for it, so I had to plug in the Ethernet cable and find a driver that worked. Had several other driver issues dealing with my docking station of my Sony VAIO VGN-A190, but I can live with that for a while I suppose. Other than those, everything went well.

starkers

on Jan 14, 2009

had a little problem getting it to see my wireless during install. [/quote]

Win 7 didn't install my wireless adapter, either... Netgear WG11 v2, but I just inserted my ISP's installation disc and Win 7 found the drivers and installed them. Once connected to the internet, Win 7 updated with more recent drivers.

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If you change the icons on the taskbar to small ones the Taskbar goes normal size....

How do you do that?

Start menu, properties, in that window you will see it in there with a little tick box.
Awesome! Thank you! That looks better. Like Brad said, That taskbar's a mess!

Yes, the taskbar is much improved by reducing the icon size ... in fact now that it's at a regular size I don't mind it at all, and I rather like the interactive icons, much better than the Vista ones.

I was rather hoping that reducing the taskbar and updating my GPU drivers would allow WindowBlinds to work properly, but alas, it still applies only 'windows classic'... however, the distorted start button and sys tray are gone. Obviously, WB is not set up as yet to skin the wider taskbar.

jpmurph1

on Jan 14, 2009

quick question about windows 7, i am presently running vista 32 and xp 32 dual boot, i do have a spare hd,hooked up on my pc but i just use it for storage, can i install windows 7 for a "triple" boot or would i be asking for trouble on this one?

CarGuy1

on Jan 14, 2009

jpmurph1

reply 5

I'm currently running a triple boot and choosing which HD to boot to via my motherboards boot menu. As long as you have the ability to do the same, you should have no problem.

MuLaFlaga

on Jan 14, 2009

D/L it and install no problem. But were is the clasic menu????

Aaron Moore

on Jan 14, 2009

Vista drivers seem to work on Windows 7! Installed nvidia drivers wiithout any issues.

Ackerman74

on Jan 14, 2009

How do you get Windows 7?

Destraex

on Jan 14, 2009

its public beta atm. just go to microsofts site and download. I think they have a limit of the first 3 million people.

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