suburbanargyle Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 My brother works at Microsoft, he said he'd get me a product key. I'll probably do it eventually, I'm still just rockin Vista right now though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 looks like you would be able to. with XP you can buy the upgrade, but technically you don't upgrade it, it'd be a fresh install. how much drive space do you have? i think you need atleast 16 GB of free space to do the install is drive space just my hardrive? i have a 120 gb hd and i would have to back up everything and after i install 7 it would be like turning on a new computer right? Yes, if I were you, to be extra cautious back up your most important files on an external harddrive, cdrw, or dvdrw just to be safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 What is the reasoning for the fresh install instead of just upgrading? A lot of folks frown on upgrading Windows, just because of how programs install all over the place and other reasons. I've personally never had problems upgrading, but it is nice to do a fresh install here and there to get the most out of your computer and get rid of a lot of old junk. Programs like CCleaner help minimize the reasons for a full install, but it's still nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
googlemyass Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 windows 7 is great, been beta testing this whole year, no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fueledbymike Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 question since im using xp it wipes out my computer how do i back up my programs like MS Office and Photoshop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fueledbymike Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/thankyou.aspx?familyId=1b544e90-7659-4bd9-9e51-2497c146af15&displayLang=en check to see if your computer is capable of downloading windows 7 i need to upgrade my graphics adapter i guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kissthesharks Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 So I bought this off of a guy yesterday, does it look legit? I installed it and everything worked fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flicker Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 exclamation marks = legit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inutil Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Totally legit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fueledbymike Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 damn my graphics card wont support windows 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akross Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 I have Windows 7 running on my living room laptop that has 512MB RAM, still runs well... I will do a clean install on our main computer in the future after I get my files backed up. Love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flicker Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 5-7 business days.... :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfedaykinx Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 should have the new laptop with windows 7 this friday! stoked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcm1610 Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 $8 at UB Micro? I should get that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brennan Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 i got a free copy through my school. The department of computer science here has an academic alliance with microsoft, and since i'm in computer science i can get pretty much any microsoft software for free (with the exception of most of Microsoft office, which is annoying as hell). Still I end up getting two product keys for Windows 7 because i can install one copy of 64 bit and one of 32 bit, and they use the same product keys. I would say if you like Windows Vista you should definitely get Windows 7. Its like Vista without the bugs and software problems. For whoever it was that was wondering why everyone hates Vista, well its mainly the compatibility issues it has with everything. First of all my sidebar would always throw an error and not boot every time i ran it. Second of all it wouldn't support my 8800 GTS graphics card i bought to put on it. I liked the OS. I did have one problem with Windows 7. It randomly decided my cd/dvd reader/burner was only a cd/dvd reader. So every time i tried to burn a disc on itunes my computer would crash, and whenever i tried to do it in WMP it would say i had no burner installed. So i had to uninstall the random entry for only the reader in my hardware. Now I have no entry so a cd/dvd drive of any kind in my hardware but everything works fine. Its annoying but whatever. I love how the OS looks and feels and a lot of the features. I love how it handles the taskbar in every way. For $8 its definitely worth it. I should note I did a clean install. Even if you do do a clean install I'm pretty sure it just saves all your files in a folder called windows.old or something. I certainly wouldn't trust that working but its something worth noting i guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgeagain Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 So my computer with XP essentially crashed. Had the people at DePaul (my girlfriend works there) install Windows 7 over it. It was a trial version (had to pay for it by March). However, I had some serious issues with compatibility. My soundcard didn't work properly with it, nor could I find drivers that would work. It would play audio but distort heavily and cut in and out. Video files would do the same thing - they'd distort the audio AND the video. So there was a video card issue as well. Also, I have two monitors but couldn't figure out a way to get it to recognize the second monitor. I looked online and according to everything I could find it just is supposed to show up and you set it up easily. No dice. So, since nothing really wanted to work on this, I tried to re-install Windows XP and for whatever reason, that's all fucked up and won't install or boot properly. So now I'm in a no man's land with a desktop that won't work at all. What the hell should I do about this? Will the full version of Windows 7 actually work or are my video and sound cards so old that I have no chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brennan Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 So my computer with XP essentially crashed. Had the people at DePaul (my girlfriend works there) install Windows 7 over it. It was a trial version (had to pay for it by March). However, I had some serious issues with compatibility. My soundcard didn't work properly with it, nor could I find drivers that would work. It would play audio but distort heavily and cut in and out. Video files would do the same thing - they'd distort the audio AND the video. So there was a video card issue as well. Also, I have two monitors but couldn't figure out a way to get it to recognize the second monitor. I looked online and according to everything I could find it just is supposed to show up and you set it up easily. No dice.So, since nothing really wanted to work on this, I tried to re-install Windows XP and for whatever reason, that's all fucked up and won't install or boot properly. So now I'm in a no man's land with a desktop that won't work at all. What the hell should I do about this? Will the full version of Windows 7 actually work or are my video and sound cards so old that I have no chance? You're computer must be an early Windows XP comp. I have serious compatibility issues with my soundcard. i have 5.1. Vista would only play 2 channels and Windows 7 only plays 2.1 channels. I'd say you're fucked if it didn't work on the trial. It really has nothing to do with Windows, whoever manufactures your soundcard or video card has simply quit supporting it. I would personally replace them, but if that isn't an option i would say you'll have to stick with XP. I guess if you're kind of tech savvy you could take a look for third party drivers, depending on what kind of hardware you actually have, or just make sure their aren't any updated drivers that Windows isn't finding for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 So my computer with XP essentially crashed. Had the people at DePaul (my girlfriend works there) install Windows 7 over it. It was a trial version (had to pay for it by March). However, I had some serious issues with compatibility. My soundcard didn't work properly with it, nor could I find drivers that would work. It would play audio but distort heavily and cut in and out. Video files would do the same thing - they'd distort the audio AND the video. So there was a video card issue as well. Also, I have two monitors but couldn't figure out a way to get it to recognize the second monitor. I looked online and according to everything I could find it just is supposed to show up and you set it up easily. No dice.So, since nothing really wanted to work on this, I tried to re-install Windows XP and for whatever reason, that's all fucked up and won't install or boot properly. So now I'm in a no man's land with a desktop that won't work at all. What the hell should I do about this? Will the full version of Windows 7 actually work or are my video and sound cards so old that I have no chance? He didn't install a "trail" version. He installed a Release Candidate (RC) version. The RCs had an expiration date and they weren't the final retail versions. You probably had to update your drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fueledbymike Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 So my computer with XP essentially crashed. Had the people at DePaul (my girlfriend works there) install Windows 7 over it. It was a trial version (had to pay for it by March). However, I had some serious issues with compatibility. My soundcard didn't work properly with it, nor could I find drivers that would work. It would play audio but distort heavily and cut in and out. Video files would do the same thing - they'd distort the audio AND the video. So there was a video card issue as well. Also, I have two monitors but couldn't figure out a way to get it to recognize the second monitor. I looked online and according to everything I could find it just is supposed to show up and you set it up easily. No dice.So, since nothing really wanted to work on this, I tried to re-install Windows XP and for whatever reason, that's all fucked up and won't install or boot properly. So now I'm in a no man's land with a desktop that won't work at all. What the hell should I do about this? Will the full version of Windows 7 actually work or are my video and sound cards so old that I have no chance? you shoulda run this first http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/thankyou.aspx?familyId=1b544e90-7659-4bd9-9e51-2497c146af15&displayLang=en it tests the compatibility of your computer w/ windows 7 i was guna get it but it said it would have problems w/ my graphics card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgeagain Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Well, it's a moot point. I couldn't test the compatibility with my computer because my computer had totally crashed. Couldn't do shit. Also, I tried to update the drivers. I searched near and far for them. I couldn't find any that worked with Windows 7. My computer is a pretty old Sony Vaio. It was top notch at the time (dual DVD drives, one is a DVDR, decent hard drive, RAM, etc. but obviously all that shit is weak now compared to what is out there) I think I'll just get a legit copy of XP and re-install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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