Author Topic: My Windows 7 Thread & Also dumb Partition question (Read 2071 times)

demi · « **on:** August 25, 2009, 04:55:05 AM »

Just installed Win7 Pro from MSDN site... what are some hot things to try out. Or any widgets or whatever? I never used Vista so I am cherry poppin.

Also I'm trying to merge some partitions together but I couldnt do this in the install and Disk Management doesnt seem to help either. Am I better off just DLing a third party app?

Reb · « **Reply #1 on:** August 25, 2009, 05:57:41 AM »

I think they are physical separate drives?

Otherwise, use that partitionmagic crap.

Also: widgets suck.

demi · « **Reply #2 on:** August 25, 2009, 05:59:07 AM »

Nah it's all one drive... I tried googling info but none really explained why I couldn't merge them together. Maybe they did but it's 5am and I am tired.

Are there any stupid things I can disable to improve performance or just remove any nagging things? I am not used to the new start menu and it wont let me change it back to XP's way :'(

demi · « **Reply #3 on:** August 25, 2009, 06:07:26 AM »

I'll let that post slide because you are starving yourself for no reason

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #4 on:** August 25, 2009, 06:12:33 AM »

I had the same partitioning issue with Vista. I ended up using one of the various freeware partition managers out there for that. Partition Magic is like 5 years old, so that won't work.

And yeah, fuck widgets.

edit: I'm pretty sure this is what I used. It should work fine with Windows 7, but I'd Google around a little anyway just to be safe

Reb · « **Reply #5 on:** August 25, 2009, 06:32:54 AM »

Quote from: demi on August 25, 2009, 05:59:07 AM

Nah it's all one drive... I tried googling info but none really explained why I couldn't merge them together. Maybe they did but it's 5am and I am tired.

Are there any stupid things I can disable to improve performance or just remove any nagging things? I am not used to the new start menu and it wont let me change it back to XP's way :'(

The start menu actually better once you get used to it.
I think Win7 is OK performance wise, as long as you don't install crap.

demi · « **Reply #6 on:** August 25, 2009, 06:41:09 AM »

Well I had to install it so I could run the Windows Xbox Live client and do future PC gaymen.

Also how come I don't see Solitaire and stuff? Did I click something that said "do not install cute solitare time waster"?

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #7 on:** August 25, 2009, 06:47:10 AM »

there should be a separate games folder on your start bar (which can be annoying sometimes when you install retail games, because it installs under windows games instead of your program files) with all that solitaire/chess/etc. stuff in there

demi · « **Reply #8 on:** August 25, 2009, 06:47:59 AM »

I just googled it and I had to enable it from control panel. Crisis averted... time to get my pinball on

edit: oh wtf pinball isnt here. thats gay. it came with XP.

Reb · « **Reply #9 on:** August 25, 2009, 06:52:14 AM »

I can actually hear the pinball sounds in my head now, that how much I played it.

It's like:

"Good news, everybody!"

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #10 on:** August 25, 2009, 06:53:49 AM »

http://www.sevenforums.com/gaming/17103-pinball.html#post203905

MCD · « **Reply #11 on:** August 25, 2009, 08:53:54 AM »

http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2009/01/12/the-bumper-list-of-windows-7-secrets.aspx

old but might prove interesting for you.

Ecrofirt · « **Reply #12 on:** August 25, 2009, 10:37:18 AM »

demi,

GParted is great for partitioning. It's a free Linux distro that has a publicly available ISO.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #13 on:** August 25, 2009, 10:44:53 AM »

- learn to use windows key + left, windows key + right, windows key + up, windows key + down, they rock

- get used to using the search box in the start menu and control panel, it's usually way better than fumbling around in the menus. it's worth learning the query syntax as well. also, if you have any odd text file formats/extensions you have to search often (like code files etc.) set them all to use the text indexer in the indexing options right away to get it over with since it has to rebuild the entire index whenever you change this $:-\$

- set taskbar to "combine when full"

- it's nice to be able to pin folders you're constantly opening to the Explorer jumplist instead of having to go to a shortcut on your desktop all the time. Saved Searches can also be handy, I keep one for all my Visual Studio .sln files under ~/dev

- I like having a "System" library consisting of my Windows and Program Files
directories so I can readily search them

- if you do a lot of stuff on the commandline/Powershell, you can Shift-rightclick on a file to get a context menu with a "Copy as path" option complete with quotation marks

DJ_Tet · « **Reply #14 on:** August 25, 2009, 02:20:46 PM »

Are you in school now Demi?

demi · « **Reply #15 on:** August 25, 2009, 02:36:05 PM »

Third · « **Reply #16 on:** August 25, 2009, 03:02:07 PM »

I also want to install Windows 7. Currently running Vista. Probably the worst OS ever.

Are the pirated W7 editions update proof?

FatalT · « **Reply #17 on:** August 25, 2009, 03:03:58 PM »

Quote from: Third on August 25, 2009, 03:02:07 PM

I also want to install Windows 7. Currently running Vista. Probably the worst OS ever.

Are the pirated W7 editions update proof?

Just pay either $15 for a membership to IEEE or $19 for a membership to ACM to get access to their MSDNAA sites. Bam, Windows 7 Professional 64-bit or 32-bit all for you.

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3186633

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #18 on:** August 25, 2009, 03:59:49 PM »

Quote

I use WindowsGrep for that kind of searching.

Yeah, I introduced Windows Grep to the production QA dept of my last workplace and it definitely helped, but of course it only does linear search.

Third · « **Reply #19 on:** August 25, 2009, 04:20:50 PM »

Quote from: FatalT on August 25, 2009, 03:03:58 PM

Quote from: Third on August 25, 2009, 03:02:07 PM
I also want to install Windows 7. Currently running Vista. Probably the worst OS ever.

Are the pirated W7 editions update proof?

Just pay either $15 for a membership to IEEE or $19 for a membership to ACM to get access to their MSDNAA sites. Bam, Windows 7 Professional 64-bit or 32-bit all for you.

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3186633

Thanks, but I'm getting all kinds of errors when I try to register.

And I have to pay, ew.

FatalT · « **Reply #20 on:** August 25, 2009, 04:23:42 PM »

Quote from: Third on August 25, 2009, 04:20:50 PM

Thanks, but I'm getting all kinds of errors when I try to register.

And I have to pay, ew.

I didn't have any problems registering for an IEEE subscription using Firefox. $15 for both a 64-bit license and a 32-bit license of Windows 7 Professional is a deal to me, especially considering how much it would be to actually buy them. Good luck getting a pirated version to work with updates!

Third · « **Reply #21 on:** August 25, 2009, 04:52:30 PM »

I'm going for the ACM one. IEEE is giving me crazy errors.

Do I have to pay $19 just once, or will they rob $19 from my cc each year?

Veidt · « **Reply #22 on:** August 25, 2009, 05:00:04 PM »

My college gave it to us for free.

FatalT · « **Reply #23 on:** August 25, 2009, 09:26:02 PM »

Quote from: Third on August 25, 2009, 04:52:30 PM

I'm going for the ACM one. IEEE is giving me crazy errors.

Do I have to pay $19 just once, or will they rob $19 from my cc each year?

Just once.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #24 on:** August 30, 2009, 04:02:15 AM »

Doesn't MSDNAA also give you Visual Studio and stuff?

huckleberry · « **Reply #25 on:** August 30, 2009, 04:37:58 AM »

wtf

I signed up for an IEEE account but haven't heard a thing from them in four days.

FatalT · « **Reply #26 on:** August 30, 2009, 01:32:05 PM »

Quote from: Arde0 on August 30, 2009, 04:37:58 AM

wtf

I signed up for an IEEE account but haven't heard a thing from them in four days.

Mine took about a week for them to send me the MSDNAA stuff.

Melissa · « **Reply #27 on:** August 30, 2009, 03:25:37 PM »

Quote from: FatalT on August 25, 2009, 04:23:42 PM

Good luck getting a pirated version to work with updates!

I've had the W7 RTM installed for weeks with no problems using Windows update.

The most important update in all of Windows 7 is the Aero Shake.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #28 on:** August 30, 2009, 03:40:24 PM »

I don't get the point of the shake thing, though. Why get rid of other windows? If the window you want is already at the top, who cares what's behind it?

Windows-left and windows-right are pretty indispensible though!

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