[~Candy~]

Originally Posted by dustyjay

The upgrade option works in the version downloaded from the public download as well. Though I was really worried when the upgrade from Vista Home Basic took me more than 2.5 hours. It is going to take some getting used to though. And I have yet to check out my home network on it. But it is working as witnessed by me posting this here.

2.5 hours? It's only supposed to take 10 minutes That's about what mine took.

[~Candy~]

Originally Posted by Noyb

Do you mean that it's twice as tall as it could be ??
I've been looking for an adjustment .. but can't find it.

I changed mine to use small icons, looks a little better.

[Noyb]

I'm running small Icons.
I was testing to see if http://www.rcis.co.za/dale/tclockex/index.htm would work.
Maybe I should remove it ??

[~Candy~]

I meant small icons in the taskbar itself, right click on the taskbar, properties, on the taskbar tab, check use small icons.

[Noyb]

That works .. But it kills my favorite task bar Clock/Calendar.
It drops to below the task bar .. Oh Well.

What is the extra partition installed ???
I need to look at this again ... but when I did an Acronis backup ... It reversed the Letter designations and thought the first partition was system C ??

[avisitor]

I noticed that partition was installed on mine. Perhaps its the recovery console or something...

[dustyjay]

I did the upgrade from WinVista Home Basic. What took the longest was migrating or converting all the programs and files installed. 99% of what I have used since the upgrade works flawlessly. My Nero 7 obviously needs to be upgraded to the newest I believe, as INCD no longer works. Also I can not update Comodo Internet Suite. Windows Mail is not supported so I have had to resort temporarily to Outlook 2007 which is a free trial and expires in 30 days now. It installed IE 8 Beta by default without giving me a choice to accept or decline, though I read that it was supposed to install IE7 but oh well on that one. It would not even install until I un-installed and older version of Adobe Acrobat and Power DVD. I checked those extra folders out in my computer. I believe they will disappear if you select do not show hidden folders in folder options. the ones that bother me the most right now is I can not run my home network allowing my other two computers running XP home to access my printer or my computer. According to network and sharing all computers on the network have to be running Windows 7. And the scroll function on my Microsoft Laser Mouse does not function properly. I have to scroll really fast and the page scroll barely moves. And yes I have the intellipoint software adjusted properly. I have sent feed back to MS about these things so maybe we will see fixes to them eventually.

[Noyb]

Originally Posted by dustyjay

I have sent feed back to MS about these things so maybe we will see fixes to them eventually.

You must be an optimist
I've complained about Thumbnails being called Icons and the fact that I can't see what I have on my desktop.
This is going to be interesting to see if the Mac display at out local computer store gets even bigger.

[Noyb]

So what do we do about no Email included ???

[~Candy~]

Originally Posted by dustyjay

I did the upgrade from WinVista Home Basic. What took the longest was migrating or converting all the programs and files installed. 99% of what I have used since the upgrade works flawlessly. My Nero 7 obviously needs to be upgraded to the newest I believe, as INCD no longer works. Also I can not update Comodo Internet Suite. Windows Mail is not supported so I have had to resort temporarily to Outlook 2007 which is a free trial and expires in 30 days now. It installed IE 8 Beta by default without giving me a choice to accept or decline, though I read that it was supposed to install IE7 but oh well on that one. It would not even install until I un-installed and older version of Adobe Acrobat and Power DVD. I checked those extra folders out in my computer. I believe they will disappear if you select do not show hidden folders in folder options. the ones that bother me the most right now is I can not run my home network allowing my other two computers running XP home to access my printer or my computer. According to network and sharing all computers on the network have to be running Windows 7. And the scroll function on my Microsoft Laser Mouse does not function properly. I have to scroll really fast and the page scroll barely moves. And yes I have the intellipoint software adjusted properly. I have sent feed back to MS about these things so maybe we will see fixes to them eventually.

Oh, ok, up to that point, I hadn't even installed an anti virus program Was just playing with the basic interface. One thing I've noticed, is that I can't recover from sleep or hibernate mode. I get a no signal from my monitor, and my num lock key can't be changed, and I have to reboot.

[~Candy~]

Originally Posted by Noyb

So what do we do about no Email included ???

Use GMail

[Eriksrocks]

I'm more concerned with how it's hard to distinguish your Quick Launch icons with running programs in the new taskbar. I don't really care if it's tall. I prefer Paul Thurrot's taskbar suggestions here:
http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/win7_beta_notes.asp

Also, this may be of use to some of you:
Windows 7: How to Dual Boot Windows 7 with XP or Vista

[Noyb]

I've installed AVG free .. It seems to be working.
Haven't got around to trying Firefox yet ... to replace IE.
I've installed Irfanview to replace Photogallery (or whatever W7 has) ... it looks OK.
I've added WinPatrol to do what UAC can't do.
It stopped the Abobe startups when I added Adobe reader.
The defragger still looks handicapped ... Have tried a replacement yet.
W7 would not read the CD for my Video card drivers .. but it's running my dual monitors OK.

I've been hearing that Thunderbird is a good Email routine ... Maybe I'll try it.

[dustyjay]

Avira Antivir works well so far. I may give Live Mail a try again now that I am using Mail Washer. Which seems to work well in Win 7 also. And Comodo does work I just can't update nor can I install the newest version of Comodo Internet Suite. It starts to install then does a roll back. I am sure it wont be long before Comodo has either a fix for Win 7 or a new version compatable with it. All of my hardware has been recognized and is working properly except the Scroll Wheel on my mouse. It scrolls but I have to do an awful lot of scrolling to get it to move the distance it should with just a short spin of the wheel. Of course I havent tried another mouse yet. As far as an email program, I am guessing when it comes to an update to the beta or the final product there just may be a mail program included.

[K7M]

I just installed it as an upgrade to Vista Home Basic on a Compaq laptop and all went smooth. Firefox works, Thunderbird, the HP DVD player, and no problems with the touchpad. My desktop even stayed the same. The only problem I have so far is I cannot share this computer from the others on my network. I can access all the others from this one though.