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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #15 on: May 10, 2009, 09:15:32 AM »
It says it doesn't have a driver for the hard drive it has just scanned...  noooo:
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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #16 on: May 10, 2009, 09:23:55 AM »
I refer the Honourable Barman to the post I made earlier.  whistle:
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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #17 on: May 10, 2009, 09:29:10 AM »
The one about you not having the patience...?

I've booted from the DVD this time and it is currently installing...  whistle:
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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #18 on: May 10, 2009, 09:42:07 AM »

No the one that said:

Quote from: Snoopy on May 09, 2009, 03:21:55 PM
63% ~ That is either a shite connection or you will shortly get a "Download failed" message
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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #19 on: May 10, 2009, 09:58:00 AM »
Quote from: Snoopy on May 10, 2009, 09:42:07 AM

No the one that said:

Quote from: Snoopy on May 09, 2009, 03:21:55 PM
63% ~ That is either a shite connection or you will shortly get a "Download failed" message
It is just finishing the install...  whistle:
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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #20 on: May 11, 2009, 11:30:15 AM »
Quote from: Barman on May 10, 2009, 09:58:00 AM
Quote from: Snoopy on May 10, 2009, 09:42:07 AM

No the one that said:

Quote from: Snoopy on May 09, 2009, 03:21:55 PM
63% ~ That is either a shite connection or you will shortly get a "Download failed" message
It is just finishing the install...  whistle:

Is it still finishing the install?
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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #21 on: May 11, 2009, 11:52:41 AM »
No it finished days ago...

It is okay actually, fairly quick on an old PC that I had lying around...

very Vi$ta like...

Been fairly busy since I installed it tho...
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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #22 on: June 30, 2009, 03:04:30 PM »
Well, I've been playing with it (snigger) for over a month now...

Has been 100% stable although I'm not using it as my main work machine so I'm not on it all day... I've switched it off at the mains a few times to try and catch it out though and it hasn't missed a beat.

However, anybody expecting to load it on their PC and gain a large performance boost will be (unsurprisingly I suppose) disappointed.

I suspect that the vast majority of users (like me) don't need a '3D' desktop or all the thousands of other features that have created the bloated operating systems that most people use. However, if Micro$oft optimised the current system (which I'm sure is totally possible) and gave us more performance they'd put a mahoosive hardware industry out of business over night. It ain't gonna happen...  noooo:

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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #23 on: July 17, 2009, 09:18:24 AM »
BTW if you switch off your PC (while you go away for a few days for instance) and it 'forgets' the date 'cos the battery is flat Windows 7 is FUBAR!  lol:
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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #24 on: July 17, 2009, 09:35:24 AM »
You would need to be away a long time for the battery to run flat. I've switched my PC off for three weeks with no ill effects and there is one upstairs that was switched off and disconnected for 6 months but still came back to right date/time the minute it was switched on, even compensating for the advent of BST. Methinks you have another problem unrelated to Windows 7 if your battery is running flat in "a few days"
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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #25 on: July 17, 2009, 09:56:39 AM »
Quote from: Snoopy on July 17, 2009, 09:35:24 AM
You would need to be away a long time for the battery to run flat. I've switched my PC off for three weeks with no ill effects and there is one upstairs that was switched off and disconnected for 6 months but still came back to right date/time the minute it was switched on, even compensating for the advent of BST. Methinks you have another problem unrelated to Windows 7 if your battery is running flat in "a few days"
Not at all... 'tis just an old PC with a flat battery...  ::)
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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #26 on: July 17, 2009, 10:25:21 AM »
PC's have batteries  eeek:
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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #27 on: July 17, 2009, 10:31:01 AM »
Yes precious ~ that's how they can maintain the time etc whilst they are switched off. They are rechargeable and automatically charge up whilst the PC is on.  whistle:
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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #28 on: July 17, 2009, 10:43:16 AM »
Well blow me down  lol: - never really thought about how the time is maintained - just was as far as I was concerned  redface:
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Re: Windows 7
« Reply #29 on: July 17, 2009, 10:44:53 AM »
I imagine she does not have a box of cables either  noooo:
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