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The ram is fine, I know what the specs are and the computer is running FINE but I cant use Aero. I know people have registry hacks and whatever but they dont work for me. I just want to force it to work and see if it would run to slowly or not.

Buying laptop ram and video cards is too expensive, I can live without it.
 
Legendary724
The ram is fine, I know what the specs are and the computer is running FINE but I cant use Aero. I know people have registry hacks and whatever but they dont work for me. I just want to force it to work and see if it would run to slowly or not.

Buying laptop ram and video cards is too expensive, I can live without it.
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The RAM isn't fine. You don't seem to be getting it, Aero will run like crap on your system if you try with those specs. Just sitting idle with Aero open on my desktop uses around 1 Gig of ram up. Something as simple as Winkey + tab for the fancy app switch jumps one core to about 12% usage. Mind you, each runs at 2.6 ghz.

You're computer will cry and die if you run Aero on it. Just accept that.


EDIT: Well, in the progress of upgrading my computers to Win7 (legally mind you) and on my main computer, it decided to reassign drive letters. I had XP Pro on C, most of my data and media on E, and about 40 gigs of un-partitioned space for a new OS, which is now Win7. However, Win7 decided that should be C, made my old C into E, and changed E to D. So not even sure I can boot my XP install anymore...

On the plus side, seems I'll be sticking with Win7 anyhow, as it does seem to run fairly smooth, even with all the bells and whistles on at the moment.
 
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Azuremen
The RAM isn't fine. You don't seem to be getting it, Aero will run like crap on your system if you try with those specs. Just sitting idle with Aero open on my desktop uses around 1 Gig of ram up. Something as simple as Winkey + tab for the fancy app switch jumps one core to about 12% usage. Mind you, each runs at 2.6 ghz.

You're computer will cry and die if you run Aero on it. Just accept that.


EDIT: Well, in the progress of upgrading my computers to Win7 (legally mind you) and on my main computer, it decided to reassign drive letters. I had XP Pro on C, most of my data and media on E, and about 40 gigs of un-partitioned space for a new OS, which is now Win7. However, Win7 decided that should be C, made my old C into E, and changed E to D. So not even sure I can boot my XP install anymore...

On the plus side, seems I'll be sticking with Win7 anyhow, as it does seem to run fairly smooth, even with all the bells and whistles on at the moment.
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Sweet, thanks for spelling it out with examples. I actually get it now :sly:.
 
Azuremen
EDIT: Well, in the progress of upgrading my computers to Win7 (legally mind you) and on my main computer, it decided to reassign drive letters. I had XP Pro on C, most of my data and media on E, and about 40 gigs of un-partitioned space for a new OS, which is now Win7. However, Win7 decided that should be C, made my old C into E, and changed E to D. So not even sure I can boot my XP install anymore...
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7 does that, it requires that the boot partition be C:\ (which I'm sure every version of Windows dictates anyway) - my laptop is a Vista/7 dual-boot setup. Vista was installed on C, I partitioned and installed 7 on D.

When I boot into 7, the 7 partition shows up as C:\ with Vista on D:\; when I boot into Vista, 7 shows as D:\ and Vista C:\. As long as you've enabled the boot screen, you'll be able to boot into XP.
 
Sharky.
7 does that, it requires that the boot partition be C:\ (which I'm sure every version of Windows dictates anyway) - my laptop is a Vista/7 dual-boot setup. Vista was installed on C, I partitioned and installed 7 on D.
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Well, in my decade-plus experience of Windows, I've not seen this behavior before. I imagine it is something they introduced with Vista, as I know I've booted XP from E and D and H and all manner of letters before, when having several HDDs with several partitions each.

Shrug...
 
As all of you know (if you've read the whole thread before posting tsk,tsk,tsk) I have a skin for xp to make it look like Windows 7. But, as I have observed the taskbar icons are too small. Anyone know how to make them bigger?
 
Apparently, Arnold Scwarzenegger was offered a free upgrade to Windows 7, but he declined, reasoning "I still love Vista, baby"...
 
Probably a bit of a noob question but.....

My laptop came with vista installed and the laptop has a backup disk in case anything happens but not individual driver or software cd's etc... If I wanted to get Win7 on my laptop would I have to wipe everything on my laptop and start from scratch or is it possible to upgrade windows safely whilst keeping my programs, document and drivers?
 
It takes up about 30- 60 mb of ram and that is due to aero peek, aero snap and aero shake. the skin is not a program but a file that you add to the system registry and is changeable via right clicking the desktop and going into properties. in conclusion, it will run on your computer and there is minimal performance change. FYI, im using it on a 2.5 ghz celeron single core computer with 512 mb of ram.
 
Slick Rick
Probably a bit of a noob question but.....

My laptop came with vista installed and the laptop has a backup disk in case anything happens but not individual driver or software cd's etc... If I wanted to get Win7 on my laptop would I have to wipe everything on my laptop and start from scratch or is it possible to upgrade windows safely whilst keeping my programs, document and drivers?
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My laptop also came with Vista and I had no issues installing 7 Home Premium. It kept all of my programs, settings and log-ins. Be warned that it'll likely make you uninstall some programs first. It made me nix iTunes (which from a corporate perspective I understand, but it's still a PITA) and AutoCAD, which I don't understand at all. The Upgrade Adviser will let you know what you'll need to do to successfully install 7.
 
Azuremen
Well, in my decade-plus experience of Windows, I've not seen this behavior before. I imagine it is something they introduced with Vista, as I know I've booted XP from E and D and H and all manner of letters before, when having several HDDs with several partitions each.

Shrug...
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I'm not sure it started with Vista. I used to run a Vista Ultimate/XP Pro configuration, and it didn't fiddle with my drive letters like Windows 7/XP Pro does. That was one of the first things I noticed about Windows 7, actually, so I think it is actually a new-for-7 thing (for whatever reason). It doesn't actually do anything (that I can see), so it might be for security or something.
 
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crooky369
That guide is amazing, beats paying for 7 when you can achieve almost the same thing. Only problem for me is I'm using a netbook which has very poor specs (1.6ghz 1gb) how much resources do all these things take? It would be good to know because as you can probably tell from those specs it's not exactly quick.
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Because some of us want a stable 64-bit environment? I didn't upgrade to 7 for prettier menus, I can tell you that much.
 
Azuremen
Because some of us want a stable 64-bit environment? I didn't upgrade to 7 for prettier menus, I can tell you that much.
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Short of the 64-bit bit, I agree. That aero crap was the first thing I turned off.
 
Sharky.
You turned off Aero? O.o
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Um... yeah. Call me crazy, but I'd prefer my laptop to use it's resources to do what I want it to do, not just look shiny and pretty.
 
TB
Um... yeah. Call me crazy, but I'd prefer my laptop to use it's resources to do what I want it to do, not just look shiny and pretty.
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I haven't had any issues with resources yet, and thus haven't bothered to kill Aero. If I was on a laptop, would be a different story though, as I like battery life :P

I've heard Win 7 is very resource friendly with all the look-pretty-for-noobs features off. How does it run TB?
 
I turned off Aero too as far as the taskbar and stuff like that is concerned. I prefer the black(gray-ish) bars.
 
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Doing that doesn't work? :lol: (you could disable transparency too, that would improve the effect)
 
Azuremen
I've heard Win 7 is very resource friendly with all the look-pretty-for-noobs features off. How does it run TB?
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I'm one of the apparent rare breeds that never had any real issues with Vista, so going to 7 honestly wasn't much of a change. Compound in (and I know you of all people will really love this) that my laptop is a 17" and I think it goes without saying that I need all the help I can get in the battery department. As far as performance, it certainly does the job from general surfing to multi-hour video processing without complaining. I'm sure I could be a bit more aggressive with turning off/disabling services, but after a fresh restart, 7 uses about 500megs of my 2Gb of memory. About the same as Vista.
crooky369
Well my netbook ain't much good for well.... anything so it may as well look pretty!
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If that's your thing, run with it! :)👍
Sharky.
You can configure Aero to turn itself off when running on battery power, you know
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Why? So I can get down to 25% faster?
 
Sharky.
Doing that doesn't work? :lol: (you could disable transparency too, that would improve the effect)
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That's what I meant. I chose the black one, upped the intensity and turned off transparency. Then I disabled desktop preview.

I wouldn't mind the basic theme with the same black bars.
 
Sharky.
You can configure Aero to turn itself off when running on battery power, you know :P
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It is okay, we all know you are about looks over performance with your Taylor Swift fixation :P

TB
I'm one of the apparent rare breeds that never had any real issues with Vista, so going to 7 honestly wasn't much of a change. Compound in (and I know you of all people will really love this) that my laptop is a 17" and I think it goes without saying that I need all the help I can get in the battery department.
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/Picard

TB
As far as performance, it certainly does the job from general surfing to multi-hour video processing without complaining. I'm sure I could be a bit more aggressive with turning off/disabling services, but after a fresh restart, 7 uses about 500megs of my 2Gb of memory. About the same as Vista.

If that's your thing, run with it! :)👍

Why? So I can get down to 25% faster?
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That isn't bad at all. Actually, fairly close to where my XP Pro sat on a clean install and boot, after mucking about with drivers and such. Like I said earlier, Aero uses about 1 gig out of my 3 total, but I can just order more up if I need it anyhow, since RAM is quite cheap these days.
 
Azuremen
It is okay, we all know you are about looks over performance with your Taylor Swift fixation :P
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hey, Aero runs perfectly fine without slowing my laptop (2.1GHz Athlon 64 x2, 2GB RAM) down, so I don't see any reason to switch it off :D It's using 15MB RAM at the moment, and when you consider that Firefox is using 150MB and dual MSNs 90 combined, that's nothing more than a drop in the bucket :P
 
My (monster 17") laptop seems to get better battery life with Windows 7 than it did with Vista, but I've never actually tested it.
 
Sharky.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hey, Aero runs perfectly fine without slowing my laptop (2.1GHz Athlon 64 x2, 2GB RAM) down, so I don't see any reason to switch it off :D It's using 15MB RAM at the moment, and when you consider that Firefox is using 150MB and dual MSNs 90 combined, that's nothing more than a drop in the bucket :P
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Where as I saw my resource meter hit 98% on both Cores and the RAM last night when I was stitching a panorama together, so sometimes I do care a bit :P
 
TB
My laptop also came with Vista and I had no issues installing 7 Home Premium. It kept all of my programs, settings and log-ins. Be warned that it'll likely make you uninstall some programs first. It made me nix iTunes (which from a corporate perspective I understand, but it's still a PITA) and AutoCAD, which I don't understand at all. The Upgrade Adviser will let you know what you'll need to do to successfully install 7.
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Thanks man, run that program and gave me the info I needed 👍
 
Just bought Windows 7 Professional today, first impressions are that its very similar to Vista, not faster or smoother when running but startup and shutdown are a lot quicker. Installation went very smooth, I was a bit worried at first because i havent done anything like this before but all went smoothly.
Favorite feature right now is the slideshow desktop feature, still need to get to grips with the window snap feature though :S

Just a few things id like to know...

Vista had blue modern looking folder and logo icons but Win 7 has those horrible yellow folders, its like im using XP is there a way to download a pack or change them, I tried changing the icons manually but the Vista ones arnt there...

How do I get the WMP toolbar like on XP and Vista?

Finally on Windows photo viewer is there a 'fix' option like on Vista?
 

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