Ci7 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 And there was still the question: How do I run a elevated command prompt in Win7? I haven't found "Run as Administrator" just right click on command prompt you should have the 2nd choose "run as Administrator" Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/714032-windows-7-build-7000-beta-1-qna/page/18/#findComment-590330802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted December 29, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 29, 2008 Hmm... 5.8.2 - i just downloaded that from Lenovo but i didn't install it yet. I figured however i wouldn't need to install that (since that gives me the feature of fingerprint logon). Oh well - umm as for Run As Administrator? :blink: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/714032-windows-7-build-7000-beta-1-qna/page/18/#findComment-590330818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuffloN Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 just right click on command prompt you should have the 2nd choose "run as Administrator" EDIT: I feel so stupid now, someone slap me, I always run cmd.exe through "Run..." so I was looking there, hahaha, oh well, you learn as long as you live! EDIT2: Speaking of the devil, HOW do I "Run..." things as Administrator? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/714032-windows-7-build-7000-beta-1-qna/page/18/#findComment-590330820 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted December 29, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 29, 2008 just find the icon and right click it and choose the option (or if you want it to ALWAYS run as admin just choose properties and go to the compatibility tab and enable that) /me slaps MuffloN with a trout :trout: WAKE UP! :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/714032-windows-7-build-7000-beta-1-qna/page/18/#findComment-590330844 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregrocker Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 (edited) Does anyone know where the Software Explorer in Windows Defender went? I use it (ruthlessly) to edit out almost every startup program and find it a much more user-friendly and convenient UI than msconfig. It doesn't appear to be anywhere in Defender on W7 Edited December 29, 2008 by gregrocker Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/714032-windows-7-build-7000-beta-1-qna/page/18/#findComment-590330846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuffloN Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 just find the icon and right click it and choose the option (or if you want it to ALWAYS run as admin just choose properties and go to the compatibility tab and enable that) /me slaps MuffloN with a trout :trout: WAKE UP! :) Well I'm not completely asleep :p Check attachment. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/714032-windows-7-build-7000-beta-1-qna/page/18/#findComment-590330862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregrocker Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Is anyone else having problems with IE8 ? Both in 6956 and Beta 1, it crashes randomly and I have to use task manager to manually shut it down. It happends from time to time and it usually happends when there ish flash content on the page. I installed the latest version of flash player but that doesen't seem to help. (I am running all pages in compability mode) You can avoid IE8 bugs by switching to Chrome, which I've been running for 2 weeks on 6956 without any extra bugs. Is anyone else having problems with IE8 ? Both in 6956 and Beta 1, it crashes randomly and I have to use task manager to manually shut it down. It happends from time to time and it usually happends when there ish flash content on the page. I installed the latest version of flash player but that doesen't seem to help. (I am running all pages in compability mode) I switched to Chrome in 6956 and haven't had another crash for 2 weeks. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/714032-windows-7-build-7000-beta-1-qna/page/18/#findComment-590331004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unto Darkness Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 (edited) I have managed to try out Windows 7 on my computer using a VMWare image which I have managed to get from a "source". Here are my computer specs: Intel Pentium 4 Processor 3.0Ghz [L1:16KB L2:1MB] 1GB DDR RAM 200Mhz :o [Note, I only used 512MB RAM for the image] Intel 82865G Graphics Controller :o :o 7200RPM HDD First thing that caught my eye was the boot screen: It is tons better than the normal loading bar animation. I think the boot took around 40 secs from off to desktop, which is amazing considering my XP takes about the same time with twice the RAM. However, the graphics were a little choppy; no surprise thanks to my ancient integrated graphics. It obviously couldn't handle the transparency effects, and luckily they were turned off by default. To increase performance, I loaded the Windows Classic theme, and disabled all the effects for maximum performance. The results were staggering. Let the pictures speak for themselves: :o 243 MB? That is even lower than my XP installation [310MB]! Needless to say, the OS was very responsive even with 512MB RAM and applications opened up in a snap. The OS was stable throughout my hour of "testing". My verdict? If it can run on my computer [albeit with some of the eye candy turned off] fine and use lesser system resources than Windows XP, it is going to be an epic win! For the guys using the leaked copy of the beta, did you allow 7 to connect to the internet? Is Microsoft going to send Ninjas after me for using a leaked copy? Edited December 29, 2008 by Unto Darkness Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/714032-windows-7-build-7000-beta-1-qna/page/18/#findComment-590331064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
danisflying527 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Yes... They will send an elite NInja strike team to your house and cut your whole body to pieces because you used windows 7 beta 1. Oh and yes, you can connect to the net, I don't know if you should try and send feedback though.... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/714032-windows-7-build-7000-beta-1-qna/page/18/#findComment-590331116 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unto Darkness Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Yes... They will send an elite NInja strike team to your house and cut your whole body to piecesbecause you used windows 7 beta 1. Oh noes! :o Anyways, thanks the info. I am just paranoid about Microsoft suing me. :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/714032-windows-7-build-7000-beta-1-qna/page/18/#findComment-590331140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuffloN Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Oh noes! :o Anyways, thanks the info. I am just paranoid about Microsoft suing me. :p Haha, that should be no issue, if we put it like this, they probably know the location, IP and a lot more on several millions of pirated Vista/XP users, they don't sue them do they? (If it's a company they do send BSA after them though...) If anything, more press, more hype about Win7 is only good for them, inofficially of course. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/714032-windows-7-build-7000-beta-1-qna/page/18/#findComment-590331146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
danisflying527 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Wow.. The boot screen is so sexy Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/714032-windows-7-build-7000-beta-1-qna/page/18/#findComment-590331158 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleGM Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Wow... Just installed it and it feels amazing to use :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/714032-windows-7-build-7000-beta-1-qna/page/18/#findComment-590331168 Share on other sites More sharing options...
danisflying527 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 and looks very sexy too =) The new super bar is such a step forward for Microsoft, imagine all the possibilities you could do with this thing I think this is just the beginning Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/714032-windows-7-build-7000-beta-1-qna/page/18/#findComment-590331178 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unto Darkness Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Wow.. The boot screen is so sexy Did you see the animations? THAT is awesome! I wonder what kind of an impact it would have on the boot time. I have also noticed that the boot screen seems to be high res, unlike the low res crap on XP. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/714032-windows-7-build-7000-beta-1-qna/page/18/#findComment-590331190 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRSharff Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 No one with ATSC guide data working yet? Alright looks like I'll be testing it myself. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/714032-windows-7-build-7000-beta-1-qna/page/18/#findComment-590331206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Veteran Posted December 29, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 29, 2008 OK, I can't wait any longer! The reason why I have not installed Windows 7 so far is because I have only the one laptop. I thought about portioning the drive using the Disk Management in the Windows Vista control panel and dual-booting with Windows 7. However, my housemate who is a network engineer and has grown up with computers all his life (his dad is the owner and manager of a successful network engineering company in the UK) said to me that laptops are not designed with dual-booting in mind and I shouldn't dual-boot with operating systems on this laptop. Is this true? I do not yet know much about hardware at all (I'm a software guy :p), so any help really would be appreciated :) Also, if dual-booting is a safe option for me and it would not ruin my laptop or harm the files, settings, programs and stability of my Windows Vista partition, which program do you guys use to burn ISO files to discs? Finally, if I installed Windows 7 on a seperate partition, would I be able to somehow easily transfer my programs over to Windows 7 somehow? Thank you in advance :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/714032-windows-7-build-7000-beta-1-qna/page/18/#findComment-590331252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 However, my housemate who is a network engineer and has grown up with computers all his life (his dad is the owner and manager of a successful network engineering company in the UK) said to me that laptops are not designed with dual-booting in mind and I shouldn't dual-boot with operating systems on this laptop. Your housemate is a moron who clearly is not well-informed in his field. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/714032-windows-7-build-7000-beta-1-qna/page/18/#findComment-590331256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Veteran Posted December 29, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 29, 2008 Your housemate is a moron who clearly is not well-informed in his field. Really? :D Thank you. That's fantastic then if that is true! He really convinced me though you see as he said he has grown up with computers all his life and he does know an incredible amount about hardware. He even builds efficient computers (which I realise isn't hard lol, but still). He does seem to think network engineers know more about hardware than software engineers, though :shiftyninja: Does anybody have any answers to my other questions then please? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/714032-windows-7-build-7000-beta-1-qna/page/18/#findComment-590331266 Share on other sites More sharing options...
danisflying527 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 WTF What does he mean laptops are not designed for dual booting??? The laptop hardware has nothing to do with dual booting Its more of a HDD thing, If you can specifiy 15-20GB of space for the 7 parition then wtf it will run fine or even better than vista What your basically doing is taking a portion of your hard drive and giving it to win 7 None of your files or anything on your vista partition will be changed It's perfectly fine to dual boot, If you can run vista.. Then you will run 7 even better Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/714032-windows-7-build-7000-beta-1-qna/page/18/#findComment-590331276 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuffloN Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 As the previous guys said, it's perfectly safe to dual boot or even tripple boot. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/714032-windows-7-build-7000-beta-1-qna/page/18/#findComment-590331288 Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazlunatic Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 guys, i just did some quick benchmarking between vista sp1 and windows 7 build 7000, and i got better benchmarks on windows vista o.O Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/714032-windows-7-build-7000-beta-1-qna/page/18/#findComment-590331302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Veteran Posted December 29, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 29, 2008 WTFWhat does he mean laptops are not designed for dual booting??? The laptop hardware has nothing to do with dual booting Its more of a HDD thing, If you can specifiy 15-20GB of space for the 7 parition then wtf it will run fine or even better than vista What your basically doing is taking a portion of your hard drive and giving it to win 7 None of your files or anything on your vista partition will be changed It's perfectly fine to dual boot, If you can run vista.. Then you will run 7 even better Thanks for all the info guys :) I really do feel a bit stupid :D So, danisflying527, if I got a virus on my Windows 7 partition or something, it wouldn't affect anything on my Windows Vista partition? So basically, partioning the hard drive is sort of like using a different laptop? I could do whatever I want to the Windows 7 partition, fill it with spyware, viruses, etc and my other partitions would be just fine? :) Which program do people use to burn ISOs then? I do have Nero somewhere... Also would there be a way to easily put all my programs on the new partition? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/714032-windows-7-build-7000-beta-1-qna/page/18/#findComment-590331308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
danisflying527 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Nope the virus has infected the win7 partition Its a totally different part of your HDD Virus can't creep through partitions =) Use IMGburn to burn the ISO Its pretty awesome and its free (google it) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/714032-windows-7-build-7000-beta-1-qna/page/18/#findComment-590331322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Veteran Posted December 29, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 29, 2008 Nope the virus has infected the win7 partitionIts a totally different part of your HDD Virus can't creep through partitions =) Use IMGburn to burn the ISO Its pretty awesome and its free (google it) Fantastic! I'm going to do it then! :D :D Thank you very much for your help danisflying527 :) (Y) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/714032-windows-7-build-7000-beta-1-qna/page/18/#findComment-590331334 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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