david Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 It was the DVD, I'm typing this from Windows 7 RC! In Firefox of course! I started installing at around 12:30 and it finished at 12:50. Pretty damn quick.I don't really like the new wallpaper/theme changer. I know a wallpaper isn't a major thing but I like my 22 inch monitor to look it's best. In Vista, you could choose wallpapers separately but where is that in Windows 7? It was there in the Beta. All I see are themes. Bottom left. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/767792-windows-7-rc-download-early/page/9/#findComment-590948306 Share on other sites More sharing options...
callummr Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 It was the DVD, I'm typing this from Windows 7 RC! In Firefox of course! I started installing at around 12:30 and it finished at 12:50. Pretty damn quick.I don't really like the new wallpaper/theme changer. I know a wallpaper isn't a major thing but I like my 22 inch monitor to look it's best. In Vista, you could choose wallpapers separately but where is that in Windows 7? It was there in the Beta. All I see are themes. I actually lol'd. I swear it hasn't even -moved- since the beta. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/767792-windows-7-rc-download-early/page/9/#findComment-590948344 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordGT Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Oh dear, forget I posted that. I woke up, popped in a new DVD, burned it and installed. I'm fully awake now and my brain is working much better. I even had to LOL at myself! Installing drivers now... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/767792-windows-7-rc-download-early/page/9/#findComment-590948460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techno_Funky Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 (edited) Somone has a direct link, as usual M$ effed it you cant use your personal download manager, try doing it and it'll download a 111kb Win7 homepage.:| Edited May 5, 2009 by Techno_Funky Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/767792-windows-7-rc-download-early/page/9/#findComment-590948644 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusValentine Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Thank You... I used the link to download the 64-bit version last night, I used the MS Download Manager and made sure it reached 100%. The ISO burned fine using ImgBurn; Windows 7 installed in about 15 minutes, and all devices in Device Manager were installed and working (AHCI, ATI 4870, Realtek HD and Ethernet... All working at first boot). Installed latest ATI 9.4 for Win7 no problem, Realtek drivers updated fine using Vista 64-bit 2.22 drivers. So far so good, no problems whatsoever. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/767792-windows-7-rc-download-early/page/9/#findComment-590948936 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScorpioRGc1 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 I would be happily repartitioning my hard drive right now so I could install Windows 7 alongside Vista if it wasn't for the blasted thunderstorm outside. >.< Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/767792-windows-7-rc-download-early/page/9/#findComment-590949426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollinup Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 (edited) Just to see if the iso downloaded correctly i tried mounting it to daemon tools but I get this when trying to run the setup. Any idea what the problem is? Edit: I was thinking of attempting from just trying an upgrade from vista (not on my primary of course) to see if there were any problems, but this keeps me from being able to achieve that. Edited May 5, 2009 by rollinup Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/767792-windows-7-rc-download-early/page/9/#findComment-590949790 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharp65 Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Are you trying to run the 64 bit version inside of a 32bit OS or vice versa? You would need to boot into it to install windows that way. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/767792-windows-7-rc-download-early/page/9/#findComment-590949796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollinup Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Haha oh yeah I completely forgot my secondary computer has the 32 bit version of vista haha, shows how much i use it Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/767792-windows-7-rc-download-early/page/9/#findComment-590949854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrian Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Win7U killed my bootloader, so I cannot boot into WinVHP...how do I reinstall the bootloader so that I can boot into either OS; as I have games, etc. on my WinVHP partition?! It didn't kill your bootloader, it just removed the entry to Vista so it doesn't give you the choice of which OS to boot at startup. Have you tried EasyBCD? http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1 I don't know if it'll work on 7, but I don't see why it wouldn't. Or you could just do it manually with BCDedit. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/767792-windows-7-rc-download-early/page/9/#findComment-590952244 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazysah Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Downloaded! Going to burn it today! Thanks... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/767792-windows-7-rc-download-early/page/9/#findComment-590961080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATGC Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Awesome, looking forward to the polished product. (Y) Installed win7 on both desktop and laptop. Very impressive. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/767792-windows-7-rc-download-early/page/9/#findComment-590961190 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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