Windows 7 Rc Ready For Download

[Onyxia]

Made the jump to windows 7 on the 5th. So far has seemed alright right. Only problems im having is any videos i watch are very pixelated. Have tried vlc, sm player, wmc and others. With no luck. Only other complaint is not being able to find a driver for my Belking N52 game pad lol. Anyway off to try to find some codecs that work on win 7.

[Plus]

What do you mean very pixellated?

I hope it's not youtube on 52'' lcd TV - that would be very pixellated no matter what you try.

How about Win7 Sample video, 30 seconds of wildlife, it's in Libraries/Videos. Is that pixellated, too?

[Onyxia]

What do you mean very pixellated?

I hope it's not youtube on 52'' lcd TV - that would be very pixellated no matter what you try.

How about Win7 Sample video, 30 seconds of wildlife, it's in Libraries/Videos. Is that pixellated, too?

Any and all videos i try to watch, including the sample. The same computer on xp picture was fine. 22' lcd, 9800 gtx graphic card.

[Plus]

What's your desktop resolution? Do all the icons look ok? What about pictures? Does pixellation appear only in videos?

[nikster]

Didn't use it too much but my first impression is: Windows 7 is just like Vista, except it works.

[Guest Reimar]

Media Center 6 SDK for the Windows 7 RC is now ready for download from Microsoft: http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/5...aCenterSDK6.msi and http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/8...wsVista-ENU.msi

Media Center will be available at all versions of Windows 7 starting with Windows 7 Home Premium.

[ThaiLife]

For those who having problems with download from the MS Server, try direct links to Microsoft's servers. It bypasses their lame download manager and load balancers:

x86: http://bit.ly/RCx86

x64: http://bit.ly/RCx64

You MUST drag and drop this link into your address bar. DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK.

Cheers.

Hi , would you have the same link please ( to use with a Download Manager ) but for 32-bit version, as ive just tried to install the 64 bit version on my Netbook and got this ...

Thanks

[Guest Reimar]

For those who having problems with download from the MS Server, try direct links to Microsoft's servers. It bypasses their lame download manager and load balancers:

x86: http://bit.ly/RCx86

x64: http://bit.ly/RCx64

You MUST drag and drop this link into your address bar. DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK.

Cheers.

Hi , would you have the same link please ( to use with a Download Manager ) but for 32-bit version, as ive just tried to install the 64 bit version on my Netbook and got this ...

Thanks

Excuse me but x86 is 32 bit!

[ThaiLife]

For those who having problems with download from the MS Server, try direct links to Microsoft's servers. It bypasses their lame download manager and load balancers:

x86: http://bit.ly/RCx86

x64: http://bit.ly/RCx64

You MUST drag and drop this link into your address bar. DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK.

Cheers.

Hi , would you have the same link please ( to use with a Download Manager ) but for 32-bit version, as ive just tried to install the 64 bit version on my Netbook and got this ...

Thanks

Excuse me but x86 is 32 bit!

any ideas , what the last lines in the photograph mean ..?

Thanks

[Guest Reimar]

any ideas , what the last lines in the photograph mean ..?

Thanks

Just that the CPU and maybe even the Mainboard isn't a 64 Bit hardware. So all you can do is use a 32 bit version.

Cheers.

[ThaiLife]

any ideas , what the last lines in the photograph mean ..?

Thanks

Just that the CPU and maybe even the Mainboard isn't a 64 Bit hardware. So all you can do is use a 32 bit version.

Cheers.

Hi, Thanks , I will have another go , see what happens

[hkt83100]

/edit: got UBUNTU live CD running now....but it doesn't come with any burn software afaics

It does. You might use k3b, brasero, cdrbq, or a zillion of other tools...

[raro]

Just installed RC1 on my Entertainment Computer - it is a Pentium 3 with 1 GB RAM.

As soon as I open a movie (and this is the main job for this comp) on either VLC player or Win Media Player, BSOD appears.

Re-installed XP and everything works fine...note to self: never change a running system...

[monty]

The only very single issue I have with Win7, they haven't sussed out all graphics bugs yet.

Full screen youtube makes the video driver crash after a while, regardless of which driver I use.

No BSOD though, just black screen, desktop comes up again after a while saying the graphics driver crashed and restarted.

Also have a program connecting to video surveillance servers (remotely accessed through the 'net) and all I get is black. No images. Works perfectly under XP.

Not tried in that "compatibility" thingy yet though.

[raro]

be prepared to go through some hassle with the Windows Mobile Device Center if you have a windows mobile phone and want to sync it.

here is a how-to instruction: link

Took a bit of time but worked for me in the end. The Beta versions had no issues about this. One wonders why they took a step backwards here...