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Scrappy · Oct 17th, 2009, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Hoople

Vista will take a Screaming fast computer (hardware wise) and take it to its knees. That is not your fault.

so true, Vista does work well, but will not play nice with your older devices. my scanner, camera even my sound card had driver problems in vista sitting idle its using 2.3gb of ram. open a few apps and it soars from there, not good. (sticking with XP sounds like a great plan if what your doing now works,why fix it?)
Ive been running windows 7 for a few months (evaluation copy 7100) i must say i really like it, things seem to really move along nicely I haven't attempted to install scanner and them types of toys yet, but what i have done works. If i were to buy a new machine in the future having it come with windows 7 would be fine by me.
right now i have triple boot options when windows starts:
1. older version of windows (xp- i use this when i want every thing to work)
2. windows 7 (play around online and running games on this)
3. Vista 32 bit Ultimate (this is getting dusty wasting space)

if it wasn't for the games i play I would be looking into Linux flavors. getting simple things to work on them OS's can be a challenge also.

my point: so far i really like windows 7 (might not be for an older machine though)

RetiredJake · Oct 17th, 2009, 11:17 AM

Guess I don't understand the problems. I bought my current laptop about 2 years ago, and it came with Vista. I have never had any problems with it and all of my devices worked just fine. Did not have to call anybody, buy any new hardware, pull my hair out (what little there is) to get anything to work, no driver issues, etc. So what's not to like about it?

Hoople · Oct 17th, 2009, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by RetiredJake

So what's not to like about it?

For me it was a few things. Way too much built in security. And because of it, it will take a Hardware Rocket and turn it into a snail. With the computer at IDLE, the hard drive light is buzzing away like crazy.... encrypting and backing up ever move you make.
The way it comes out of the box you will have 5 minute boots. The only way I could get it to even be acceptable, was to go into MSCONFIG => Services=> and turn off all those background programs that "are protecting me & my computer from myself ".
Another thing Microsoft did was hide everything vital to the operating system.
You can't even explore some folders to search for a file. I love the internal program called "Defender" that is always running in the background. It's Nothing but a memory hog. Then the other background program called "Prefetch". What is that suppose to do? Is that Microsoft's version of fuzzy logic to outsmart my next move?
Bill Gates forgot who's computer this really is.

Only way to really see what I mean would be to take the same computer you now have and put XP on it.

Hoop!

wildspirit97 · Oct 17th, 2009, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by RetiredJake

Guess I don't understand the problems. I bought my current laptop about 2 years ago, and it came with Vista. I have never had any problems with it and all of my devices worked just fine. Did not have to call anybody, buy any new hardware, pull my hair out (what little there is) to get anything to work, no driver issues, etc. So what's not to like about it?

the problems come when you take an older computer with a slower processor and try to run Vista. I think most of the people having problems with it are most likely trying to run the 32 bit version instead of the 64 bit.
If your computer has a dual core 64 bit processor I think anyone used to Vista will LOVE Windows 7

fin_676 · Oct 17th, 2009, 02:58 PM

My laptop came with vista preinstalled so i tried it for a couple of weeks but wasnt too happy with the way it performed or made simple thing difficult especially in the network and sharing centre
so i wiped it and installed xp pro now i can go to any clients site quickly change settings and join their domain if i need to
just built a new pc for the house got a quad core processor and a fast video card and most of the power is available for my use as i installed xp on it however for some tasks i have me on 1 pc dual boot with xp and at work my pc (my own) is dual boot 98 and xp i only installed the xp so that i could acess ntfs on other peoples hard drives for data recovery and virus removal perhaps one day ill move on but while it works for me ill stay with it

Brian

Hoople · Oct 17th, 2009, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by wildspirit97

I think most of the people having problems with it are most likely trying to run the 32 bit version instead of the 64 bit.
If your computer has a dual core 64 bit processor I think anyone used to Vista will LOVE Windows 7

Well that may be my problem. I am not running a 64 bit machine. It is a powerful 32 bit but I have not stepped up to the 64 yet.
So I guess once I get all the Chrome Bling I need, the computer is next.

Hoop!

T wrecks · Oct 17th, 2009, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by scts

I'm actually one of the fools that went to Vista and tried to make it work instead of going back to XP... Went ahead and tried the beta releases of 7 when they came out, and must say I actually really like it- pretty much what Vista should have been.

Exactly scts.....

Hobbit · Oct 17th, 2009, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoople

Hobbit,
Have you actually mounted your VCI interface to your handlebars, performed a VCI recording of your bike in motion, transferred the recording to your PC, and then loaded and played it back from your PC to watch it on your monitor?
If you have, now I am REALLY puzzled. I actually low level formatted the entire drive, reloaded XP Pro Service pack 2, pulled in all XP updates to (I believe) Service Pack 3, installed the Latest version of Windows NET frames, installed a fresh load of the Screaming Eagle software, installed all updates to the Screaming Eagle software, my VCI was already at the latest firmware version,, and it still would Not display that needed task bar..
I even tried doing the above proceedure without loading NET frames, and it still would not show the task bar. I even tried the entire proceedure without updating XP to Service pack 3, and still the same problem. I even tried the entire proceedure without updating the Screaming Eagle software to the latest version,, and Still had the same problem.

That Task bar to "LOAD, PLAY, REWIND, FF", a VCI recording was still not on my monitor screen.! But Everything else was fine. I even tried mouse clicking where the Task bar should have been if it was there (thinking just the video icon was missing but the hot key coordinates were still internally present), nope, still no good. The Screaming Eagle software was the ONLY software installed on the computer at the time. For 2 weeks I was on a mission. I bet I spent 50 hours trying to get that task bar to appear. I was totally stumped. So for 1 last try, I formatted the drive 1 more time and install a Full Home/basic version (not the upgrade version) of Visa, installed the Screaming Eagle software and Boom, it worked fine.

I wrote the entire process off to SERT not being Fully compatible with XP. Please let me know what your experience was like while using XP & playing out a VCI recording. (if you have done that part of Closed Course advanced tuning).

Thanks Very much, Hoop!

Works fine i have watch and recorded many a run to see the differences my last run was 6wks ago, i recorded a complete ride to work (15mins) to see the open and closed 02 sensor switching was working and yep it was

Hoople · Oct 17th, 2009, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Hobbit

Works fine i have watch and recorded many a run to see the differences my last run was 6wks ago, i recorded a complete ride to work (15mins) to see the open and closed 02 sensor switching was working and yep it was

Thanks for the Feedback. Now I really am confused why it would not work with my computer using XP.

Hoop!

Hobbit · Oct 17th, 2009, 07:49 PM

i dont know why yours is not working Hoop i use an earlier version of XP which is only running service pack one as its not connected to the net its used for data logging and engine mapping only and was one of the 1st XP based laptops in the UK

mind i dont have issue with my mini laptop either and thats on SP3

have you got the latest SE maps and software installed?

Oct 17th, 2009, 11:17 AM	#22
RetiredJake Community Star Ride: FLHTCU Join Date: Apr 19th, 2009 Location: Middle Tennessee Posts: 598 My Mood:	Re: Windows7 Guess I don't understand the problems. I bought my current laptop about 2 years ago, and it came with Vista. I have never had any problems with it and all of my devices worked just fine. Did not have to call anybody, buy any new hardware, pull my hair out (what little there is) to get anything to work, no driver issues, etc. So what's not to like about it? __________________ Roaming the country, Tasting the wine, Having fun, Life is good

Oct 17th, 2009, 02:58 PM	#25
fin_676 Moderators Ride: 1992 Softail Custom Join Date: Dec 21st, 2008 Location: Banffshire,Scotland Posts: 779 My Mood:	Re: Windows7 My laptop came with vista preinstalled so i tried it for a couple of weeks but wasnt too happy with the way it performed or made simple thing difficult especially in the network and sharing centre so i wiped it and installed xp pro now i can go to any clients site quickly change settings and join their domain if i need to just built a new pc for the house got a quad core processor and a fast video card and most of the power is available for my use as i installed xp on it however for some tasks i have me on 1 pc dual boot with xp and at work my pc (my own) is dual boot 98 and xp i only installed the xp so that i could acess ntfs on other peoples hard drives for data recovery and virus removal perhaps one day ill move on but while it works for me ill stay with it Brian

Oct 17th, 2009, 07:49 PM	#30
Hobbit Moderators Ride: 09 CVO Ultra Classic Join Date: May 18th, 2007 Location: The Shires UK Posts: 8,734 My Mood:	Re: Windows7 i dont know why yours is not working Hoop i use an earlier version of XP which is only running service pack one as its not connected to the net its used for data logging and engine mapping only and was one of the 1st XP based laptops in the UK mind i dont have issue with my mini laptop either and thats on SP3 have you got the latest SE maps and software installed? __________________ Please stop by the "self help section" for maintenance tips, diagnostic codes and much more. >>Self Help Information and Tips<< click me!

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