Windows 7 Clean Install

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Last Thursday I was able to finally grab the Windows 7 RTM off of MSDN and get it installed without any issues.  I spent a great deal of Friday and the weekend reinstalling my applications and games, and restoring backups.  After all that was done I did made a disk image of the install, and everything was just about done.

Here is my desktop after all that.  I haven’t had time to add any customizations, that will come this week.

Windows 7

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Last Thursday I was able to finally grab the Windows 7 RTM off of MSDN and get it installed without any issues.
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Lucky SOB!  I soooo want that!

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Last Thursday I was able to finally grab the Windows 7 RTM off of MSDN and get it installed without any issues.
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Lucky SOB!  I soooo want that!

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Reply #3 from Demigod Forums Top

The forums are dodgy today :\

 

I'm looking forward to my Windows 7 RTM, although the RC still runs great here. Just need to figure out how to get it, we don't have a discount program where I live which sucks donkeyballs.

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'll pass. I don't think Windows 7 will save MS. Sure it will sell well but word of mouth about how bad Vista was will have it's effect. People will be less apt to upgrade or buy.

I'll stick to XP and messing around with Linux.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Ready with the install on my main machine also (finally 64bit) and everyone claiming this is a bad OS judging by the (for me wrong) bad reputation of Vista should really go out and try it. This thing runs like a charm. Found NONE of my registered shareware and commercial apps and connected hardware that doesn't run. MS really did a good job on this. Also it is fully skinned by SD apps that work on 7.

This is the 1st time I don't have to do tweaks for real time audio processing with Native Instruments apps for example. No need for it with 7 any more...

No way I would go back to any antique OS like XP and lose those nice new features, performance (and eyecandy to be honest, althoug I do serious work on it also)...

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

And Kona : You sound like a broken record...

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I just installed the RC version of 7 on my ancient xp lappy. It has never run better! I'm sure that Windows 7 RTM is even better!

Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I'm waiting till Oct. 22, I plan on getting the OEM when its released. I've got

a test site running the RC version running and I haven't had any major issues

with it.

 

Windows 7 is Microsofts best release .... :D ...   IMHO ....

 

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'm sorry, but I'm a bit of a n00b on the subject... what's the difference between RTM and OEM, and how/when can I get my hands on them? :maybe:

Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top

RTM is Release To Manufacturing

OEM is Original Equipment Manufacturer

or RTM is the BASE windows 7 code and the OEM is from the smaller system builders

AS I am an OEM in australia I NEED to know

harpo

 

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

kona, it's amazing how you continue to bash an OS you've never used. 7 runs circles around XP in every way possible. c242 is right, you are a broken record.

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

been running windows7 since day1 ......... with NO problems .... easy and quick to install ... will be windows best - bought pre-release version for october - got a partion ready to go .... some stardock programs are working fine and hopfully more or all will be ready sooner than later ...... 

not sure why some of you continue to knock windows in general 

my Xp version works perfect - but i rarely turn it on anymore ..

'cause my Vista version works perfect with all my things loaded i use and all is working just fine ....

windows7 on another partion is working just fine too with all i loaded so far and is faster than Vista ....

 

as windows goes ... so does Stardock ( bringing out the best in what can be done - customizing that is )

so i say , here here for windows7 .... moving on ....... ;)   :rofl:   :thumbsup:  

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting harpo99999, reply 10
RTM is Release To Manufacturing

OEM is Original Equipment Manufacturer

or RTM is the BASE windows 7 code and the OEM is from the smaller system builders

AS I am an OEM in australia I NEED to know

harpo

 
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Which is better, and when/how can I get it?

Reply #14 from Sins Forums Top

oem should be available on the 22nd of october, RTM is ONLY available to MSDN members

harpo

 

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'll pass. I don't think Windows 7 will save MS. Sure it will sell well but word of mouth about how bad Vista was will have it's effect. People will be less apt to upgrade or buy.
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I don't think the intent was to "save" Microsoft.  However, judging by the reactions now, people aren't worried about Vista anymore, they are excited about Windows 7 and that is what really matters going forward.

 

I'll stick to XP and messing around with Linux.
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Yes, we know. :-"

Reply #16 from Stardock Forums Top

So much negativity. What we really need is a group hug <3

Personally I'll give the hug a miss. I'll be waiting for Group Hug SP1... ;p

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting kona0197, reply 4
I'll pass. I don't think Windows 7 will save MS. Sure it will sell well but word of mouth about how bad Vista was will have it's effect. People will be less apt to upgrade or buy.

I'll stick to XP and messing around with Linux.
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And Kona : You sound like a broken record...
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Why always so negative kona?......chill bro!

Reply #18 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting harpo99999, reply 14
oem should be available on the 22nd of october, RTM is ONLY available to MSDN members

harpo

 
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Strange if you claim to be an OEM why do you tell him wrong things?

RTM simply means the code is 'final' enough to press the DVDs of it/build images of it and ship it stores and OEMs.

An OEM version basically means that Microsoft sells it to a manufacturer who in turn can put it on a prefab PC (or not), add some of his own applications. Dell, HP, etc are good examples of OEMs. The upside is that licenses are sold in bulk, and Microsoft doesn't have to support the system running it, the OEM has to, so the OEMs get the licence very cheap. The downside is that the Windows licence is only valid on the system you buy it for. You can change some hardware if you want but if you change platforms (that means, if you go from an old Intel to a newer one, or from and AMD system to an Intel one or any combination) Windows will not work anymore. That brings us to..

Retail licences. They are a lot more expensive but you can keep on using it after you change platforms. While both Retail and OEM versions can be purchased at shops nowadays, typically when you buy Windows in a shop you get the retail version. Also, because you buy it 'directly' from MS and not from an OEM you can ask Microsoft for support. IIRC you could install retail versions on as much as 3 PCs with 1 licence before, but now they changed that. Retail versions can only be installed on 1 system now. However, if you own more than once PC they now have a family pack, which is a pretty good deal.

Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'm now running it on my production work system and my production home system.

This is one sweet system. It's been rock solid stable and very fast without doing any tweaking at all. Much better than Vista was on its best day. Just as good (if not slightly better) than XP was as well. Pay no attention to the trolls that bash it just because of its name. Most of us that have actually USED it have been quite pleased thus far.

Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top

but word of mouth about how bad Vista was will have it's effect. People will be less apt to upgrade or buy.
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Yeah, that word of mouth stuff...

It's amazing how the Windows Me disaster brought XP down to its knees from that word of mouth...:rolleyes:

Reply #21 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Phoon, reply 19
I'm now running it on my production work system and my production home system.

This is one sweet system. It's been rock solid stable and very fast without doing any tweaking at all. Much better than Vista was on its best day. Just as good (if not slightly better) than XP was as well. Pay no attention to the trolls that bash it just because of its name. Most of us that have actually USED it have been quite pleased thus far.
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I've been ecstatic so far.

 

Btw, that is one LOW member # you are rolling!

Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I pre ordered the Home Premium Upgrade. Is it an upgrade only? I can't do a clean install? Upgrade from Vista or 7 RC?

Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I did also RND and i thought it said 'Upgrade', but who knows these days. :S

Reply #24 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 22
I pre ordered the Home Premium Upgrade. Is it an upgrade only? I can't do a clean install? Upgrade from Vista or 7 RC?
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Did you look at the details of the order? it would say upgrade, if it doesn't you probably bought the full edition (which is probably recommended given this is microsoft) if you bought it for 119 US you got upgrade and more than you got full.

Reply #25 from Demigod Forums Top

I just got legal access to the retail version of windows 7 from work...I'm thinking of installing it at home on my gaming machine. Should I do that now or should I wait? I'm running XP 64 bit right now. I have a geforce 8800 video card, so I imagine that running on XP's directx 9 on that card holds it back a bit. Should I expect a bunch of stupid little glitches since this operating system is still new? Or will it work nicely since it's been in testing for a while? I wanna play demigod and supreme commander on it mainly. I do have some other games I play though.