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Fan Life => The Endzone Dive => Topic started by: steve dave on October 30, 2009, 07:39:56 PM
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So, just got it and installed. HPCIQers please tell me what to do to make my experience elite. Keep in mind that I only know how to: Receive and send e-mails, surf the electronic cyberspace world and play flash games. 8-)
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learn all keyboard shortcuts, then you will never need a mouse
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Aero snap works great while using: http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Visual-Studio-2008-Professional/dp/B000WM04HU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1256949832&sr=8-1
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learn all keyboard shortcuts, then you will never need a mouse
whoa, I can honestly say I have never used the windows key or even really knew it was there. I will probably not take the time to adjust my typing to utilizing all that stuff but I can see how it would be elite if I did. Give me more stuff like that.
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If you have a lot of ram you could setup a ramdisk. Move windows/ie temp files to it, and install portable versions of software like Firefox. Don't know off the top of my head what software supports W7
But since you prolly don't know how, then just daydream about the speed you could be having by bypassing access to the hard drive. :love:
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If you have a lot of ram you could setup a ramdisk. Move windows/ie temp files to it, and install portable versions of software like Firefox. Don't know off the top of my head what software supports W7
But since you prolly don't know how, then just daydream about the speed you could be having by bypassing access to the hard drive. :love:
I only have 4gb on my laptop. Come over to my house and make it do whatever cool thing you just talked about or whatever.
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Also, OT from windows seven but need windows input here. I have a tv tuner on my desktop and sometimes like to watch a game on media center while listening to music. How the f^ck do I mute media center without muting everything else on my computer!? This has been infuriating me for over a year.
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Also, low computer IQ people, post your computer questions that you are embarrassed about here so high computer IQ types can answer them. Don't feel shame, look how sd just asked questions! It's cool to suck at computers as far as I can tell!
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Never used media center. Also, hemmy does not own a tv tuner.
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It's been a while but I think media center has a volume slider on it, doesn't it?
Windows 7 is pretty elite. Good choice SD. Do you have an Xbox 360? Completely compatible with Windows 7.
Ever use a projector with your computer? Press Windows Key+P and check that out.
Windows key + Home makes all windows minimize except the window that you're using. Gets rid of clutter.
Ever get that annoying "You do not have sufficient rights" message when running a program? Then you have to "run as administrator" ? Well, no more. Hold Ctrl and Shift when you double click the program and you automatically run it as administrator!
Tons more of elite tips, but I have to save some for the other guys.
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Windows looking key thingy + L. Should work wonders for you.
BTW... You're full of crap. :D
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Also, low computer IQ people, post your computer questions that you are embarrassed about here so high computer IQ types can answer them. Don't feel shame, look how sd just asked questions! It's cool to suck at computers as far as I can tell!
I've got the same laptop as you and the same windows 7 upgrade coming to me, so keep track of everything you do and give me the lciq reader's digest version when I want it.
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It will make you delete your Intel Wireless something or other before it will install. Just do this. It will make you unable to get on the internet wirelessly while it installs but whatevs. When it installs it will update it or something so it wasn't a problem. It took about 2 hours to completely update. Rebooted about 10 times but you don't have to be there for it during the process after the very beginning. This has been the sd lciq version of the process.
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The "hemmy" hciq version:
1.Add bootsect to flash drive larger than 4gb
2.copy contents from windows 7 disc to flash drive
3.format c:
4.install w7 from flash drive
30 minutes
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The "hemmy" hciq version:
1.Add bootsect to flash drive larger than 4gb
2.copy contents from windows 7 disc to flash drive
3.format c:
4.install w7 from flash drive
30 minutes
This seems complicated and nerdy. Just do the thing I said.
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It will make you delete your Intel Wireless something or other before it will install. Just do this. It will make you unable to get on the internet wirelessly while it installs but whatevs. When it installs it will update it or something so it wasn't a problem. It took about 2 hours to completely update. Rebooted about 10 times but you don't have to be there for it during the process after the very beginning. This has been the sd lciq version of the process.
In 3-4 weeks, tell me if there was really any reason to bother with it. I do as little or less computer stuff as you, and everything works fine for me as is. :dunno:
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It will make you delete your Intel Wireless something or other before it will install. Just do this. It will make you unable to get on the internet wirelessly while it installs but whatevs. When it installs it will update it or something so it wasn't a problem. It took about 2 hours to completely update. Rebooted about 10 times but you don't have to be there for it during the process after the very beginning. This has been the sd lciq version of the process.
In 3-4 weeks, tell me if there was really any reason to bother with it. I do as little or less computer stuff as you, and everything works fine for me as is. :dunno:
OK
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Also, low computer IQ people, post your computer questions that you are embarrassed about here so high computer IQ types can answer them. Don't feel shame, look how sd just asked questions! It's cool to suck at computers as far as I can tell!
How can I make my computer go faster? I have an old iBook G4. Got it for cheaps and would like it to do stuff faster than it does. Any ideas HCIQ types?
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Also, low computer IQ people, post your computer questions that you are embarrassed about here so high computer IQ types can answer them. Don't feel shame, look how sd just asked questions! It's cool to suck at computers as far as I can tell!
How can I make my computer go faster? I have an old iBook G4. Got it for cheaps and would like it to do stuff faster than it does. Any ideas HCIQ types?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzRrgZUnbFY
0:43
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Also, low computer IQ people, post your computer questions that you are embarrassed about here so high computer IQ types can answer them. Don't feel shame, look how sd just asked questions! It's cool to suck at computers as far as I can tell!
How can I make my computer go faster? I have an old iBook G4. Got it for cheaps and would like it to do stuff faster than it does. Any ideas HCIQ types?
Hmmmm, I would say erase all your cookies or something. Any other super low computer types want to chime in on this topic?
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Also, low computer IQ people, post your computer questions that you are embarrassed about here so high computer IQ types can answer them. Don't feel shame, look how sd just asked questions! It's cool to suck at computers as far as I can tell!
How can I make my computer go faster? I have an old iBook G4. Got it for cheaps and would like it to do stuff faster than it does. Any ideas HCIQ types?
Hmmmm, I would say erase all your cookies or something. Any other super low computer types want to chime in on this topic?
Can I "defrag" it? Not sure if its physically possible to defrag a Mac. Used to defrag the crap out of my e-machine though. Any advice?
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All hard drives become fragmented, its just the nature of storing and deleting objects of various size. Because the file system cannot layout the files in order, over time there becomes gaps either in between different sets of data, or even the same piece of data can be stored on a different location in the hard drive. Defragging the drive moves around the data and freespace to eliminate this, and improve seek times.
:nerd:
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All hard drives become fragmented, its just the nature of storing and deleting objects of various size. Because the file system cannot layout the files in order, over time there becomes gaps either in between different sets of data, or even the same piece of data can be stored on a different location in the hard drive. Defragging the drive moves around the data and freespace to eliminate this, and improve seek times.
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Which combination of buttons do I hit to make this happen?
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Depends what version of Mac OS is on that computer. Many modern operating systems automatically defrag when your computer is idle, so it isn't really necessary.
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this thread is hilarious :rofl:
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this thread is hilarious :rofl:
Nice thread crap, loser.
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Also, low computer IQ people, post your computer questions that you are embarrassed about here so high computer IQ types can answer them. Don't feel shame, look how sd just asked questions! It's cool to suck at computers as far as I can tell!
How can I make my computer go faster? I have an old iBook G4. Got it for cheaps and would like it to do stuff faster than it does. Any ideas HCIQ types?
Hmmmm, I would say erase all your cookies or something. Any other super low computer types want to chime in on this topic?
Can I "defrag" it? Not sure if its physically possible to defrag a Mac. Used to defrag the crap out of my e-machine though. Any advice?
JFC, yes you can. Do that. I can't believe I didn't think of that in the beginning. Delete cookies then defrag the living f^ck out of it.
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BTW, given the general douche bagginess of the HCIQ types this thread is now officially the Ask Super LCIQ Steve Dave Your Computer Questions
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BTW, given the general douche bagginess of the HCIQ types this thread is now officially the Ask Super LCIQ Steve Dave Your Computer Questions
I, uh, ordered my W7 update from Dell about a week ago. I check the mail and check for Fedex/UPS packages like 20 times a day and still no W7. How long does that crap take to get here?
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BTW, given the general douche bagginess of the HCIQ types this thread is now officially the Ask Super LCIQ Steve Dave Your Computer Questions
I, uh, ordered my W7 update from Dell about a week ago. I check the mail and check for Fedex/UPS packages like 20 times a day and still no W7. How long does that crap take to get here?
it getting lost in the mail is probably the best thing W7 will do for you, believe me.
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BTW, given the general douche bagginess of the HCIQ types this thread is now officially the Ask Super LCIQ Steve Dave Your Computer Questions
I, uh, ordered my W7 update from Dell about a week ago. I check the mail and check for Fedex/UPS packages like 20 times a day and still no W7. How long does that crap take to get here?
This is a good question. Exactly 7 days in the Omaha area.
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Steve Dave, I always think of how to be more productive. I want to plug two mouses (mice?) in at the same time with 2 pointers on the screen. I think it would be badass and one step closer to solving crimes before they happen like in Minority Report. Make this happen for me. tia.
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Steve Dave, I always think of how to be more productive. I want to plug two mouses (mice?) in at the same time with 2 pointers on the screen. I think it would be badass and one step closer to solving crimes before they happen like in Minority Report. Make this happen for me. tia.
Buy two computers. Make one a Mac and one a PC so you can act like a douche bag to any other computer owner regardless of what kind they use. Act really elite all the time and talk about how lame everyone else is.
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Steve Dave, I always think of how to be more productive. I want to plug two mouses (mice?) in at the same time with 2 pointers on the screen. I think it would be badass and one step closer to solving crimes before they happen like in Minority Report. Make this happen for me. tia.
Buy two computers. Make one a Mac and one a PC so you can act like a douche bag to any other computer owner regardless of what kind they use. Act really elite all the time and talk about how lame everyone else is.
:love:
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SD, I bought one of those cable thingys so my TV will be a monitor for my laptop but whenever I drag things over to my TV it's like, really big and shiz instead of a normal size. How do I make it normal instead of gigantor? I have a mac TIA.
:users:<--- me trying to enjoy my TV/computer but failing because all the crap is huge on it
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SD, I bought one of those cable thingys so my TV will be a monitor for my laptop but whenever I drag things over to my TV it's like, really big and shiz instead of a normal size. How do I make it normal instead of gigantor? I have a mac TIA.
:users:<--- me trying to enjoy my TV/computer but failing because all the crap is huge on it
Good question. I have found that using a smaller TV helps with this. If you have another smaller TV just use it. Or, just use a kind of bigger computer monitor and scrap the whole tv thing. They sell them at the Apple store (at least the Omaha Apple store) so I would look there. Also they have ipods so look at those while you are there. Get the black one (ipod, not monitor) because it looks the most badass. hth
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Don't get me wrong, I think it's slick so far. But what are the new features I should be giddy about? The hover preview on the taskbar is nice. I won't use the snap-to-side feature much, but it's handy when I need it, I guess.
What else?
:users:
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Don't get me wrong, I think it's slick so far. But what are the new features I should be giddy about? The hover preview on the taskbar is nice. I won't use the snap-to-side feature much, but it's handy when I need it, I guess.
What else?
:users:
The Problem Steps Recorder is amazing for me in the troubleshooting side of things. Makes it so much easier to work with clients on issues. Love the Snipping Tool as well, makes PrintScreen for me a thing of the past. I will try to use the XP mode more in the future, not really got into it yet, but looks interesting. Just like the overall speed of the OS, much quicker. I'm not sold on the new taskbar functions, but will get used to it eventually.
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Don't get me wrong, I think it's slick so far. But what are the new features I should be giddy about? The hover preview on the taskbar is nice. I won't use the snap-to-side feature much, but it's handy when I need it, I guess.
What else?
:users:
I listed all the features I liked when you asked this before.
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just enjoy the fact that it was built to mirror OSX
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just enjoy the fact that it was built to mirror OSX
keep obsessing, loser.
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just enjoy the fact that it was built to mirror OSX
keep obsessing, loser.
:dunno:
http://www.pcr-online.biz/features/328/Microsofts-new-vision
Q: Is Windows 7 really a much more agile operating system, in terms of the specific uses it can be moulded to?
The interesting thing is, it’s basically the next version of Vista. Vista was a totally redesigned operating system from XP. We’ve improved upon Vista in that way. We’ve stripped out a lot of the code, we’ve made a lot of it much more efficient, it sits on a smaller footprint, it operates far more quickly, it’s far more agile and effective in terms of the calls it makes. I saw an article recently that described it as ‘Vista on steroids’, and in some ways you can absolutely relate to that.
One of the things that people say an awful lot about the Apple Mac is that the OS is fantastic, that it’s very graphical and easy to use. What we’ve tried to do with Windows 7 – whether it’s traditional format or in a touch format – is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics. We’ve significantly improved the graphical user interface, but it’s built on that very stable core Vista technology, which is far more stable than the current Mac platform, for instance.
:dunno:
:dunno:
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just enjoy the fact that it was built to mirror OSX
keep obsessing, loser.
:dunno:
http://www.pcr-online.biz/features/328/Microsofts-new-vision
Q: Is Windows 7 really a much more agile operating system, in terms of the specific uses it can be moulded to?
The interesting thing is, it’s basically the next version of Vista. Vista was a totally redesigned operating system from XP. We’ve improved upon Vista in that way. We’ve stripped out a lot of the code, we’ve made a lot of it much more efficient, it sits on a smaller footprint, it operates far more quickly, it’s far more agile and effective in terms of the calls it makes. I saw an article recently that described it as ‘Vista on steroids’, and in some ways you can absolutely relate to that.
One of the things that people say an awful lot about the Apple Mac is that the OS is fantastic, that it’s very graphical and easy to use. What we’ve tried to do with Windows 7 – whether it’s traditional format or in a touch format – is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics. We’ve significantly improved the graphical user interface, but it’s built on that very stable core Vista technology, which is far more stable than the current Mac platform, for instance.
:dunno:
:dunno:
(http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2009/06/chocolate_chip_cookie.jpg)
Here you go
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just enjoy the fact that it was built to mirror OSX
keep obsessing, loser.
:dunno:
http://www.pcr-online.biz/features/328/Microsofts-new-vision
Q: Is Windows 7 really a much more agile operating system, in terms of the specific uses it can be moulded to?
The interesting thing is, it’s basically the next version of Vista. Vista was a totally redesigned operating system from XP. We’ve improved upon Vista in that way. We’ve stripped out a lot of the code, we’ve made a lot of it much more efficient, it sits on a smaller footprint, it operates far more quickly, it’s far more agile and effective in terms of the calls it makes. I saw an article recently that described it as ‘Vista on steroids’, and in some ways you can absolutely relate to that.
One of the things that people say an awful lot about the Apple Mac is that the OS is fantastic, that it’s very graphical and easy to use. What we’ve tried to do with Windows 7 – whether it’s traditional format or in a touch format – is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics. We’ve significantly improved the graphical user interface, but it’s built on that very stable core Vista technology, which is far more stable than the current Mac platform, for instance.
:dunno:
:dunno:
You probably think OS X invented "widgets".
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(http://www.winningjackpots.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/xerox.jpg)
Everyone stole and copied from them in the first place. Let's cry about it!
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just enjoy the fact that it was built to mirror OSX
I have a MacBook too, which has VMWare with instances of Ubuntu and XP.
So, I'm an equal opportunity user.
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Don't get me wrong, I think it's slick so far. But what are the new features I should be giddy about? The hover preview on the taskbar is nice. I won't use the snap-to-side feature much, but it's handy when I need it, I guess.
What else?
:users:
I listed all the features I liked when you asked this before.
Where? Not in this thread, apparently.
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Everyone stole and copied from them in the first place. Let's cry about it!
looks like you and hemmy are the only ones getting emo, :dunno:
i was just forwarding on info from M$ on how they designed the new OS, no reason to get all emo :rolleyes:
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Don't get me wrong, I think it's slick so far. But what are the new features I should be giddy about? The hover preview on the taskbar is nice. I won't use the snap-to-side feature much, but it's handy when I need it, I guess.
What else?
:users:
I listed all the features I liked when you asked this before.
Where? Not in this thread, apparently.
You asked the same exact thing in another thread and I replied.
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Everyone stole and copied from them in the first place. Let's cry about it!
looks like you and hemmy are the only ones getting emo, :dunno:
i was just forwarding on info from M$ on how they designed the new OS, no reason to get all emo :rolleyes:
A random guy from MS that didn't even work on Windows 7.
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Don't get me wrong, I think it's slick so far. But what are the new features I should be giddy about? The hover preview on the taskbar is nice. I won't use the snap-to-side feature much, but it's handy when I need it, I guess.
What else?
:users:
I listed all the features I liked when you asked this before.
Where? Not in this thread, apparently.
http://www.ksufans.com/forums/index.php?topic=43782.0
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Everyone stole and copied from them in the first place. Let's cry about it!
looks like you and hemmy are the only ones getting emo, :dunno:
i was just forwarding on info from M$ on how they designed the new OS, no reason to get all emo :rolleyes:
A random guy from MS that didn't even work on Windows 7.
you're right, it must be just a coinkeydink ;)
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Steve Dave, a dvd is stuck in my disc drive. Was thinking about using tweezers to try and get it out. Is this a good idea? HELP!
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Don't get me wrong, I think it's slick so far. But what are the new features I should be giddy about? The hover preview on the taskbar is nice. I won't use the snap-to-side feature much, but it's handy when I need it, I guess.
What else?
:users:
I listed all the features I liked when you asked this before.
Where? Not in this thread, apparently.
http://www.ksufans.com/forums/index.php?topic=43782.0
Thanks dude. Here's a random issue: when I try to save an image in Firefox on W7, it defaults to a URL and erases the given filename. Highly annoying. What's up with that?
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Steve Dave, a dvd is stuck in my disc drive. Was thinking about using tweezers to try and get it out. Is this a good idea? HELP!
Ya, tweezers seem like the best thing to use. It's not a big enough hole for needle nose pliars, is it? That would be my go-to tool for this job if they could get in there but I doubt they could. Did you blow in it really hard?
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Don't get me wrong, I think it's slick so far. But what are the new features I should be giddy about? The hover preview on the taskbar is nice. I won't use the snap-to-side feature much, but it's handy when I need it, I guess.
What else?
:users:
I listed all the features I liked when you asked this before.
Where? Not in this thread, apparently.
http://www.ksufans.com/forums/index.php?topic=43782.0
Thanks dude. Here's a random issue: when I try to save an image in Firefox on W7, it defaults to a URL and erases the given filename. Highly annoying. What's up with that?
Are you right clicking and hitting "save image as" or dragging it to a folder? Is this with every image or just an image on a certain website?
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Don't get me wrong, I think it's slick so far. But what are the new features I should be giddy about? The hover preview on the taskbar is nice. I won't use the snap-to-side feature much, but it's handy when I need it, I guess.
What else?
:users:
I listed all the features I liked when you asked this before.
Where? Not in this thread, apparently.
http://www.ksufans.com/forums/index.php?topic=43782.0
Thanks dude. Here's a random issue: when I try to save an image in Firefox on W7, it defaults to a URL and erases the given filename. Highly annoying. What's up with that?
Copy and past it to MS Paint and then save it to the desktop like that. If you want to touch it up with the spray can feel free (there's, like, 4 different sizes of spray)
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Don't get me wrong, I think it's slick so far. But what are the new features I should be giddy about? The hover preview on the taskbar is nice. I won't use the snap-to-side feature much, but it's handy when I need it, I guess.
What else?
:users:
I listed all the features I liked when you asked this before.
Where? Not in this thread, apparently.
http://www.ksufans.com/forums/index.php?topic=43782.0
Thanks dude. Here's a random issue: when I try to save an image in Firefox on W7, it defaults to a URL and erases the given filename. Highly annoying. What's up with that?
Are you right clicking and hitting "save image as" or dragging it to a folder? Is this with every image or just an image on a certain website?
"Save Image As" and with every image on every site.
...You can drag images from FF down to a system folder?
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i think he's thinking of OSX
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Don't get me wrong, I think it's slick so far. But what are the new features I should be giddy about? The hover preview on the taskbar is nice. I won't use the snap-to-side feature much, but it's handy when I need it, I guess.
What else?
:users:
I listed all the features I liked when you asked this before.
Where? Not in this thread, apparently.
http://www.ksufans.com/forums/index.php?topic=43782.0
Thanks dude. Here's a random issue: when I try to save an image in Firefox on W7, it defaults to a URL and erases the given filename. Highly annoying. What's up with that?
Are you right clicking and hitting "save image as" or dragging it to a folder? Is this with every image or just an image on a certain website?
"Save Image As" and with every image on every site.
...You can drag images from FF down to a system folder?
No idea about FF. I don't have it installed. But you could do it since Windows 95/98 with IE. And it does it in Chrome. I suppose FF would.
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You don't use Firefox? What's wrong with you?
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We've discussed this, as well. The only thing good about it is the selection of extensions. Besides that, it's incredibly slow and incredibly ugly. I had used it since it was Firebird up to 3.5. It's desire to be the light weight anti-Mozilla suite/netscape of the browser world has turned against itself and it has become a bloated slow piece of crap.
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I used Chrome for about 2 days before switching back to FF. The only thing speed-wise about FF that's annoying is boot-up...after that pages load just as fast as Chrome for me.
Oh, and add-ons are a huge freaking deal, in terms of awesomeness.
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It's just a taste thing. Do whatever you like. Quit turning my initial awesome thread that got turned into a fanboy fight about stupid crap into a fanboy fight about other stupid crap. Christ people.
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It's just a taste thing. Do whatever you like. Quit turning my initial awesome thread that got turned into a fanboy fight about stupid crap into a fanboy fight about other stupid crap. Christ people.
you act like you never have been on ksufans before :confused: :confused:
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It's just a taste thing. Do whatever you like. Quit turning my initial awesome thread that got turned into a fanboy fight about stupid crap into a fanboy fight about other stupid crap. Christ people.
you act like you never have been on ksufans before :confused: :confused:
:SDsRaccoon:
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I used Chrome for about 2 days before switching back to FF. The only thing speed-wise about FF that's annoying is boot-up...after that pages load just as fast as Chrome for me.
Oh, and add-ons are a huge freaking deal, in terms of awesomeness.
Chrome has extensions too. Nowhere near the selection, but all you really need is Adblock. What add ons do you desperately need? Foxy Tunes? The one that tracks what woot.com is selling? My biggest annoyance of Firefox is the aesthetics. Compared to Chrome, it takes up a lot more screen space and is ugly as hell. The screen space affects me most, because when I work I have to squeeze the window down quite a bit. Only 2 22" monitors :(
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I used Chrome for about 2 days before switching back to FF. The only thing speed-wise about FF that's annoying is boot-up...after that pages load just as fast as Chrome for me.
Oh, and add-ons are a huge freaking deal, in terms of awesomeness.
Chrome has extensions too. Nowhere near the selection, but all you really need is Adblock. What add ons do you desperately need? Foxy Tunes? The one that tracks what woot.com is selling? My biggest annoyance of Firefox is the aesthetics. Compared to Chrome, it takes up a lot more screen space and is ugly as hell. The screen space affects me most, because when I work I have to squeeze the window down quite a bit. Only 2 22" monitors :(
Fringe case...not everyone is an archie.
I use Better Gmail, UnPlug, Surf Canyon, Tab Mix Plus, Xmarks, off the top of my head. And that's just because I haven't taken the time to explore the myriad other awesome add-ons there are.
Chrome, being so bare-boned, has only one supposed advantage I was looking for: speed. And upon further review, I noticed no browsing speed difference between Chrome and FF.
SD, we're talking about the thingy that allows you to look at the interwebs, fyi!
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SD, we're talking about the thingy that allows you to look at the interwebs, fyi!
My computer does that. It's a sony.
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SD, we're talking about the thingy that allows you to look at the interwebs, fyi!
My computer does that. It's a sony.
That's a pity, I always had this fun image of you rockin' out on a Compaq Presario.
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I used Chrome for about 2 days before switching back to FF. The only thing speed-wise about FF that's annoying is boot-up...after that pages load just as fast as Chrome for me.
Oh, and add-ons are a huge freaking deal, in terms of awesomeness.
Chrome has extensions too. Nowhere near the selection, but all you really need is Adblock. What add ons do you desperately need? Foxy Tunes? The one that tracks what woot.com is selling? My biggest annoyance of Firefox is the aesthetics. Compared to Chrome, it takes up a lot more screen space and is ugly as hell. The screen space affects me most, because when I work I have to squeeze the window down quite a bit. Only 2 22" monitors :(
Fringe case...not everyone is an archie.
I use Better Gmail, UnPlug, Surf Canyon, Tab Mix Plus, Xmarks, off the top of my head. And that's just because I haven't taken the time to explore the myriad other awesome add-ons there are.
Chrome, being so bare-boned, has only one supposed advantage I was looking for: speed. And upon further review, I noticed no browsing speed difference between Chrome and FF.
SD, we're talking about the thingy that allows you to look at the interwebs, fyi!
I use no add-ons. I really like the private browsing, though. If you don't like smaller screen space, quit using stupid ass things. Just sayin.
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I used Chrome for about 2 days before switching back to FF. The only thing speed-wise about FF that's annoying is boot-up...after that pages load just as fast as Chrome for me.
Oh, and add-ons are a huge freaking deal, in terms of awesomeness.
Chrome has extensions too. Nowhere near the selection, but all you really need is Adblock. What add ons do you desperately need? Foxy Tunes? The one that tracks what woot.com is selling? My biggest annoyance of Firefox is the aesthetics. Compared to Chrome, it takes up a lot more screen space and is ugly as hell. The screen space affects me most, because when I work I have to squeeze the window down quite a bit. Only 2 22" monitors :(
Fringe case...not everyone is an archie.
I use Better Gmail, UnPlug, Surf Canyon, Tab Mix Plus, Xmarks, off the top of my head. And that's just because I haven't taken the time to explore the myriad other awesome add-ons there are.
Chrome, being so bare-boned, has only one supposed advantage I was looking for: speed. And upon further review, I noticed no browsing speed difference between Chrome and FF.
SD, we're talking about the thingy that allows you to look at the interwebs, fyi!
Better Gmail gave firefox 3.0 TONS of issues. UnPlug is the only one of those I used and actually thought was worth it. Do you seriously think all the extensions through one program are worth it? I used to be on that bandwagon but there are hardly any worthy ones unless you're a developer or run scripts to cheat at mafia wars. Cool Iris was about the only one outside of the box I was impressed with, but it's not exactly something I ever used.
Google recent put in built-in bookmark syncing and they opened up the API to developers so they will be able to use push syncing with their extensions. I can't wait to see what comes of that.
And how do you use garbage like Surf Canyon but not Ad Block plus?
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Most of the Firefox addons are garbage. The only one worth keeping is AdBlock and you can get adblocking addons on all browsers now. Firefox was created to be the simple, fast and non-bloated browser to replace Netscape and Internet Explorer. And now it is the complicated, slow and bloated browser it came to replace. Classic Anakin to Darth Vader story. Go get Chrome or Safari.
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Most of the Firefox addons are garbage. The only one worth keeping is AdBlock and you can get adblocking addons on all browsers now. Firefox was created to be the simple, fast and non-bloated browser to replace Netscape and Internet Explorer. And now it is the complicated, slow and bloated browser it came to replace. Classic Anakin to Darth Vader story. Go get Chrome or Safari.
:facepalm:
Also, No Script is a fantastic addon
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Most of the Firefox addons are garbage. The only one worth keeping is AdBlock and you can get adblocking addons on all browsers now. Firefox was created to be the simple, fast and non-bloated browser to replace Netscape and Internet Explorer. And now it is the complicated, slow and bloated browser it came to replace. Classic Anakin to Darth Vader story. Go get Chrome or Safari.
:facepalm:
Also, No Script is a fantastic addon
No script is much more trouble than its worth.
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Depends what and how many sites you visit
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Why install an ad blocking add-on when FF's built-in ad blocker keeps me from ever getting pop-ups? What's the point?
And Safari? GTFOOMF, Safari blows. Slow as crap. And Chrome is just FF without the add-ons. So, worse. Not faster, like advertised. Just more bare-boned.
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Why install an ad blocking add-on when FF's built-in ad blocker keeps me from ever getting pop-ups? What's the point?
Seriously? :flush:
And Safari? GTFOOMF, Safari blows. Slow as crap. And Chrome is just FF without the add-ons. So, worse. Not faster, like advertised. Just more bare-boned.
You realize Chrome has "add-on" support right? And considering the quote above, your opinion > :flush:
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Why install an ad blocking add-on when FF's built-in ad blocker keeps me from ever getting pop-ups? What's the point?
Seriously? :flush:
And Safari? GTFOOMF, Safari blows. Slow as crap. And Chrome is just FF without the add-ons. So, worse. Not faster, like advertised. Just more bare-boned.
You realize Chrome has "add-on" support right? And considering the quote above, your opinion > :flush:
They don't have the add-on community FF does. So what is Chrome's advantage? It's uglier, does less, and is no faster than FF in practice.
Sounds awesome. :jerkoff:
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Why install an ad blocking add-on when FF's built-in ad blocker keeps me from ever getting pop-ups? What's the point?
Seriously? :flush:
And Safari? GTFOOMF, Safari blows. Slow as crap. And Chrome is just FF without the add-ons. So, worse. Not faster, like advertised. Just more bare-boned.
You realize Chrome has "add-on" support right? And considering the quote above, your opinion > :flush:
They don't have the add-on community FF does. So what is Chrome's advantage? It's uglier, does less, and is no faster than FF in practice.
Sounds awesome. :jerkoff:
The "add-on" community? Seriously? Do you really need weather in your status bar and a woot tracker next to your home page? What is the advantage of such a huge community? I was a FF user much longer than you and I never saw the benefits in any of the "add-ons". Adblock + is the ONLY one that is worth a damn to me and, well would you look at that, it's on Chrome as well. Do you even know anything about the Chrome add ons?
As for aesthetics, were you using it on XP or Vista/7? Chrome looks great with Aero enabled. Firefox is a cluttered mess that takes up unnecessary amounts of space. The default icons are hideous. What about Firefox do you find aesthetically pleasing? It's one of the main reasons I stopped using it. It's had the same basic look since 0.5 Phoenix/ 0.6 Firebird. Ironically, I think Firebird ran better than FF 3.5.
And no offense, but I'm not taking performance notes from a guy thinking adblock and no script are just for pop ups. All javascript apps are noticeably faster from my experiences. That's the first thing that triggered me to check out chrome. I understand the 3.6 is noticeably more stable and faster with javascript, but 3-3.5 was absolutely awful compared to Chrome.
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this thread got ksufan'd
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Why install an ad blocking add-on when FF's built-in ad blocker keeps me from ever getting pop-ups? What's the point?
Seriously? :flush:
And Safari? GTFOOMF, Safari blows. Slow as crap. And Chrome is just FF without the add-ons. So, worse. Not faster, like advertised. Just more bare-boned.
You realize Chrome has "add-on" support right? And considering the quote above, your opinion > :flush:
They don't have the add-on community FF does. So what is Chrome's advantage? It's uglier, does less, and is no faster than FF in practice.
Sounds awesome. :jerkoff:
The "add-on" community? Seriously? Do you really need weather in your status bar and a woot tracker next to your home page? What is the advantage of such a huge community? I was a FF user much longer than you and I never saw the benefits in any of the "add-ons". Adblock + is the ONLY one that is worth a damn to me and, well would you look at that, it's on Chrome as well. Do you even know anything about the Chrome add ons?
As for aesthetics, were you using it on XP or Vista/7? Chrome looks great with Aero enabled. Firefox is a cluttered mess that takes up unnecessary amounts of space. The default icons are hideous. What about Firefox do you find aesthetically pleasing? It's one of the main reasons I stopped using it. It's had the same basic look since 0.5 Phoenix/ 0.6 Firebird. Ironically, I think Firebird ran better than FF 3.5.
And no offense, but I'm not taking performance notes from a guy thinking adblock and no script are just for pop ups. All javascript apps are noticeably faster from my experiences. That's the first thing that triggered me to check out chrome. I understand the 3.6 is noticeably more stable and faster with javascript, but 3-3.5 was absolutely awful compared to Chrome.
I never said what adblock was for; I'd never heard of it. Looked it up, sounds awesome, installed it.
As for aesthetics: Personas, dude. Never use the default look. C'mon.
And how many times do I have to say this: I ran Chrome and FF side by side, and Chrome was NO FASTER than FF.
Also, you can't have used FF "much longer" than me, seeing as how I've been using FF pretty much since it launched.
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Then what about Chrome did you not find aesthetically pleasing? What FF themes/tweaks do you use? Why are you bragging about the extensions when you don't even use them? Are you here to actually discuss anything or just bitch all day and declare what ever you have is better?
And your side by sides comparisons are great and all, but you're not the only person in the world. There are other people with different experiences that do different things with their browsers. Running javascript heavy pages, there's a noticeable difference. Even loading of pages is different. Nearly everyone around the web notices it. You are the exception here.
And when do you consider Firefox to have launched? 1.0? I've used it since it was codename Phoenix. Version 0.4 I think. That's a couple years difference. I've used it for a long time and seen it go up and down over time. I love it for what it is, but the foundation quickly lost sight of what made it great.
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Aren't you an architect? Why are you such a huge computer/video game dork?
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Then what about Chrome did you not find aesthetically pleasing? What FF themes/tweaks do you use? Why are you bragging about the extensions when you don't even use them? Are you here to actually discuss anything or just bitch all day and declare what ever you have is better?
And your side by sides comparisons are great and all, but you're not the only person in the world. There are other people with different experiences that do different things with their browsers. Running javascript heavy pages, there's a noticeable difference. Even loading of pages is different. Nearly everyone around the web notices it. You are the exception here.
And when do you consider Firefox to have launched? 1.0? I've used it since it was codename Phoenix. Version 0.4 I think. That's a couple years difference. I've used it for a long time and seen it go up and down over time. I love it for what it is, but the foundation quickly lost sight of what made it great.
:popcorn:
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Aren't you an architect? Why are you such a huge computer/video game dork?
Seriously? This is what you reply with?
:flush:
Also, just wondering when talking about stuff like this turns from two people talking to one person calling the other out as a dork? Not like I'm offended, but you were part of the discussion too. Is it that you're all talk no substance? Just pretend you know everything? You just pretend to know what you're talking about? Just to instigate? What?
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Aren't you an architect? Why are you such a huge computer/video game dork?
Also, just wondering when talking about stuff like this turns from two people talking to one person calling the other out as a dork? Not like I'm offended, but you were part of the discussion too. Is it that you're all talk no substance? Just pretend you know everything? You just pretend to know what you're talking about? Just to instigate? What?
lol
you're a dipcrap
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Aren't you an architect? Why are you such a huge computer/video game dork?
Also, just wondering when talking about stuff like this turns from two people talking to one person calling the other out as a dork? Not like I'm offended, but you were part of the discussion too. Is it that you're all talk no substance? Just pretend you know everything? You just pretend to know what you're talking about? Just to instigate? What?
lol
you're a dipcrap
(http://www.alisonmoyet.co.uk/forum/images/smilies/dork.gif)
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I'd be the first to admit I'm a nerd. Better than tapping out after talking like you know what you're talking about.
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Is it that you're all talk no substance? Just pretend you know everything? You just pretend to know what you're talking about? Just to instigate? What?
When it comes to computers, mostly...Usually...Usually...yes, of course.
Still won't use Google Chrap though. :tongue:
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Is it that you're all talk no substance? Just pretend you know everything? You just pretend to know what you're talking about? Just to instigate? What?
When it comes to computers, mostly...Usually...Usually...yes, of course.
Still won't use Google Chrap though. :tongue:
Typical Mac user. :users:
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Is it that you're all talk no substance? Just pretend you know everything? You just pretend to know what you're talking about? Just to instigate? What?
When it comes to computers, mostly...Usually...Usually...yes, of course.
Still won't use Google Chrap though. :tongue:
Typical Mac user. :users:
Mac user? I have a MacBook, yes, but I also have a Lenovo with W7, and run VMWare on the Mac with instances of XP and Ubuntu.
Don't you pigeonhole me. :nono:
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Is it that you're all talk no substance? Just pretend you know everything? You just pretend to know what you're talking about? Just to instigate? What?
When it comes to computers, mostly...Usually...Usually...yes, of course.
Still won't use Google Chrap though. :tongue:
Typical Mac user. :users:
Mac user? I have a MacBook, yes, but I also have a Lenovo with W7, and run VMWare on the Mac with instances of XP and Ubuntu.
Don't you pigeonhole me. :nono:
Nice turtle neck, Steve.
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Non fanboy update! I kinda like W7 so far I guess. Desktop looks clean and seems a little bit more "snappy" (< high computer IQ term we elites use). I guess it was woth the $50 I paid for it.
On a scale of :love: to :yuck: I'll give it a :)
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Is it that you're all talk no substance? Just pretend you know everything? You just pretend to know what you're talking about? Just to instigate? What?
When it comes to computers, mostly...Usually...Usually...yes, of course.
Still won't use Google Chrap though. :tongue:
Typical Mac user. :users:
Mac user? I have a MacBook, yes, but I also have a Lenovo with W7, and run VMWare on the Mac with instances of XP and Ubuntu.
Don't you pigeonhole me. :nono:
Nice turtle neck, Steve.
:runaway:
Non fanboy update! I kinda like W7 so far I guess. Desktop looks clean and seems a little bit more "snappy" (< high computer IQ term we elites use). I guess it was woth the $50 I paid for it.
On a scale of :love: to :yuck: I'll give it a :)
It's pretty damn fast, for sure. Also enjoying the hover preview for taskbar items.
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I just started using the "play to" feature in WMP 12. It's pretty awesome.
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Just got a new laptop with Windows 7 (old one shorted out and was still under warranty :chainsaw:) What are some elite things I can do with Windows 7?
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I just started using the "play to" feature in WMP 12. It's pretty awesome.
What did you send the content to? A 360?
Just got a new laptop with Windows 7 (old one shorted out and was still under warranty :chainsaw:) What are some elite things I can do with Windows 7?
LOL. ex is going to get pissed.
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I just started using the "play to" feature in WMP 12. It's pretty awesome.
What did you send the content to? A 360?
I've used my 360 and a HTPC.
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Non fanboy update! I kinda like W7 so far I guess. Desktop looks clean and seems a little bit more "snappy" (< high computer IQ term we elites use). I guess it was woth the $50 I paid for it.
On a scale of :love: to :yuck: I'll give it a :)
In 3-4 weeks, tell me if there was really any reason to bother with it. I do as little or less computer stuff as you, and everything works fine for me as is. :dunno:
OK
:impatient:
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I would buy it Trim. If you spend a lot of time on your laptop it's prolly worth it. Or, just make your work buy it for you somehow.
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I would buy it Trim. If you spend a lot of time on your laptop it's prolly worth it. Or, just make your work buy it for you somehow.
I've had the free copy for a few weeks now. I bought the Sony laptop with Vista (after ksufans ads/viruses destroyed my old one) a few months ago, so they mailed the windows 7 upgrade when it came out.
I'm very LCIQ. For the most part, I have everything from my old laptop working just right on this new Sony with Vista, so unless windows 7 is incredibly beneficial for the limited things I do, I'm inclined to not f with it.
I know there's no way I'd spend my own time messing with it; I'd be paying the place I always use to do while I'm at work or something. Mainly, I just don't like change on things like this unless there's an overwhelming benefit.
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It's pretty easy to upgrade if you have vista. It takes a while but it handles it's own business while you walk away and make some nachos or something. I would upgrade since it's free but that's just me. When you insert the disc it walks you through it.
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It's pretty easy to upgrade if you have vista. It takes a while but it handles it's own business while you walk away and make some nachos or something. I would upgrade since it's free but that's just me. When you insert the disc it walks you through it.
Maybe I'll bring it to vegas and go win a bunch of money while it's doing its thing. :dunno:
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It's pretty easy to upgrade if you have vista. It takes a while but it handles it's own business while you walk away and make some nachos or something. I would upgrade since it's free but that's just me. When you insert the disc it walks you through it.
Maybe I'll bring it to vegas and go win a bunch of money while it's doing its thing. :dunno:
You literally just put in the Sony disc for a few minutes, and then put in the Windows 7 disc for awhile. It does everything on it's own, but it does ask for your permission to do a few things. At least mine did.
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It's pretty easy to upgrade if you have vista. It takes a while but it handles it's own business while you walk away and make some nachos or something. I would upgrade since it's free but that's just me. When you insert the disc it walks you through it.
Maybe I'll bring it to vegas and go win a bunch of money while it's doing its thing. :dunno:
You literally just put in the Sony disc for a few minutes, and then put in the Windows 7 disc for awhile. It does everything on it's own, but it does ask for your permission to do a few things. At least mine did.
Did you have to back up all of your stuff before you upgraded? Because I can't decipher whether I need to or not.
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It's pretty easy to upgrade if you have vista. It takes a while but it handles it's own business while you walk away and make some nachos or something. I would upgrade since it's free but that's just me. When you insert the disc it walks you through it.
Maybe I'll bring it to vegas and go win a bunch of money while it's doing its thing. :dunno:
You literally just put in the Sony disc for a few minutes, and then put in the Windows 7 disc for awhile. It does everything on it's own, but it does ask for your permission to do a few things. At least mine did.
Did you have to back up all of your stuff before you upgraded? Because I can't decipher whether I need to or not.
Not if you have Vista. If you have XP I think it's a pain in the ass and you should probably just keep XP.
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It's pretty easy to upgrade if you have vista. It takes a while but it handles it's own business while you walk away and make some nachos or something. I would upgrade since it's free but that's just me. When you insert the disc it walks you through it.
Maybe I'll bring it to vegas and go win a bunch of money while it's doing its thing. :dunno:
You literally just put in the Sony disc for a few minutes, and then put in the Windows 7 disc for awhile. It does everything on it's own, but it does ask for your permission to do a few things. At least mine did.
Did you have to back up all of your stuff before you upgraded? Because I can't decipher whether I need to or not.
Nah, the manufacturer's disc (Dell, Sony, HP, etc) preps for the W7 upgrade disc, doing everything that needs to be done. The 1st disc will close/deactivate/uninstall, etc some programs, but the tail end of the W7 upgrade disc will automatically reinstall, open, etc everything. Now, I've only upgraded an HP and a Dell, but I would imagine every other upgrade is the same.
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Also, low computer IQ people, post your computer questions that you are embarrassed about here so high computer IQ types can answer them. Don't feel shame, look how sd just asked questions! It's cool to suck at computers as far as I can tell!
How do I get stuff from tv to computer (youtube-ready)? Either direct from dvr to computer or from a dvd (that I make off the dvr) to the computer?
Saw this - http://vupointsolutions.com/DVC-ST100-VP.asp - at Bed, Bath and Beyond, but it looks like a non-elite overpriced thing marketed to LCIQ people (which I am, but they don't realize I have access to the ksufans "Windows 7" thread). Of course, Bed, Bath and Beyond is where I previously saw the MANGROOMER*, so perhaps it is a decent high-tech device.
I haven't made an attempt at ripping from dvd. Maybe it's really simple. :dunno:
Also, what's the purpose of Windows Media Center? I don't think I have a tv tuner. Also don't see what the benefit of having one would be. I have cable and televisions in my house.
*See ball-shaving thread
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How do I get stuff from tv to computer (youtube-ready)? Either direct from dvr to computer or from a dvd (that I make off the dvr) to the computer?
Saw this - http://vupointsolutions.com/DVC-ST100-VP.asp - at Bed, Bath and Beyond, but it looks like a non-elite overpriced thing marketed to LCIQ people (which I am, but they don't realize I have access to the ksufans "Windows 7" thread). Of course, Bed, Bath and Beyond is where I previously saw the MANGROOMER*, so perhaps it is a decent high-tech device.
I haven't made an attempt at ripping from dvd. Maybe it's really simple. :dunno:
dunno, seems hard.
Also, what's the purpose of Windows Media Center? I don't think I have a tv tuner. Also don't see what the benefit of having one would be. I have cable and televisions in my house.
I think if you had a TV tuner it would make your first question much easier to solve as it would already be on your computer. Not sure here. I think clams has a dongle for his laptop that does this.
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ya i have a usb dongle that i can either plug in an antenna to and pick up over the air HD, or plug in my coax and record games with.
my imac is 24" so i use it as an extra tv. over the air HD is very elite.
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Ok, so I dl'ed AVG and now all my ports have been closed. I don't know if having this 3rd party stuff is the reason for this or not, know very little about comps :confused:, but my problems started happening when I dl'ed it. I can't dl music anymore. When I open the ports up and try to dl something it just says that the ports are being used by something else or that they are still closed. Wtf do I do to fix this problem. It is making my life very sucky. I need an EMAW to help me out asap. Please spoon feed me the directions for the solution or else I wont know what the hell you're talking about. tia. :kstatriot:
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Ok, so I dl'ed AVG and now all my ports have been closed. I don't know if having this 3rd party stuff is the reason for this or not, know very little about comps :confused:, but my problems started happening when I dl'ed it. I can't dl music anymore. When I open the ports up and try to dl something it just says that the ports are being used by something else or that they are still closed. Wtf do I do to fix this problem. It is making my life very sucky. I need an EMAW to help me out asap. Please spoon feed me the directions for the solution or else I wont know what the hell you're talking about. tia. :kstatriot:
Don't know what a port is, sounds hard. Maybe buy a new computer or something. :dunno:
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Ok, so I dl'ed AVG and now all my ports have been closed. I don't know if having this 3rd party stuff is the reason for this or not, know very little about comps :confused:, but my problems started happening when I dl'ed it. I can't dl music anymore. When I open the ports up and try to dl something it just says that the ports are being used by something else or that they are still closed. Wtf do I do to fix this problem. It is making my life very sucky. I need an EMAW to help me out asap. Please spoon feed me the directions for the solution or else I wont know what the hell you're talking about. tia. :kstatriot:
Don't know what a port is, sounds hard. Maybe buy a new computer or something. :dunno:
:'(
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Here.... let me save you students a little bit of money.
http://windows7.digitalriver.com/
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Ok, so I dl'ed AVG and now all my ports have been closed. I don't know if having this 3rd party stuff is the reason for this or not, know very little about comps :confused:, but my problems started happening when I dl'ed it. I can't dl music anymore. When I open the ports up and try to dl something it just says that the ports are being used by something else or that they are still closed. Wtf do I do to fix this problem. It is making my life very sucky. I need an EMAW to help me out asap. Please spoon feed me the directions for the solution or else I wont know what the hell you're talking about. tia. :kstatriot:
This is a firewall or router issue. Try turning off your firewall and see if that works.
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Ok, so I dl'ed AVG and now all my ports have been closed. I don't know if having this 3rd party stuff is the reason for this or not, know very little about comps :confused:, but my problems started happening when I dl'ed it. I can't dl music anymore. When I open the ports up and try to dl something it just says that the ports are being used by something else or that they are still closed. Wtf do I do to fix this problem. It is making my life very sucky. I need an EMAW to help me out asap. Please spoon feed me the directions for the solution or else I wont know what the hell you're talking about. tia. :kstatriot:
This is a firewall or router issue. Try turning off your firewall and see if that works.
I tried that but still had the same issues.
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I didn't know the free version of AVG even had a firewall. Not sure why that would affect ports.
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I didn't know the free version of AVG even had a firewall. Not sure why that would affect ports.
I was talking about the Windows firewall.