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Windows 7 basic questions
16-01-2010 7:52 AM
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It is years since I did any kind of O/s upgrading.
But I do have a couple of basic questions:
The partition on both computers that contains the Vista O/s?
a) can this be deleted; or
b) should it be deleted; or
c) does this happen during the upgrade anyway.
I do have the home produced disks for both PC's
How many PC's can I upgrade from the one copy of Win 7 upgrade?
out of preference I'd like to do my wife's Vista Home basic as well.
the above comments about the partition apply to this PC as well.
Are there any useful preparations I could usefully make prior to the upgrade, that I wish I had done afterwards?
Or do I just "bung" in the upgrade disk, and everything will be fine?
When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works not because it settles the question for you. But because in that brief moment while the coin is in the air. You suddenly know what you are hoping for.
Re: Windows 7 basic questions
16-01-2010 8:05 AM
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You could also start downloading the latest versions of any progs you have installed from downloads before..... (anti-virus , anti-spyware, malware, ccleaner, zonealarm, etc.) and put them either on a usb stick of a CD rom to save time.... would suggest you also transfer to CD any picture files, or any letters/documents, and your email address contacts....
If you use Open Office, then when you re-install it (from a new download??) make sure you check out the icon and disable "run at start up" as it will slow down the start up from boot....
Re: Windows 7 basic questions
16-01-2010 8:33 AM
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Unless you wear a patch over one eye, habitually have a parrot on your shoulder and are prone to muttering "Ah, Jim lad", it's one upgrade per disk (unless you bought the family pack in which case the answer is 3 upgrades per disk). Shutter clearly isn't the right person to ask on this issue.
The preparation I would advise is to make a very careful note of what hardware drivers your computer is using. Windows 7 has a habit of substituting generic drivers so, for example, if you have Realtek HD Audio Windows 7 will substitute a generic driver and you lose the useful Realtek HD Audio Manger at the very least. There is a perfectly good Realtek HD audio driver for Windows 7 but you will have to download and install it yourself.
By the way, in my opinion you would be crazy to install ZoneAlarm on Windows 7 as Shutter suggests. Windows 7 has its own perfectly good firewall which you can even fiddle with to block outbound programs if you really must.
Re: Windows 7 basic questions
16-01-2010 9:18 AM
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16-01-2010 9:27 AM
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I did three Windows 7 upgrades this week - does that make me an expert?
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16-01-2010 9:32 AM
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16-01-2010 9:56 AM
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Quote from: Petlew How many PC's can I upgrade from the one copy of Win 7 upgrade?
Think about it, are Microsoft a charity? One and only one of course.
Re: Windows 7 basic questions
16-01-2010 10:00 AM
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When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works not because it settles the question for you. But because in that brief moment while the coin is in the air. You suddenly know what you are hoping for.
Re: Windows 7 basic questions
16-01-2010 10:31 AM
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http://www.pcterritory.net/2009/08/enable-firewall-outbound-protection-in.html
http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/windows-7-firewall-outbound-protection/
Quote Before I continue explaining how to enable Windows 7 firewall outbound protection I will have to tell you that this firewall is a bit stubborn, not like other third-party firewalls. This means when outbound protection is enabled, firewall is going to by default block any program from connecting to the internet including Internet Explorer, which means you will have to manually create rules to specifically allow individual programs to access internet. A bit unusual and time-consuming though.
Quote Windows Firewall is great, but as I mentioned before it is also half-baked and this can be quite frustrating. Every 3rd party firewall tools will prompt you when a program tries to establish an outgoing connection. You could then easily accept or reject this outbound connection, sadly Windows Firewall has no such notifications. A huge bummer, if you ask me.
In Windows Firewall you have to manually create rules for every applications one by one, otherwise the outbound connection will be blocked for all programs
So if these reports are accurate any user with the default setting has no outbound protection. As far as I am concerned this is unacceptable
Re: Windows 7 basic questions
16-01-2010 10:42 AM
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When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works not because it settles the question for you. But because in that brief moment while the coin is in the air. You suddenly know what you are hoping for.
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16-01-2010 10:47 AM
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Outbound firewall protection may be a must for computer experts like Oldjim but most computer users don't know enough about what goes on "under the the bonnet" of their computers to make effective use of it. It either becomes "extremely intrusive", forever asking you if such-and-such a program can access the internet (as ZoneAlarm used to when I last used it about 6 years ago) or all the decisions are made for you (by default) as happens with most modern "Internet Security" packages that you pay for.
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16-01-2010 10:50 AM
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16-01-2010 10:57 AM
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http://www.top-windows-tutorials.com/free-personal-firewall-comparison.html#Windows7Firewall
In my case I use Kaspersky Internet Security, as do a range of friends with varying abilities, and it looks after everything without popups on the default settings or with a few more popups on the interactive (ask me every time) setting
Re: Windows 7 basic questions
16-01-2010 11:01 AM
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To a large extent this depends on the total installed memory including that on the graphics card. If the total is more 4GB then I would definitely recommend the 64 bit system. Even if you don't have as much as that I would still use the 64 bit system for future proofing providing your hardware has the correct drivers available.
Note that installing he 64 bit system will stop you doing an upgrade install.
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16-01-2010 12:55 PM
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Don't enter a product key (but choose the correct version) and obviously don't activate. You can run for a while like this.
I found that extremely helpful in deciding whether to use the 64-bit version, gave plenty of opportunities to check drivers were OK etc. etc.
And yes, I've stuck with the 64-bit version, initially with 2GB RAM (which was fine) but now 4GB.
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