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    so what do you think of win 7

    In general, compared to Vista, much faster and easier install, slimmer program, botts and runs faster on my computer. I installed it in a dual boot mode with XP on a six year old Dell 1.8 mhz with 1.5 GB of ram. It has run smoothly with no problems except for my sound card issue (different...
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    Distorted Sound

    Windows tried to install the apprpriate software from the windows update site, but installation failed. I went thru the downloaded install file and found out it is creative update6.0.1.1241. It will not install because it is for Vista only. Even if you tell it to install in compatibility mode it...
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    Dell 964 AIO doesn't work

    Thanks for your advice. Nothing worked, so I uninstalled the printer, restarted the computer and it reinstalled, found the software by itself and installed it and the printer worked fine
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    Distorted Sound

    Have a soundblater live 5.1 platinum sound card (yeah, I know it's old!) Updated the driver, but the sound is very distorted - like an overdriven guitar. Any thoughts on this one? Other than these two problems everything is fine, and it appears to be faster than XP. Smokie
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    Dell 964 AIO doesn't work

    Installed 7 yesterday and everything went well except I cannot get the printer to print. Windows 7 recognizes it, I tried updating the driver but I can't even print a text page. All options a 'grayed out". Any thoughts? Smokie
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