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  1. vanka25

    Other Way To Install Besides DVD ISO?

    @3dcolor Could you verify something for us; in your original post you wrote: then in a subsequent post you have: Which one is correct as I gave you advice to try another optical drive based on your first post while BadBigBen and others are telling you to try other burning software based on...
  2. vanka25

    Win 7 RC and Firefox - Bluescreen

    Unfortunately I did not write it down and as I mentioned in my original post I have not experienced it since running Windows Update and installing the latest Nvidia drivers. The purpose of the post was to see if someone else had experienced a similar problem.
  3. vanka25

    Other Way To Install Besides DVD ISO?

    The problem is most likely not with the DVD, but with the optical drive. First, make sure it really is a DVD drive. I've made a fool of myself like this several times, I came over to a client's place with a DVD of all my utilities, etc; since I'm so used to all new PCs having DVD drives I put...
  4. vanka25

    AntiViral Solutions for Windows 7even...

    I have installed Symantec Anti-Virus Corporate 10.2 (Vista x64 version) on Windows 7 RC x64 and it works perfectly. I used to get a warning message on start up in Windows 7 Beta x64 that the Endpoint Protection component was not working, I get no such message in the RC. I tried Symantec...
  5. vanka25

    Win 7 RC and Firefox - Bluescreen

    I got some weird behavior when I did a clean install of Windows 7 RC and the latest version of Firefox. I had no problem browsing the internet, but when I tried to download a file (I tried different sources/files) - it would blue screen. This would happen only in Firefox - downloads in Internet...
  6. vanka25

    AntiViral Solutions for Windows 7even...

    It seems that I was a bit hasty in posting that, I installed Symantec Anti-Virus Corporate 10.2 (Vista x64 version) on Windows 7 x64 and it looks like only one component (Endpoint Protection) is not working. When Windows 7 loads, a dialog pops up saying that the Endpoint component has been...
  7. vanka25

    so what do you think of win 7

    I would argue that there was only one "major reset" with many minor ones along the way. The major reset that I'm referring to is the move from the 9x kernel to the NT kernel. I would modify the time-lines to: DOS/3.x -> Windows 9x -> Windows Me and NT 3.x -> NT 4 -> 2000/XP -> Vista/Windows 7...
  8. vanka25

    Non-existent drives showing up in Explorer

    Have you installed any software that comes with virtual optical drives? Something like Daemon Tools, Power ISO, etc. You may have installed software that, unknown to you, installed a virtual drive.
  9. vanka25

    Apostrophe Catastrophe

    This would make a compelling case but the article goes on to say: So it doesn't appear that the presence of apostrophes or other punctuation interferes with navigation; so the question remains of why is there a need to remove punctuation. From what I see, there is no compelling reason to...
  10. vanka25

    so what do you think of win 7

    Nelviticus, I realize that this is what Microsoft wants (hence the public beta) and I do submit feedback to them. This thread's title is "so what do you think of win 7" so I thought I'd post my experience with it. As I said (implied) in my previous post, the experience has been mostly positive...
  11. vanka25

    so what do you think of win 7

    I've installed Windows 7 x64 as the only OS on my desktop at home; the system has a Core 2 Duo E6420, 8 GB of RAM, and a 8600GT video card. Runs very smooth and stable. What I like: Even glossier than Vista, lots of eye candy. Wallpaper slide shows. (Finally! Macs have had this since OSX was...
  12. vanka25

    AntiViral Solutions for Windows 7even...

    Anybody know if Symantec's End Point Protection (a corporate anti-virus/malware suite) works with Windows 7? I can confirm that Symantec Anti-Virus Corporate does not.
  13. vanka25

    Battery degradation after Vista Reinstallation

    Did you do a clean install of Vista or did you use recovery discs/partition to get back to factory defaults? The reason I ask is that the laptop likely came configured to aggressively conserve the battery from the factory; while a clean install is configured for a balance of battery life vs...
  14. vanka25

    Dell Optiplex GX150 BIOS upgrade

    [b]sonicthedeadhog[b], it is pretty rare that a BIOS update will increase the maximum possible RAM, it is usually a limitation of the hardware. That being said there are exceptions; the best bet is to check a memory supplier's website (Kingston, Crucial, etc); they have a memory finder app there...
  15. vanka25

    Dell Optiplex GX150 BIOS upgrade

    It looks like you're at the maximum RAM that your system will support; since this is a limitation of the hardware (the chipset in this case), no new BIOS will give you support for more.
  16. vanka25

    Windows Media Player 11

    If you never use Windows Media Player you could always completely remove it from the system. Open up Add or Remove Programs -> Add/Remove Windows Components, then uncheck Windows Media Player and hit Next to uninstall.
  17. vanka25

    Resolution doesn't stick

    I would like to add that versions of Windows based on the 9x kernel (95, 98, ME) did have this functionality, but versions on the NT kernel (2000, XP, Vista) don't. You didn't mention which version of Windows you were running and I assumed that you were running XP.
  18. vanka25

    Resolution doesn't stick

    This indicates that something is wrong with or in the user profile itself since the resolution changes as soon as you log on. Try my second suggestion on recreating the user profile. If you don't want to do anything this drastic see if there are any programs or utilities that are loading on...
  19. vanka25

    Resolution doesn't stick

    The screen resolution is a system-wide setting - it should stay the same across all user accounts; try setting the correct resolution in another account and then log onto the one you were having trouble with. If that doesn't help, since you said this was the only account with this problem try...
  20. vanka25

    IE 8.0 Download Question

    When you installed Firefox, it was a completely different browser; this is why it had no impact on your IE7. If you install IE8 Beta2, it will update your IE7 to IE8. There may be an option to uninstall IE8, but I', not sure as I haven't taken the plunge yet.

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