Posts by Douglas Garcia52

just mess around with GIMP or even just basic MS Paint

Andrew Clark33 said:Hey everyone,

I'm thinking about picking up a laptop that comes pre-installed with Linux since they're usually way cheaper. Then I'd just wipe it and throw Windows XP or 7 on there myself. Is that actually a good move, or am I better off just paying the extra cash for one that already has Windows built-in?

man, you can install whatever you want

just put whatever OS fits your vibe

Or you could just try running that Vista installer through compatibility mode. Just set it to Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and it should hopefully play nice without any drama. 🙂

you ever tried installing that one for Windows Vista

Tyler Anderson16 said:It’s just not working for me, no matter what I try. I keep reading somewhere that you have to swap out certain extensions and stuff, so if anyone actually knows what needs doing...
thanks

You don't need to change a thing. Honestly, just watch where you're grabbing those Windows 7 themes from in the first place.

On my setup, I just keep all the themes on my secondary drive, like an external SSD or whatever. Once I open one up, it just installs itself wherever it needs to go—then it stays put until I decide to delete it or just wipe the whole machine.

I usually just grab everything straight from the Microsoft website anyway.

Lawrence Hughes3 said:I set something to download in the evening, leave it running overnight, and then boom—the damn thing just goes to sleep... why does this always happen? 🤷

Just hit up your Power Options and tell it to never go to sleep.

Eric Rogers62 said:I’m wondering the same thing, honestly. But also... does anyone know if there's some kind of free software out there that can actually convert that file into an AVI or something similar? Is that even possible without paying a fortune?🤷

Maybe just give Format Factory a shot? I don't know. It’s worth a look if you're stuck.

It’s free, I guess... just not entirely sure which file formats it actually plays nice with.

Edward Sanders5 said:😲

I mean, why even bother with Windows Vista when you can just run Windows 7? 😁

👍

Michael Stewart49 said:A buddy of mine is running Windows 7. Can anyone give me more specific steps on how to switch the language over to, say, English using the update tool?

Look, you just hit up macOS update and then look for where it says "optional updates are available"

If it were in German, it’d probably read something like
''optionale Updates sind verfügbar''

Find the English language pack, check the box, and run the update. Once it's done, just flip the language setting to English in the settings menu and you're golden. Simple enough, right?

Though, if they're running some sketchy, pirated version of macOS, maybe uncheck "important update" first... just a thought.😉

Michael Stewart49 said:I don't even know right now... Windows XP or 7? Just walk me through it.

You can basically swap the language on any version just by running an update

but for Windows XP, you're gonna have to go ahead and install a language pack.

Michael Stewart49 said:A buddy of mine is stuck with macOS set to German and he can't make heads or tails of anything. He wants to flip it over to English or American English. Is there a way to do that through settings without having to wipe the whole thing and reinstall macOS?

Which version of macOS are we talking about here?

Sandra Ward23 said:well, let me know how it goes
I've never even touched Windows Vista myself, so I'm pretty curious
who knows, maybe I'll actually get some guts one of these days

you aren't gonna learn anything until you dive in and try it yourself 😉

just give it a shot, it's kind of a trip doing it for the first time 😁

by the third attempt, you'll basically have it down 🙂

crimsonorca172 said:And you're right about that too. I’m just wasting my damn time messing around if this thing turns out to be a dud.

Exactly. You could've probably just installed it and gotten everything dialed in hours ago. 😁 👍

crimsonorca172 said:Yeah, honestly, the drivers might be the culprit here. This stupid Dell Dimension
...
I'm having zero luck finding any drivers for Windows 7. Maybe the OS just has everything built-in? Who knows.🤷

The drivers could definitely mess with the audio—that's usually where things go sideways.

Windows pulls in some drivers automatically, but never all of them. You always end up hunting down specific ones and installing them manually. It's a pain.

Like I said, just give it a shot. You aren't losing anything. If it's a total disaster, it's easy enough to roll back to Windows XP.👍

crimsonorca172 said:I've got this old rig (from maybe 2005, and even then it was just middle-of-the-road) that I mostly use for browsing the web and letting the kids watch movies.
Here’s what’s under the hood:
CPU: Celeron 2.5 GHz, Socket 478
RAM: 2 GB, DDR1
Graphics and audio are just onboard stuff, which is fine since I don't need anything fancy for this machine.

It’s running Windows XP right now and everything's more or less fine. But, I’d really love to get Windows 7 on there (I already have it on my other PC). 🙂
Is it gonna run okay, or should I just stick with XP on this dinosaur?
Thanks!

Just check if you can find all the drivers for Windows 7 online first.

If you can hunt down all the drivers, I don't see why you shouldn't give Windows 7 a shot. 🙂

Worst case scenario, if things go south, you can always roll back to Windows XP... though honestly, I think Windows 7 would run just fine on that thing. 👍

Zachary Parker84 said:and the economy is just... man, I can't afford more RAM... everyone knows you gotta upgrade, but finding the cash to actually do it? Yeah, right..

look, you can still run plenty of games on 1GB of RAM if they aren't total resource hogs, 👍

Windows 7 in English, just like I said earlier—need those specific terms to make sense of things, you know?
Plus, I'm trying to brush up on my English as much as 🙂

As for Microsoft Office, I don't even use it, nor do I have it installed on my machine 😁

And I've got Opera set to American 🙂

Taylor Morales31 said:I haven't yet since I don't have a flat rate deal. I'm planning on doing it as soon as the first one arrives, otherwise I'd be missing out on those 570mb, but man, that first one is still a long way off.👍

In other words, grabbing an extra gig through an AT&T data package is basically just $97 😬

It's just not worth it 😁

I pretty much screwed up almost everything while trying to download movies 😁 so yeah, I'm just waiting on the first one too.👍

Taylor Morales31 said:...the first thing you'll actually notice is the boot time—it's about 10-15 seconds faster. As for a full breakdown of what's new, just go dig through some forums online.

That's really all I care about😁
everything else is pretty much irrelevant to me

Tigers, you already manage to install win 7 on your rig yet?👍

quietcanyon2 said:...my dear little Windows junkie, Benjamin King2,

...the concept of "current" versus "updating"—well, if we’re being fancy about this ambiguous Americanized wordplay—it basically stems from those annoying Anglo-Saxon imports like "updating," which just means bringing something back to its standard, present-day state, whether it's matter or some weird phenomenon...

...which, in your everyday internet-addled brain, probably boils down to that totally basic, vulgar bit of tech jargon we use for an "updated" operating system.

Please tell me you aren't actually being serious here. 😂 😂 😂
hahahahahha