Posts by brisktrucker85

Joshua Garcia3 said:Maybe it's because of this, haha. 😁

And I mean, they aren't quite as demanding as Windows Vista, but they definitely take more out of the system than Windows XP did... what browser are you running? IE or Mozilla? 🙂

Well, I'm using Mozilla, but honestly, it still doesn't feel right—everything just feels... off? I don't know how to explain it, but it's like things are lagging or stuttering, which totally sucks :S and man, that constant "Allow" prompt is driving me absolutely crazy -.-

So, here I am with Windows 7 all installed and ready to go, hehe... everything seems to be working fine—I even tossed in the activation code... (cd key)—but man, it feels like things are lagging just a tiny bit? Like, when I try to open Google or jump into My Computer, it feels kind of sluggish. It honestly felt way snappier back on Windows XP than it does on 7. Any idea why that might be happening? Is there some way to fix this or make it run smoother?

brisktrucker85 said:heheh alright, awesome... I was actually kind of worried it might lag since my processor isn't even dual-core, so I figured 🤷

Oh, one more thing—do you think I'd be able to play anything on it if I end up using Windows 7 Professional 32-bit? Just asking because I already have the installation media sitting right here.

Noah Ruiz73 said:Then there shouldn't be any issues at all—just go ahead and drive. 🙂Windows will probably just prompt you during the Setup to check if everything is compatible anyway.

Go ahead!

heheh alright, awesome... I was actually kind of worried it might hang up on me since my processor isn't "dual" core or anything, so I figured maybe 🤷

Noah Ruiz73 said:I don't see any reason why not! I guess the only real headache might be if you're running some older hardware—you know, things like old modems or Wi-Fi cards where the manufacturer just stopped releasing updates. I actually ran into that myself with an old laptop TV tuner card that basically refuses to work on anything except Windows XP, but honestly, it wasn't worth much anyway, so it wasn't a huge deal 😁

It's definitely not all brand new stuff! I've still got DDR2 RAM lying around and a Gigabyte GA-MA69WM-S2 motherboard 😁 heheh, and my modem is a Sony Bravia 🙂

Hey there. I was just wondering if I could actually get Windows 7 up and running on my current rig - here's what I'm working with: an Intel Celeron

running at 1.80GHz with 2GB of RAM
(it's got Physical Address Extension)

and an Nvidia GeForce 9600 gSo with 512MB of DDR2!!

If anyone could help me out and let me know if this PC can handle Windows 7... I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!