Posts by Keith Bennett38

Noah Miller6 said:Man, Imgur is such a pain...
seriously guys, just stick to Imgur

Ah, my bad, I was already passing by, though I usually just use Imgur🙏

Reworked 🙂

ALT+Enter works perfectly fine on my end.
Take a look

velvetfalcon44 said:I just finished my first install of Windows 7 32-bit and everything went pretty smooth🙂
Managed to find the GPU drivers myself, and any drivers made for Vista seem to work fine without issues—unlike this forum, which keeps throwing 504 Gateway Time-out errors.😠 😠

Anyway, I have two quick questions:
1: I've been looking everywhere, but I can't figure out how to set it back to a classic start menu.
In Vista, it was on the left side when you opened the Control Panel, but now it's just empty, and I can't find the setting if it even exists.
2. When I open Windows Media Player, the taskbar stays at the bottom, which wasn't an issue in Vista; back then, things would just fill the whole screen once maximized. Is there a way to fix this without using autohide, or is that the only option?
Thanks.

1. There isn't really a classic start menu in 7; you could try picking a Windows Classic theme, or maybe just search "customize Start menu" in Help and Support to see how to tweak the layout.


2. If you're running the player, maybe try hitting ALT+Enter for full screen. On my machine, that makes movies play in Windows Media Player across the whole screen without the taskbar getting in the way. 🙂

@Samuel Evans14/">@@Samuel Evans14 and Austin Mendoza4 - You guys really made my day 🙂
I guess there's nothing like getting such well-reasoned advice from top-tier IT experts 🙂

Maybe try installing the chipset drivers first? (Intel - NVIDIA)

wirednomad6 said:Can someone please help me before I lose my mind... whenever I try to delete a file from Program Files or just something off my desktop, it keeps telling me I don't have permission (even though I'm logged in as an admin), or it says some other program is using it. Is there any way to actually have control over those folders so I can just delete a movie or an album without having to mess with folder settings every single time😠?

I think you'll find the fix on this page:
http://www.blogsdna.com/2173/add-tak...-windows-7.htm

Pretty simple, fast, and gets the job done. 🙂

I guess S. T. A. R. S. would still run on 512 MB, it’s just a matter of how it actually performs 🤔 😬 Probably not nearly as snappy as it would with 2 GB of RAM, or even better, 4 GB. ☕

neonmaker12 said:If I’d known sooner, I would’ve just gone with the "standard" version. All these Aero gimmicks and visual fluff really bug me—they just eat up RAM. I guess I care more about performance than all that nonsense, though I’m still not totally happy; even with a 3.0 dual core and 6GB, editing Full HD video is a total mess.
And this new media player supposedly supports those formats, but the audio won't play for me...
Whatever...

That part’s pretty easy. Just turn off Aero and switch back to classic mode.

First you should probably check out the differences between the standard Windows 7 and the Ultimate version 😬, then maybe come back here and ask 🙂

I guess you should probably grab anything marked as a critical update in Windows, but the Optional update stuff is really up to you. As for that second part, there’s always a chance a system update might be checking to see if your version of Windows is legit, which could end up locking you out or demanding a license key when you boot up—though that’s probably a long shot. 🙂

neonmaker12 said:it feels like it used to work the way you described... if it said 5 mins, it was actually 5... but I don't know for sure.
And all this stuff I'm finding online—mostly RapidShare accounts packed in RAR files—is there anything useful in there or is it just straight-up viruses? (Just asking)

most of it is just Trojans😢

Maybe try grabbing something directly from Microsoft's own servers; you'll see how fast those downloads actually fly🙂

neonmaker12 said:When I'm downloading from MediaFire, it'll say there's 20 minutes left, then suddenly jump down to 10... but the thing is, the actual file takes like 40 minutes to finish.
Even when it says there's only 2 minutes left, it's usually still going for another 5. It definitely lies...

You can't really trust the speed estimates on MediaFire. They probably throttle your connection on purpose if you don't have a premium account, just to bait you into paying for one. 🙂

darkfalcon16 said:That’s basically what I did right after installing—just grabbed whatever Windows 7 drivers were suggested and set them up...

Seems like the SD Card Reader might be the culprit. I did a little digging and it looks like a pretty common issue. Maybe check this out:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/...0132_34_0.html

http://forums.computers.dell...threadID=10887

Maybe try reinstalling that driver again.

darkfalcon16 said:Basically... I'm working with a Dell and Windows 7 Professional on a student license. I've managed to install all the drivers except for:



Any idea how I can figure out what's missing?

One more thing—total newbie question here—but I was using Outlook Express and made a backup of my .dbx files. I thought I could just import them into Mail once I grab it from Microsoft Essentials on Windows 7, but I keep getting an error and it won't download😢... is there some other way to get Mail for Windows 7?
I'd switch over to Outlook, but I've got those .dbx backups...

Thanks🙏

My suggestion would be to head over to the Dell support site and grab every driver specifically for your laptop model. They usually provide a guide on which order you should install them in.
Might as well grab all the drivers and any utility software that comes with your model and get everything installed at once.

http://us.dell.com/support...jsp?service=USA

neonmaker12 said:1. Do I really need to install Nero il or something similar on Windows 7? I see it has its own DVD burner built-in. If so, why bother?

If you're happy with the built-in Windows burner, just stick with that. Personally, I use Nero Burning ROM. You can grab it for free, it gets the job done perfectly, and the interface is pretty straightforward—easy to use, plus it has support for American English (not that I care much). Installation is quick and easy enough. 🙂

2. As for those files playing in the media player, I guess I don't really have a solid answer for you on that one. 🤷

neonmaker12 said:I didn't change it back then just so I wouldn't see anything..
Bumped it up to 125...
I get the feeling that WinFax... the image viewer displays things in 16-something instead of 32. (even though it's set to 32)
because it totally wrecks some of the midtones, it's wild

Heh... Not sure who needs glasses here. Looks 100% fine on my end. Maybe try checking the sharpness at 100%.
That 16 and 32 thing is color depth, like 16-bit vs 32-bit color display.
Maybe WinFax is causing the issue. I guess that software isn't really being updated anymore. 🤷

I’ve got Windows 7 running on a 5-year-old desktop, a 3-year-old rig, and an HP laptop I just picked up two months ago. Installation took maybe 20 minutes each time. All the drivers snapped right into place, too. Everything’s working smoothly—not a single crash in a week. The UI looks nice and feels more intuitive; for example, installing fonts is way easier now since you can just link them to a folder instead of having to reinstall them every single time 🙂 . Overall, I’d recommend it. Personally, though, I kind of miss Quick launch and Outlook. I know they pushed that other mail client as a replacement, but I'm not a fan because it doesn't keep everything in one place; it creates separate folders for every single account, which gets pretty messy when you're managing seven different ones. 😢

@neonmaker12/">@@neonmaker12 - honestly, looking at your screenshot on my 22'' monitor, I'm not seeing what the big deal is 🙂 . It looks fine to me.
Unless you messed with some settings:

neonmaker12 said:Thanks a ton for this beta, glad it actually works...
I guess I'm wondering if it'll handle my old files made in the original Word, like from Office 2002?!
And am I going blind? Two days ago I was on Windows XP and the picture looked incredibly crisp, but now it isn't, and my wife says it looks kind of blurry!

It should open them just fine.
I already uninstalled Office 2010 because of some Outlook issues 😢
I installed it alongside Office 2007, but it seems like things got a bit messy. I might have to try the process again 🙂
The screenshot you posted actually looks pretty good; nothing looks blurry or thick/heavy. 🤷

neonmaker12 said:Looking for some advice,
I found Office 2010, which is supposedly compatible with Windows 7 64-bit,
but it's split into 4 .rar files, and inside each one there are even more little .rar files. On my old XP machine, I’d just mark those 4 and extract them to a new folder—that's how I always did installs—but it isn't working this time. Btw, every one of those 4 .rars is password protected, maybe that's the issue? I have the password, obviously.
I also have Nero 9, and I'm following the instructions, but the keygen isn't working... Maybe this isn't the right place, but if anyone has an idea or knows a spot for reliable, basic software... As for that image, I don't see why it looks so clear to you guys... here's another "screenshot," some parts look really "blurry" http://img121.imageshack.us/i/mansno.jpg/
I guess I don't know why my screenshots are pulling purple tones when they should be blue (the letters)
Btw, I have to zoom in on my browser just to read anything

Honestly... just go straight to the Microsoft website and download the real deal along with a legit activation key.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/2010/en/default.aspx

I just finished installing mine, so I'm still messing around with it. 🙂

Looking at your screenshot. It looks perfectly fine to me. Nothing blurry or weird about it. 🙂

Seems pretty alright to me too, I guess. 👍