Windows 7
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Most of the "experts" are just complaining about it. 😬 Luckily, there aren't that many of them around. 🙂
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Buying a new graphics card - (read first post)
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A pretty damn rare combo here 😁
Windows 7
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John Clark6 said:Look, the whole issue is that you have to jump through endless hoops just to fix basic stuff. That's why I'm done messing around with it. I'm not going to be a slave to Windows; they should work for me. I've been burned by them way too many times already, and I've had enough. It’s not like I claim to know everything, but after maybe 15 years in this field, I know enough. I just haven't had much luck with Windows lately—it seems like there's always some kind of mess to deal with.
You might have issues, sure, but Windows 7 has only been out for a month. XP has been established for 8 years, so comparing drivers for Windows 7 and XP isn't really an apples-to-apples thing.🙂
I don't see how Windows 7 is to blame when your hardware manufacturers can't seem to write decent drivers.
Timothy Taylor42 said:Besides, try running XP without any service packs and you'll see what I mean, if you're actually going to compare them...
👍
Windows 7
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Keith Cook3 said:As good as Windows 7 might be, I still prefer XP.
I guess your strongest suit is your arguments, 🙈
Windows 7
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neonmaker12 said:@ ironcanyon9, then you might need to switch to 64-bit, since 32-bit is capped at 3GB.
Regarding that blurry image, I guess you should upscale it before looking...
I'm comparing it to my laptop right now; that's running XP, and even on sites like CNN, which looks grayish there, mine leans more blue... and sharper.
I cranked the contrast up on my Dell Monitor to the max and got a sharp image, but it made certain parts—like the light blue on Facebook—just turn pure white.
You have a monitor issue, so looking at a screenshot won't help us conclude anything. It doesn't relate to the software. 🙂
Your monitor probably has an "Auto" setting to sharpen things up (usually involves holding down some button for about 2 seconds). But since you're using an analog connection, my honest advice is to grab a DVI cable and connect it that way if your setup allows. Just check if your graphics card actually has a DVI port.
VGA (analog) is blue, while DVI (digital) is white.
Windows 7
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neonmaker12 said:What monitor are you using?
Maybe you plugged the monitor into an analog port? If so, try hitting the Auto button on the monitor; maybe that fixes it. If not, I guess just switch over to DVI.
Windows 7
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redsailor16 said:Hey everyone, the full version of 7 is out... I grabbed mine after a few days... obviously an illegal copy... I'm not crazy enough to pay for it... ugh... what do you guys think? I'm seriously considering putting it on my laptop, which came with Vista... which is, to put it mildly, garbage.
So how'd you manage to get the full version? 😲
Windows 7
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Alex Harris32 said:http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2lms049&s=6
- EventData
BugcheckCode 0
BugcheckParameter1 0x0
BugcheckParameter2 0x0
BugcheckParameter3 0x0
BugcheckParameter4 0x0
SleepInProgress false
PowerButtonTimestamp 0
This other stuff shows up under details....
Maybe you're running AVG antivirus?
Windows 7
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Alex Harris32 said:What drivers are we even talking about here? Just tell me which specific driver I need and what it's for so I can stop this from happening.
The thing is, it isn't just happening with torrents; it's popping up in other apps too... 🙂
I'm pretty tied up right now. I'll probably get something set up by tomorrow, take some screenshots, and then we can figure it out.
Check the Event Viewer and see if it's throwing any errors.
Windows 7
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Guys, what a joke. 🤣 He says Windows is trash because his eight-year-old software isn't running right, even though Delphi 14 is already out. 🤣
Windows 7
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Nowadays, pretty much everyone works with computers, so I guess that doesn't really mean much. It's a different story when you actually know about them.
Windows 7
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Steven Hayes80 said:I couldn't just stay quiet about this. Windows 7 has been such a massive letdown that I'm still processing it.
I tested everything from the beta builds to the 64-bit version back when they were actually available for download.
Things weren't exactly smooth, but I figured they'd iron out the kinks by the time the final version dropped.
Well, here we are. Windows 7 Ultimate.
The installation itself was fine, I guess.
I was actually surprised that all the drivers were easy enough to grab online.
The headaches started with Firefox. It runs painfully slow—almost pathetic, really.
Tried Opera instead. It works, though it feels a bit weird. Anyway, moving on.
Nero, Winamp, and uTorrent all installed, but nothing works right. uTorrent keeps cutting off my downloads for no reason and throwing these vague errors. Something about files being unable to finish downloading because they're "in use."
Then the whole system just freezes up randomly, even with only one program open.
Then it loses the Wi-Fi password. And so on...
Just for context, I'm running a Pentium 4 with 4GB of RAM and a 256MB graphics card.
To wrap this up: if I had to choose between Windows Vista and Windows 7, I'd pick Vista. At least it functions.
Just kidding!
I'm wiping Windows and moving to Linux.
Ubuntu.
Goodbye, Microsoft. Screw this...
Later everyone.
I don't know. I'd say the issue might be your hardware. Windows 7 isn't just going to freeze for no reason; there's probably some underlying hardware problem somewhere.
Windows 7
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Noah Miller6 said:Are you thinking of something like this?
[IMGhttp://i38.tinypic.com/14cejjm.jpg[/IMG]
If it’s the Alt+Tab combo...
Actually, no. It’s Win + Tab. 😉
Windows 7
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Man, those were the days 😬 I used to run Windows XP on my very first rig, which I picked up for $117. It had an Intel Pentium 233 and 128MB of EDO RAM, heh... It stuttered a bit, but it was fine, I guess—enough to spend my time spamming forums. 😁
Windows 7
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Joshua Garcia3 said:It worked. 🙄
I guess I believe you. 😁 It’s not quite that, but when the drive starts thrashing through virtual memory just because you wanted to play a single song in Winamp, it really isn't ideal. 😁 Windows XP might technically "run" with 20MB of RAM, but I guess you could call that a struggle. It's probably not going to be much of an experience.
Windows 7
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Joshua Garcia3 said:Everything you mentioned is definitely valid, but I managed to get Windows 7 running on this setup:
AMD Athlon XP 1700+
512MB RAM.
ATI Radeon 9200
It probably worked, though I guess it’s a question of how. I have Windows 95 running on a laptop with only 3MB of RAM, even though the minimum requirement is 4.
Buying a new graphics card - (read first post)
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Unfortunately, it’s just not worth it 🙂