Free Windows 7 download

[hey_moe]

If you plan or want to try Window 7 64/32 bit, they are opening up there servers for about a month. This RC will be the last release before they release the final product. I have enjoyed playing with Window 7 64 and 32 bit OS. It is way more stable and user friendly that Vista and is purty too.BTW ... it is 3.05 gigs and there servers are overloaded so it will take a few hours to download... go here>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/download.aspx

[Sixghost]

Already got it, installed the x64 version in dual boot with XP x86 and working like a charm! I must confess I'm really impressed! Now off to check if all of the other applications run as smooth as Se7en!:ernae:

[Henry]

Thanks
im downloading
H

[Lionheart]

Good to hear.

Glad this one sounds like a good one.

:applause:


Bill

[GT182]

Downloading now and saving to a DVD for later on. Gotta get me a 1TB HDD before I install it..... maybe even a couple of em. :mixedsmi:

[Snuffy]

I'm keepin my toes outta the water till someone says its safe to go swimming!! :engel016:

[hey_moe]

Ted, I have been using this as my main OS since day one without one problem. This OS will replace Windows XP by far and put Vista on the back burner...Mike
I'm keepin my toes outta the water till someone says its safe to go swimming!! :engel016:

[GT182]

Ok, now that I have it, what do you use to open it seeing it's an ISO file? I've never tried to open and run one of those.... ever.

[JSpal]

Ok, now that I have it, what do you use to open it seeing it's an ISO file? I've never tried to open and run one of those.... ever.

Download a program called IMGBurn, it will allow you to burn it to a DVD.

After that, you'll shut down your computer and restart and it should walk you through installation. That is if you want to install over your current windows. If you want to set up a dual boot so you can try 7 out, you'll have to set up a partition first, then setup something called GRUB to let you chose whichever OS you want to run when you turn the computer on.

Edit:

Oh yeah, and backup all your important data before you try to install it. It probably isn't an upgrade, it will probably delete everything when you install it unless you are doing a dual boot.

[Sixghost]

All you have to do is burn the iso image on a DVD, you could do it with Nero, Alcohol 120% or a nice freebie called Ashampoo (which also works flawlessy in W7).

Mind you, not copying the iso over a simple data compilation, you should see the option on your burning software along the lines of "burn image to disk" or something similar. :mixedsmi:

[GT182]

Thanks JS and Luca.....

Js, I'm just going to burn it to a DVD disc for now.... no install.

[Gdavis101]

Dumb question. Can I install over Vista without having format? I want to keep FS intact. Will FS run after I install Windows 7? Other issue. I would be going for Vista 32 to Win 7 64

[Henry]

i was wondering if i could install on a slave drive
or i have a bunch of parts to put together
H

[Sixghost]

As far as I know you can update Vista to Windows 7 without the need to format. There's a chance FS may remain intact and all the registry lines get ported over. Though I have to admit it's not something I would do.

[Gdavis101]

That is what I am afraid of. I will probably just wait until its full release and then buy, by then I should be ready for a format.

[Henry]

looks like i have to have a fresh pc
i think ill use me old one
and put it together
H

[hey_moe]

In the instructions it says to install on a clean HD. This is the full version of Windows 7 and not a upgrade. For as little as hard drives are in this day and time everybody should have a spare one in there computer for testing and storing files and leave your main OS on your main HD. The ones who keep knocking down MS, I find it hard to believe that any company would let the customer test a OS until 2010 for free. Vista as far as I am concerned was the second generation of the OS ME. For the ones who want to try Windows 7 you will see it is very stable and user friendly and also works well with games. It also has a nice interface. :ernae:

[Ickie]

Some Intel chips don't support Windows 7 'XP mode'

Desktop CPUS

Core 2 Duo
E4300/4400/4500/4600/4700 NO
E6300/6320/6400/6420/6540/6550 YES
E6600/6700/6750/6850 YES
E7200/7300/7400/7500 NO
E8190 NO
E8200/8300/8400/8500/8600 YES

Core 2 Extreme
QX6700/6800/6850 YES
QX9650/9770/9775 YES
X6800 YES

Core 2 Quad
Q6600/6700 YES
Q8200/8200S/8300/8400/8400S NO
Q9300/9400/9400S YES
Q9450/9550/9550S/9650 YES

Core i7/Core i7 Extreme
I7-920/940 YES
I7-965 YES

Pentium D/Pentium EE
805/820/830/840 NO
915/925/935/945 NO
920/930/940/950/960 YES
955/965 YES

Pentium for Desktop
E2140/2160/2180/2200/2220 NO
E5200/5300/5400 NO


Mobile CPU products

Core 2 Duo Mobile
L7200/7300/7400/7500 YES
P7350/7450 NO
P7370 YES
P8400/8600/8700/9500/9600 YES
SL9300/9400/9600 YES
SP9300/9400/9600 YES
SU9300/9400/9600 YES
T5200/5250/5270/5300/5450/5470 NO
T5500/5600 YES
T5550/5670/5750/5800/5850/5870/5900 NO
T6400/6570 NO
T7100/7200/7250/7300/7400 YES
T7500/7600/7700/7800 YES
T8100/8300 YES
T9300/9400/9500/9550/9600/9800 YES
U7500/U7600 YES

Core 2 Extreme Mobile
QX9300 YES
X7800/7900 YES
X9000/9100 YES

Core 2 Quad Mobile
Q9000 YES
Q9100 NO
Core 2 Solo
SU3300/3500 YES
U2100/2200 YES

Core Duo
L2300/2400/2500 YES
T2050/2250 NO
T2300/2400/2500/2600/2700 YES
T2300E/2350/2450 NO
U2400/2500 YES

Core Solo
T1300/1400 YES
T1350 NO
U1300/1400/1500 YES

[Snuffy]

Sheeze ... I suppose I need a new puter just to run the new O.S. :banghead:

[Alexraptor]

Windows 7 RC1 is pants for FSX.... wont even run it.
Gives me an error about not having DirectX 9...

[Henry]

well i put a system together
and loading now
we will see
H

[Henry]

Working good so far
networking is easy with vista and xp
but i do have an old nvidea 5700
and no drivers available
i got a 6800 somewhere
ill try that if it still works
H

[Gdavis101]

Windows 7 RC1 is pants for FSX.... wont even run it.
Gives me an error about not having DirectX 9...


That is good to know.

[Nick C]

Mathijs Kok of Aerosoft has been recommending it over on the Aerosoft forums. I know a lot of drivers are not available right now, but I'm certain at least one member of his team are using FSX on it.

http://www.forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?showtopic=25437

I've downloaded a copy, but will wait a couple of weeks I think till the patches start coming out.

[JT8D-9A]

Windows 7 RC1 is pants for FSX.... wont even run it.
Gives me an error about not having DirectX 9...
I did install the latest DX SDK and afterwards the DX web updater and it worked. I don't had the RC, but i guess it will work with it too.

EDIT: i think the march SDK contains the latest DX files..

[Henry]

i just installed a 6800 card
and driver
seems fine so far
think ill try fs9 first
comes with dx9
H

[Dangerousdave26]

Henry

Check your install my W7 beta installed with Directx11 already on it.

No need for DX9

I never tried to install FSX and see if it would work on W7 as I did not want to activate it.

Dave

[hey_moe]

Well it just goes to show ya easy this OS is, cus if my man Henry can do it that means anybody can :ernae:
i just installed a 6800 card
and driver
seems fine so far
think ill try fs9 first
comes with dx9
H

[Henry]

Well it just goes to show ya easy this OS is, cus if my man Henry can do it that means anybody can :ernae:
you got that right!:mixedsmi:
so far it seems good
love the way you can enlarge text me wife is allways
bitchin about the resolution i use
there dear its big aint it!
its a lot like vista in the view
im running it on a amd3000+
2 gigs ram
20" philips crt found the driver straight away
when i changed the video card to a 6800
figured that out in seconds
didnt like the 5500
but there are no drivers for that anyway
if i did not have a lot loaded on this vista machine
i would swap in a heartbeat
although it did save my files
on the xp drive that i installed over
so far i am impressed
H

[hey_moe]

The MS player is nice to...have ya had a chance to view a video yet.

[Henry]

Not yet but it shares the movies with my vista machine
and vice versa, i got no sound working yet
its onboard the mobo
thats next
H

[CG_1976]

Im enjoying my windows 7 experiance. A very fluid ops system and a array of fresh features that I didnt have in Xp Pro. My sims love this Ops system along with my Athlon Chips. So far microsoft has a winner.

[hey_moe]

I think if ya went in with a positive feeling you will notice there are loads of changes to the good compared to Vista. The graphics are better and you have a lot more control over the letters,views and folders..plus loads mo :applause:...Mike

[JSpal]

I'm up and running on the release candidate of 7 (64 bit) with FSX installed.

FSX runs alright so far. I have no add-ons, no service packs, and no acceleration added, so I would expect it to be easy on the frame rates thus far.

My computer is nothing exotic by any means, so I would imagine that 7 will run fine on anything that will run Vista. My overall 7 rating is 5.5, but that's because of the crappy numbers that the old harddrive I pulled out of storage to experiment with 7 is dragging it down. The rest of my numbers are 6.5 or higher.

I'm going to try adding some add-on and either SP2 or Acceleration this evening and see where it goes.

So far, it doesn't seem much different that Vista to me. It seems like Vista with a few changes - most notably the name - to get away from the stigma that Vista comes standard with.

[Dangerousdave26]

Windows 7 RC1 is pants for FSX.... wont even run it.
Gives me an error about not having DirectX 9...

This is just for comparison but I loaded FSX tonight. (did not activate it).

It runs fine on W7 Beta. W7 Beta came with DX11 pre installed.

Go to your system32 folder and look for dxdiag.exe. Run it. look in the lower right hand corner and see what version of DX you have.

It will probably be a couple of weeks before I can load RC1 but to me it seems like it should run with no problem.

[JSpal]

I got FSX running no problem. Played around with it for about 20 minutes. I didn't need to do any tricks to make it work, just stuck the disk in and it worked.

When I tried to install Acceleration, it locked up and crashed Windows Explorer - which restarted itself after a few minutes, but nothing on the start menu would work. I had to hard restart Windows from within the Task Manager.

Strike one.

Second try, I right clicked on Acceleration's setup file to try to run it in XP Compatibility mode. Just right clicking on the file locked up Windows Explorer. W.E. restarted itself again, but again nothing on the start menu worked. I had to go into task manager to shut down.

Strike two.

Third time, I tried copying and pasting all the files from the Acceleration CD to the desktop to try to install it from there. I've had this work in the past, especially with slightly scratched disks - which is the case with my Acceleration disk.

It started copying the files to the desktop, said "5 minutes remaining", then it said "10 minutes remaining", then it said "16 minuted remaining". I took the dogs for along walk and came back 45 minutes later and it was still stuck at "15 minutes remaining" and the progress bar showed no progress.

I hit the cancel button on the time remaining dialogue box and surprise surprise, Windows Explorer crashed, nothing on the start menu worked, hard to go into the Task Manager to shut down.

Strike three.

I pulled the Windows 7 harddrive out of my system, hooked up my old XP X64 harddrive.

It seems to me that the 64bit Release Candidate still needs some work. I don't think in this case that it's a compatibility problem, I think it's a stability problem with Windows Explorer. The scratched Acceleration disk certainly may have exacerbated the problem, but it should not have crashed Explorer. I installed this same copy of Acceleration in my XP X64 drive no more than a month ago.

[RickN]

Any suggestions on a good free anti-virus to use while I am testing Windows 7?

[hey_moe]

I'm using AVG security with no problems...Mike

[RickN]

Thanks Moe. I just downloaded AVG too.

One thing I can say about Windows 7 at this point is, it sure is purty. Now if I can figure out how to turn off all the bells and whistles and get a clean OS for work I will be happy.

I would rather have Linux but so far can not find the accounting package I need.

EDIT: I am running it on my old AMD 3700+ test rig and getting most 4.5s except for the old 6600LE video card I have stuck in it which is rated at 2.9. So far it all works OK and it even runs Firefox OK. I bet MS is going to love the information they get back from my rig. Firefox, Open Office, Quickbooks, etc. Not an MS app in the bunch.

[crashaz]

I have Visual Studio,SQL Server and FSX all running on the Win 7 box... SQL Server slows down FSX... but she still is smooth.