One thing I noticed about WoW was that patches didn't install correctly when I did what you did. I think what I had to do last time was right click on wow.exe and choose "run as administrator". It has to rebuild some registry settings or something that it can't do unless you run it as administrator.
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Very few, if any issues for me. But there is one.
I have an NTFS-formatted external drive. I hooked it up when I had the public RC installed, then I replaced that with a newer RC build, then the RTM build that some dude from Levovo leaked just after the OEMs got their copies. (key, anyone? Please? Pretty please?)
The ownership of the folders on that external drive got borked, since after a reinstall, the unique identifier for the previous "owner" was gone. any file manipulation required admin approval, and trying to move or delete files while in apps like ACDSee got "access denied".
By going in and making myself the owner of the folders once again instead of some weird string of letters and numbers ID'ing the previous me from the last install, I'm able to move files and folders at will again.
The only problem is getting rid of that "other" me from the last install. I keep getting errors because I'm never in what Win7 considers the final "parent" folder from which permissions were inherited down the line.
I have an NTFS-formatted external drive. I hooked it up when I had the public RC installed, then I replaced that with a newer RC build, then the RTM build that some dude from Levovo leaked just after the OEMs got their copies. (key, anyone? Please? Pretty please?)
The ownership of the folders on that external drive got borked, since after a reinstall, the unique identifier for the previous "owner" was gone. any file manipulation required admin approval, and trying to move or delete files while in apps like ACDSee got "access denied".
By going in and making myself the owner of the folders once again instead of some weird string of letters and numbers ID'ing the previous me from the last install, I'm able to move files and folders at will again.
The only problem is getting rid of that "other" me from the last install. I keep getting errors because I'm never in what Win7 considers the final "parent" folder from which permissions were inherited down the line.
Does Windows 7 still have UAC then? Because when that's disabled, "run as administrator" is not needed when your account is administrator.
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Chazwozel
Mine is. Where do I go?!?!??!!??!??!?!??
Just got back from the "The New Efficiency" Win 7 launch event in Pittsburgh. Attendees received a free copy of Win 7 Ultimate and a 180-day trial of Windows Server 2008 R2. Small details from the dev track presentations are on my twitter feed @darkaudit.
The Win 7 disc was 32-bit, but I had the 64-bit RTM installed. Key still worked fine.
The Win 7 disc was 32-bit, but I had the 64-bit RTM installed. Key still worked fine.
Looks like Newegg just put the OEM versions up for preorder, and they have some deals. Ultimate is going for $175, Professional is going for $135, and Home Premium is going for $100.
Amazon's price for the full version of Win7 Ultimate is $319. That's the price I'm using when anyone questions my getting up at 0 dark 30 to head to Pittsburgh this morning. 
On a side note, Microsoft has released Microsoft Security Essentials, a free antivirus/anti-malware suite. Initial test on Ars Technica was positive. Has anyone given this a look yet?
On a side note, Microsoft has released Microsoft Security Essentials, a free antivirus/anti-malware suite. Initial test on Ars Technica was positive. Has anyone given this a look yet?
Sounds nice, but I'll assume the EU will sue MS over it because of 'monopoly abusing' again.
Yes, it's great, and at least to me, seems a lot slimmer then AVG. It also caught something on it's very first scan (a corrupted .mp3)
I'm very, very impressed.
Since I recently bought a new computer with Vista on it, I have a free upgrade to Win 7 64-bit Home Premium waiting for me when it officially releases.
I'm still debating whether or not I should upgrade, given that everything works fine on Vista, and the thought of needing to search for and download new drivers, over dialup, fills me with dread.
I'm still debating whether or not I should upgrade, given that everything works fine on Vista, and the thought of needing to search for and download new drivers, over dialup, fills me with dread.
In most cases the Vista drivers will work fine. I've been running 7 for months now, and I had to go with Vista drivers for my mouse/keyboard/printer as they're not available via Windows Update, and the vendors don't have 7-specific drivers yet.
I set compatibility mode as Vista and ran as administrator. HP printer software and Logitech keyboard and mouse drivers working fine on this box running 7 Ultimate 64-bit.
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Chazwozel
The damn Windows 7 update adviser won't install on my laptop!
So question:
I got: Win XP office, 1.73 GHz single processor (Intel M), 2 gigs of RAM and a Nvidia Go 6600 256 meg video card. Am I good to go for Win 7 Home 32 bit on my laptop? Keep in mind the most I do on my laptop is use Office 2007 and productivity stuff. No gaming etc...
So question:
I got: Win XP office, 1.73 GHz single processor (Intel M), 2 gigs of RAM and a Nvidia Go 6600 256 meg video card. Am I good to go for Win 7 Home 32 bit on my laptop? Keep in mind the most I do on my laptop is use Office 2007 and productivity stuff. No gaming etc...
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Chazwozel
Much obliged. Yeah for 30 bucks, I figure what the hell. Might as well upgrade the 32 bit version and just run my laptop for a couple of years.
This is annoying.
I'm running the release version of Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit, with a WinTV 950 USB TV tuner stick and amplified rabbit ears. The TV signal strength meters in Media Center show a big fat zero on all channels, yet the three subchannels of WNPB (the only OTA channel within 40 miles of here) come in just fine. That makes it useless to try to adjust the antenna to try to gather in any of the more distant channels.
I will qualify this to say that Hauppauge has yet to deliver drivers specifically for Windows 7. Same goes for Logitech and HP. Only a week to go, fellas.
I'm running the release version of Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit, with a WinTV 950 USB TV tuner stick and amplified rabbit ears. The TV signal strength meters in Media Center show a big fat zero on all channels, yet the three subchannels of WNPB (the only OTA channel within 40 miles of here) come in just fine. That makes it useless to try to adjust the antenna to try to gather in any of the more distant channels.
I will qualify this to say that Hauppauge has yet to deliver drivers specifically for Windows 7. Same goes for Logitech and HP. Only a week to go, fellas.
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Microsoft teamed up with Burger King for the launch of Windows 7 in Japan:
via Engadget
That's Whopper with 7 patties. The first 30 people get it for ¥777 ($8.55), after that it's ¥1,450 ($17.10).
via Engadget
That's Whopper with 7 patties. The first 30 people get it for ¥777 ($8.55), after that it's ¥1,450 ($17.10).
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Chazwozel
So I bought that digital river download of Win 7 for 30 bucks. I can download it, but they never gave me the product keys.
rly:
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Chazwozel
No. It'll require you to pop in your vista disk for like 2 seconds and then proceed with the Win 7 install.
That's how my Win 2000 to Xp upgrade worked anyway.
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Chazwozel
Yeah, the only difference between the upgrade and full version packages is the upgrade package, in addition to your product key, requires you to essentially use your old Window's disk as another "product key" to unlock the install process.Oh wow, really? I always had a misconception about upgrades and always avoided them because of it.
I'm not so bummed out about it anymore!
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