Windows 7: So hows it going?!

[Just Learnin']

Not sure which versions have what but I really like the native DVD playing software and the ability to burn ISO files in the Ultimate version.

[Dave3d]

On a side note, my HP printer driver seems to be the best most stable most fully featured one yet! The XP one worked, the Vista one was a buggy piece of cr*p that kept on crashing and took them until a few months ago to get right. The Win 7 driver just works, is more fully featured doesn't crash and looks better! Almost worth the price of admission on its own!

On a side note, how did I miss Avira Antivir until now? I'm almost tempted to part with money for it just to support a worthwhile bit of software!

I will have to see if my Samsung SCX-4725FN all-in-one laser printer has Win7 drivers, although LakeSide said his almost identical printer doesnt have drivers.

That is the ONLY thing bad about Samsung printers: They never update drivers to new OS'.
I had the same problem with an old ML-1200. Had to find hacked drivers for XP.

@Glorfy
Just make sure to enable early loading of the Avira AV.
It catches stuff that might not otherwise be caught.
And I also bought a 2 (or was it 3?) year subscription, so I know what you mean about paying for good stuff.

[lakeside2189]

I will have to see if my Samsung SCX-4725FN all-in-one laser printer has Win7 drivers, although LakeSide said his almost identical printer doesnt have drivers.

That is the ONLY thing bad about Samsung printers: They never update drivers to new OS'.
I had the same problem with an old ML-1200. Had to find hacked drivers for XP.

@Glorfy
Just make sure to enable early loading of the Avira AV.
It catches stuff that might not otherwise be caught.
And I also bought a 2 (or was it 3?) year subscription, so I know what you mean about paying for good stuff.

Strange thing Dave is they have the smarthru 4 and scanner driver working..Win 7 loads a universal driver but when i go to print like a 3 sentence email it takes 20 pages of letters and numbers..Ofcourse I stopped it but it would have...

I contacted Samsung and they told me they would have the win 7 print driver soon but maybe i needed to have it serviced

I emailed back and ask for the driver and let them know it worked fine until i changed.

Let me know if you find one that works...I don't use the printer that much but my wife does and I am hearing it!!!!

[Dave3d]

Hahaha.
That is too funny.

I also dont use the print (maybe once every 4-5 months).
My wife uses it a lot.
Luckily, her's is Win XP, and works fine.
My Xp x64 also works fine.
But, I think I am doing the Win7 thing for downloading now, so i will need the drivers for myself every once in a while.
But, so far, I havent had to print anything from my machine, so no biggy.

But, when I DO need to print, they better have a driver for it.

[lakeside2189]

Hahaha.
That is too funny.

I also dont use the print (maybe once every 4-5 months).
My wife uses it a lot.
Luckily, her's is Win XP, and works fine.
My Xp x64 also works fine.
But, I think I am doing the Win7 thing for downloading now, so i will need the drivers for myself every once in a while.
But, so far, I havent had to print anything from my machine, so no biggy.

But, when I DO need to print, they better have a driver for it.

OK Dave..I got it...

When you go to Samsung and tick driver use this one
Win
2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 1.0.0.0 Universal print Driver size 26.64mb

Do not use this one
Universal Print Driver P5 1.0.0.0 size 21.16mb

The first one works perfect...

Maybe I should tell Samsung so they will know

[Dave3d]

Thats weird.

I see:
Win Vista/2008/Win 7 3.02 Print Driver Oct 20, 2009 12.93 MULTI LANGUAGE

You dont have that for yours?

All I do is print from my gaming machine, so that is really the only driver I need.

[lakeside2189]

Thats weird.

I see:
Win Vista/2008/Win 7 3.02 Print Driver Oct 20, 2009 12.93 MULTI LANGUAGE

You dont have that for yours?

All I do is print from my gaming machine, so that is really the only driver I need.

NO, the latest driver the scx-4720fn shows is 4/2009...There were 2 universal drivers and win 7 used the second one automatic...I tryed the xp64 and alot of the other vista ones but win 7 wouldn't even take them...Then i thought i would try the other universal and wala...The only win 7 I even show is under software and that is one for the smarthru 4...That is why the scanner would work....
Maybe your printer is newer...
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/se...ee+all+results

anyway...The wife is happy...

[lakeside2189]

I looked at the 4725fn..It has all the drivers..It must be a newer printer...
Or a more popular model...

[venger]

Everything I've tried has worked or like with my kodak z7590 camera I got to work by changing to some generic device type. I'm pretty happy with the responsiveness and feel. One complaint I have, though nothing major, is even after disabling Superfetch, Windows Search and System restore it is still always accessing the hard drive. I have a mesh front on this storm scout case so now I can hear the hard drives more than before. It looks like the NTFS Volume log is always writing something and I just seen a Readyboot process show up in the resource monitor so I'll have to look into that one. My concern is more the noise rather than wear or anything and I think its because the fans are so damn quiet

[Just Learnin']

Not sure who to be upset with over this one, I can't select 60Hz for my Samsung 275T 27" monitor. It keeps reverting to 59Hz which some games won't work with and which also lowers desktop picture quality. Also I can't select "no scaling" in the Nvidia control panel, well it lets me but reverts back to "use my displays built in scaling".

These were not issues in Vista.

[Dave3d]

Mine shows 59hz also.
Maybe the next OS will have 30hz, so we can all be compatible with consoles.


Sigh.

[lakeside2189]

Not sure who to be upset with over this one, I can't select 60Hz for my Samsung 275T 27" monitor. It keeps reverting to 59Hz which some games won't work with and which also lowers desktop picture quality. Also I can't select "no scaling" in the Nvidia control panel, well it lets me but reverts back to "use my displays built in scaling".

These were not issues in Vista.

I also have a problem with the Dell 30 inch. I cannot use the gpu scaling unless i take the resolution down to 1280 by 1000 or so..Then I can use the gpu scaling and select center timings for running any kind of bench...

This is a pain when benching...

My scores are actually a little worse than vista was...Close but no better as you might expect...

I think it's the Dell 30 inch itself that is the issue or Win 7 doesn't recognize the drivers for the Dell 30 inch.3007WFP I think...

I had this problem with the RC version and was hopeful the new version would have it fixed..You would think that if Vista had it right, win 7 would have what it takes..

[Jim]

The IT guys at work say 7 on a SSD drive is the Shizzzz. Anyone try it?

Also, the 3-user upgrade for $149 seems pretty reasonable:

http://www.staples.com/office/suppli...0235-GFC-00236

[Dave3d]

The IT guys at work say 7 on a SSD drive is the Shizzzz. Anyone try it?

Also, the 3-user upgrade for $149 seems pretty reasonable:

http://www.staples.com/office/suppli...0235-GFC-00236

I am waiting for SSD's to come down just a teensie more before I take the plunge.

[lakeside2189]

I loaded that Virtual PC and XP mode...It is really cool how that works..I'm not sure yet but I think I could have loaded the printer drivers I was having problems with in 7 in the XP mode and I think Win 7 recognizes them even if your not in XP mode after you load...

This probably won't do much for me because i was on Vista but people that play old games should benefit from this...If the game was made for XP..I will have to ask Dave.