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Having been convinced that Windows Vista was the be all and end all to computing problems, I must admit to being less than pleased with it after almost two years of being frustrated by the stop/start functionality and the amount of space it takes up on my hard drive. The pundits are now extolling Windows 7 as the antidote to all the previously encountered problems and pushing users to upgrade. My version of Vista is 32-bit and I am advised that I will need to clean install Windows 7 as only the 64-bit version can be upgraded, which makes me reluctant to attempt it as I will need to rehash/reload all my peripherals which may or may not work with the new system. I welcome any advice subscribers can offer.
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windows 7 is a big improvement on vista, i wiped vista of every pc or laptop i or my family and some friends owned and put xp on it because vista was nothing more than pure garbage
i am now using windows 7 ultimiate 32 bit and it is easier to navigate , easier to turn off annoying features, fatster performance and even if your manufacturer hasnt started providing driver support for win7 i have had no problems using vistas drivers for win7 as of yet. try/borrow/aquire a copy off a friend if you can before you pay for it and never do a simple upgrade they never work as well as a fesh clean instalation just back up all your favourites and important files and strat a fresh. another big problem vista had was that most manufactures sent out pc units and laptops with only 1gb of ram as it is teh minimum needed to run vistabut in reality you need a bare minimum of 2gb my laptop is about 18 months old and has 2gb of ram and gets a higher performance score running win 7 than what it did running vista loads of nice little features with win7 as well which can be seen on youtube if you look around windows 7 videos on there |
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why did you use the 32 bit version and not the 64? I am asking because I am about to try out 7 but not sure if I should use 64bit
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well if your pc is 64 bit use 64 bit version.....other way around isnt possible ???
Windows 7 is like a fixed vista.. its great. Best thing they have produced since XPsp2 |
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maybe a job for tomorrow
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and so now all of a sudden Vista is kak and W7 is better.. when will this end?
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vista has always been kack mate
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most systems over the last 3 years have 64bit processors but run 32bit operating systems just fine i use 32 bit because i like my life easy and hassle free and besides i dont have enough RAM in my laptops to handle 64bit lol did a quick google Quote:
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yeah i have 4GB in mine so it needs 64bit windows
mancie. Windows 7 rules, Vista was ****e. You will find a lot of people agree. I fixed my friends mum's pc other day (shes 80) and even she agrees hehe |
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Guess I'm more baffled than ever now. My system has a 224GB Hard Drive and 2GB's of RAM. If that will support the 64-bit Windows 7 operating system, then I reckon my best bet would be to clean install it after backing up all my important files - which will no doubt mean my having to reload Microsoft Office and my HP Photosmart Printer Disks, not to mention my internet modem. Buggar.
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2gb of ram isnt enough ,it will work but not very well, eveywhere i have read up on it says 4gb of ram minimumn
personaly i would go for 32bit because you will probably get problems with some software unless they have a specific 64bit version of it like photoshop does foe example |
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if that is the case when you go to install windows(the process may wipe your HD) it will ask you which version you want to install 32 or 64.......least it was the same with my disc
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I have Windows 7, and my Lexmark printer & Hauppage TV tuner, both work fine with vista drivers. But the USB video capture card, from Roxio, doesn't work. All usb storage devices (sticks and external hard drives) should work without problem. They have generic drivers and have been supported since Windows 2000 and Millennium. You can't use 32 bit drivers on a 64 bit system, and vice versa. Many keyboards have extra buttons that need drivers to work, this goes for laptops as well. Unfortunately, support for 64bit drivers on keyboards, is almost non existent. Also Adobe don't support flash player on 64bit browsers. At the moment the only benefit of 64 bit over 32 bit, is the amount of useable memory. 32 bit has a ceiling of 3Gb. Most programmes are still 32 bit, but this should change in the next few years, with 64 bit programmes becoming more mainstream. |
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get a better copy mate :) |
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I ended up sticking with my original XP. 2 install disks kept causing my PC to reboot while copying files from DVD to hard disk. Its a shame because if I liked it and wanted to keep it I was going to get my lad to buy me a genuine copy for £30 with his student discount |
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Hello Stumped,
Just a bit of FYI to understand the issues with 32-bit and 64-bit OS upgrades and later options that may or may not be available to you later: When upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7 you must upgrade the version currently installed within Windows Vista to the corresponding version in Windows 7. I.E. Windows Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Home Premium; Windows Vista Business to Windows 7 Professional; and Windows Vista Ultimate to Windows 7 Ultimate. You also cannot upgrade a 32-bit operating system to 64-bit -- to migrate from 32-bit to 64-bit will require a custom install. The architecture between the two is too drastically different to allow such a change. To learn more about the differences between a 32-bit operating system and 64-bit please go to the following link: 32-bit and 64-bit Windows: frequently asked questions You can visit the official Microsoft Migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7 site here: Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 - Help & How-to - Microsoft Windows There are some nice videos tutorials and steps to take when migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7. And yes it is true you cannot directly upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7 you can take some steps to ensure a smooth process. Thanks again and good luck! John M. Microsoft Windows Client Support |
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this laptop is on windows 7, i can't see much of a difference between this and xp, maybe its just me not using it to its full potential yet
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There is also a 'basic' version of W7 and I susp[ect as yours was a low end lappy then it will only come with the cheapest version they could get away with.
I am not sure that is a bad thing. You can then had extra applications to give you the features you need. |
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Acer Extensa EX5235Z-901G16Mi Laptop LX.EE30Z.004 - Screen Size - Acer Outlet
what dya call 'low end' Ian? |
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thats low spec nowadays...
My phone has the same amount of memory as your lappy, 40 gig in storage, better 3D graphics chip, longer battery life, more stable OS, and its a phone and camera to boot :D if you want to make it run a lot faster particularly if it does have W7 ( the link you posted says XP ) then add another gig or 2 of RAM 1 gig is 25 quid , 2 gig is 47 quid from crucial, you may get it a little cheaper on the market etc |
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yeah i noticed it said xp, thought you meant cheap and nasty, don't need much space on it really, its only for Reece to do his homework on, it has office and power point on it and all that, it's easier for him to use the laptop than use the pc
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absolutely, you forget that low end stuff today was stuff of dreams 10 years ago....
my first PC was a 286 ( pre pentium ) with 1 meg of RAM and a 20 MEG hard disk. I still have my first computer which has 1 Kilobyte of RAM and no storage....... This reply is probably more than 1K :D |
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2gb is plenty of ram for windows 7 your advisor is a bad one mainly because if your system is running vista which is an inferior operating system it will certainly be capable of running win 7 32bit and it will be noticably faster too.Most systems sold with win 7 come with 2gb of ram
iv installed win 7 on many laptops and pc's that origionaly had vista on and every sigle one of them performed better .Also if your computer manufacturer dosnt offer drivers for win7 just use vista ones but you will find that in most cases win7 will load drivers for all your devices and you will be set to go as soon as teh instalation finishes vista is a pig of an operating system which they coudlnt fix so they abandoned it and brought out win 7 which is basically vista started from scratch and a few extras to boot. if your still not sure get your hands on a spare hard drive if you can and download a copy of win 7 to try it out before buying it so that you can be sure it works on your system |
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what are your system specifications because i am running win7 ultimate on an old advent 7113 laptop that has only 2gb of ram which origionaly came with vista home and also i am running win7 ultimate on an acer aspire 5735z with only 2gb of ram which also came with vista home
neither of these laptops have win 7 support on tehir manufacturers webiste but run a lot better on win7 than they ever did running vista. dont install win7 on top of vista though its always better to do a complete fresh install as merely upgrading leaves clutter behind and you will end up with problems regardless of what microsoft claim so a clean install is always better just liek it always has been when people went from win98 to xp or xp to vista . i still use xp on my desktop because its a bit too old for vista or win7 but everything else that had vista like my laptops got wiped to xp teh day i got them but as soon as win 7 came along i installed it and noticed a great improvement over vista immidiatly |
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AMD Phenom (tm) Quad Core Processor 2.20Ghz RAM 2.00GB 32-bit system with Service Pack 1 I also us a 500gb external hard drive for storage of files, photographs, etc., to lesson the load on the internal hard drive. |
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is this it ?
Downloads - IMEDIA 2423 - PB80X09901 - iMedia - platform_amadeus_imedia - Desktop it seems it comes with vista installed so i see no concerns with it running win7 infact i think win7 will install drivers as it goes along for most of the items on the motherboard and if not theres vista drivers right there you can use.If your running vista at the moment vistas biggest let down was memory leak so basicaly if 2gb ram is enough for vista it certainly is for win7 which dosnt have teh same problem as vista.Companies arnt offering win7 drivers because they want you to buy a new system . |
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it will probably tell you before it installs if theres any compatability problems, if i recall correctly from what iv been told it does a compatability check first or there is an option to do so when you put the cd in. iv never done teh upgrade route as i always do the fresh install option :) |
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My grandson has presented me with a brand new Windows 7 Home Premium update for Vista. I am advised that I need to disable my current Norton 360 program, but as he has disappeared on one of his mystery adventures, and I am no computer whiz, I can't work out how to do it. Help?
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Why not wait until you can get your grandson to come & do it for you.
After all, thats what grandsons are for, fixing your pcs :D |
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You could get a genuine bought Win7 disc and before you install it run it through a program such as Magic ISO which will show you all the files on the disc. Find a file called sources/ei.cfg and delete it. make a new disc from the copy which will now be showing in a directory of Magic ISO (you won't harm the original) and then you will have the option of any of the versions when you install Win7. Keep your original bought dick for a rainy day. Still dodgy unless you choose the version you originally bought but you can forgive yourself if you bought the genuine disk to start wit I started using Win7 when I downloaded a genuine Microsoft beta disk and prefer it to any other version from Bill Gate's stable. |
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I think I should edit the above post which contains the following line "Keep your original bought dick for a rainy day." before I get any funny remarks and put "Keep your original bought DISK for a rainy day".
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