http://forums.techarp.com This is the forum for general discussions about software. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:20:56 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forums.techarp.com/images/misc/rss.jpg http://forums.techarp.com http://forums.techarp.com/general-software/25614-terrible-experience-installing-windows-7-a.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:47:28 GMT I had a very tough time installing Windows 7. It is by far the toughest OS I've ever installed. I have installed all kinds of OSes from Windows 3.1 to Windows Server 2003 to OpenSUSE.

By right, Windows 7 should be a piece of cake, very few user interaction needed during installation, all Windows default drivers worked right out of the box. At least that's what most users should experience.

But for me, I had a horrid time with the installation. After numerous tries, I got a black screen after completing the installation. I have tried all sorts of methods. Booting into safe mode, enable VGA mode, unplug all USB devices etc. I've searched google for solutions. None of them works.

And finally, by chance, I managed to boot into Windows. After doing some changes, I rebooted again, and I get black screen again after the "Starting Windows" splash screen. Thankfully I have 2 monitors, and all I need to do swap the monitor, and no more black screen problem. I have 2 monitors, Dell 2001FP and BenQ G2400W. Dell was the cause.

After installing Catalyst, the problem disappeared. So who shall I blame? Microsoft? ATI? Dell? Since this is an isolated problem, and no one had this problem, I have no idea who to blame. But it seems like the default ATI drivers that came with Windows 7 is causing this problem. ]]> General Software Chai http://forums.techarp.com/general-software/25614-terrible-experience-installing-windows-7-a.html http://forums.techarp.com/general-software/25613-couple-questions-about-win7-ui.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:52:02 GMT I just installed Win7...upgraded just fine from Vista as far as I can tell at the moment.

Couple things bugging me though...1 is that I can't seem for find a way to make the Start menu work in the traditional manner...Vista had the option. The old style that looks and works the way it did in Win2K, and was an option in XP and Vista - without the extra bit on the left and your "favorites" popping up and all that. I want the traditional Start menu back!

Also, there's not a Quick Launch toolbar as far as I can tell, but you can "pin" things to the taskbar for the same effect (although it takes up more space, which is really annoying)...but there's no "show desktop" or "Aero" buttons there, and I don't see an obvious way to add them...? ]]> General Software Motoman http://forums.techarp.com/general-software/25613-couple-questions-about-win7-ui.html