Windows 7 nonsense

[Mercutio]

Why not turn thumbnails off? Use something like Picasa if you want to browse pictures.

 

[ddrueding]

I have plenty of programs that can do it. But 7 is supposed to (and XP could!). Just annoying, that is all.

 

[Handruin]

The folder contained maybe 400 jpgs that were about 10MB each. I choose "large thumbnails" and started scrolling down through them. It was only generating them on demand; leaving the machine for an hour didn't have any more thumbnails than the screen I was looking at.

The cause was scrolling down through them until I was looking at a page with none generated at all. The green bar would start crawling across the address bar, but no additional thumbnails would appear. During this time the machine was unresponsive. After the bar finished, the thumbnails would appear.

Worth noting, the speed from the array might have been much slower. There was torrenting, audio streaming, and possibly a movie streaming off that array at the same time.

I don't have any jpgs that big. Most of mine are from 2-4 MB in size. I was able to open a folder of 423 using the large icon display and there was no issue from my laptop over wifi.

Next I tried a folder that has 230 pictures in it totaling 7.5GB of scanned images in both jpg and tiff and there was no issue using the large icon display. The green bar scrolls while it's loading. It took a while for some of the images due to their very large size (80-120 MB) but it worked ok. My system never froze up and was completely usable.

I didn't see an option for using thumbnails, is that hidden somewhere, or is it the same as extra large icons? If it's different, the extra large icons works well for me.

What screen resolution where you viewing these on when you had the issue? My guess is if you're using a much higher resolution, you can fit more image previews on the screen and maybe that's some difference between your system and mine.

 

[ddrueding]

What screen resolution where you viewing these on when you had the issue?

1920x1080

 

[Adcadet]

Does anybody think my wife's computer (E7200, 2GB RAM, ATI HD 3450 graphics card) would have difficulty with Win7? Perhaps it could use some more RAM? I'm thinking of switching her over to Win7 for Christmas.

 

[Handruin]

My Lenovo T500 (T9600 CPU) with 4GB works fine with similar graphics on WIn7 64-bit. Try it and see how it runs. Worst case, get 2GB more RAM for like $30-$40 tops.

 

[Adcadet]

Getting the identical RAM that's in it now (2x1 GB) will be $65. I'd like to know if the E7200 will be enough before I give her the new HD it will take and a flier for Win7 with the explanation that I'll install the new OS. I've been testing Win7 now for a few weeks and like it.

 

[Handruin]

I'm probably not the right guy to ask, but I'd install it if it were my machine. Then again, I'm not as ultra-picky as everyone else.

 

[Fushigi]

The E7200 should be plenty. The RAM .. maybe go for another 2GB. It will probably be OK without if her needs are basic.

What OS are you coming from? If XP that will mean a full install so all apps and everything will need to be re-installed. Consider the free MS Windows Easy Transfer for saving/restoring her data, favorites, and app settings.

 

[Stereodude]

Does anybody think my wife's computer (E7200, 2GB RAM, ATI HD 3450 graphics card) would have difficulty with Win7? Perhaps it could use some more RAM? I'm thinking of switching her over to Win7 for Christmas.

I would think that the video card might be the weak link. You can get something a lot more powerful for pretty cheap. But, you can certainly upgrade that later if needed.

 

[Handruin]

I checked and my laptop has the ATI 3650, not the 3450. I don't know how close those two are in spec. For whatever it's worth, Win7 works perfectly fine with the 3650. I can even play some basic games just fine.

 

[sdbardwick]

2GB and 3450 video is fine for mid-range use. For reference, the 3450 gives a Win7 experience score of 4.0/5.5 (Aero/3D games).

 

[Adcadet]

She's coming from XP. I'll run the checker program but she uses most of what I use, which works fine in Win7. Even our multifunction Brother printer is Win7 certified.

 

[LunarMist]

She's coming from XP.

Why???

 

[LunarMist]

Does anybody think my wife's computer (E7200, 2GB RAM, ATI HD 3450 graphics card) would have difficulty with Win7? Perhaps it could use some more RAM? I'm thinking of switching her over to Win7 for Christmas.

I tried Win 7 on a new E7200 (@3.50GHz) system with 4GB, velociraptor and no video card. It seemed to be OK, excpet for messing up the hard drives. I would think that a modern video card would be better than G45.

 

[Adcadet]

Why???

Why is she coming from XP? Or why the migration to Win7?

I think the UI in Win7 makes life a little easier. And we have two licenses.

 

[LunarMist]

Did you get in on the 3-for-1 upgrade deal?

 

[Adcadet]

No, but I got to use the educational discount for both my wife and me so I think I paid $30 per license for home premium (upgrade).

 

[Chewy509]

Found this one today...

If you set a static IPv4 address on a LAN adapter that has no gateway or DNS setting, then Win7 will revert that connection back to DHCP on next reboot. (confirmed by using ipconfig /all from the CLI). BUT if you look at the IPv4 properties, it will show the correct configured address.

eg.
VirtualBox Host-Only Network
IP: 192.168.56.1
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: <blank>
DNS: <blank>

This is typically found when using VMs to create a LAN between VM Guests and the Host PC/Server, but not giving the guests general internet access.

PS. Hope everyone had a good break (if you did manage one)?

 

[LunarMist]

When will there be an SP1?

 

[MaxBurn]

When will there be an SP1?

Depending how you look at it this is already SP3.

 

[LunarMist]

Well, is it good enough not to need further service packs?

 

[Bozo]

Depending how you look at it this is already SP3.

Correct! That is why you can't upgrade an XP install to Win 7. Win 7 is a service pack for Vista.

 

[Handruin]

Some info about Win7 SP1.

 

[Howell]

Anybody having problems or more better yet solutions for FireWire devices not detected.

 

[ddrueding]

I don't have any firewire devices.

 

[LunarMist]

That sucks. It would be difficult for changing personal functions in that case.

 

[Handruin]

I connect an old sony handy cam with a firewire connection to my laptop and it worked perfect. I couldn't get USB to work with that camera because of no driver support for vista but firewire worked like a charm.

 

[Mercutio]

I can't find a bluetooth adapter that works with Server 2008 64-bit. I've tried four now. It's pissing me off.

 

[ddrueding]

My favorite Linksys works with 7 64-bit....not cheap though.

 

[Mercutio]

I've tried Motorola, Trendnet and a couple generic Broadcom models. The thing is, the Broadcom chip is supported in Win7 64-bit on a whole bunch of notebooks, but it doesn't install on Server 2008. I'm guessing it's something in the .INF but as much as I've screwed with it, I haven't gotten it to work.

 

[Chewy509]

Anybody having problems or more better yet solutions for FireWire devices not detected.

Only problem I've had, is with Firewire drives that are partitioned. Win7 will only see the first partition. (One drive I have is both FW and USB2, and on USB it will see/use both partitions, but on FW only the first).

SP1 reportedly has a bucket load of Bluetooth and Firewire fixes coming.

 

[Handruin]

Actually I forgot I also have a seagate firewire external hard drive that I use on my desktop and that is working fine also. I only have a single partition though so I didn't have the issue you have.

 

[Howell]

Im having issues with a jvc hd100 camera, Seagate freeagent xtreme HD and a "Sony compatible" editing board. None of them are seen via FireWire.

 

[Howell]

Handy, Is that Freeagent software required to access and use the drive? I wouldn't think so.

 

[Handruin]

I'm not using any software for my drive. I just plugged it in via firewire and Win7 recognized it. My drive is also a couple years older. It is an external 750GB drive that supports both USB 2 and firewire connections.

 

[Mercutio]

Figured out what's wrong with Bluetooth on Server 2008R2.
Server 2008 R2 flat-out doesn't support Bluetooth.

So that answers that.

 

[ddrueding]

Ah. Lame. I wonder if 2003R2 does.

 

[Mercutio]

Yes.

 

[LunarMist]

More nonsense is right. Why?