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- Oct 11, 2005
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- Tau'ri
Personally I hate the OS. but it is the latest thing and you know because of the popularity I will be forced to use it.
So I installed it on my daily cruiser
Looking for advice on how to make it normal and functional
I already added extra passworded user accounts on my HTPC because that new workgroup thing is fail. So doing it old school style.. map networks drives with "user credentials" (dont get it.. still asks me three time to type in the passwords though even if I click.. remember password WTF?) I can deal with that.. I just changed the password to Password and it lets that happen Mojave kicks ***.
Anywho.. would like to make this a thread that documents all Windows 7 tweaks... I know Vistas "gets better with time" and maybe that is why I am having such trouble with my current 4.7GHz i7 setup... and now the 890GX AMD setup. It has not learned yet? But there is no disk thrash commonly associated with Vista "learning" (indexing supposedly...). So 7 does not learn?
1) I want quick launch back. Is it possible? Usual answer are "small icons" this does not give you Quick launch back. Please do not suggest that.
2) any tips on dumping the new homegroup (castle whatever it is called) BS without disabling sharing entirely? As the host
3) how to disable the windows auto maximizing thing. I learned how to do it once.. could Google it again, but want it here at OCF.
4) Performance tweaks. 7 is faster than Vista on old hardware, but not on new hardware. (not asking for an argument.. benchmarks prove it.. just asking for resolution/explanation to it...)
Anything else would be appreciated.
Reason I ask is I got a free 7 key and purchased two 7 keys for 1/4 the price of a vista key on ebay (checked both with MS one was a MSDN key boo... but got my money back) so worthwhile to upgrade from XP which totally sucks.. after using Vista...
So I installed it on my daily cruiser
Looking for advice on how to make it normal and functional
I already added extra passworded user accounts on my HTPC because that new workgroup thing is fail. So doing it old school style.. map networks drives with "user credentials" (dont get it.. still asks me three time to type in the passwords though even if I click.. remember password WTF?) I can deal with that.. I just changed the password to Password and it lets that happen Mojave kicks ***.
Anywho.. would like to make this a thread that documents all Windows 7 tweaks... I know Vistas "gets better with time" and maybe that is why I am having such trouble with my current 4.7GHz i7 setup... and now the 890GX AMD setup. It has not learned yet? But there is no disk thrash commonly associated with Vista "learning" (indexing supposedly...). So 7 does not learn?
1) I want quick launch back. Is it possible? Usual answer are "small icons" this does not give you Quick launch back. Please do not suggest that.
2) any tips on dumping the new homegroup (castle whatever it is called) BS without disabling sharing entirely? As the host
3) how to disable the windows auto maximizing thing. I learned how to do it once.. could Google it again, but want it here at OCF.
4) Performance tweaks. 7 is faster than Vista on old hardware, but not on new hardware. (not asking for an argument.. benchmarks prove it.. just asking for resolution/explanation to it...)
Anything else would be appreciated.
Reason I ask is I got a free 7 key and purchased two 7 keys for 1/4 the price of a vista key on ebay (checked both with MS one was a MSDN key boo... but got my money back) so worthwhile to upgrade from XP which totally sucks.. after using Vista...