Jeebus, how long does it take to get your security validation for the alumni email? Feels like forever.

11/23/2009 11:36:19 AM

err, took me less than a minute ^

11/23/2009 12:47:14 PM

Well, that's not good.

11/23/2009 1:19:43 PM

yea, same here

11/23/2009 1:31:33 PM

Well, wtf...that doesn't make any sense at all.

11/23/2009 1:36:15 PM

Do you mean that form you fill in if you don't have your validation info? I did that on a Friday afternoon, and they emailed me back on Monday afternoon, IIRC.

11/23/2009 2:24:36 PM

Lol, I stayed on the houseparty mailing list since the Win7 thing out of laziness and they finally found something else I would be interested in hosting.

Quote :

" DIGIORNO Game Day Believer House Party Sunday, January 24, 2010 Your DIGIORNO Game Day Believer House Party application is complete!"

Free pizza and pizza gear for the playoffs and/or Superbowl? Count me in!

11/23/2009 5:39:41 PM

I was told Office 2007 isn't compatible with windows 7. Is this true?

11/28/2009 3:45:50 PM

hahahaha

do you really think they'd release an OS that you couldn't run one of their most popular products on?

welll, nvm, MS would do something that stupid

but yea, it works fine.

11/28/2009 4:07:13 PM

anyone know how to end this stupid "explorer has stopped working" error on W7 x64?

i've reinstalled twice, it's annoying as hell.

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7files/thread/291c0945-c41f-4c8b-bca1-6b6d0836f62a

Quote :

"Log Name: Application Source: Application Error Date: 11/28/2009 7:31:28 PM Event ID: 1000 Task Category: (100) Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: IRIS-PC Description: Faulting application name: explorer.exe, version: 6.1.7600.16404, time stamp: 0x4a765771 Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.1.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5be02b Exception code: 0xc0000374 Fault offset: 0x00000000000c6cd2 Faulting process id: 0x135c Faulting application start time: 0x01ca6bf783d1c1f3 Faulting application path: C:\Windows\explorer.exe Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll Report Id: 4b8f2899-dc8f-11de-8e8d-001d7d9ae206 Event Xml: <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"> <System> <Provider Name="Application Error" /> <EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID> <Level>2</Level> <Task>100</Task> <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2009-11-29T02:31:28.000000000Z" /> <EventRecordID>1673</EventRecordID> <Channel>Application</Channel> <Computer>IRIS-PC</Computer> <Security /> </System> <EventData> <Data>explorer.exe</Data> <Data>6.1.7600.16404</Data> <Data>4a765771</Data> <Data>ntdll.dll</Data> <Data>6.1.7600.16385</Data> <Data>4a5be02b</Data> <Data>c0000374</Data> <Data>00000000000c6cd2</Data> <Data>135c</Data> <Data>01ca6bf783d1c1f3</Data> <Data>C:\Windows\explorer.exe</Data> <Data>C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll</Data> <Data>4b8f2899-dc8f-11de-8e8d-001d7d9ae206</Data> </EventData> </Event>"

[Edited on November 28, 2009 at 11:18 PM. Reason : .]

11/28/2009 11:13:17 PM

lol wtf are you doing to cause that?

11/28/2009 11:37:59 PM

inquiring minds want to know

11/29/2009 12:01:05 AM

google it, it's not that uncommon.

i'm not doing anything, why do you think i reinstalled twice? it does this right out of the box.

the only thing i can think of is my external hard drive and bitlocker, i encrypted my external hard drive using bitlocker from the RC version, installed retail. i can access the drive fine. just very sporadic errors. never the same folder or file, just completely random.

going to try this next:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/fi-FI/w7itprogeneral/thread/21bbd9d4-2068-4a3f-9db6-b5d2012d6229

[Edited on November 29, 2009 at 12:06 AM. Reason : .]

11/29/2009 12:02:12 AM

Disconnect the external for a bit and see if the problem still arises.

11/29/2009 12:28:02 AM

wow you're a genius!

i've already done that.

11/29/2009 12:45:40 AM

no need to be sarcastic fuckface

11/29/2009 1:12:49 AM

no need to resort to name calling...

one would think though if i have a hypothesis of what could be causing the problem that i've already tried to resolve it by removing it from the scenario.

i've tried it. it didn't help. thanks for the suggestion though, i'm looking for a way to fix it so i can use my external hard drive the way it was intended to be used.

[Edited on November 29, 2009 at 1:37 AM. Reason : .]

11/29/2009 1:37:06 AM

boot order? just throwing that out there.

11/29/2009 1:48:15 AM

Just finished install yesterday.

So far, a VERY noticeable improvement on Vista. VERY happy so far, and only getting happier...

11/29/2009 10:42:40 AM

i need a virtual floppy drive utility that will work on windows 7, 64 bit

any ideas??

11/30/2009 8:14:38 PM

i apologize in advance

http://tinyurl.com/yk58v7k

11/30/2009 9:17:13 PM

a. all of results on the first page are other people asking the same question
b. none of them seem to have an answer for 64 bit
c. i googled for like an hour, dick


[Edited on December 1, 2009 at 10:32 AM. Reason : but whatever, i got it to work in virtual PC]

12/1/2009 10:31:10 AM

Enable javascript to use LMGTFY.

12/1/2009 10:48:39 AM

anyone else having issues with previews in explorer and opened 07 office documents (at least excel)?

seems like excel thinks the file is already open...

12/1/2009 12:21:38 PM

i've had it crash a few times if i use excel while another file is being previewed

12/1/2009 12:33:32 PM

Quote :

"c. i googled for like an hour, dick"

that's why i apologized

12/1/2009 7:04:45 PM

lol

12/1/2009 7:08:13 PM

Ive got the freakin "Windows 7 black screen of death" on my Asus laptop after doing the upgrade.

Tried searching the net for a fix, not much there. Tried a Proex, windows shell reset something or other; it didnt do anything. Anybody else have this issue? Anybody know how to fix it?

12/4/2009 1:26:19 PM

first major failure I've heard of.... I got nothing for you

12/4/2009 1:32:00 PM

Quote :

"anyone know how to end this stupid "explorer has stopped working" error on W7 x64?"

I get this also. It's fairly random. Sometimes I'll go days and never see it, sometimes I see it every time I right-click. My best guess is that it has to do with either:

1) The OS and [winamp/winrar/daemon tools] don't like to jive together on the context sensitive menus. Especially when right-clicking the recycle bin. So why is it only sometimes when those applications are always installed?

2) After coming out of hibernation.

Other than that I haven't seen any patterns. It's annoying as hell though.

[Edited on December 4, 2009 at 2:20 PM. Reason : -]

12/4/2009 2:18:37 PM

the undock button on my dock = blue screen

12/4/2009 2:25:14 PM

^^I don't hibernate, nor do I have any of those apps installed. I started getting the errors right out of the box. I think it's a Windows 64-bit driver issue. I've tried everything and still get it completely randomly when I use Explorer.

Possibilities?
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L (P35) chipset, I mention this because it controls the disk access
Nvidia Geforce 9800GX2, because it's so random, could it be a theme or display error with Explorer? although i've used the default windows driver and the nvidia driver and issue remains.
Just a bug in the OS, some file that makes an improper call in regards to my hardware drivers installed.

I don't know, those are my only thoughts.

[Edited on December 4, 2009 at 3:30 PM. Reason : .]

12/4/2009 3:29:30 PM

Hmmm... I do have a GA-P35-DS3R motherboard. I'll have to look more closely at the event log the next time it happens. It usually cites the same dll.

12/7/2009 12:51:03 PM

I have a Windows 7 Pro upgrade disc and need to a clean install from XP. I can't find my Dell Windows XP disc anywhere. Can I use any windows XP disc I can find and will I void the licensing number of the XP disc?

If need be maybe Dell can sell me a replacement XP disc, but I'd prefer not to wait that long.

12/11/2009 8:03:30 AM

What do you need a Windows XP disc for?

12/11/2009 2:23:20 PM

yea that's what i was about to say. i'm pretty sure the "upgrade" disc is actually still the full install. at worst it might need the key..not the XP CD

12/11/2009 2:23:51 PM

It doesn't require it, and since you can't upgrade from XP to 7, you don't need XP at all.

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/10/27/clean-install-windows-7-with-upgrade-media-and-product-key-on-formatted-or-empty-blank-hard-drive/

Workaround #3 works like a charm.

12/11/2009 2:29:43 PM

^^I did an upgrade way back in the day and I'm pretty sure it asked me to put in a disc just to verify that I had a previous copy. It was win98 -> XP but times could have changed by then haha

[Edited on December 11, 2009 at 2:30 PM. Reason : ^]

12/11/2009 2:30:04 PM

wellll there ya go

[Edited on December 11, 2009 at 2:34 PM. Reason : asdf]

12/11/2009 2:33:25 PM

Since I had XP installed already, I did not need the XP disc to install Win7. I guess if I have to install Win7 in the future, I will need to take in your suggestions. Thanks.

12/11/2009 11:39:18 PM

how do i fix this notification ghost without rebooting?

12/13/2009 10:35:46 PM

Quote :

"GA-P35-DS3L "

I have this same motherboard and have no issues with Win 7 64-bit (Home Premium). Just thought I'd let you know.

12/14/2009 9:02:18 AM

^^I have some weird things like that happen with ultramon as well as a weather toolbar add-on i have in firefox. i haven't figured out a fix.

12/14/2009 9:27:02 AM

Explorer went on another crashing binge this weekend. The dll that's always referenced in the event log is ntdll.dll.

12/14/2009 10:00:46 AM

If I do the student upgrade for 30 bucks or whatever it was from Microsofts site (I have Vista now) it says something about it preserving your files and programs. How exactly that does work? I know I will have to back up the data that I have now, but once the installation of Windows 7 is complete, will my old files and programs be in the same place as they were before? As I basically just replaced the OS without anything happened?

12/19/2009 7:07:36 PM

put windows 7 home on my netbook (acer 751, 1.3 ghz atom ) last night. i think it actually runs faster then XP home did. the video drivers are much improved. if adobe can get video card acceleration of flash video i'll be a happy camper.

12/19/2009 7:27:03 PM

it moves all your old files and documents to a folder called WINDOWS.OLD in the new system, you can access them fine just like before

12/19/2009 7:27:36 PM

ok. but if i have microsoft office, itunes and all my other programs. i need to reinstall those?

12/19/2009 7:33:27 PM

i thought you could elect to do an upgrade from vista (which would retain all of your old programs/settings) or do a clean install (very much recommended) which would force you to reinstall office/itunes, etc.

12/19/2009 7:37:04 PM

i'm not sure about that part, i upgraded to 64 bit W7 from 32 bit Vista so i'm not sure if it's the same but it made a folder called Program Files (x86) which had all my old programs and then it had my new Program Files which were all x64 compatible

12/19/2009 7:38:05 PM