there's only 63 tips there. you would think if they could come up with that many, they could have scrounged out 14 more to make the title accurate.
Hear is a tip for windows users . Try one of the distros of Linux. http://distrowatch.com/ http://www.ubuntu.com/ desert rat
You could even try 77, and have the full number that they couldn't come up with. I'm about to try a new one myself.... ubuntu fucked my nvidia driver, upgrading it fucked it worse, and reinstalling revealed that it's just... plain fucked. Spend a whole day even making it boot, and then making X work, and the driver still doesn't, and when it does it doesn't think it is, and I can only configure one monitor. On the bright side, linux disasters always refresh my command line skills.
There are some Nvidia drivers for Linux , but not all the distros come with the drivers , and I think there are copy rite , or patton infringement problems or some thing like that . I down loaded some from Nvidid , but had problems making them work . http://www.nvidia.com/content/global/global.php The earlier versions of dream studio had Nvivia drivers the later ones do not . http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=dreamstudio Many of the distros have forums where you can ask hard ware /soft ware questions . When I got my u.s.b. port cricket modem , I looked at the Ubuntu forum and saw how to set up for my modem . desert rat
Ahh yeah, well nvidia drivers have worked fine for years for me, on all sorts of hardware. This is an ubuntu problem. I did also change cards when my old one blew, but I'm still running a mainstream 7 series card, in fact more mainstream. I had a 7950gt, now I have a 7800gt. Should work.
"Windows 7 may be Microsoft’s most anticipated product ever. It builds on Windows Vista’s positives, and eliminates many of that OS’s negatives. It adds new functionality, too—all in a package that is less resource-hungry than its predecessor." That article is from Oct, 2009, kinda old news now but still relevant I guess. Dude111 why do you always post shit that is months or years behind the rest of the world as if it's some new and startling discovery??? Last week you posted a thread warning that your vote doesn't actually count, bla, bla, bla. Sure, but a little late considering the election is already over. Is your clock like 6 months slow or something?
well, this is the guy that likes to SHOUT IN ANGRY CAPSLOCK about every piece of technology that was invented after the 80s.
He also seems to REALLY love windows, which is strange, given his paranoia about information gathering, spying, government, etc.
What's this about Win XP mode? I have software I'm trying to run on 7, but it won't run in 64 bit even when you set the compatibility to XP or whatever. So I have two computers running 64 bit 7, that won't run the old software version I want, one computer (Win 98) that runs the old version, but not the new, and my XP tower musta blown out the motherboard. And the old software version will not be upgraded to Win7 and is completely different from the new version, as in the new won't run the old robotics hardware and the old won't run the new hardware I have laying around. I was thinking of getting an emulator or an old computer, but would this XP mode thingy work?
You already have one one your system. From the start menu select the icon at the top which will be the same as your user name. That's a quick link to your files. Near the bottom of the list there should a folder that says "Virtual Machines" In there is a link named "Windows XP Mode.vmcx It will launch a virtual machine with XP already installed and ready to go. You should then be able to install yuour apps to the virtual machine and then use them whenever needed. The virtual machine creates automatic network shares with the host machine so file sharing between your Win 7 install and the virtual XP are no issue. I have been using VM's for years to run old software or play with obscure operating systems and crap. But that should solve your issue. oops, just noticed your running Home Edition, in that case here ya go; http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx If you are interested in other operating systems such as Win 3.** or DOS or some linux distros, then go for the Virtual PC and you can install as many machines as you like. The Virtual PC presents you with a "blank machine" so you have to do a complete install/upgrade. If all you need is XP compatibility go with the XP Mode app, a lot less to configure, and the hardware integration is a bit better.
..... What the fuck? Yes, I have XP, and it's not on any virtual machine, either.... And my linux runs XP stuff fine as well, with a simple compatability layer, with no virtualization.
The only decent thing I've seen on Win 7 is the disk management lets you split your HD and add a new partition that you can install WinXP on and dual boot. EasyBCD to edit your boot options to XP default. Normally you'd have to install partition magic or something to re-part the HD without formatting. I'm going to try migrating to Android OS for most of my computing. I can surf the web, watch youtube and vids, play my fav classic games and emulators on a $50 10watt mini PC instead of a 300watt PC. Android is stable, open source and based on Linux Ubuntu kernel and has thousands of apps and widgets just like Apple OS or Win8 "tiles". Did I mention it's free and open source!
