Windows 7

[ashleyb4]

I see now hehe

[c0sie]

I dont like that I cant seem to pin folders to the taskbar such as a music folder etc. It only lets me pin to the task bar or WE??

[Marvin]

I've got the student edition too, and I can't see what you mean about the 'Home Groups' on the desktop. I have no such thing on there?!?

Isn't the 'Library' just 'My Documents'? I did an upgrade from Vista, so it kept all my files, so I guess it may have done that automatically.

[c0sie]

I did an upgrade from Vista too and the Home groups icon is on the desktop and wont budge lol

[Marvin]

Oh. Fair enough. I haven't got it, and never did!

Did you get it as you're at Uni, if so then I think that's so you can log on to the university's site or something similar.

I got mine as I'm at 6th Form, and don't have any of the 'Home Groups' stuff.

[Dunc]

The task bar is still only for programs as far as I know, which is why pinning a folder simply pins the Explorer program as a whole.

In case you didn't realise, a right-click on the Explorer icon brings up a list of frequent items and the usual library ones (documents, pictures, etc.). A half-way house perhaps, but may help.

I guess you'll just have to stick with a desktop shortcut for specific folders.

Originally Posted by c0sie

I dont like that I cant seem to pin folders to the taskbar such as a music folder etc. It only lets me pin to the task bar or WE??

[c0sie]

Cheers for that Dunc. Im still a man of many desktop icons, could never get into the newer start menu..I was a 'classic' man until W7 took that option away from me lol

[Dunc]

No worries.

Another thought:
If you just put a shortcut on the desktop you can still quickly access it, even with a bunch of windows in the way, by clicking the little double arrow icon in the taskbar just to the right of where it says "Desktop".

Hope that helps.

Originally Posted by c0sie

Cheers for that Dunc. Im still a man of many desktop icons, could never get into the newer start menu..I was a 'classic' man until W7 took that option away from me lol

[ashleyb4]

The way i store my pictures music etc is on my spare HD bought a 1TB and partitioned it into 4 then all i have to do i press the explorer button on the task bar then its on thel eft hand side so just click music or pics etc etc.

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[mikeyscott]

Originally Posted by poopers

Did you have a windows 7 party?

Looks a great spec system Mikey, going for the 860 myself, though I’m not too info’d up on msi mobos. Take it you’ll be doing a test install of the cpu to check the motherboard pins make proper contact with the cpu? (there's no nerd smilies )

No I didn't, should have.

Changed the spec and add 2 x Ati 5870 cards

Installed Windows 7 on a Dell 3100C with 2GB RAM and must say very good.

PC has Office 2007 and Kaperskey and that's it.

[Marvin]

Originally Posted by mikeyscott

Changed the spec and add 2 x Ati 5870 cards

Well, that puts my 4890 to shame . Even two of them!

[mikeyscott]

Originally Posted by Marvin

Well, that puts my 4890 to shame . Even two of them!

Just out of stock at the mo

Hopefully I can play COD, Crysis, GTA 4 at max at 1650 x 1050

If not won't be happy..

Winter comes, less money spent on RC

[frogger]

Originally Posted by c0sie

I was a 'classic' man until W7 took that option away from me lol

Welcome to the future

Windows 7 is awesome.

[ashleyb4]

Originally Posted by Marvin

Well, that puts my 4890 to shame . Even two of them!

Totally stamps on my 4850

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[c0sie]

^ ^ Geeks

[DaSloth]

Does it really matter? have you found any games which struggles to cope with high res games?

I certainly haven't with my 3870x2, so the newest cards are a bit of a waste to be honest, even more so in SLI/crossfire setup :x

[dodgydiy]

havent found anything that struggles on my 512mb 8600gts yet! it is overclocked, but not by much. processor is pushed more, c2duo6850 3ghz running at 3.44ghz. i gonna wait a few months before trying windows 7, will give everyone time to update their drivers and so on, also allow any issues to be corrected, knowing how bad previous microsoft os's have been at the start of their lives

[Marvin]

Try Crysis, on the later levels at the highest graphics settings, with 8x anti-aliasing at 1600x900 etc. Then you'll understand why people put loads of money into graphics cards.

[Big G]

Originally Posted by dodgydiy

knowing how bad previous microsoft os's have been at the start of their lives

or end if you count vista

[Southwell]

64bit runs super quick on my Core i7 920, 12gb ddr3 and solid state drive.