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    Image of john.stover john.stover
    11/16/09

    In reply to How To: Make Windows 7 Play Nice With All Your Gadgets
    good article, but would have been nice if it spoke to periphials. (like my HP scanner that worked under vista but no more. (and no help from HP)
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    Image of SuperSonik SuperSonik
    11/16/09

    @john.stover: My 37" HDTV was detected in Vista, but not in windows 7. Tried uninstall and reinstallation of official drivers from ATI but still nothing. You would think it would be hard to break something so simple! #windows7howto
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    Image of SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
    11/15/09

    In reply to How To: Make Windows 7 Play Nice With All Your Gadgets
    TVersity is nice, but I still could not stream subtitles (embedded or external). #windows7howto
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    Image of DrDJ DrDJ
    11/16/09

    @SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!: Check out PS3MediaServer - Java-based applet streams anything and seems to be more stable than TVersity, I reckon... #windows7howto
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    SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! promoted this comment DrDJ was starred DrDJ was unstarred
    Image of paqman paqman
    11/14/09

    In reply to How To: Make Windows 7 Play Nice With All Your Gadgets
    Man, Windows 7 is driving me nuts. My brother built a computer for my parents, and it freezes up constantly. And when I say constantly, I mean that it is completely unusable. We haven't figured out what triggers it yet. It won't happen for a few hours, but then all of the sudden, when opening a certain program or certain combination of programs, it just starts freezing. It will freeze and be no good for 10 to 15 seconds, then you get 2 to 3 seconds of movement, then it freezes again. The only real way out of it is to hold the power button and reboot. Trying to figure out the cause is driving me nuts. #windows7howto
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    Image of GoodBytes GoodBytes
    11/14/09

    @paqman: It' snot Windows, it's a hardware fault. You can find free software, and forums on the internet which can help you better.

    Most of the time it's a lack of power, bad RAM, overheating, or a hardware that is miss installed. #windows7howto
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    Image of paqman paqman
    11/14/09

    @GoodBytes: I suspected hardware at first, but of course, my brother, who built it, insists it's not. I hate having to troubelshoot a pc someone else built. I've been browsing forums, and the problem has so many different solutions, I don't know where to start. #windows7howto
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    Image of thatsmrpotatohead2U thatsmrpotatohead2U
    11/14/09

    In reply to How To: Make Windows 7 Play Nice With All Your Gadgets
    I know we've been told that the hardware requirements for W7 are the same as for Vista - but I'd prefer to learn from people with real world experience. Particularly as I have a 1.33GHZ Centrino (*gasp*) processor...

    Seriously - Vista is the bane of my life but the last thing I want to do is turn to stone while I wait for 7 to load. Any views on what the real hardware requirements are? #windows7howto
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/14/09

    @thatsmrpotatohead2U: It runs on my 1.67GHz Athlon XP+ with 512MB RAM, 80GB HDDD, and an old 5000 or 6000 series nVidia card in it. It runs, a little sluggish, but fine. I'm planning on optimizing it and seeing if I can make it run better by following some of these steps [www.reddit.com]

    It runs on netbooks, so you never know. #windows7howto
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    Image of computermix computermix
    11/14/09

    @Nathan Obbards: Netbooks are getting pretty strong these days... #windows7howto
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/14/09

    @computermix: They are, but the RAM speed, FSB, and fact that they are (mostly) single core are severe limiting factors. I love my netbook, but sometimes I feel like it's just barely chugging along. #windows7howto
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    Image of thebigcheese thebigcheese
    11/14/09

    In reply to How To: Make Windows 7 Play Nice With All Your Gadgets
    I wish you'd tell us how to share FROM OS X to Windows 7, not just the other way around. It's pretty easy to get Windows to go to Mac, but nearly impossible to figure out how to get it working the other way. This article is useless to me without that. #windows7howto
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    Nathan Obbards promoted this comment thebigcheese was starred thebigcheese was unstarred
    Image of CraigJ CraigJ
    11/14/09

    @thebigcheese:
    Windows 7 will not work with Mac OS X Windows file sharing support by default. If you attempt to access a folder shared from Mac OS X, Vista will display a logon error repeatedly. The problem is that Vista, by default, will only use NTLMv2 for authentication, which is not supported by Mac OS X’s Windows Sharing service. The other problem is the Minimum Session Security for NTVLM SSP based Clients.
    To get around this:

    1. Open the Control Panel
    2. Switch to "Classic" view
    3. Double-click Administration Tools
    4. Double-click Local Security Policy
    5. Or Secpol.msc
    6. Expand "Local Policies" and select "Security Options"
    7. Alternate : Type secpol.msc to get editor up then
    8. Locate "Network Security: LAN Manager Authentication Level" in the list and double-click it.
    9. Change the setting from "Send NTMLv2 response only" to "Send LM & NTLM – use NTLMv2 session if negotiated"
    10. Network Security: Minimum session security for NTLM SSP Based (including secure RPC) Clients
    11. Change the setting from "require 128 bit" to unchecked (No Minimum)
    12. Click OK

    the real difference between vista and windows 7 procedure is 10 and 11

    from [blog.kowalczyk.info]

    I tested this on my systems and it worked fine #windows7howto
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    Image of thebigcheese thebigcheese
    11/14/09

    @CraigJ: I keep reading about that, but I cannot for the life of me find anything labeled "Local Security Policy." I've just discovered that such an option does not exist on Home Premium versions, so is there somewhere else I can go? You can lower the encryption requirement in the advanced sharing options, but I don't know where else to find the other stuff.
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    Edited by thebigcheese at 11/14/09 7:11 PM thebigcheese was starred thebigcheese was unstarred
    Image of PaddyDugan PaddyDugan
    11/14/09

    In reply to How To: Make Windows 7 Play Nice With All Your Gadgets
    My concern is not with devices, but with applications. Specialized programs for, say Accounting or Dentist offices have been running on XP for years and attempts to introduce Vista frightened many office mgrs. Which explains, partly, why so many businesses are still using XP. Any solid experience/advice along these lines would be appreciated. #windows7howto
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    Image of LaraPandion I LaraPandion I
    11/14/09

    @PaddyDugan: Well there are pretty good odds it will work in 7, and most people that try it find it intuitive and are not nearly as wary as with Vista. Worst case, you make sure to ge tthem Win7 Pro or above (which if they are in a business is the right way to go anyway) and you can run "XP mode". This is really a virtual machine that runs XP in the background and only presents the application window to the user. It looks and acts like an app in XP, because it is running on XP.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/14/09

    @PaddyDugan: My entire office is switching from XP to W7 as is my university. Legacy software is a common sight in both places. There really is no reason to not switch.
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    Edited by Nathan Obbards at 11/14/09 4:50 PM Nathan Obbards was starred Nathan Obbards was unstarred
    Image of PaddyDugan PaddyDugan
    11/14/09

    @Nathan Obbards: Thanks to you and Lara. I will approach them about the change with more confidence now. I had heard that "XP Mode" was a whole new ball game but was wondering how all inclusive it turns out to be with specialized aps. #windows7howto
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    Image of aThingOrTwo aThingOrTwo
    11/14/09

    In reply to How To: Make Windows 7 Play Nice With All Your Gadgets
    "In some ways, Windows 7 is actually better on Windows 7 than it is on OS X"

    No it's not, because iTunes on OS X has had jump lists for years and years, for play/pause skip/previous and setting ratings.

    The fact Quicktime is built into the OS stack means the performance will always be better. #windows7howto
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    KTK1990 promoted this comment aThingOrTwo was starred aThingOrTwo was unstarred
    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    11/14/09

    In reply to How To: Make Windows 7 Play Nice With All Your Gadgets
    not to complain but i spy two typos and im not done yet. "In some ways, Windows 7 is actually better on Windows 7 than it is on OS X." "but it's you only choice."
    make that 3 "And if you third-party PMP does have a syncing app,"
    ugh 4 "won't have been update for Windows 7."
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    Edited by Sir Gibler at 11/14/09 3:52 PM Sir Gibler was starred Sir Gibler was unstarred
    Image of CraigJ CraigJ
    11/14/09

    In reply to How To: Make Windows 7 Play Nice With All Your Gadgets
    Been using 7 for 2 months, both on a dell, and multiple VPS on my Mac via Fusion. Fusion 3 is a must upgrade BTW - I've been running Win 7 with Aero on my unibody MacBook with no problems. All the networking seems to work fine, the exception is my wife's Vista laptop what has issues with my Win 7 box for some reason.

    7 sees my Macs, my Linux boxes and my other PCs (all running 7 except that Vista laptop) 7 also had no problem with the printer hooked up to my Airport Extreme.

    One work of caution. I decided to go full 64-bit. Some of my older devices work fine on 7/32, but no 64 bit drivers are available, so take that into consideration when upgrading.

    Well played, Microsoft. #windows7howto
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    Image of OblivionVII OblivionVII
    11/14/09

    In reply to How To: Make Windows 7 Play Nice With All Your Gadgets
    So you mean to say it just works? #windows7howto
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/10/09

    In reply to Windows 7 Device Stage and Productivity Tips
    The Device Stage is a brilliant update to the Device Manager, which wasn't user friendly. This is a much nicer way for those easing themselves into hardware territory to see what's conected and what it can do.


    On my little Toshiba U305, Win7 correctly identified the built in webcam (which even XP had issues with detecting/identifying) without specific drivers, as well as the biometric fingerprint reader. Drivers are still wonky; people Anti-MS love to use that as "proof" Win7 is a failure, but seriously, in beta? Hell, half my hardware has gotten beta drivers from developers who are eager to get on the Win7 train, and, Win7 integrates driver updates very nicely.


    I think it is important to note, that although the added functionality of the Splash Page requires manufacturers to be onboard, with that support it would have the same, or better, operation as XP ever gave.

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    Image of Nekrik Nekrik
    01/28/09

    In reply to Win 7 Tip: 'Play To' Media Control Might Take Over Your Whole House
    It's been reported to work great with pushing songs to Denon 4308 and 3808 AVRs. User wasn't even expecting it but they showed up in the drop down list and worked great. Hopefully it's the same case for many network aware appliances.
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    01/28/09

    @Nekrik: Yep, there are a lot of unofficial Play To sightings out there—a few people have mentioned different products in these comments. I have asked the DLNA to publish the official list, and when they do, we'll run it. It's just tricky because there's no guarantee a DLNA 1.0 product will work by default, and Microsoft itself is keeping pretty mum about compatibility until they iron out their kinks.
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    01/28/09

    In reply to Win 7 Tip: 'Play To' Media Control Might Take Over Your Whole House
    The problem is that other companies (IE: Sony) always want to make their devices run their own proprietary format against what is standard so it would probably be no different with "Play to". They'll make it so Sony phones can only play to Sony TV's and Sony laptops. Way to be a team player Sony...
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    01/28/09

    @MikeZuniga: This is true, though Sony is on the DLNA board, so... *fingers crossed*
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    01/28/09

    In reply to Win 7 Tip: 'Play To' Media Control Might Take Over Your Whole House
    Just curious Wilson what exactly about the XBox media center extender is worse than the dashboard interface? I find that the extender software has better image zoom fast forward/rewind etc controls.
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    01/28/09

    @Xeno: Mainly file format conversion, and the ability (or lack thereof) to reach out to random networked folders of content. I'm not talking about the transport controls, though I don't like the fact that the Extender in general is soooo dependent on the Media Center PC for even simple UI. I'd rather a hoss like the Xbox 360 do its own computering, if you get me.
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    Image of Christopher Cox Christopher Cox
    01/28/09

    In reply to Win 7 Tip: 'Play To' Media Control Might Take Over Your Whole House
    Who are we kidding? This is Microsoft we are talking about here. It won't be open for every device under the sun. It will at best work with Microsoft products well and not so well with anyone else. At worst work with Microsoft products and their partners only. I am willing to bet that Microsoft will use this feature as a leverage for devices that are at least partnered with them so we are likely not going to see support for Apple iPhones and iPods. Any takers?My vote is ... "not open to every device".
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    Image of Ethan Shaffer Ethan Shaffer
    01/28/09

    @Christopher Cox: What about silverlight internet explorer windows media player seadragon photosynth microsoft hardware (mouse keyboards etc.) xbox and their entire OS. Just a list of some things that play nicely with others. Sure I can't use my zune on my mac and would like to. But saying everything is closed is ridiculous.


    "likely not going to see support for Apple iPhones and iPods." - see seadragon iphone app.


    "It will at best work with Microsoft products well and not so well with anyone else." - see Microsoft Office.


    And if you are going to bash anything make sure you back it up with facts not just anecdotes sayings and whatever else you mixed in with it.
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    Image of smartboydan is banned from Deadspin :( smartboydan is banned from Deadspin :(
    01/28/09

    @Ethan Shaffer: Microsoft Office works pretty well on Macs and there's not much of a market for Linux so your point is rather moot.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    01/28/09

    @smartboydan should really be studying right now.: Not gonna happen. Licensing problems.
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