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#3065323 - 08/02/10 12:22 AM Feature: If it’s Tuesday, this must be Windows 7
guod Custodian Veteran Registered: 09/29/00 Posts: 18711 Loc: 11th floor, corner office	If it’s Tuesday, this must be Windows 7 by Frank "Dart" Giger "Usually I wind up switching an OS because of something far less esoteric but not quite logical. guod asked me to do a little write up of my experiences when I mentioned that I was migrating from Vista to Win 7 after I revealed to him some of my upgrade mentality. He figured it would be good for a laugh, or two." http://www.simhq.com/_technology3/technology_180a.html _________________________ guod@simhq [dot] com twitter.com/SimHQ youtube.com/SimHQcom livestream.com/SimHQ P.O.R.
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#3065355 - 08/02/10 02:08 AM Re: Feature: If it’s Tuesday, this must be Windows 7 [Re: guod]
McGonigle Motorsports Editor Emeritus Motorius Senior Member Registered: 04/06/02 Posts: 2867 Loc: Copenhagen, Denmark	He-he. Wonderful account of which I can relate to in many instances. DOS-prompts and bat files. Oh what joy! _________________________ Jens C. Lindblad What other cars? Are there other cars in rFactor 2 than the 1960's???
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#3065411 - 08/02/10 05:49 AM Re: Feature: If it’s Tuesday, this must be Windows 7 [Re: McGonigle]
SirViper Member Registered: 08/24/01 Posts: 374 Loc: Norway	That was a great read Dart. Reminds me on how I also went about upgrading my OS'es. By far the worst OS by MS has to be WindowsME, where BSOD's was the norm. _________________________ My military aviation site @ http://sirviper.com
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#3065874 - 08/02/10 05:58 PM Re: Feature: If it’s Tuesday, this must be Windows 7 [Re: SirViper]
BeachAV8R Contributing Editor Lifer Registered: 01/22/01 Posts: 20336 Loc: Charlotte, NC USA	Great reliving my OS history with you. And indeed.. W7 was frustratingly err..un-frustrating.. Hope you get that Togo thing sorted. I hear it is a nasty fix.. _________________________ Subscribe to PC Pilot magazine! -- (I write for them!) My TM Warthog has returned! - Warthog still not functioning. Caveat emptor
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#3066107 - 08/03/10 05:31 AM Re: Feature: If it’s Tuesday, this must be Windows 7 [Re: BeachAV8R]
Lucky812 Member Registered: 06/28/01 Posts: 375 Loc: Corpus Christi, TX	That brought back some memories, and some rummaging through boxes to find all of the old software. The one ironic thing I found with your article was the choice of ROF as a pic. Was this intentional? I ask because I cannot run ROF because of the stutters and the company's response is..."we do not support Windows 7". Thanks! _________________________ i7 2600K ASUS GTX580 Bose Speakers CH products (Logitech G-940 and Cougar are gathering dust) TrackIR 4 w/Vector VAC
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#3066151 - 08/03/10 06:57 AM Re: Feature: If it’s Tuesday, this must be Windows 7 [Re: Lucky812]
Dart Contributing Editor Just upgraded from intern Veteran Registered: 09/02/01 Posts: 16447 Loc: Alabaster, AL USA	Actually, the problem with RoF and Win7 is with dual core processors. With quad core it works great. More largely, guod was poking some fun at my huge RoF AAR's. _________________________ The opinions of this poster are largely based on facts and portray a possible version of the actual events. More dumb stuff at http://www.darts-page.com From Laser: "The forum is the place where combat (real time) flight simulator fans come to play turn based strategy combat."
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#3066203 - 08/03/10 08:23 AM Re: Feature: If it’s Tuesday, this must be Windows 7 [Re: Dart]
Falstar Member Registered: 07/20/02 Posts: 1072 Loc: Bloomington, MN 55420	Simular adventure here. But I did have a try at Windows 1.0 that was very very rough. Stayed on my 10 Meg HD about as long as IBM OS/2 did. Oh god, now I feel old... I just had a flashback of Dos. 3.01
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#3066403 - 08/03/10 02:44 PM Re: Feature: If it’s Tuesday, this must be Windows 7 [Re: Falstar]
mapinduzi Junior Member Registered: 12/25/08 Posts: 58 Loc: California	That's one fun read Dart ... and trip down memory lane. BTW, if you're interested in rekindling that old frustration you can always build your machine: a day lost in sweaty troubleshooting (with beer ... which probably doesn't help) in pangs of fear that the thing will not come back up again. Anyways, really enjoyable read.
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#3066407 - 08/03/10 02:53 PM Re: Feature: If it’s Tuesday, this must be Windows 7 [Re: Dart]
Jeevz Duke of URL Veteran Registered: 08/06/03 Posts: 10921 Loc: Atlanta, GA	Originally Posted By: Dart Actually, the problem with RoF and Win7 is with dual core processors. With quad core it works great. Wait.. so when I upgrade to win7 64 this week my dual core is going to give me problems with RoF? _________________________ Commence to Jigglin' XBL/PSN/GFWL: Jeevz74
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#3066545 - 08/03/10 08:08 PM Re: Feature: If it’s Tuesday, this must be Windows 7 [Re: Jeevz]
Dart Contributing Editor Just upgraded from intern Veteran Registered: 09/02/01 Posts: 16447 Loc: Alabaster, AL USA	It might. I wasn't struck by any major stuttering, but a lot of folks were. _________________________ The opinions of this poster are largely based on facts and portray a possible version of the actual events. More dumb stuff at http://www.darts-page.com From Laser: "The forum is the place where combat (real time) flight simulator fans come to play turn based strategy combat."
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