Upgrading from WINXP32 to WIN7PRO64.....wow!

[Ol Smoke]

Okay, stay with me now this gets interesting.

 

After installing and updating WIN7 (W7) on a clean drive, I started to install some programs.

The first thing I tried was my new MS OFFICE SBE 2003 which I got from Ebay.  It would not load.  The DVD would just sit and

grind and grind.  I tried everything.   Then I remembered a trick we did to some programs that didn't want to be installed in XP.

We copied the whole disc to a HDD folder and then told the setup.exe to run from a 98se window, and it would work.

So I did that with this office program.  Once I had it copied to the harddrive, I told the install file to run as a WINXPSP3 install.

It worked!

I did that to all my old programs I love to use and some old 98/xp games that I still play.  They all worked.

 

The only program that will not work under any condition is Adobe Photoshop 5. boo hoo hoo  I loved that version.

 

There were some things that did not work properly until I jerry rigged them with some info from the net.  My HP LaserJet 1200 and

the Epson R200 disk printer.  They work okay and will print as needed, but I do have to do some manual things with the R200 that

was automatic before,  before I can print onto a CD.  My Epson 1240u scanner would not work at all so I bought one from Amazon

for $73 which is the updated version of the 1240u.  I even got free 2 day shipping on FedEx and Saturday delivery.  whoo hoo

 

My main DVD-RW is a Plextor PX-820-A and it is an old non SATA drive.  It is a flawless recorder and I will use it still but I am

going to get a SATA Plextor in the neat future.  Plextor is the ONLY DVD writer that doesn't slow down when recording.  All the

others have a built in software to slow the data stream and the spin speed when it feels like it.  But not the Plextor drives.  You

want to burn a dvd at 8x, that is what it will do.

 

So then I came down to installing COD4.  I did the same thing, and got all the patches and it installed flawlessly.  But then crash!

Every time I tried to play the MP game I got an error about the iw3mp.exe file was bad or something.  So I searched the internet for

that error and found out it was the sound card and the speakers screwing it up.  So here is what I did.  I unplugged the speakers, installed

my USB Logitech headset, and bingo-bango-bongo I was playing COD4 again.   Isn't that the weirdest thing?  Thank god for the internet.

Once I knew it was playing correctly, I inserted my old settings profile and I was back on the FA beginners.

One thing I noticed right off in the game was my ping is better.  I ran 115ms most of the time, but now I am at 94ms.  My shots are cleaner

and there is no lag anymore in the time when I press the shoot button and when the gun actually fires.  The screen is more clear and it is actually

16x9 now, with a true circular scope instead of a oval shaped one.

 

One thing that I saw immediately that was so much better than before was the internet speed.  Now this is what I was paying for all those months.

 

I decided to go with LiveMail because it accepted all my stuff from Outlook Express.  It is a very nice email program.

 

The last thing I got to do is speed up the HDD system.  I am doing the firmware upgrade tonight.  I can't remember what it said I will get afterwards

but it was like 10 to 20% better speed thru the bus.

 

Then I am going to see about clocking my RAM up.  The auto system wants 800 but the RAM is certified at 1024 so I am going to see if it will stabilize

at the higher speed,  it will probably start a fire and blow up and kill me.

 

All in all, I am very pleased with the WIN7 PRO 64bit, and I want to thank all of you who helped me decide what to get.  Thanks.  XOXOXO

 

Smoke

[JoeDirt]

1998 called wants its Photoshop back.

[RedBaird]

Who says 'old' guys can't have fun?  Cowbunga, dude!

[Ol Smoke]

1998 called wants its Photoshop back.

Hey...if it works and it is all you need,  then...