John E Woven Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Lifehacker - Windows 7 Lets You Finally Uninstall Internet Explorer (Kinda) - windows 7 You can totally uninstall it (somewhat), and anything you don't want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Yay! Can I uninstall everything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 I didn't know that the ability to remove IE would be in the US release. I thought it was only going to be available in the EU release of W7 where IE will be excluded. Interesting... the option not to load IE may be there but I wonder whether MS agreements with US OEMs will allow them to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Currawong Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 I might have to try un-installing it in the beta, as the one annoying program I have to use in Windows uses IE to load ads, which I get around by using Privoxy or else just setting a non-existent proxy for IE/Internet options. I think though un-installing it won't remove the ads, going by that Lifehacker article. I wonder if the release of Mac OS X Snow Leopard was deliberately timed to steal the thunder of Win 7 by having a September release date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted June 14, 2009 Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 I doubt it, Snow Leopard was announced a year ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Currawong Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 The release date wasn't announced a year ago, but only a few days ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Snow Leopard was announced as "Summer 09" in summer 08. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Is it me, or does windows 7/vista's bold fonts seem blurry? I fiddled around with the cleartype settings but I can't get the bold fonts to look right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Hmmm... looks pretty good to me, and I haven't fiddled with anything. Perhaps the default 125% DPI setting may affect things for you? Did you try setting the text size to 100% (Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Display)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Mine was already set at 100% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Then what about trying 125%? I know a lot of work was done to improve text readability, and that's the reason Segoe UI typeface was introduced in Vista (newly coded Vista/W7 resources most likely utilize Segoe UI while pre-Vista resources most likely have not been updated with the new typeface). I don't think there has been any US font changes between Vista and W7. The only other thing I can think of is for you to try another display (assuming you're using a desktop). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 Ok found the solution. I manually turned off cleartype in the registry and everything looks much cleaner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 You might want to make sure you have the right drivers for your graphics card rather than the generic one(s?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkam Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Another possibility assuming it's an LCD screen, make sure it's running at it's native resolution. If your running it a lower rez that could easily explain the fuzzy/blurry text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkam Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 By the way looks like that $49 upgrade pricing is going to be good for those of you upgrading from XP as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 By the way looks like that $49 upgrade pricing is going to be good for those of you upgrading from XP as well. I just hope it works for all versions of Vista. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 You might want to make sure you have the right drivers for your graphics card rather than the generic one(s?). good idea. Another possibility assuming it's an LCD screen, make sure it's running at it's native resolution. If your running it a lower rez that could easily explain the fuzzy/blurry text. Its working at its native resolution. I guess I'm just a picky bastard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cankin Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 Clean install with Windows 7 upgrade is possible, pre-order starts tomorrow I've have to decide now should I stay with 32 bit or go for 64 bit. http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2009/06/25/clean-install-with-windows-7-upgrade-media-what-about-x64-upgrades.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E Woven Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 If all your programs support 64 bit (ie: nothing is 16 bit, as 16 bit things don't run) and your hardware has 64 bit drivers, then you shouldn't have any problems if you do go with 64 bit which I highly recommend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigiPete Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 running 64 bit RC1, runs just fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigiPete Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 Anyone buying the pre-order Win 7 Home premium for $49 ? Offer good until July 11th or until fixed number of units are sold, which ever comes first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinp6301 Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 I love that you can move the windows around in the taskbar now. I've been waiting for that since 1998. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates63 Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 Two things I love about W7... first, yes, I agree about the taskbar and second, the speed at which my notepad connects to known networks. It seems almost instantaneous as I take my notebook from home network to corporate wireless -- much faster than Vista and more reliable connections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 Two things I love about W7... first, yes, I agree about the taskbar and second, the speed at which my notepad connects to known networks. It seems almost instantaneous as I take my notebook from home network to corporate wireless -- much faster than Vista and more reliable connections. I have Intel 2200BG wifi in my laptop and it connects instantly to my WPA2 network on start up with XP Pro. Using XP to configure the wifi instead of Intel's utility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screaming oranges Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 My younger brother told me about some special marketing price for the upgrade versions only, don't know if any of you are interested. It's only when you pre-order though (excerpt follows): Preorder Windows 7 cheaply In select markets, Microsoft is offering its customers the ability to preorder Windows 7 upgrade versions at a significantly reduced price. This is easily the most aggressive pricing Microsoft has ever offered for Windows. The low preorder price will vary per country: [*]US: Windows 7 Home Premium ($49.99) and Windows 7 Professional ($99.99) [*]Canada: Windows 7 Home Premium ($64.99) and Windows 7 Professional ($124.99) [*]Japan: Windows 7 Home Premium ( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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