Windows 7,some questions

mitchell65 · Jul 29, 2010

Petey7 said:
[I apologize if I offended you in any way. I didn't sleep well last night and my morning coffee is wearing off. Not a good combo for my mode.

Absolutely no problem Petey. I've been around for far to long to get offended easily. I'm just a bit pedandic, if not very much so, and if a part of the profile asks for system specs then to me it is reasonable to expect anyone seeking help to do their bit and at least give the right details. Perhpas you should, at your age be on the decaf coffee. It really is much better for you. If I have caffeine I tend to fly round the picture rail (ask for explanation of picture rail if you need it

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Petey7 · Jul 29, 2010

mitchell65 said:
Petey7 said:

[I apologize if I offended you in any way. I didn't sleep well last night and my morning coffee is wearing off. Not a good combo for my mode.

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Absolutely no problem Petey. I've been around for far to long to get offended easily. I'm just a bit pedandic, if not very much so, and if a part of the profile asks for system specs then to me it is reasonable to expect anyone seeking help to do their bit and at least give the right details. Perhpas you should, at your age be on the decaf coffee. It really is much better for you. If I have caffeine I tend to fly round the picture rail (ask for explanation of picture rail if you need it)

I rarely drink it these days. I just had some this morning because of the lack of sleep. I'm helping one guy who wrote 123 as his OS. What are you supposed to do with that?

mitchell65 · Jul 29, 2010

Petey7 said:
What are you supposed to do with that?

Send 456 as your answer! Or do you think he might think you were being sarcastic?

archie123 · Jul 29, 2010

stereo said:
Petey7 said:

stereo said:

Did i say XP ?

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Your system specs do still say you have XP. Just look below your name on your posts and you can see it, so he does have a point.

Its not in there, but every other thing you could possibly change is. What you asking for is only in Pro and ultimate.

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I wanna modify " Always open all Control Panel Items when opening Control Panel"
and the taskbar thumbnail preview ( disable,if possible )

do you want to hide the open programs in the taskbar?

this might help , its a third part app though

Hide / Disappear Taskbar Items In Windows 7, Vista and XP With Taskbar Eliminator

edit , scrub that it just eliminates the whole taskbar not just the running program list

stereo · Jul 29, 2010

I attache a pic. here
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This one i wanna have it disable. I mean, the small windows (

) on top of the Mozilla in the taskbar.

CarlTR6 · Jul 29, 2010

stereo said:
mitchell65 said:

Petey7 said:

How many times does he have to say Home Premium?

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But I haven't the time to keep going back over a topic to find details that should be available on every post in the Specs. When it just says Windows XP in a Windows 7 Forum that's not much help is it?

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Did i say XP ?

Stero, look in the lower left of one of your posts and click where it says "My System Specs". There you will see OS XP. This is what Mitchell was talking about. Please fill out your system information. Go to your User CP at the top of the page, look in the left column and click on Edit system specs. Filling in your specs will help us help you.

You can make this easier by downloading Speccy.

DeaconFrost · Jul 29, 2010

stereo said:
I attache a pic. here
ImageShack® - Online Media Hosting
This one i wanna have it disable. I mean, the small windows ( ) on top of the Mozilla in the taskbar.

That's called Aero Peek. It is a useful feature (to me atleast) to preview a window. It becomes more helpful the more you have open. If you must disable it, here's a link:

How to Disable Aero Peek in Windows 7? - Tweaking with Vishal

stereo · Jul 29, 2010

DeaconFrost said:
stereo said:

I attache a pic. here
ImageShack® - Online Media Hosting
This one i wanna have it disable. I mean, the small windows ( ) on top of the Mozilla in the taskbar.

Click to expand...

That's called Aero Peek. It is a useful feature (to me atleast) to preview a window. It becomes more helpful the more you have open. If you must disable it, here's a link:

How to Disable Aero Peek in Windows 7? - Tweaking with Vishal

I think you didn't understand me.
I'm not talking about this : YouTube - How to disable Windows7 Aero Peek
I'm gonna attach one more picture,with 5-6 Mozilla open at same time.
ImageShack® - Online Media Hosting

stereo · Jul 29, 2010

Guys,what do you use for back up ? I mean,OS image. In XP ( i still run XP , dual boot ) i use Acronis,but the version i have isn't compatible with Windows 7.
Can you recommend me something,please ?
Paragon ? Norton Ghost ? Or maybe, some free software ?!

Jonathan_King · Jul 29, 2010

I recommend the built-in Windows Backup. It works great for me.

See a couple of tutorials:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/663-backup-complete-computer-create-image-backup.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/675-system-image-recovery.html

Wishmaster · Jul 29, 2010

7 feels faster & smoother to me than XP.Mostly due to managing and using memory better I think.

After getting used to 7 and going back to XP it seems apparent.

Perhaps it just me though.

stereo · Jul 30, 2010

stereo said:
DeaconFrost said:

stereo said:

I attache a pic. here
ImageShack® - Online Media Hosting
This one i wanna have it disable. I mean, the small windows ( ) on top of the Mozilla in the taskbar.

Click to expand...

That's called Aero Peek. It is a useful feature (to me atleast) to preview a window. It becomes more helpful the more you have open. If you must disable it, here's a link:

How to Disable Aero Peek in Windows 7? - Tweaking with Vishal

Click to expand...

I think you didn't understand me.
I'm not talking about this : YouTube - How to disable Windows7 Aero Peek
I'm gonna attach one more picture,with 5-6 Mozilla open at same time.
ImageShack® - Online Media Hosting

So, can i disable this ?

Jonathan_King · Jul 30, 2010

stereo said:
stereo said:

DeaconFrost said:

That's called Aero Peek. It is a useful feature (to me atleast) to preview a window. It becomes more helpful the more you have open. If you must disable it, here's a link:

How to Disable Aero Peek in Windows 7? - Tweaking with Vishal

Click to expand...

I think you didn't understand me.
I'm not talking about this : YouTube - How to disable Windows7 Aero Peek
I'm gonna attach one more picture,with 5-6 Mozilla open at same time.
ImageShack® - Online Media Hosting

Click to expand...

So, can i disable this ?

Yes: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/52265-taskbar-thumbnail-previews-enable-disable.html

stereo · Jul 31, 2010

stereo said:
I think i'll go for 7
I remember when i installed last year,Windows 7 RC build 7100 71xx , i was actually surprised.
But there was a few thinks i didn't like ( that's a question of taste )
I don't know how to describe that ,but i try : when you move your mouse cursor over the desktop icons ( not only there ) i wish i could have it like in XP,i mean, no "wawes / shadows " or whatever.
The same when you move the mouse cursor over the C/D/E/F partition. Same think, i hate that
And i don't think there is a way to disable this feature.But like i said " that's a question of taste"
I attache here a link with a picture made in Windows 7,i hope you'll understand what i mean.
ImageShack® - Online Media Hosting
The mouse cursor is right over the MOVIE MAKER BETA icon.

So guys ? Is that possible to disable this "effect"?
I attach the link,again, to see and understand what i'm talking about.
Imageshack - 29855029.jpg

mitchell65 · Jul 31, 2010

stereo said:
stereo said:

I think I'll go for 7
I remember when i installed last year,Windows 7 RC build 7100 71xx , i was actually surprised.
But there was a few thinks i didn't like ( that's a question of taste )
I don't know how to describe that ,but i try : when you move your mouse cursor over the desktop icons ( not only there ) i wish i could have it like in XP,i mean, no "wawes / shadows " or whatever.
The same when you move the mouse cursor over the C/D/E/F partition. Same think, i hate that
And i don't think there is a way to disable this feature.But like i said " that's a question of taste"
I attach here a link with a picture made in Windows 7,i hope you'll understand what i mean.
ImageShack® - Online Media Hosting
The mouse cursor is right over the MOVIE MAKER BETA icon.

Click to expand...

So guys ? Is that possible to disable this "effect"?
I attach the link,again, to see and understand what I'm talking about.
Imageshack - 29855029.jpg

So if you did manage to disable the colored frame what would you like to see in it's place. And I really must ask is it worth the hassle. Could you not bring yourself to accept these changes and live with them for a while. They would undoubtedly then become the norm. Of course, when the next version of Windows came out you would be back to square one. As an older member of this Forum who is well past his four score years and ten I would suggest that there are much more interesting and important things in life than these little niggles.

CarlTR6 · Jul 31, 2010

+1 Very well said.

Layback Bear · Jul 31, 2010

I have read all this and it's a lot of reading. Like most of us who have went to Windows 7 you will find things that are different than XP. There is a learning curve. Most of all little things that are different between the two systems you will find some sort of answer with a search on the site. I never though I would ever stop using XP-PRO but I went to Windows 7 Home Premium 64 and fooled around with it for about a week and decided it was a great move. I use God Mode and think it's great; if you can't do it there you probably don't need to do it. There is only so much you can do to make Windows 7 work and look like XP. IMHO if one wants Windows 7 to be XP just install XP again and be happy. Give Windows 7 and yourself a chance to get to know each other.

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