Something new in 7264


  1. Posts : 54
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
       #1

    Something new in 7264


    I just installed build 7264 with a clean install and everything went fine. I currently triple boot Vista/Win7 7260/Win7 7264. Previously whatever version I was currently using would always show as being on C: drive (ie if I logged into 7260 that was C: and 7232 was D: and if I logged into 7232 that would be C: and 7260 would be D:). Now 7260 is always drive C: even if I'm using build 7264. I'm only mentioning this because some programs by default install to C: which may not be the version of Windows I'm using at that time. Check the attachment you will see I'm in 7264 but it is showing as being drive D:


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  2. Posts : 112
    Windows 7 Home Basic 64bit
       #2

    Well here is what i noticed from installing previous builds (i have not yet installed 7264 64bit, am currently on 7232 64bit) :

    I dual-boot with Xp SP3 32bit on c: partition.
    When i install Win 7 32bit by starting the install process from within Xp ( as obviously i cannot start the install of a 64 bit OS from within a 32bit OS), when the install finishes, and i boot into WIN 7, the partition is not assigned as C, but is assigned a different letter ( the actual letter of the partition/drive that i installed it to.
    But if i install Win 7 (64 bit) by booting from a dvd installation disk and i install to the same partition/drive as the above case, when the install is done and i boot into Win 7, the Win7 partition is assigned as C.

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  3. DJG
    Posts : 1,008
    Windows 7 RTM x64
       #3

    That indeed is the way it works by my observations too. From that perspective I always install from a booted DVD for clean installs.
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  4. Posts : 309
    Windows 7 Ultimate retail // Windows 7 build 7264 x64, Vista Home Premium SP2 x64
       #4

    Something else I noticed, you can run desktop gadgets with UAC turned off in 7264. I remember earlier builds UAC had to be on to use them, or else you had to use a registry hack.
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