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[johnwillyums]

the past sure is tense

Good Morning Folks.
Just cruisin through at the moment. Obviously very excited about Windows 7 but doubt I'll do anything about trying it yet.
Thing is I've got Vista running as sweet as a nut and don't want to screw it up.
I was going to try a dual boot but it sounds a bit complex. Would I have to reinstall Vista when the 7 Beta expires?

Great to see some familiar faces (well, avatars) so hello to you all and great job making this forum look good.
Best wishes, John

 

[Mark]

Good Morning John, welcome to the other side.

 

[skunksmash]

welcome..... john, mike & dwarf

glad to have you aboard!!




SK

 

[garysgold]

Welcome All. Lots of great people and information. Enjoy your stay.

Gary

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello johnwillyums, as we say around here;..... welcome to the dark side.

No John, dual booting is not hard at all and you don't have to do anything to your Vista when you are ready to remove Windows 7. When you want to remove 7, just use EasyBCD to remove the boot entry, then format the partition 7 was on and it's all gone. I've done it more times than I can count; not one time has it bothered my Vista. Have a look at this Video.

Windows 7 Forums - How to dual-boot Windows 7 BETA on a Vista computer



Hello Mike, 96accord & GTX11, welcome to Se7en Forums!

Welcome aboard all....





Later Ted

 

[MUff1N]

Introductions...Hello Everyone!

I figured I'd stop in here & say hi to everyone before starting to post in here so that you'd have a bit of an idea of who this guy is! :sarc:

I've got quite a bit of computer knowledge, but am always open to learn more!
I got a tweak OCed system for gaming mostly but also use it for other things as well.
Currently I have 3 OS that I bounce around from being XP/Vista & the new W7.

I was a a Pro Rock guitarist for about 20 years & now just hang out at home tweak'n & optimizing my OS & computer to get the most out of it!

So with that said Hello everyone, I'll see ya around the forums!

 

[garysgold]

Hello MUff1n,

Welcome to the forums.

I don't have a reg entry, but you can type 'services' in the start menu search bar same as in Vista. You can enable/disable etc from there. Don't know if that's what your after.

Gary

 

[Mark]

Hi MUff1N, welcome to the Forums and I'm sure someone will answer your question soon enough, although you will probably find the answer quicker if you start your own thread, Good luck!

You could try these if you like I have used them in Vista and Windows 7 and they seem to work OK View attachment Windows service Tweaks.zip Just remember to Create a restore point before you apply any changes.

 

[MUff1N]

Thanks guys, I already edited my post as I found the info I was looking for.
But I do have a few other questions & I'll look for the appropriate forum thread to post it in or start one if need be.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello MUff1N, welcome to Se7en Forums!


















Later Ted

 

[96accord]

I give up with trying to run dual boot Vista x64/Windows 7 x64 on my laptop.. ugh

Can't get Vista to shrink the C: Drive enough to fit Windows 7...

Total Drive Size: 149.05GB
Free Space: 90.64GB

Total Size before shrink in MB: 152625
Size of available space in MB: 10087
Enter the amount of space to shrink in MB: 10087
Total size after shrink in MB: 142538

Followed instructions online (defrag, page file stuff, restore, hibernation, ect) with no luck.

 

[johnwillyums]

Barefootkid. Thanks very much for that post and thanks to all for the welcome.
Barefoot, that video tutorial is excellent and has reassured me that I can do the dual boot. I'll probably wait until Friday as I have the day off and can spend as long as I need, take it slowly etc.
I noticed mention of an activation key during the video and it seemed to say that without such a key the trial would stop working after 30 days.
Is this the case or can activation keys be obtained.
Thanks once again, john

 

[Mark]

Just go here and you will receive your Key and you can start downloading

Download the Windows 7 Beta

 

[johnwillyums]

Thanks Mr Grim. I'm downloading it as I write. Can't wait to try it but I'll have to I reckon otherwise I'll mess up as I'm half asleep right now. Cheers, John

 

[96accord]

 

[garysgold]

Good show, 96accord. Welcome to Seven.

Gary

 

[96accord]

Good show, 96accord. Welcome to Seven.

Gary

Thanks. It was ALOT harder than I thought to get Vista C: Drive partitioned enough to make Windows 7 fit!

 

[Barman58]

Hi 96accord,

One major problem with the vista built in drive manager is that it will not move system files.
Vista does tend to create the virtual memory file and system restore points at the end of the drive
one trick that may work is to temporaraly switch off the virtual memory and the system restore (remember your backups!! ) to free the disk space at the end of the system partition which will allow the Disk manager to shink into free space.

Has helped in the past but the easiest way is to use a 3rd party tool

 

[garysgold]

The important thing is that you figured it out and probably learned something in the process and that's what really matters.

Gary

 

[k56flex]

thought of registered here since im using the public beta. so, hello everyone.