Cool things discovered in Windows 7 (6801)

[Denis W. Veteran]

Do you have a screenshot of this new interface please?

There's a lot of them floating around... but here you go. The Zune-esque aspect of it is the large font for the items.

[Berserk87]

ya, media center looks the same in every way almost, just a bit re aligned.

[NEVER85]

Why be faseeshus, ME and 2000 sucked, 98 was good, 95 was alright... XP was epic, imo.

Funny how XP can be epic and 2000 sucks when XP was just a minor upgrade over 2K.

[chrisj1968]

so only problem I am having is with my soundcard on my HP Dv6000 laptop.. It isn't workign for some reason with 7. Worked GREAT with Vista. Wonder what gives.

bcz you are using a Beta version. Drivers aren't ready for primetime yet.

[BajiRav]

There's a lot of them floating around... but here you go. The Zune-esque aspect of it is the large font for the items.

And this now playing as well,

[KevinN206]

Wouldn't that just be the biggest number in the list... ?

Normally for LCD, yes. But it seems to me the friends and relatives that I visit, their LCD monitor are not set to the largest number. The text would look all fuzzy, but it may have seen "normal". Some prefer the text to be larger at the cost of sharpness. But most of them just simply did not know.

I still think a quick a hyperlinked "Recommended" that pops up an explanation when the user clicks it.

[Calum Veteran]

There's a lot of them floating around... but here you go. The Zune-esque aspect of it is the large font for the items.

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Thank you. I see a little bit of a difference there. I was hoping for a black, rather than a blue nterface though :p

And this now playing as well,

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This 'Now Playing' screen seems to look much better than iTunes 'Cover Flow'! I may actually use this when Windows 7 arrives, now it supports AAC files!

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Normally for LCD, yes. But it seems to me the friends and relatives that I visit, their LCD monitor are not set to the largest number. The text would look all fuzzy, but it may have seen "normal". Some prefer the text to be larger at the cost of sharpness. But most of them just simply did not know.

I still think a quick a hyperlinked "Recommended" that pops up an explanation when the user clicks it.

I don't think it's needed in W7 because they've actually given you the choice of text size ( not just by scaling with DPI like Vista that really really sucks.)

[KeeperOfThePizza]

Why be faseeshus, ME and 2000 sucked, 98 was good, 95 was alright... XP was epic, imo.

2000 sucked!??! what!? no.

[Si Veteran]

2000 sucked

Care to expand on this? I have to say I strongly disagree!

[drbobiii]

Why be faseeshus, ME and 2000 sucked, 98 was good, 95 was alright... XP was epic, imo.

Windows 2k was by far the best upgrade from a previous version (at least of those listed) and set the groundwork for everything XP was to be (which, while good, was not that big a leap from 2k).

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Here's a couple of screenshots of the font and resolution settings.

I'm going to dig around a bit more to see if the fonts are actually sized by dpi or not, but they sure seem clearer when set big than Vista.

I just realized that W7 isn't remembering my snipping tool settings ( hence the red outline )

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OK, after digging around, it's just a quicker way of changing the DPI... It seems to do do a better job than Vista ( with the out of the box font at any rate)

[andrewz2001]

anyone have hidden 200mb partition on clean install? i have 6801 in virtualbox with 1gb of ram and 9.5 vhd (installer says that no less than 10gb is needed)... maybe beacause of that? im curious...

If you install Windows 7 on anything other than the primary system partition, the system partition will be hidden when you get into windows.

if you remove all partitions in windows setup, when you create a new one that isn't the full size of the drive, you get "windows may create additional partitions to make sure all features work correctly" or something similar... and low and behold it adds a primary system partition before the partition you made, exactly 200mb and this will be hidden in windows, with approx 40mb used.

very strange, anyone know what it might be for?

[ToneKnee]

If you install Windows 7 on anything other than the primary system partition, the system partition will be hidden when you get into windows.

if you remove all partitions in windows setup, when you create a new one that isn't the full size of the drive, you get "windows may create additional partitions to make sure all features work correctly" or something similar... and low and behold it adds a primary system partition before the partition you made, exactly 200mb and this will be hidden in windows, with approx 40mb used.

very strange, anyone know what it might be for?

Possibly contains all the recovery tools etc needed to restore the system.

[Stetson]

Possibly contains all the recovery tools etc needed to restore the system.

Yep. When you press F8 on startup there's an option titled "Repair Your Computer", at which point it loads a set of tools similar to those found on the Vista DVD, most likely off of that partition:

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If you install Windows 7 on anything other than the primary system partition, the system partition will be hidden when you get into windows.

if you remove all partitions in windows setup, when you create a new one that isn't the full size of the drive, you get "windows may create additional partitions to make sure all features work correctly" or something similar... and low and behold it adds a primary system partition before the partition you made, exactly 200mb and this will be hidden in windows, with approx 40mb used.

very strange, anyone know what it might be for?

I used the entire drive when I installed mine and it made the hidden partition ( it was the only drive connected at the time)

I posted scrns of the partition earlier

Hidden Partition

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This looks pretty handy, I don't think it's in Vista ( at least I haven't found it yet)

[Unknown_97784568745]

This looks pretty handy, I don't think it's in Vista ( at least I haven't found it yet)

Start > taskmgr > enter > performance tab > click Resource Monitor button. It has a slightly different layout though.

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Start > taskmgr > enter > performance tab > click Resource Monitor button. It has a slightly different layout though.

Thanks,

It is easier to find in W7 ( all programs/System Tools/Resource monitor )

[mclaren05]

Yep. When you press F8 on startup there's an option titled "Repair Your Computer", at which point it loads a set of tools similar to those found on the Vista DVD, most likely off of that partition:

Since you mentioned it, here's the F8 menu:

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This looks new, I wonder if there's any advantage over the tools on your install disk?

[SMELTN]

hmm anyone know of any good sites/forums that are discussing drivers/hardware issues with win7?

[tN0]

Thanks,

It is easier to find in W7 ( all programs/System Tools/Resource monitor )

Why not just type "reso" into the Start menu and press Enter? ;)

[tN0]

Another cool thing: Preview music in WMP12. I am not sure if this is in Vista. When you hover over a title in WMP12, a little popup gives you the chance to preview that title with an easy way of skipping 15 sec. When you move the mouse away, it stops playing the preview and continues your playlist.