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| krt wrote: |
though simple things such as setting up profiles for each network, e.g. use this proxy and this static IP config on this network, and use another on another network, are still on the wishlist. |
Google netsh. It's a command-line program supplied with windows that enables you to do that (you can dump your network configuration to a file and restore it from a file, if you write a small batch script you could automate it)
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I've used it in the past but not for what I want to do, my thinking is that it would clash with the GUI method of network configuration, although I suppose that isn't completely necessary.
Actually, I take that back, thanks Scott! (I've already found that using the CLI is not that bad and beats the number of clicks required to get to the relevant pages through the graphical interface.
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I too have been sitting on my beta disk image and key without having any time (or will, or system) to install it.
So I guess I can just skip the beta and install the RC with my beta key, right?
I'll try it out some day, but I really want to just try it natively instead of in virtualization so I can really get the sense of what they are truly trying to do here... With virtualization you might miss out on some fancy pants features (yeah, I'm a sucker for transparency).
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| Xtreme $niper wrote: | | I too have been sitting on my beta disk image and key without having any time (or will, or system) to install it. |
Me too. I'm thinking of grabbing a computer in the next couple of weeks though, and I may install Windows 7 on it to start with, and see how I like it. If I don't, I can grab a cheap copy of Vista Ultimate (woo for being a student) and chuck that on instead  |
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Is it possible to install it from Linux without a DVD drive or a USB key? I have KDE4 on my other computer and I'm not a big fan so I want to change it.
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You can't install it from within Linux.. You'd have to use some sort of boot media. You don't have a DVD drive?
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It's possible Scott, but not that easy and I can't advise it. But you could use virtualisation software to run the setup and mount a disk partition as virtual harddrive. Then you'd have to prevent it from trying to write a MBR (or immediately delete it) and setup GRUB or lilo to load vista.
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| Scott wrote: | | Is it possible to install it from Linux without a DVD drive or a USB key? I have KDE4 on my other computer and I'm not a big fan so I want to change it. |
If KDE4 is installed on a Linux partition and you are content with the Distribution you could just install a new desktop environment and remove KDE. I would not recommend this as a bunch of unneeded packages will probably remain installed and take up disk space. Although you could just install another desktop environment in addition to KDE from repositories and choose which session at the login manager. |
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I installed it on VMware Fusion on my mac. It's nice to play around with, but I instantly noticed that it really and truly was Vista. At least they've taken it and fixed it up. I still firmly believe that they should offer Windows 7 for free as an upgrade for current legitimate Vista users. I just don't see it being worth the cost for an upgrade if you've already spent it on Vista. This is like punishing your user base for a mistake you, as a software company, made.
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Since this thread has died, let's shock it back to life.
The RTM version is released, has anyone toyed with it yet? |
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| Elisdee wrote: | Since this thread has died, let's shock it back to life.
The RTM version is released, has anyone toyed with it yet? |
i've been using the final version ever since it was released to technet/msdn.
I love it.
I dont use the superbar though, i never can tell who is sending me messages on my im programs and such with it (unless i hover over the buttons and it shows me the thumbnails). meh
anyways
I posted a screenshot of my set up here
http://www.lifelesspeople.com/.....388#527388
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| The Grinch wrote: | | Elisdee wrote: | Since this thread has died, let's shock it back to life.
The RTM version is released, has anyone toyed with it yet? |
i've been using the final version ever since it was released to technet/msdn.
I love it.
I dont use the superbar though, i never can tell who is sending me messages on my im programs and such with it (unless i hover over the buttons and it shows me the thumbnails). meh
anyways
I posted a screenshot of my set up here
http://www.lifelesspeople.com/.....388#527388 |
Cool, I didn't know you could turn off the new bar style.
I always find it amusing when I see Windows users with some sort of Dock program like OS X that almost always misses the point about what the Dock is actually useful for, aside from being a launcher. =P
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| Xtreme $niper wrote: | | The Grinch wrote: | | Elisdee wrote: | Since this thread has died, let's shock it back to life.
The RTM version is released, has anyone toyed with it yet? |
i've been using the final version ever since it was released to technet/msdn.
I love it.
I dont use the superbar though, i never can tell who is sending me messages on my im programs and such with it (unless i hover over the buttons and it shows me the thumbnails). meh
anyways
I posted a screenshot of my set up here
http://www.lifelesspeople.com/.....388#527388 |
Cool, I didn't know you could turn off the new bar style.
I always find it amusing when I see Windows users with some sort of Dock program like OS X that almost always misses the point about what the Dock is actually useful for, aside from being a launcher. =P |
Thats pretty much what the dock is... a launcher.
For me its much quicker than icons on the desktop, or on the start menu, because all i do is hover my mouse at the bottom of the screen and it pops up and i click what i need. Much better than clicking and clicking and clicking. Much cooler and cleaner than desktop icons a well.
The new taskbar doesnt work well for me because i never really know whats going on inside of the button. Like who just sent me a message, etc. I'd much rather have all that laid out so i can see it before i even click.
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Really? All I think of docks is they are a waste of space. I quite like the OSX theme except the dock, especially as you either have to use auto hide which I never liked or have the dock always on with the bottom left and right corners being dead space, and on a widescreen, this is significant wasted space. The time I spend opening programs is negligible so I'll take one extra click any day (Start > one of the most common programs) or at worst, Start > type a few letters > enter.
And I agree about the Windows 7 taskbar, it took me roughly half an hour to revert to the traditional icon and text buttons. My main gripes were lack of easily visible information and it was annoying to select the window you wanted when there were multiple instances running (despite knowing about window previews and middle click to cycle through the instances).
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