the windows 7 on a M4400 thread..

I have Windows 7 Enterprise x64 installed in a dual boot configuration with Ubuntu 9.04.

The only difficulty I had with installation was the installer not working correctly with the NewModeUS module installed. I needed to remove that do the install and reinsert before it would work correctly. This was also a problem with the Windows 7 recovery console.

The only extra drivers I have installed currently are the 1700M and Bluetooth drivers from the Dell website.

Every other aspect of Windows 7 has been great. No complaints at all. Mine was a fresh install.

 

so you're saying that the microsoft drivers work better than the dell drivers?

 

No not really. Just saying that other than the touchpad, bluetooth and the video card they work. I try not to install something unless its really necessary. Will update the touchpad drivers this evening though.

 

What touch pad drivers is everyone using? Mine seem to stop working randomly after i wake up from hibernation (windows 7 pro RTM

 

Dell posted new Windows 7 IDT audio and touchpad / pointing stick drives on 12th October. Give them a try.

John

 

I tried the newer mouse pad drivers. They seem to work fine however they still haven't fixed the loading animation for the mouse pointer Do you all have the same problem?

 

whats the issue with the loading animation?

 

Dell has posted a driver and application for Intel storage matrix on October 12, specifically for Win7 32&64bit.
What do you guys think? Are you installing this stuff - my system is running pretty good without it.

regards,

 

When something loads, typically you'll see a small blue circle around your mouse pointer. Normally it spins however with the installation of these mouse pad drivers, the animation stays static

 

how would mouse drivers affect such a thing? seems strange.