Windows 7 is as smooth as a baby's behind.

Its.. perfect.

Everything runs so smoothly, no problems with drivers, the aero interface is nice, the taskbar is awesome too.

Upgraded from 32-bit Vista to 64-bit Windows 7, and I can definitely feel a HUGE improvement. Excellent job Microsoft.

 

Yeah they really fixed things from Vista and that's good because Windows Vista has made a lot of people think "Oh Windows PC's suck" they never really had that kind of reputation with Windows XP.

 

Yup, I'm doing the exact same thing going from Vista Home 32 to Windows 7 pro 64. I'm downloading it right now. I hope to see the same results as you too.

How did the upgrade process go?

 

Pretty easy. Made an ISO from the Student Download and the whole process took about 20 minutes (Custom Clean Install).

Zero issues.

 

Installing it right now. I can't wait. Windows 7 is so amazing.

 

That's good to hear. I'm glad that it's working out.

duh...That's why we are installing it.

 

Wait until you've run it for a month 7 is pretty nice, but it is still vulnerable to the Windows bloat problem, where every program that gets installed still has to hit the registry, and make things messier. Every driver upgrade installs software, which hopefully overwrites the old version properly, etc. I do think it's better than XP or Vista, but it is FAR from perfect. I'm wagering that you're still on the "new car smell" high

 

I don't get all the "vista sucks" crap. I never had any issues with vista. Most problems are easily solved with a simple Google search anyways.

With that said, I'm loving windows 7.

 

I've used my windows 7 for over a month now and it's still great. If you feed your system bloatware, it doesn't matter what OS you run. IMO Win7 is better than winXP. In fact, I think my win7 has crashed even less than my WinXP computer. It runs faster too. Boots wayyyyy faster and shuts down fast too.

I'm past the new car smell high, but I have to say, Windows 7 might not be a 10/10, but it's definitely a 9.5/10 in my books. It's great!

and it runs really smooth too, no hiccups or anything. Probably the best OS I've ever used so far.

 

I like the Title of this thread!
+rep; 5 star rated.

It's smooth indeed.

 

Been running Windows 7 RTM for two months and it's still smooth sailing for me. If you install it yourself, it's easy enough to avoid the bloatware that comes from seemingly all off-the-shelf systems.

 

am i the only one who didnt hate vista? i liked it.. i think it was the massive bloatware that the manufactors installed that made it slow from the beginning, and horrible driver support from companies like nvidia...

 

I didn't hate it. When I got my laptop with Vista installed, I found that it wasn't as bad as I had expected it to be and the media has led everyone to believe. However, I did have to turn off UAC to keep my sanity.

It should be noted that one reason there are fewer problems with Windows 7, particularly the 64-bit version, is because Vista has paved the way for it. We now have 64-bit drivers for hardware, programs have been coded not to write to the program directory, etc. Indeed, a lot of the issues with Vista were just teething problems. Perhaps people have forgotten since it was a long time ago but XP was plagued with the same problems in its infancy. It wasn't until SP2 was released and faster hardware became more affordable that XP became ready for primetime.

 

Installed W7 at around noon my time (I'm GMT+2), bought online as a student on the $30 deal. First time I ever bought windows - usually I'd get it on a new PC and that's how I'd meet new OS's.

I am sooo impressed. It felt like when I first used win95 after 3.11. I was 12 years old. I spent today stumbling around the newish UI, frustrated as hell. Now I have almost everything as I like it and it's so fast!

I also did a clean install of vista on this same machine a few days ago and it ran SO much slower. I am extremely impressed here.

 

I agree. I haven't had any problems with Vista, even with RTM honestly. Okay one problem, it doesn't support a scanner my family bought back in '99, but performance wise, every day use was nice, smoother than XP imo, a bit more enjoyable than XP as well, and application crashes were isolated and didn't bring down my entire system, like it currently does on my XP laptop. Honestly, I don't think we'd be experiencing 7 like it is now if it wasn't for Vista, it is built on the Vista kernel. Maybe we would, but we'd have to wait an extra two years, and Vista was already delayed multiple times as longhorn. I believe MS had a new OS roughly every 2-3 years before XP. Yes 7 is smooth, but it isn't really that much over Vista. Sure it has some tweaks and what not, but all in all it's still Windows 6.0 under it (well 6.1). If we had a jump of features and interface similar to how the Core i7 was to the Quad before, I'd say 120$ was well worth the upgrade, but for 7, the only reason I'm going for it, I can get it for 30$ as a student. It really is smooth, but it reminds me of the iPhone, all these transitions just make the experience a lot smoother, but in reality without those transitions, it would be jerky. Smooth yes, but drastically better? Not really. Just my two cents.

 

I have no problem with Vista. Received a laptop for xmas last year running 32 bit vista and use it 4-5 hours per day. I've yet to have a single crash or bsod.

 

I didn't hate vista. I thought the UAC was good as an extra layer of added protection. The interface looks better. HOWEVER, Vista did crash like hell for me, and some stuff that should normally work don't.

Windows 7 is just better.

 

I generally don't have a problem with Vista either but I still have crashes once in a while (chances are WMP11 will crash if I close it while music is still playing. I have to pause the music, then close it so I don't get the "WMP stopped working" message) but generally, it's not a bad OS.

Of course, I still want to update to 7 at one point to get all the fancy new features but I'm in no rush.

 

As an early adopter of both Vista and Win7 I can speak to one thing specifically that is handled differently. Memory Management. Vista used way too much and Win7 is a lot more trimmed down.

I also don't get the number on intrusions with UAC on Win7 as I did with Vista set to the same level.

 

I have a question... I have a laptop coming to me with Win 7 Home Premium. Now I was planning on Ordering from digital river Win7 ultimate... can I use that upgrade disk to me laptop?

I know it sounds like a silly question... but I want to be absolutely sure before I did anything like that.

 

Add me to the list that's absolutely floored with Windows 7. It's downright awesome.

running: Windows 7 Ultimate

 

I co-sign this but im running home premium

 

What is smooth as a babys behind is how many copies of windows 7 Microsoft has given me for free.

#1. Ultimate FULL Retail signed by Balmer Hosting Launch Party Free
#2. Attending MSDN Developer conference Free Windows 7
#3. $30 Student Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit
#4. $50 Windows 7 Home Premium Retail Upgrade.

And I did not even bother throwing a Party 4 copies of Windows 7 have cost me $80 bucks.

 

well my windows 7 clean install didn't go as smoothly

It's activated and stuff but when I put the driver disc that came with m computer in it said the disc was only for vista

I tried to update all my drivers through windows update but I have no idea if it worked or not or whether I even have all my drivers.....

 

Dear Young Link, have you tried the manufacturers website?

 

yes, they only have all the drivers for vista they don't even have the option of Windows 7, I don't even know what drivers I need.....

 

The first thing you need to do is:

1) Go to Device Mgr and see if there are any unknown devices listed.

2) Windows 7 is an enhanced version of Vista so chipset, media card, modem, LAN, Wi-fi drivers are pretty much the same. Usually W7 finds most of this stuff during the install.

First try #1 and let us know what's missing.

 

Here is what I get after I hit scan for new hardware....


also I just noticed all of my quick buttons on my asus g50vt a1 don't work anymore.... (the blue buttons to the right)

 

I had a similar problem with installing Windows 7 Ultimate on my Vostro 1700. The problem was my Ricoh drivers were not the correct ones as I used Windows Update for those drivers. I reinstalled the OS just because I was in a playing mood. I installed the correct Ricoh drivers from Dell's website and viola problem solved.

You could be looking at:

* 1) Media Card drivers i.e. Ricoh (you may have a different chipset than mine)
* 2) Chipset drivers
3) Bluetooth (I notice you have Bluetooth Radio)
4) Wi-fi
5) Modem? (don't see one listed)

 

Hello guys ever tried installing in Compatibility Mode?
It is not exactly rocket science.

 

windows update drivers are not correct??
I really don't want to reinstall Windows...

 

I tend to ignore them young Link. Seriously, sometimes they cause more problems. I like to stick with the manufacturers drivers even if they are older. As I mentioned earlier I used the Ricoh drivers from WU and I had missing drivers like you. I installed the older Dell drivers and it found all my drivers.

It's best to try your Asus drivers, that could do the trick.

 

should I try to run the Asus driver disc that came with my computer in compatibility mode(they were meant for wwindows vista and the disc won't work with windows 7)? If I do this will I have to uninstall my previous drivers first (I can do this buy restoring to right after I installed Windows 7.)

 

I would go to the Asus website and download the drivers from there.

I just did that for my Tosh laptop and when I went to look, most of the drivers were for Vista 64 even though they were under the Windows 7 listing.

 

I don't know what drivers I need
There are 43 different Drivers for vista 64bit


Do I download all of them?

Btw, Thanks for helping me.

 

No that's not necessary, LOL. I didn't even do that for my Tosh.

Ones I would skip are:

BIOS
Manual
VGA (Get from hardware vendor i.e. nvidia or ATI)

Ones you'll probably need that will give you unknown device errors:

Chipset
Card Reader
Camera
Bluetooth

The rest Windows 7 should find including Bluetooth. My guess is that the card reader drivers are not good since you got them from windows update. That was my problem.

 

Ok

I think I am going to restore to before I windows updated so I don''t run into any problems...then I will install the drivers you listed, then I will install nvidia drivers then I will windows update......

sounds good?

 

Yeah do them in this order:

1) Chipset
2) Card Reader
3) Video
4) Audio
5) Bluetooth
6) Camera

 

Ok, and for example when you say camera, download all 4 downloads under camera? Also should I restart my computer after installing the chipset, then install card reader restart again then install the next one? Or can I install them all then restart?

Another question I have is this, when I open the download they give me for chipset I get this:


What do I do? Do i have to save these files somewhere? or can I just run the .exe?

 

Yes click on setup.exe and you'll need all those files. It'll find all the appropriate AHCI drivers. If there's a problem i.e. the wrong hardware it'll abort automatically.

For my Tosh I only downloaded the camera driver and camera assistant. I'm not sure how Asus does it? Either way I'd start with the camera driver first.

This is real important:

1) Create a system restore before you start
2) Check device manager and make a note of what devices are missing !
3) Install the drivers in said order and reboot after each one. !
4) Go back to device manager and check for updated devices and make a note. Also make a note on paper if all this stuff works, keep it for future reference.

 

Ok well here goes nothing...... I will keep posting from my netbook If I have problems or anything

 

Don't forget to create a restore point before you even start all of this so at least you are up and running to where you are now, just in case.

edit: btw have you tried asking in the Asus forum as well? There are probably some others who have done this already.

 

yea I have the restore point right before I made the Windows update the first time.
I have been asking there as well.....

Ok so I restored and Now I'm going to install the drivers from Asus website in this order
1) Chipset
2) Card Reader
3) Video (from nvidia site)
4) Audio
5) Bluetooth
6) Camera

also where do I save all those extra files that are in the downloads like in the chipset download?

 

Just make a folder and name it something like chipset then put all those files in there and double click on the setup executable. Then follow the prompts.

 

Just an update:

I just installed W7 x64 on my Tosh and I had three base system unknowns. Once I installed the "card reader" software they went away. If you haven't started already you might want to uninstall the card reader drivers you got from Windows Update and just install the official Asus card reader drivers.

 

well I restored to the point before I installed any updates from windows update and I have already installed Chipset and card reader from asus, I am about to install the vga from nvidia

Lol this is intense....installing drivers for Windows 7 simultaneously as I get ready to treat my ball python's burn wounds.....poor snake, henry....

 

I did a clean install of Windows 7 Ultimate x64 and everything works great, I absolutely love it. I was thinking about getting a mac for my next laptop but after using Windows 7 it changed my mind, I absolutely love it.

 

Windows 7 rocks

 

Ok I just treated my ball python's burns and now I am installing about to install the audio drivers...

 

Ok here is my device manager now:



I did everything you said. I don't have those 2 missing drivers now, Does it look like everything I need is installed?