Broken W7

[mickw]

Managed to bugger up something else 

After updating the video driver on the new laotop, all sorts of stuff has been going weird and/or crashing including internet access via Chrome, uninstalled Chrome, now IE won't work, reinstalled IE, still no joy and no way to access internet to install anything else 

Managed to restore the original driver and all seemed well, except internet, then tried the Samsung Recovery thing, but it can't find the original settings or any backups.  It seems that you have to actually do a backup before you can restore it and playing around with the partitions (particularly the Restore Partition) is also a bad thing.  Turning off System Restore also seems a bad idea. 

So, I either need to buy a full version of W7 or...................................
Has anyone got a W7 Home Premium disk I could borrow ?  I have got the original Key.
Assuming all disks are the same and the Key is what counts

Thanks

[Mac]

If I had a choice, I would stick XP on it.
I wouldn't worry about windows 7.

If you did manage to get hold of a disk you could always upgrade it later.

Mac

[mickw]

Stoppit 

XP is not a happy bunny with the 21st century hardware that's installed, so I have to stick with W7 or "W8" 

[Mac]

so what have you got that is not compatable with xp then?

Mac

[Rocket Pooch]

Mick,

Install DOS and forget about progress.

Chris

[Fay]

Just to say. Google had a problem yesterday, did not work for a couple of hours

[mickw]

Mac - Wireless, Bluetooth and USB were dodgy under XP

Chris - But DOS is not very pretty

Fay - I did think that initially but then IE refused to work.

But, I actually found a backup set (I must be smarter than I think) and have reinstalled W7
Unfortunately I didn't save my emails so have got to go hunting for all my passwords and "keys" for software.

All I've got to do now, is install all the software again, then test it with the astro kit, the do a bloody backup when everything is working

[Fay]

and good luck to you     

[mickw]

Yay 

All installed, tested and backed up 

Starry Night was being a git though, took about 5 installs and an email to support.
Under W7, SN needs to be installed "as administrator"

Then I fell into the Quicktime update trap, v.7_ makes Messier objects disappear (as Fay found out last year) so had to remove 7 then find and install 6.3

Not bad, only took a week 

[JohnP]

mick - I'm curious In the last year how many win 7/ xp installs do you thionk you have done??????

[mickw]

how many win 7/ xp installs do you thionk you have done??????

Several - it's usually to repair something I've improved   

[Mike]

Be warned. There is a limit to the amount of times you can install Windows. Once you've reached it, despite it being a legal copy, you cannot install it again.

That was the very reason I switched to OSX in the first place after having a legit XP disc and being told by Microsoft I could no longer install it and had to buy a new one. I told them to go **** themselves.

[Mac]

Be warned. There is a limit to the amount of times you can install Windows. Once you've reached it, despite it being a legal copy, you cannot install it again.

never heard of that one before, an i've installed my xp system at least 30 times on my main desktop pc, and never had any problems.

Mac.

[mickw]

I've had it happen some time ago after upgrading ram and HD then CPU - I was told by the MS help desk that certain changes to the PC suggest it's being installed on more than one PC hence the lockdown - they unlocked it 

[PhilB]

I'm told that this lockdown doesn't happen if you have an OEM disc, this being designed for installation across a number of machines. Mind you, I had a server come back with "this is an illegal copy of server 2008" a while back and when I tried to resister it the online system rejected the key even though I'd never used it before