drivers tickling out
problematic ones
I haven't tried these yet
No more presentation director, easy eject, mobility center customozation, lcd/monitor profile, productivity center, message center (plus)?
I have not tried these (only the ones I think some users have, not exhausive), but compatibility center http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7/en-us/default.aspx (it is not very user friendly, you have to click each sub-categories, cannot do a list all) said not compatibile, that's pretty sure won't work
Live web installer still bad, cannot install the out of beta Movie Maker, need to use the full offline installer. (you can also find the msi on the web, but use those at your own risk)
XP Mode cannot install over RC, need to uninstall and reinstall. Just update VPC and integration components got CB monitor crash on logout/shutdown
Even I have the MUI already installed, Windows Update still give me the 30 optional lang pack, strange.
Office 2010 starter (current preview at least) is 32-bit only.
from Dave Helmly's TechTable
- System crashes when Blu-ray is selected as the format in the Build panel (need new roxio pxengine)
- Encore CS4 crashes if the system goes into Sleep mode while you are building a project
- Transcoding pauses when the system goes into Sleep mode
and for CS5/CS Next, whatever it is going to be called, no more 32-bit Premiere Pro and After Effects. 64-bit only.
http://blogs.adobe.com/genesisproject/2009/10/its_official_64bit_is_the_futu.html
http://blogs.adobe.com/keyframes/2009/10/our_next_release_64-bit_native.html
http://blogs.adobe.com/davtechtable/2009/10/its_official_the_future_of_ado.html
more at
http://www.adobe.com/support/OScompatibility.html
info coming soon - acrobat.com, Captivate, Cold Fusion, Digital Editions, FrameMaker, Media Player, RoboHelp, RoboHelp Server
not compatible - Director, FlexBuilder
the only things that are definitely Yes are -
Acrobat Connect Pro, AIR, Audition, Camera Raw, Flash Player, PsE, Lr, Photoshop.com, PrE, Acrobat Reader, Shockwave Player.
Rest are see FAQ.
Couldn't get the first beta to see Verizon USB UM175VW REV_01 modem with VZ Access Manager 6.10.10 (2247b) or 7.0.12 (2384a) [now compatible with Windows 7]. (they sent a postal mail flyer said 7.0 is out, but check for update didn't find anything). v2.1 beta works great, be sure to check the doc, 5100 is not compatible with 32-bit, need v13.x driver on 64-bit etc.
No idea why, supposedly you cannot have network connection when installing R2009b, see
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/newsreader/view_thread/261487
WinZIP 14 supposes to take advantages of W7.
WS-FTP 12.2 supposes to take advantages of W7.
MathType, pre-release supposedly to be in beta testing.
Paint .NET 3.5 said preferred platform is W7.
VLC 1.0.3 supposedly fixed all the outstanding issue to make it compatible. (I have issue with scrubbing FLV that used to work for that version on other platform though ... .)
v6.3 (2009.10.21) supposedly fully compatible.
v3.81 (2009.10.08) supposedly add WHQL for Express series (what about old USB5 Gold?).
Workstation 7 (2009.10) supposedly add support for Windows 7
Drivers not available yet.
Still does not work. If you go through Windows Update and install both Intel Mobile 4 Series Express Chipset Family and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650, the screen went black.
Go into BIOS
Disable "OS Detection for Switchable Graphics"
and
change "Graphics Device" to "Discreet Graphics"
it would work ok.
Still does not pull down the professional version driver for Mobility FireGL V5700 (M86GL 120 unified shaders 30W TDP Subsystem ID 2126/2127 (can be 9595), not the 700 millions transistor FirePro V5700 [3870] w/ 320 shaders), run as consumer ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 (Subsystem ID 2116/2117).
PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9591&SYBSYS_212717AA&REV_00
PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9591&SYBSYS_212717AA
PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9591&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9591&CC_0300
Bios: BK-ATI VER010.088.000.021.030541
Interal DAC (400MHz)
0x9591 chip
Using 733MB Shared System Memory + 512MB Dedicated Video Memory to a Total Available Graphics Memory of 1245MB using WDDM 1.1 8.612.0.0 2009.04.28 driver (= Catalyst 9.5, currently 9.7 2009.07.23)
driver crashed couple times with IE8 only running, auto restart and recovered.
once close lid to sleep and wake up in lower resolution (800 or 1024) instead of 1680x1050
not in task scheduler like Vista, need to disable in regedit.UseIViewHelper?
5 unknown devices, 3 Base System Devices, 1 unknow device, and 1 PCI Simple Commnunications Controller. WU will fix 4 of them.
11 as of 2009.08.07
Richo - Bus controllers and ports, storage - xD-Picture Card Controller,
SD/MMC Host Controller,
Memory Stick Host Controller
Lenovo - Thinkpad Display 1680x1050,
ThinkPad PM Device
Intel - Mobile 4 Series Express Chipset Family,
82567LF Gigabit Network
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650
Update for Windows KB958559
Update for IE8 compatibiluty list KB972636
Definition Update for Windows Defender KB915597 (Definition 1.63.1021.0)
one yellow icon, error code 28
PCI Simple Commnunications Controller
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A44&SYBSYS_20E617AA&REV_07
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A44&SUBSYS_20E617AA
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A44&CC_078000
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A44&CC_0780
install Lenovo 7vr113ww v4.0.1.1074 20090610 Management Engine interface driver would fix that.
PCA kicks in after decompressing into C:\DRIVERS\WIN\AMT.
Run setup.exe, it will fail after difxapi.dll, let PCA use recommended setting to reinstall, it would be fine.
cannot disable in generic mouse driver (can be disable in BIOS?)
install
Lenovo (beta) system interface driver
UltraNav driver (need to turn off middle button, default is scroll)
UltraNav util (control FnF8?)
(also hotkey if you want OSD for brightness, audio level etc. add TPFNF6R.exe to startup?, but that key combination does not do anything?)
new scale 1.0-7.9
5700 512MB (w/o FireGL driver, shown as 3650) improved from 5.9/5.3 to 6.3/6.3 on Gfx (Aero) and Gfx (gaming)
P8600 (2.40GHz 3MB 2nd cache) went from 5.3/5.4 to 5.9
160GB 5400 rpm WDC WD1600BEVS-08RST2 ATA same at 4.9
(actually from a T61, T400 has 08VAT 14.0 which runs a bit faster. Newer W500 usually has 1136MB/s media transfer and 22% less power consumption HTS723216L9SA60 7200rpm 7K320 [OEM SATA 150], older ones got slower 876MB/s 7K200 )
However
memory (2GB) dropped from 5.9 to 5.5
Still in RC along with XP Mode.
Intel VT, VT-d are off by default in BIOS. Turn them on, power down (just reboot won't do it, otherwise the installer won't run if no virtualization hardware found), reboot before install.
Vastly improved, you can actually pick which folder(s) to backup. No more mysterious which filetypes to backup nonsense like in Vista. see
http://www.wfu.edu/~yipcw/atg/windows/vista/backup/
Using our 1004 filetype test, all are saved in ZIP. (actually it added two files to 1006, .eml and .nws got %OEcustomproperty shadows).
However, there is no easy way to delete network location once you added, right click does not have context menu. You can regedit and reset everything by deleting HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsBackup\ValidConfig like it wasn't setup before, which is not the best workaround.
"Now playing" mode in v12 is even worse. It really want to be more a library centric application than a player.
Audio/Video codecs are not listed in device manager (same as Vista), have to do a Help | About | Technical Information in Windows Media Player to show that.
DivX, H.264 MOV/MP4, DVD support right out of the box.
see http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/04/01/microsoft-clarifies-codec-position-for-windows-7/ and many other links about Third Party codecs.
Both Mozilla Namoroka 3.6 alpha 1 (Firefox) and Thunderbird 3.0 beta 3 (integrated Windows Search works? font runs together if use default 125% dpi, use 100% instead.) setup still try to install icons into QuickAccess bar which is not there anymore.
To use Drag and Drop open with ... hold down the shift key, default is pin to.
My Videos, My Pictures, My Documents are back like in XP. Vista green junction point folders dropped the My, just Videos, Pictures, Documents.
Long overdue change - Sample Pictures shortcut no longer in My Pictures, but in the new Library - Pictures.
Out of the box, not quite ready. No MUI from Windows Update for Enterprise (only for Ultimate?), no IME 2007 v12.x or higher like from Office 2007 MUI.
To install MUI, use lpksetup and point to langpack folders (no ZHTW yet).
OOB, no CHS(PRC), JP, KO handwriting recognition, install MUI.
for new features, see http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/04/23/ink-input-and-tablet.aspx
once MUI installed
I did get TIP JP to crash once clicking outside the box when suggestion just shows up.
see
versions differences
http://www.wfu.edu/~yipcw/atg/ime/2007/
Vista version
http://www.wfu.edu/~yipcw/atg/ime/2007/vista/
JP IME 10.1.7600.0 (2009) (same as Vista?)
KO IME 8.1.7600.16385 (2009) (same as XP?)
CHS (PRC) no IME, only Microsoft Pinyin New Experience or or ABC Input Style 10.1.7600.0 (2009) (same as Vista?)
- no handwriting in IMEpad, only dictionary. Install Office 2007 IME instead.
after install IME 2007 from Office 2007
Driver portion will fail with OS not supported error. Switch to XP or Vista compatibility mode will let the install to complete.
it does labeled wrong in network connection folder, tied to the modem instead.
still in RC.
mouse does not work out of the box (same since 7.04), need to add i8042.noloop to the kernel boot line in /boot/grub/menu.lst.
people has reported before, Ubuntu is incredible slow (1GB RAM, undo disk), takes seconds between clicks, virtual unusable as is.
Delete shortcut in Virtual Machines does not actually remove VHD in appdata\local
not included anymore. Install Vista version 2.6.
No more Movie Maker HD for Vista Ultimate? (can edit HDV?)
no more Windows Mail for Vista or Outlook Express in XP.
no more Windows Calendar for Vista.
gone also?
Photo Viewer only (as dllhost, not an application). Note that shortcut keys for zoom/actual keys have been changed from XP's Windows Pictures and Fax Viewer.
supposes to replace Movie Maker, PhotoGallery IM, blog, calendar and mail (offline also?), Family Safety (Toolbar, Silverlight etc. also)
infamous "Couldn't install programs. Please try installing Windows Live programs again. Error: OnCatalogResult: 0x80072ee6 Next steps: An unknown error occurred." error installing during Windows Updates or standalone wlsetup-web.exe
regsvr32 msxml3.dll doesn't work.
uninstalling live add-in 1.4 and live ID Sign-in assistant doesn't work.
you can run wlsetup-all.exe though. (not sure that give you the latest versions though.)
gone also? Enterprise same as Ultimate except licensing - MCE etc.?
Cleartype, iSCSI, offline files, pen and touch, system icons, Tablet, TTS moved to elseware?
currently 5.0.05.290 installs under 32-bit. But
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd787668(WS.10).aspx
"... Cisco VPN Client (IPsec) 5.0.5+, x64
http://www.cisco.com/kobayashi/sw-center/sw-vpn.shtml
No official support for this version planned by Cisco. Use the Cisco
AnyConnect VPN Client for both Windows 7 and x64 support ..."
5100, which has MyWifi (Cliffside) PAN, does not show as a Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport adapter in Network Connections folder.
Driver version 12.4.1.4. (Vista is at 12.4.3.9 2009.06.25)
Not detected as Hosted Network so no SoftAP?
check the many pages about the chkdsk /r on non-primary partition issue, e.g. http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1235
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/WIN7-BETA.html
RC created a 100MB system partition besides the main partition if you delete the drive first. Not the case anymore?
No need for Intel chipset and matrix storage drivers anymore?