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  1. wiseowl

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    Just thought I would try the Snipping Tool on my Desktop Background,Better than I could take with my camera :)
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    Have to agree. |Does everybody know the snipping tool is also to be found on Vista?
     
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    Well, so far so good. The Dialup connection was dead easy to set up and while the USB Modem is a bit slower than the internal one we had on the other machine, it is much more reliable. We were on line almost all day yesterday downloading AVG and various other 'addons' and it never crashed once.
    Think I may need to buy a Windows 7 for Dummies book though!
     
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    Glad to hear it P.:gnthb:
     
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    I started with Widows 7 back in Feburary as a Microsft beta tester, and have to say that i was, and stil am very impressed with.

    It can't get much simpler can it :D

    I still use Vista as it is a great operating system once you know how to use it. to be honest i have had no problems with Vista. Windows 7 is setup on my laptop as a dual boot. Comes in handy when i need to use certain software that won't run on Windows 7.

    The look and feel of Windows 7 is very good. I wonder when windows 8 will be out ;)

    John

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    I'm taking it for granted you setup Windows7 as the second os as I had heard that trying to add a second boot to a win7 machine..trashes everything...or has a way to add a second os to a windows7 machine now been found?

    BTW...I've not as yet come across any programs I cannot run on Win7.

    Steve...:)
     
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    "BTW...I've not as yet come across any programs I cannot run on Win7."

    I found one.. the first game I tried to install "X3" failed with driver incompatability...
     
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    Keep trying there is always a way round .
     
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    Yes...I think its just a visit to the site to update drivers for 7..guess I`m being very careful at the moment after the Vista issues I have seen..
     
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    Yes I don,t blame you being cautious after all the Hassle I had with Vista.
     
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    I also have found one, a Plug in for Photshop 7 will not work and crashes the Photoshop prog itself. Not that it matters I have never actually used the Plug in.
     
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    Fact is I was so concerned about incompatability that I got this new laptop just for the windows 7 experiance.
    I shall still be using the Vista version on my old lappie which has all my photo applications and running quite stable at the moment.
    The aim is keep this windows 7 lappie clean and running on 7 compatable progs only.
     
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    question

    Why am I getting lilttle red x's in certain boxes. eg at the left hand top of this page I have a red x in the reload this page box?

    unfortunately I dont think its the administrators sending me kisses!

    ta
     
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    That means the image is missing or has not loaded, in this case I think the image is actually completly missing from within the theme folder of this site.

    Steve...:)
     
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