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July 19, 2011 Just installed Win 7 on a new dual core AMD Phenom II X2 565 with BioStar MB. It installed fine, but I have had a LOT of problems loading programs that loaded just fine on my Win 7 laptop. I don't understand why, but am still working on getting it going. Basic load works fine - no network problems - no internet problems. But seeing weird graphics problems that come and go too. This computer works just fine on XP Pro. August 10, 2010 Acquired Win7-64 to put on a dual-core system at my church. I do a lot of audio recording and conversion, and thought 7-64 would give me some speed increase over XP 32. Didn't happen! It ran 20% slower than XP did. It could be because the audio conversion software was 32 bit, but I still would have expected it to perform at least as well in Win7-64, but....... I still like 7, but I must admit, I am disappointed that it didn't perform better. The other problem was with the audio setup on Win7. I did find drivers for my MB, but never did figure out how to be able to use the headphones as well as the speakers at the same time. Always worked OK in XP. On my home machines with 7 on them, everything works well. The audio problem may be due to the difference in MB. At present, I have dual boot capability on the church system, with the default being XP. I will be installing 7-64 on one of my home machines to see if I have problems there too. STAY TUNED May 6, 2010 Since the flash drive problem was fixed, I continue to be amazed at the solidness of this system. I have tried stupid things just to break it, and have only succeeded once. Microsoft has finally gotten it right! As my buddy Marlin would say, "What happened to Jim? I think the Martians have taken him. I can't believe I'm hearing you say this!" I had threatened to switch to Linux, and had, in fact, already tried the latest versions of a couple flavors, and had decided on Ubuntu. Then, I started hearing some good things about 7. Long story short - I will be installing it on my laptop, too. The only fly in the ointment continues to be the fact that you must do a full new system load - it will not "upgrade", keeping all your old software and settings, though I keep hearing that there is a way to do that. But, IT IS WORTH IT! Those folks jaded by Vista, and there are MANY OF YOU, will love Windows 7! TRY IT! YOU'LL LIKE IT!! Well, gotta head off to the therapist now. There just HAS to be something wrong with me. I mean, after all, I am LOVING a Microsoft Windows Product. I finished installing Windows 7 - 64 recently, and have loved it! All but one of my old programs loaded and ran just fine. Found a free on-line replacement for the one that didn't work, so I was very happy with it! The computer is a Biostar MB w/4GB Memory and an AMD Phenom ii X2 processor. Used it about a week with NO PROBLEMS! Now, I
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April 26, 2010 The flash drive problem has fixed itself!! I don't have any idea what fixed the flash drive problem, unless it was a Windows 7 update. I came down the other morning, and, voila, they were suddenly working. No problems since then! April 24, 2010 Found Microsoft drivers, which required an older version of .NET to run. That won't load on my 64 bit machine. Still looking for a solution. For an interesting take on Windows hardware compatability issues, see the article HERE from associatedcontent.com. They also have lots of other interesting topics on Science, Tech Tutorials, and other areas. Copy BANNER below and link to me!! 
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