Windows 7 RC Feels Very Stable

Windows 7 I upgraded to Win7rc as fast as I could from the beta and pretty much all the problems I had on the beta are gone! I’ve never experienced a beta OS as stable as this one, it’s nothing short of impressive.

Hangs on reboot/shutdown are gone.

Annoying stuttering sound probs are gone.

File copy probs are gone.

Screen update probs gone.

I’m running 64-bit on a DELL Precision M4400 and the funny thing is that think I’ve not installed any extra drivers except for the touchpad and the initial network drivers, and it runs like a charm. It was a nightmare to get it working properly on 64-bit Vista, even when it came pre-installed with it from DELL! (Shame on you DELL to ship a box that doesn’t even run properly on the pre-installed software!!)

I will have to install the extra software to get the built-in 3G mobile network running and that was kind of tricky on the beta, and the finger-print reader I’m not even going to bother with.

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  • I have been running the Beta on my home desktop comp, very stable, no blue screens, very snappy. Only some small issues with IE8 and the explorer shell. Feel no need to update to RC, think i will wait for RTM (hopefully it is released before beta expires)

  • I bought a Dell Precision M4400 two weeks ago, and I installed Windows 7 RC because of your posts. Instalation was very quick and nice, but I have some problems with touchpad controller. I can't install the controller from Dell. Have you the same problem? Have you any sollution?.

    Thanks in advance.

    Nino.

  • Nino, I downloaded and installed the touchpad drivers from Dell without any problems at all actually. Driver R212017. Are you on 64-bit? I can send you my drivers if you give me your email address.

    /Johan

  • Yes, I'm on 64bit. Please, send me your drivers. My e-mail address is nino.turch@ono.com.

    Thanks.

    Nino

  • Hi Johan,

    I've tried with the driver R212071 and tell me that doesn't support this OS. I forgot to change the execution to Vista Compatibility Mode. I did this and driver was installed without problems.

    Thanks for all,

    Nino

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