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LAN Party Forums => General Discussion => Started by: Agent4054 on May 04, 2009, 02:17:04 PM
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http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/04/07/delivering-a-quality-upgrade-experience.aspx (http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/04/07/delivering-a-quality-upgrade-experience.aspx)
While Microsoft specifically states that it wishes users to wipe the beta install and reinstall a fresh copy, or perform an upgrade from Vista to RC1, they still give directions on how to upgrade to RC1 directly from any beta build. They also mention that this method will work for upgrading from RC1 to RTM.
The instructions to do so are at the bottom of the page (before the comments of course) via that link I posted.
Just in case, for anyone who did not already know this. Another tidbit of info, it that the RC1 will expire June 2010, and Windows 7 is expected to release well before that date. (speculated date of RTM is October 23, 2009).
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Another tidbit for you, if you'd like to test out a specific version/sku of Windows 7 (Starter, Home Premium, etc.), you can do so, even though the RC download is the full "Ultimate" download. Steps listed at http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=922&page=5#s6 (http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=922&page=5#s6.).
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Does Windows 7 still have issues with Punkbuster?
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No, I was able to find a fix for the PunkBuster issue.
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No, I was able to find a fix for the PunkBuster issue.
What did you have to do?
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Go to Windows\system32 and do a folder search for "pnkbstr" (without quotes, obviously). You should see two exe's called PnkBstrA.exe, and PnkBstrB.exe. Go into the properties of each and under compatibility, check Run as Administrator.
Secondly, go to your Services window (in W7 you can access this through the task manager, or go to Run -> and enter services.msc). From there, locate PnkBstrB (mine doesn't list PnkBstrA for some reason, but if it does, do this same step for it), right click, go to proterties, click on the Log On tab, and check the box labelled "Allow service to interact with desktop" under the Local System Account option.
And that's it. It took me a loooooong time to sort through all of the google results to find this. And yes, it does work.
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Just as an FYI, I just upgraded to RC1 from beta build 7022 using the method I posted in my original post. The upgrade process worked flawlessly, albeit it took forever (a little over an hour). Best part is that I did not have to reinstall a single thing.
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I've got my key but I'd like to download this to my box at home while at work. Does anyone have a direct download link? I tried to use lynx/links but the page requires java. Besides, I'm a big fan of wget.
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Located.
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Just as an FYI, I just upgraded to RC1 from beta build 7022 using the method I posted in my original post. The upgrade process worked flawlessly, albeit it took forever (a little over an hour). Best part is that I did not have to reinstall a single thing.
And I upgraded from Vista and it took closer to 3 hours... And I did find 1 (ONE) bug.
http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-support/4354-program-icons-missing-all-programs-menu.html#post22274 (http://windows7forums.com/windows-7-support/4354-program-icons-missing-all-programs-menu.html#post22274)