So after some days of playing around with Windows 7 I feel that it would be worth while building my new systems on Windows 7 rather than XP pro again.
So a little advice on which way to go would be a great help please.
Now I am a software developer that uses a lot of 32bit applications...
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email migration
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ms office
outlook express
software development
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upgrade
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It's clear that there are people here that have input on this topic, so rather than derail other topics any further, I thought it would be appropriate to start a thread just for this.
I'll make the first post in a pro and con format, feel free to coment no matter what side you take.
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Dear sirs
I have installed Win 7 (x86) PR RTM
And VERY happy with it.
I have to use Visual Studio 2008.
This gave me many troubles, until I discovered that after installation of Garmin USB driver 2.21, then VS2008 is suddenly not able to save any changes at all, in any projects.
Also, if the...
Hello!
I'm just getting started playing with Windows 7 and would love to get into developing multi-touch applications. I've downloaded some labs from the PDC and have VS2010 beta installed along with blend to start off. Is there any way I can simulate multi-touch input to test applications...
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Hey guys, wondering if anyone can help.
I know you can add some stuff to the manifest of an exe and it will throw up a UAC prompt as soon as the program is executed, but I was wondering is it possible to run an exe without admin rights (ie without the additions to the manifest file), but then...