Miracle of miracles, it worked (in fact, I'm using Win7 now).AFAIK no.
Have to dl the whole iso and install OVER your w7 installation. The new one will save your previous w7 installation as c:\windows.old with everything inside.
What I do is dl new ISO, extract all files with winrar to USB disk (bootable, but I don't install from boot), then I log in actual version of w7, and install new version of w7 in laptop without burning new dvd...
Miracle of miracles, it worked (in fact, I'm using Win7 now).
I found a copy of 7048 in the Usenet (newsgroups) and did an "Upgrade" install from the Win7 desktop. It accepted the same key from before, reinstalled Windows and fixed my network in the process.
It is not hard at all to make a homenetwork using Win 7 RC (or Beta) or join an existing Homenetwork.I am using build 7100 RC on an X58 Gigabyte mobo. Users of this board seem to have a problem getting NIC to work. I don't know if any ever do. But I figured someone here must know some way to make it work. All I have done so far is installed the drivers of the GB disk. In experimenting, however, I have deleted everything under the adapter settings properties, thinking when I rebooted it would all reappear. I don't know anything about that stuff at all and I have no idea if I need that stuff or not. But right now, I'd settle for some NIC action. Why is this so hard?
***REALLY SOLVED THIS TIME! - VERIFIED CAUSE***
Check to see if you have this little devil in your services list:
"##Id_String2.6844F930_1628_4223_B5CC_5BB94B879762 ##"
If you do, stop it and disable it. It is actually the Bonjour DNS Responder Service, and I believe it is the cause of the "Unidentified Network."
The Unidentified Network disappeared after stopping this service and a quick disable/enable of the NIC, restoring Internet access.
I Actually just rebooted, edited this post, and then re-enabled the offensive service to see what would happen...Immediately after enabling the NIC and this bastard service, the "Unidentified Network" returned...stopped it, disabled it, disable/enable NIC...Internet back up and running and no "Unidentified Network." (woot - woot!)
Hope that helps! I haven't had issues since...
FYI - I experienced this in both build 7100 and 7127...I am running 7127 now x64 - and discovered this fix just last night...so far so good just rebooted and then edited this post...I believe this fix will solve 7100 build issues too; however... I have not tested 7100 again yet.
...I also re-enabled Win 7's Discovery Mapping services, but always leave IPv6 disabled just because I am not using it.
...another two reboots, and a hard disk addition, and no problems with the Internet! - If you tried another fix such as changing the address of your network adapter, under "Advanced" - this is not necessary...I set mine back to "Not Configured." Everything is working fine as long as the Bonjour service is not running...another reason to hate the French? LOL
My system:
ASUS P5E
Quad Core Q6600
4GB Corsair Dominator DDR2
NIC: Marvell Yukon 8E8056; driver v10.69.2.3 (4/21/2009)
***fyi - i did update the default Windows driver with this, Vista x64 driver
For the record, there is some blame pointing towards the following software, of which I do have installed and running properly:
Office 2007 SP2
Adobe CS3 (updated current)
***REALLY SOLVED THIS TIME! - VERIFIED CAUSE***
Check to see if you have this little devil in your services list:
"##Id_String2.6844F930_1628_4223_B5CC_5BB94B879762 ##"
If you do, stop it and disable it. It is actually the Bonjour DNS Responder Service, and I believe it is the cause of the "Unidentified Network."
The Unidentified Network disappeared after stopping this service and a quick disable/enable of the NIC, restoring Internet access.
I Actually just rebooted, edited this post, and then re-enabled the offensive service to see what would happen...Immediately after enabling the NIC and this bastard service, the "Unidentified Network" returned...stopped it, disabled it, disable/enable NIC...Internet back up and running and no "Unidentified Network." (woot - woot!)
Hope that helps! I haven't had issues since...
FYI - I experienced this in both build 7100 and 7127...I am running 7127 now x64 - and discovered this fix just last night...so far so good just rebooted and then edited this post...I believe this fix will solve 7100 build issues too; however... I have not tested 7100 again yet.
...I also re-enabled Win 7's Discovery Mapping services, but always leave IPv6 disabled just because I am not using it.
...another two reboots, and a hard disk addition, and no problems with the Internet! - If you tried another fix such as changing the address of your network adapter, under "Advanced" - this is not necessary...I set mine back to "Not Configured." Everything is working fine as long as the Bonjour service is not running...another reason to hate the French? LOL
My system:
ASUS P5E
Quad Core Q6600
4GB Corsair Dominator DDR2
NIC: Marvell Yukon 8E8056; driver v10.69.2.3 (4/21/2009)
***fyi - i did update the default Windows driver with this, Vista x64 driver
For the record, there is some blame pointing towards the following software, of which I do have installed and running properly:
Office 2007 SP2
Adobe CS3 (updated current)