Reply With QuoteRe question 2 - try Windows Live Essentials. There's a movies app that might do what you need.
Today I had my new PC finally put together from the parts I talked about in my last thread and I'm running Windows 7 64 version now. Still getting used to it and I have some random questions I was hoping you guys would know about.
1. Not a huge problem but something that is a bit annoying, whenever I highlight something the blue is very bright and makes it hard to see what I highlighted which I did not have that problem with XP. Is there some setting somewhere to change the color of high lighted text?
2. I'm still using my Logitech camera from my old computer and the software is not compatible with windows 7. Which is alright as it still works, my question, is there a program that came with 7 that allows me to take pictures and record videos? I found the media center but did not see any options there.
Re question 2 - try Windows Live Essentials. There's a movies app that might do what you need.
Which model of webcam is it? I have a Logitech camera that works just fine on my Win7 office system, including the Logitech software. I remember having to dig around a bit though to find the right version of the software; if you looked in the wrong place, you found an older version.
Also, does the camera show up under Windows Explorer and is it usable if you launch it there? If not then it might be a driver issue. Some older cameras don't have Win7-compatible drivers, and depending on the model you might be able to find a workaround hack or you might just be out of luck.
It's an older model I think it's a communicate STX. When I went on Logitech's site it did not have an option for win 7 when I went to the download page.
This page seems to be the right one for Win7 support for the Communicate STX. But then there's this one with the same name but a different picture... I don't know which one yours actually matches, but the software for the first one might work anyway (I think it's a one-package-for-everything, not actually model-specific).
One other question, I'm using windows live mail and I see how they have the email body on the right compared to express which has it below, is there a way to adjust the positions of the windows?
Originally Posted by Jab2565
Go to View ---> Layout and from there you can set it so that your messages appear at the bottom.
About question 1, does anyone have any idea about that ?
It's buried a bit more deeply than in previous versions, but:
Control Panel -> Personalization -> Window Color -> Advanced Appearance Settings -> Selected Items
Thank you this is much easier on the eyes . I downloaded the movie and photo app but maybe I'm missing it but I don't see on there a way to take a photo or make a video clip only to organize them.
I tried running that file for the camera and it gives me an incompatible webcam error. Is there a program with windows 7 that I can use to take photos ?
This doesn't seem worth a new thread, so I'll ask here: how hard is it to move Windows 7 to a different MB without needing to do a full reinstall? I'm jonesin' to upgrade my Core 2 gaming PC to a Core i7, so this would be from a LGA 775 to LGA 1156 or 1366 - so, from one Intel chipset & CPU to another, which hopefully(?) makes it a little easier. Although I'd also like to know if anyone's migrated from, say, LGA 775 to AM3 without needing to nuke Win7 and start over. I dread the notion of doing yet another from-scratch reinstall right now; perversely, that may be a bigger disincentive than the not-inconsiderable cost. Thanks!
I haven't done it, but as I've been thinking of getting an SSD, I've investigated moving a Windows install to another hard drive. It seems to be trivially easy. You back up with Windows backup, and then restore that to the new drive.
http://www.pagestart.com/win7bckuprstrnhd072610.html
I did the exact upgrade (Core 2 Extreme to i7 system, both Intel boards). No problems whatsoever, though it did force me to call Microsoft to re-authorize Windows 7. It took Windows about a minute to re-initialize on its login menu, and then I was in.
It is not necessary to uninstall for example chipset driver when switching MB and cpu ?
That would probably be a good idea, yes.
You don't need to uninstall unused drivers. Windows comes with a few thousand drivers for USB devices you don't have already. All they do is take up disk space.
I have a question- can you show hidden files and folders WITHOUT going through the control panel?
Yes. Open up any explorer window (My Documents, My Computer, etc) and there's...I think it's Organize then Folder Options. I'm not on my 7 machine right now, but I'm pretty sure that's where I usually go.
I'm curious, why do you want to know an alternative to the method you already know? WARNING: depending on your answer I'm going to laugh really hard.
Dir /a or gci in powershell?
You can use the control panel to show hidden files and folders? I thought that was purely a shell feature.
Press alt in Explorer to see the good old menu. Click Tools -> Folder Options -> View tab -> Show hidden files and folders
That's also where you'll find Populous.
I just moved from a core2duo to an i7 on a 1366 MB, and it was relatively painless. My only moment of panic came when I booted up the new system, tried to enter my password and realized 'oh crap, the drivers for the USB on the new MB aren't installed, can't use my KB'. Before I tore up the furnace room looking for an old PS2 KB, I realized 'oh, with Windows 7, I have this Ease of Use icon at the bottom left corner of the login screen, which provides access to an on screen KB'. After that, it booted, found the right drivers and I was back up and running.
Well played MS!
New motherboards don't have built in USB support of some sort?
All I know is that when I first booted windows with the new MB, it didn't recognize the KB until I had logged in.
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