[tek101]

[rgreen4]

DQuin413 said:

Also my PC is a 32-bit, so I'm using the 32-bit Win7RC....

How old is that machine and what processor does it have?

[GetReal]

Win-7 RC's are a bust here!


My system has an ASUS P5LD2 mobo with 3.2 Ghz Dual Core cpu, 2 Gb Dual-channel ram, Diamond 1050 graphics card with 256 Mb, 80 Gb HD in 2 partition (C: is 30 Gb FAT32 and D: is 47 Gb NTFS) current ASUS bios update plus floppy & DVD etc. Currently has Win-2000 on C: and HAD Xp home on D: but that was formatted away for this Win-7 test (everything worked Ok prior).

Yesterday downloaded 64-bit iso, copied to DVD, installed as dual-boot to drive D, install process seemed to go Ok---system rebooted---went through the Bios messages, Blue "Start Windows" page W/ flower graphic, "update registry" page, "start services" page >>> then after some 3 seconds I get a message:

"WINDOWS COULD NOT FINISH CONFIGURATION. TO ATTEMPT CONFIGURATION RESTART COMPUTER"... aka, no useful diag. info in message!

Which I then did 5 times in sequence, each time the same as I describe here. Fail.

So today I download the 32-bit iso plus reformat D: to get rid of the 64-bit flail >>> same identical sequence of restarts & results. Then tried the install once again >>> all same! I had grief installing real Vista home premium on this computer also, but eventually found it was trying to install 64-bit graphic drivers for a 32-bit OS---MS did provide a bit of diagnostic usable info in that instance.

Here I don't have a clue what to do, so guess my test & future use of Win-7 probably ends now >>> am certainly not going to spend money on the "real" thing later this year expecting this result! All I can say is that all the glowing posts in PCWorld forums I have read might have involved some magic to get the results claimed.

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Wierd! Went away from the computer for a while. Returned after about 30 minutes to now find a form displayed asking me to enter serial numbers, passwords etc. Is It Working ??????????????? Last attempt worked different than previous I guess, who knows what-why, but not much impressed yet....now do I start over & hope for success with 64-bit, which is actually what I wanted to test?

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[WinTard]

DQuin413 said:

Well, I'll try it again......Thanks a Bunch!!!! But what about the Flash Player issue? Also my PC is a 32-bit, so I'm using the 32-bit Win7RC....

Avast installer does the right thing. If 32-bit OS, it installs the 32-bit binary. If 64-bit OS, it installs the 64-bit binary. Like it should. And don't worry Adobe will comply sooner than later... ;)

Yes, I think it is lame for software developers to have two distinct installers, one for x64, and another for x86... Or worse, like for Firefox, I can't find precompiled x64 binaries for Windows... :(

[WinTard]

I've had similar issues with XP on old PC's. The fix was to update the BIOS to the latest, from the mobo manufacturer. Perhaps you can try that?

http://support.asus....SLanguage=en-us

Just select the right type of mobo.

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Good luck!

[waldojim]

this is firefox x64 build, for some reason it is called Minefield. Though I would not use it for daily use as it supports very few plugins, and is experimental code (so they say)

http://www.mozilla.o...ects/minefield/

[W707]

Why did MS do this to us because one would think MS would make things easier for us Vista users to upgrade to windows 7.
I am haveing problems with IE 8 on my Vista OS anytime i want to fill a form out it is so small it looks like a micro mini sized form and is nearly impossibe to use.