Anyone running Windows 7 on any boxes, regardless of trading?
I am. I have a few things I found which you may like. They are GodMode, the new file structure, and Admin Rights. If you don't trust yourself to edit a registry, I suggest you don't do these things though. If you're confident modifying the OS such as is done for dedicated machines, then you should enjoy these.
GodMode shows you all OS commands in a list so you don't have to fight the new Control Panel and new file structure to accomplish objectives. To run GodMode, copy this string GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
into your C:/Windows folder (or any folder). As soon as Windows parses it, it will turn into a blue icon. I right clicked the blue icon to send a shortcut to my desktop and that's where I run it from. Pretty cool.
New File Structure: If you're coming from XP you're probably very frustrated with the file structure. For example, if you try to get into MyDocs the system keeps telling you that you're not allowed to view the contents of the folder. But what's really happening is that there is no MyDocs folder even though you see a folder called MyDocs. Sound stupid? It is. Here's what's really happening. They put a folder icon with MyDocs written on it but in reality it's just a shortcut to map old XP files to the new file structure. Instead of MyDocs you'll have Documents, Music, etc... It really helps to understand this.
AdminRights: By default Windows creates one and only one account with full Admin Rights. But they disable it and they hide it. Even if you create a new account and tell it you're an Admin, it only gives you a few extra perks. Here's how to get the real Admin account going so you really can make operating system changes. Go to Control Panel/ Admin Tools/ Computer Management/ Local Users and Groups/ Users and in the middle of your screen Right click Administrator and select Properties and uncheck the Disable box. Log off and on as Admin and you can make any changes you want.
If you know any helpful stuff like this, please pass it along in a reply.
I am. I have a few things I found which you may like. They are GodMode, the new file structure, and Admin Rights. If you don't trust yourself to edit a registry, I suggest you don't do these things though. If you're confident modifying the OS such as is done for dedicated machines, then you should enjoy these.
GodMode shows you all OS commands in a list so you don't have to fight the new Control Panel and new file structure to accomplish objectives. To run GodMode, copy this string GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
into your C:/Windows folder (or any folder). As soon as Windows parses it, it will turn into a blue icon. I right clicked the blue icon to send a shortcut to my desktop and that's where I run it from. Pretty cool.
New File Structure: If you're coming from XP you're probably very frustrated with the file structure. For example, if you try to get into MyDocs the system keeps telling you that you're not allowed to view the contents of the folder. But what's really happening is that there is no MyDocs folder even though you see a folder called MyDocs. Sound stupid? It is. Here's what's really happening. They put a folder icon with MyDocs written on it but in reality it's just a shortcut to map old XP files to the new file structure. Instead of MyDocs you'll have Documents, Music, etc... It really helps to understand this.
AdminRights: By default Windows creates one and only one account with full Admin Rights. But they disable it and they hide it. Even if you create a new account and tell it you're an Admin, it only gives you a few extra perks. Here's how to get the real Admin account going so you really can make operating system changes. Go to Control Panel/ Admin Tools/ Computer Management/ Local Users and Groups/ Users and in the middle of your screen Right click Administrator and select Properties and uncheck the Disable box. Log off and on as Admin and you can make any changes you want.
If you know any helpful stuff like this, please pass it along in a reply.
But, at net, it seems a mixed response to Win7:
