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[JAXvillain]

yar, windows 7 = nt 7

 

[fly]

yar, windows 7 = nt 7

no. 6.1

 

[JAXvillain]

no. 6.1

really? I assumed such because it says "build 7000" at the bottom right of the screen which made sense to be nt 7 I thought

 

[Atan Nolme]

really? I assumed such because it says "build 7000" at the bottom right of the screen which made sense to be nt 7 I thought

7000 is the build number.

Latest stable release
Client: Windows Vista SP1
NT 6.0.6001 (February 4, 2008)

Server: Windows Server 2008
NT 6.0.6001 (February 27, 2008)

Latest unstable release: Windows 7
NT 6.1.7000 (January 7, 2009)

 

[JAXvillain]

7000 is the build number.

Latest stable release
Client: Windows Vista SP1
NT 6.0.6001 (February 4, 2008)

Server: Windows Server 2008
NT 6.0.6001 (February 27, 2008)

Latest unstable release: Windows 7
NT 6.1.7000 (January 7, 2009)

just assumed from the build # it was nt7...mea culpa

 

[Jonny_B]

NT is the ONLY active development by the Microsoft OS team...

but they don't release a product called NT. it's called windows xp or vista or 7. just because it started as NT doesn't mean it still is.

edit: i guess it is internally. this is just so much geek trivia.

 

[Atan Nolme]

just assumed from the build # it was nt7...mea culpa

At least you used the build number. I used the OS name to assume Win 7 was nt 7. When I first heard of it.

 

[Atan Nolme]

but they don't release a product called NT. it's called windows xp or vista or 7. just because it started as NT doesn't mean it still is.

edit: i guess it is internally. this is just so much geek trivia.

The kernel for the OS certainly is NT.

 

[b_sinning]

I had vista dual booting on my work laptop for when I had to help students with vista but I never used it besides for that.

 

[BeerAd]

I ran into my first problem, computer will not come out of sleep mode! Seems like after I leave it for the night when I try to use it in the morning I have to hard boot it. Sucks, trying to figure out whats going on but no luck as of yet.

 

[JAXvillain]

I ran into my first problem, computer will not come out of sleep mode! Seems like after I leave it for the night when I try to use it in the morning I have to hard boot it. Sucks, trying to figure out whats going on but no luck as of yet.

power management issue like my fan running full blast at all times on my laptop

 

[BeerAd]

power management issue like my fan running full blast at all times on my laptop

Yeah, I have it set to performance mode now so it doesn't sleep. I guess I will just have to shut it down after I use it

Weirdest thing was this morning when I completely powered it down and then restarted it was on the same screen it was on last night, same windows open. I mean I completely rebooted, weird.

 

[fly]

I'd guess vid card drivers...

 

[BeerAd]

I'd guess vid card drivers...

That is what I am reading but I used the ones it suggested on Nvidia's site for Win7...

http://www.nvidia.com/object/windows_7.html

Do you think I should try the Vista ones?

 

[dbzeag]

I tried Win 7. I had issues downloading. Nothing I downloaded would complete. I think this has to do with IE8 rather than Win7. I did use less RAM (apparently) to just stay idle, and the cooling fan in my laptop didn't kick on as much, and there wasn't as much disk thrashing just sitting there, so that's good. The boot times are nice, and the aquisition of wifi signals is just disturbingly quick.

 

[fly]

That is what I am reading but I used the ones it suggested on Nvidia's site for Win7...

http://www.nvidia.com/object/windows_7.html

Do you think I should try the Vista ones?

I would...