Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:12 am
techgy wrote:Has anyone seen any instructions for a Win7 installation?
None that I know of. Follow the instructions for the Dell 740 as best you can.
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techgy wrote:Has anyone seen any instructions for a Win7 installation?
RussellHltn wrote:None that I know of. Follow the instructions for the Dell 740 as best you can.
Ok, I found my notes. They were not as detailed as I would like, but after poking around on the internet to refresh my memory of what the setup order and look is, I'm pretty confident this will work. I've modified the Dell 740 instructions to fit what I've had to do on Windows 7 machines and attached the pdf below. I would appreciate any corrections you could supply as you go through the setup. I have blacked out all passwords, etc. I assume you have them, though, if you have the 740 instructions.techgy wrote:If anyone's already done a new install of a Win7 system and has any additional hints or things to be cautious about, I'd appreciate them.
There should be no problems installing any version of MS Office from 2000 and later on a Windows 7 system. Compatibility mode is not required. Just be sure to install it from a Windows 7 administrator account and not a power user account. The only application in the MS Office suite that has compatibility issues with Windows 7 is MS Outlook. This website notes that Outlook 2007 works fine but 2003 has issues. But this would not be an issue since administrative computers should not be for personal use and I haven't heard of units setting up e-mail accounts.techgy wrote:One problem would be an older piece of software - such as MS Office - that might have to be installed/run in compatibility mode. either that or purchase the upgrade, which some wards might not wish to do. Open Office is an alternative to this one.
This is indeed good news. As of yet, I haven't had any experience with Win7, so I was taking the safe road...jdlessley wrote:There should be no problems installing any version of MS Office from 2000 and later on a Windows 7 system. Compatibility mode is not required. Just be sure to install it from a Windows 7 administrator account and not a power user account. The only application in the MS Office suite that has compatibility issues with Windows 7 is MS Outlook. This website notes that Outlook 2007 works fine but 2003 has issues. But this would not be an issue since administrative computers should not be for personal use and I haven't heard of units setting up e-mail accounts.
crislapi wrote:Another issue I had was trying to get the old files off the hard drive of the old computer. I mounted the hard drive, and Windows 7 requires you to modify security settings of the files and folders before you can access them (take ownership). For that, I found this Microsoft Support page very helpful.
Thanks for the effort. I'll make a note of your comments and get back in a couple of weeks after we've done the installs.crislapi wrote:Ok, I found my notes. They were not as detailed as I would like, but after poking around on the internet to refresh my memory of what the setup order and look is, I'm pretty confident this will work. I've modified the Dell 740 instructions to fit what I've had to do on Windows 7 machines and attached the pdf below.
I would appreciate any corrections you could supply as you go through the setup. I have blacked out all passwords, etc. I assume you have them, though, if you have the 740 instructions.
techgy wrote:The next screen was the real attention getter. I was now being asked to choose what department within the church that this computer would be used ! There was an entire page of choices. I'd have to guess that almost every department possible was there. None of the choices were anywhere close to what a Unit would be so I chose the last one which said "Unknown".
RussellHltn wrote:Wow. Either the FM group gave you a computer that was intended for internal use, or the church is up to something new. I just put two computers in last month (although I suspect they had been sitting at the FM Group's office for a bit) and just saw vanilla Win7 startup/install. And yes, they did ship with disks.
RussellHltn wrote:Wow. Either the FM group gave you a computer that was intended for internal use, or the church is up to something new. I just put two computers in last month (although I suspect they had been sitting at the FM Group's office for a bit) and just saw vanilla Win7 startup/install. And yes, they did ship with disks.