Got my Win7 upgrade on 10/22, just like Amazon promised. I decided to upgrade first, back up my Media Player files, then possibly do a clean install. However, the upgrade was amazingly clean. I even ran HP update and found everything current. Might as well not bother with the clean install. One thing that's not clear is that Win 7 has to be registered. When I was rummaging about in My Computer Properties, I noticed a blue warning note. It was very quick to click on the line to register. I thought by installing while online and typing in the keycode, it had registered.
Interesting, MS had 162mb updates to this brand new installation.
The Quick Launch bar is replaced by a Taskbar. Supposedly the Taskbar has more functionality, but it's not as organized, with the launch buttons and open program bars mixed together. It's much more complicated than the old QL bar to make file and folder shortcuts. The shortcut properties have to be edited before they are dropped onto the bar. There is a way to replace the new Taskbar with the old Quick Launch bar, which I may do someday. I figure I should give the new system a chance.
--pat
Interesting, MS had 162mb updates to this brand new installation.
The Quick Launch bar is replaced by a Taskbar. Supposedly the Taskbar has more functionality, but it's not as organized, with the launch buttons and open program bars mixed together. It's much more complicated than the old QL bar to make file and folder shortcuts. The shortcut properties have to be edited before they are dropped onto the bar. There is a way to replace the new Taskbar with the old Quick Launch bar, which I may do someday. I figure I should give the new system a chance.
--pat