AnyOne tried Windows7

**Jun aka Pekto** · November 5th, 2009 09:39 AM

I recently adjusted the speed of the DDR3 1600 to run at its rated speed. It was previously defaulting to DDR3 1333 which is the motherboard default. I attempted another reinstall of Homeworld 2 and C&C: Generals. What do you know? They installed fine this time!

Lessons learned...... Run RAM at rated speed. I know running them above their rated speed can be bad. But, I didn't know running them below their rated speed can also be bad especially since I've done it before with no apparent ill effects.

IL2/Forgotten Battles is hopeless though.

**fourtheboys96** · November 5th, 2009 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by Jun aka Pekto

I recently adjusted the speed of the DDR3 1600 to run at its rated speed.

how do you do this? any links?

my PC has a 1GB DDR2 but the PC recognizes only 896mb (or something around that).

**boybi** · November 5th, 2009 11:18 AM

What's the difference ba between Windows Vista and Windows 7? I've never tinkered with Vista since its launch. Looking at screenshots, mukhang pareho lang ang interface ng 2?

I'm using Win7 in one of my PCs btw.

**Jun aka Pekto** · November 5th, 2009 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by boybi

What's the difference ba between Windows Vista and Windows 7? I've never tinkered with Vista since its launch. Looking at screenshots, mukhang pareho lang ang interface ng 2?

I'm using Win7 in one of my PCs btw.

The side bar is gone as well as the tiling Window switcher. The Taskbar also seems less functional in Windows 7. I like Vista's Taskbar better.

**Jun aka Pekto** · November 5th, 2009 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by fourtheboys96

how do you do this? any links?

my PC has a 1GB DDR2 but the PC recognizes only 896mb (or something around that).

1024-896=128. Is this RAM on a laptop? Usually, some RAM is taken up by the video if there's no dedicated video ram.

I was talking about the speed of my DDR 3 1600 RAM. MY motherboard default (DDR 1333) was too slow. So, I adjusted the bios to run the memory at DDR 1600 speeds.

**Jun aka Pekto** · November 5th, 2009 12:39 PM

Blitzkrieg (the original 2-d game) is one of my favorites. It was also giving I/O errors during the install when my RAM was running below its rated speed.

I did a reinstall after adjusting the RAM speed. Sure enough, it too installed correctly and ran fine.

So far, the old games that installed and ran successfully in Windows 7 64-bit:

Flight Simulator X
X-Plane 9
Pacific Fighters
C&C: Generals
C&C 3: Tiberium Wars
Battlefield 2
Doom 3
Homeworld 2
Orange Box
Blitzkrieg

Other old games I still play:
MS Combat Flight Simulator 2
MS Combat Flight Simulator 3
MS Close Combat 2: A Bridge Too Far

They're MS games. Chances are high they'll run fine in Win 7 64-bit.

Blitzkrieg.. I love it even though it's a 2-d game

Add: So far, it's only IL2/Forgotten Battles that refused to install in Win 7 64-bit. Besides the three MS games, I still have the first Homeworld, the Total War series, and Far Cry to install.

I have to say I'm satisfied with the transition from 32-bit to 64-bit Windows.

**Jun aka Pekto** · November 5th, 2009 02:06 PM

Sure enough. All three MS games work fine in Win 7 64-bit unpatched and no mumbo jumbo required. Close Combat 2 dates back from 1997. Combat Flight Simulator 2 dates back from 2000 and Combat Flight Simulator 3 came out in 2002.

And yet, IL2 Forgotten Battles came out in 2003 and wouldn't work whatsoever. Something stinks...... I think it's Micro$haft.

Close Combat 2.....

Crap. I want my Forgotten Battles.

**Negus** · November 5th, 2009 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by tidus1203

Since I am a cheapo (NOD32 is great pero may bayad) I use Avira Antivir...

Microsoft has it's own free antivirus. Have you tried that on windows 7?

**Jun aka Pekto** · November 6th, 2009 01:55 AM

Far Cry was a no go. Previous installs in XP and Vista had reported one of the cd's was going bad.

Rome: Total War was also a no go. It reported a corrupt install file just like some of the other games.

Homeworld.... I won't even bother. I only play it when Homeworld 2 isn't working for some reason.

I'd install Medieval 2: Total War except it too is missing. Crap. I haven't even installed it yet on any of my computers and my wife's relatives already got hold of it. Oh well. It was in the bargain bin.

I noticed Far Cry 2 and Mass Effect are also in the bargain bin. I might have to buy those.