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Originally posted by Maverick_U2007:
Have ordered Windows 7 and it is due next week. Still cannot make my mind up whether to install the 32 or 64 bit edition. My motherboard support up to 8Gb of memory, so in theory I could benefit from the 64 bit edition.

Is anybody else going to use 7, if so which version will you use.

Wolfehunter and Tambor are both already going for 64 bit.

Maverick

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When I 'registered' it online it said I had no activations left. Will I have a problem when I re-activate it after the clean install of Windows 7.

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"Head Deep and Keep'em Astern" LtCDR Samuel D Dealey
Custom Missions, SHIV Guide, OV..Gato Class, OV..Balao Class, OV..US Subs,
Imperial Japanese Navy, Sub Insignia Sigs, Eternal Patrol

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Originally posted by tambor198:

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When I 'registered' it online it said I had no activations left. Will I have a problem when I re-activate it after the clean install of Windows 7.

I would think that if you contact MS and explain to them that you are going to install Win 7 on your computer and want to install MS Office 2007 on it also, but your liscence key has expired on Office 0'7 that they would just give you a new one, just like they do with Windows after you've install it a number of times.

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Originally posted by Kaleun1961:

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Originally posted by tambor198:

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When I 'registered' it online it said I had no activations left. Will I have a problem when I re-activate it after the clean install of Windows 7.

I would think that if you contact MS and explain to them that you are going to install Win 7 on your computer and want to install MS Office 2007 on it also, but your liscence key has expired on Office 0'7 that they would just give you a new one, just like they do with Windows after you've install it a number of times.

My personal practice [since I regularly wipe my systems, for various reasons] is to have the OS installed, then any software which requires activation, then image the system. In future, if I reapply the image I don't have to worry about hassles with reactivating. There are various apps you can use for this; I use Acronis True Image but Norton Ghost is also popular. It takes some adminstrative discipline to archive various images, but it saves a load of time when you have to reinstall your whole system.

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"Head Deep and Keep'em Astern" LtCDR Samuel D Dealey
Custom Missions, SHIV Guide, OV..Gato Class, OV..Balao Class, OV..US Subs,
Imperial Japanese Navy, Sub Insignia Sigs, Eternal Patrol

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Originally posted by Kaleun1961:

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Originally posted by tambor198:

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When I 'registered' it online it said I had no activations left. Will I have a problem when I re-activate it after the clean install of Windows 7.

I would think that if you contact MS and explain to them that you are going to install Win 7 on your computer and want to install MS Office 2007 on it also, but your liscence key has expired on Office 0'7 that they would just give you a new one, just like they do with Windows after you've install it a number of times.

My personal practice [since I regularly wipe my systems, for various reasons] is to have the OS installed, then any software which requires activation, then image the system. In future, if I reapply the image I don't have to worry about hassles with reactivating. There are various apps you can use for this; I use Acronis True Image but Norton Ghost is also popular. It takes some adminstrative discipline to archive various images, but it saves a load of time when you have to reinstall your whole system.

'One of the Older Generation and Proud of it!!!'
User of GWX 3.0 and TMO 1.7. Play online at TheWolvesdenflotilla
Maverick's Silent Hunter Blogspot

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Originally posted by Maverick_U2007:
Sorry if it seems a 'simple' question but I have not used this type of program before.

Maverick

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It's because of this forum, that I learned everything I know about Silent Hunter and computers in general. 3 years ago, I would never believe I would become a moderator, or even become a website owner.

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"Head Deep and Keep'em Astern" LtCDR Samuel D Dealey
Custom Missions, SHIV Guide, OV..Gato Class, OV..Balao Class, OV..US Subs,
Imperial Japanese Navy, Sub Insignia Sigs, Eternal Patrol

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Originally posted by Maverick_U2007:
Well, I finally went and installed 32 bit edition Windows 7, which was simplicity itself when I realised that I had loaded most of programs onto another hard drive I had in my system. Couple of minor problems but it seems a good system and I must confess is speedier than Vista.

Just one issue,

SH3 is coming up in an odd screen size. It is filling my 22" screen from top to bottom but only 75 percent across the screen???.

SH4 was easy to alter but I have seem to have lost my way with SH3. Any thoughts guys??

Maverick

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"Head Deep and Keep'em Astern" LtCDR Samuel D Dealey
Custom Missions, SHIV Guide, OV..Gato Class, OV..Balao Class, OV..US Subs,
Imperial Japanese Navy, Sub Insignia Sigs, Eternal Patrol

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Originally posted by Maverick_U2007:
Yes M8, you are correct and I have it enabled but for some reason I am having this issue. I seem to remember that there was a config file somewhere in the SH3 folder tghat I could edit but I cannot find it.....unless I am mistaken and am having a senior moment!!!!

Maverick

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"Head Deep and Keep'em Astern" LtCDR Samuel D Dealey
Custom Missions, SHIV Guide, OV..Gato Class, OV..Balao Class, OV..US Subs,
Imperial Japanese Navy, Sub Insignia Sigs, Eternal Patrol

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Originally posted by Maverick_U2007:

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Originally posted by Kaleun1961:

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Originally posted by tambor198:

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When I 'registered' it online it said I had no activations left. Will I have a problem when I re-activate it after the clean install of Windows 7.

I would think that if you contact MS and explain to them that you are going to install Win 7 on your computer and want to install MS Office 2007 on it also, but your liscence key has expired on Office 0'7 that they would just give you a new one, just like they do with Windows after you've install it a number of times.

My personal practice [since I regularly wipe my systems, for various reasons] is to have the OS installed, then any software which requires activation, then image the system. In future, if I reapply the image I don't have to worry about hassles with reactivating. There are various apps you can use for this; I use Acronis True Image but Norton Ghost is also popular. It takes some adminstrative discipline to archive various images, but it saves a load of time when you have to reinstall your whole system.

If I understand you right does this mean that I am able to take an image of my installed program files, ie Office, games etc and then just put them back when I install my new operating system???

Sorry if it seems a 'simple' question but I have not used this type of program before.

Maverick

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Originally posted by Maverick_U2007:
Well, I finally went and installed 32 bit edition Windows 7, which was simplicity itself when I realised that I had loaded most of programs onto another hard drive I had in my system. Couple of minor problems but it seems a good system and I must confess is speedier than Vista.

Just one issue,

SH3 is coming up in an odd screen size. It is filling my 22" screen from top to bottom but only 75 percent across the screen???.

SH4 was easy to alter but I have seem to have lost my way with SH3. Any thoughts guys??

Maverick

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Originally posted by Kaleun1961:

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Originally posted by Maverick_U2007:

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Originally posted by Kaleun1961:

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Originally posted by tambor198:

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When I 'registered' it online it said I had no activations left. Will I have a problem when I re-activate it after the clean install of Windows 7.

I would think that if you contact MS and explain to them that you are going to install Win 7 on your computer and want to install MS Office 2007 on it also, but your liscence key has expired on Office 0'7 that they would just give you a new one, just like they do with Windows after you've install it a number of times.

My personal practice [since I regularly wipe my systems, for various reasons] is to have the OS installed, then any software which requires activation, then image the system. In future, if I reapply the image I don't have to worry about hassles with reactivating. There are various apps you can use for this; I use Acronis True Image but Norton Ghost is also popular. It takes some adminstrative discipline to archive various images, but it saves a load of time when you have to reinstall your whole system.

If I understand you right does this mean that I am able to take an image of my installed program files, ie Office, games etc and then just put them back when I install my new operating system???

Sorry if it seems a 'simple' question but I have not used this type of program before.

Maverick

Sorry, it doesn't quite work like that. Imaging is also known as cloning. Assuming I start from scratch, with a new drive or newly reformatted drive, I install Windows and update it. Note, never visit any other sites at this point because your system is really "naked" to the internet. I update Windows, then install, activate and update Office. Then I install my image program [it can also be run from a DVD or flash drive, but I don't want to go into all the details]. Final step is then "image" the system. You can save the image on an external hard drive via USB or FireWire, to a second hard drive in your PC, which I do with several of mine or even to a series of DVDs. An image is essentially a snapshot of your system, compressed and archived. At a future date, say you get a virus or your hard drive dies, then you simply run the image program and it copies back the original image in minutes, instead of taking days to do it all manually.

My image routine is to store at least two copies of a new system with Windows, Office and anything else that needs activation and updating. Once the activations and updates are done, image it. Then I install any other software, especially security like antispy/virus, firewall, etc, until I have achieved my final system "build." Then I image it again, but now I have two image, one with the bare number of critical apps that will always be on the PC, then another copy with all the other stuff involved. I have my own reasons for doing this, mainly that I know certain programs will not always reside on my system, so why include them in the original image, then have to uninstall them later?

Lastly, I restore any data or saved files and I image the system on an ongoing basis. Part of my routine is to keep all saved files and data in their own partition. My Windows partition and applications are in one partition, and my data is in another one or on an entirely different hard drive reserved for that purpose. If my operating system ever becomes corrupted or the OS drive dies, at least the data is safe. It also helps to keep Windows from sludging up if system files are not always being stored with data files, then you have to defragment more often. Speaking of which, I never have to do that as I have an on-the-fly automatic defragging utility, but that's a story for another day.

Image software is ideal for ongoing backups, and you can set them to do so automatically. Some will run every day, but instead of backing up every file every day, it only backs up what has changed. I could almost write a book about all of this, but the bottom line is that there are affordable alternatives out there, so a home user should never have to be so vulnerable as to "lose everything" if a computer has a virus, dead hard drive or even completely gone as in stolen. Data backup is so important, but most people don't do it, then one day their hard drive dies and they have to spend days reinstalling and updating everything and if they can't find the install discs for their games and programs, they are screwed.

One last note, if you have to restore from a previous image, make sure you run updates from MS and your security software. That stuff is always changing. Whenever I rebuild a system from an image archive, the first thing I do is get all the critical updates first, then carry on.

So, if I understand your question, there is no magic shortcut when it comes to the actual installation of programs. You can't install Windows on a new hard drive, then "image" your games and stuff in on top. Office has its files on the installation disc in a compressed archive type setup and you must go through the installation routine, which extracts them on the fly. You cannot simply "copy" Office from a second computer onto a new one. Yes, there are hacker ways of doing certain things, but I am talking about regular PC users at home. If you image a system that already has Office installed and activated, then you should never have to go through activation again if all you are doing is reapplying an image to the same system. If you change a bunch of hardware or try to apply an image from one PC to an entirely different PC, you will likely have activation issues. This is for home users. In a corporate setting like where I used to work, we would image multiple systems at once using one image, but the company had a volume license setup so we didn't have to sit there with each PC and activate them one at a time. Imaging software has been a great time saver for the corporate world but it can also save the day for individual home users with even one PC. I run a network of at least six at home, networked with printers, scanners and the like. I am essentially a network administrator for my family's PCs and resources. If a particular PC dies in my house, assuming say a dead hard drive, I can have a new drive installed and the system back, all files and programs, in less than an hour.

If you still have more questions or require further explanations, I'm happy to answer them.

'One of the Older Generation and Proud of it!!!'
User of GWX 3.0 and TMO 1.7. Play online at TheWolvesdenflotilla
Maverick's Silent Hunter Blogspot

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Originally posted by swatts:

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Originally posted by Maverick_U2007:
Well, I finally went and installed 32 bit edition Windows 7, which was simplicity itself when I realised that I had loaded most of programs onto another hard drive I had in my system. Couple of minor problems but it seems a good system and I must confess is speedier than Vista.

Just one issue,

SH3 is coming up in an odd screen size. It is filling my 22" screen from top to bottom but only 75 percent across the screen???.

SH4 was easy to alter but I have seem to have lost my way with SH3. Any thoughts guys??

Maverick

the problem he is talking about is the way Windows7 displays SH3
for some reason when you start the game the window size for the area for sh3 to be show in is not stretched out to fit the whole of the screen it must be something to do with the display settings of the graphics card or Direct10 settings.
changing the game settings will not do anything.
it needs the computers screen display to be changed to stretch out the sides