| Additional information on Windows 7 Home Premium |
| Installing |
Unplug all hard drives except the one that you are working with.
In the ROMBIOS set the remaining drive to be the boot drive.
I used an 80 GB drive.
Boot from the Windows DVD.
Remove all partitions from the hard drive if any exist.
Format the drive as NTFS
Proceed with a standard install.
I did not provide a Product Key with the inital install.
Windows 7 allows you a 30 day grace period.
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Motherboard
Drivers |
Next the specific drivers for my MSI X58 Pro-E Motherboard were installed.
Then the drivers for the Nvidia 9400 GT video interface.
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Anti Virus
Backup |
Lastly AVG 9.0 and Acronis True Image 11 are installed.
A working image is created on my backup hard drive.
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| Applications |
Office 2007
HomeSite 5.0
PhotoShop 6.0
Power DVD 6
Nero 7.10.1.0
Trillian 3.1 September 2009 date.
Various samll utilities and timers.
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| Using SLMGR |
- slmgr -ipk [Product Key] = Installs the Produck Key that came with your DVD.
- slmgr -ato = Activate your copy of Windows Vista.
- slmgr -xpr = tells you how long the current install is good for.
- slmgr -rearm = Extends the grace period by 30 days. This can be done only 3 times.
- A Product Key can also be provided via the Control Panel > Sytem utility.
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| Upgrading |
Upgrade ... Windows Anytime makes it easy to evolve to a higher edition of Windows 7.
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| Adoption |
Accepting ... 64 bit Operating Syatem.
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