>>Microsoft has announced this afternoon that Windows 7 has been released to manufacturing.
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>>Looks like the 7600 build that got leaked was indeed the RTM version....
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>>http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/07/22/windows-7-has-been-released-to-manufacturing.aspx
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>I waited for this to release rather than upgrading my laptop from Vista to XP.
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>Now I see Microsoft is continuing their downward slide with new programs not being compatible with existing MICROSOFT programs.
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>I ran the upgrade advisor (beta even though Windows 7 is RTM) and it told me I would have trouble with Visual Studio 2008. Of course - that's a current Microsoft product - naturally a new Microsoft product won't work with a current Microsoft product.
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>I figured I'd get past that using a virtual machine if needed, so..
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>After downloading the X86 Ultimate from MSDN, I tried to upgrade..
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>Ran the upgrade, and it refused telling me that the following need to be uninstalled..
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>Intel PROSet/Wireless
>Microsoft SQL Server 2008
>Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 *
>ATI CATALYST Install Manager *
>ATI Catalyst Control Center *
>GoogleToolbar
>SigmaTel Audio Control Panel
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>Microsoft SQL Server 2008 - not compatible with Windows 7 eh? Very nice. Very nice.
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>Google toolbar is not installed on my machine - never has been. I checked throught the registry and find no references either.
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>It's too bad Microsoft is no longer functional. I really liked their products for a long time.
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>Linux never has been a reasonable alternative. Mac is far too limited.
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>Back to XP.
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>What crap Microsoft.

That's an issue with the upgrade method. Except for the SigmaTel Audio thing, I'm running all those programs on 7 so they do indeed work. SQL Server 2008 installs just fine - but it gives you warning when you do so. This fix is SP1 for it.