PC's getting old - got money to spend

Lil306

enigma52 wrote: »

you need to install noscript addon to firefox

Benefits ?

Which scripts does it stop running, does it stop popups?

spud17

Any links to comparisons between the versions. I seem to recall the Windows XP versions had certain features disabled between the "home" and "professional" editions (like users + groups in computer management)

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/compare

The hack is well known to Microsoft, in some articles they even seem to condone it.
More reading below, well worth the small donation to get the full version, even the free shortened edition is usually well worth the read.

http://windowssecrets.com/2009/11/12/02-Clean-install-Windows-7-from-the-upgrade-disc/#story1

enigma52

Lil306 wrote: »

Benefits ?

Which scripts does it stop running, does it stop popups?

your call, your pc, do as you wish

Lil306

spud17 wrote: »

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/compare

The hack is well known to Microsoft, in some articles they even seem to condone it.
More reading below, well worth the small donation to get the full version, even the free shortened edition is usually well worth the read.

http://windowssecrets.com/2009/11/12/02-Clean-install-Windows-7-from-the-upgrade-disc/#story1

Thanks, I'd most likely get the professional version so I can join the computer to a domain

I won't be using the hacks if I upgrade the PC, but I have kept it for future ref

spud17

I won't be using the hacks if I upgrade the PC, but I have kept it for future ref

I knew I had another link.

http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/clean_install_upgrade_media.asp

In particular method #3 first paragraph

If the above two methods fail, you can always fall back on the old "double install" method that I previously documented for Windows Vista. This workaround is fully supported by Microsoft. There's already a whole article dedicated to this topic, but here's the short version since you've already done the initial install: