R1E Windows 7

[primexx]

Anyone running Win7 on the R1E yet? Any significant problems?

Most importantly, do the drivers (especially Wacom and fingerprint reader) all work?

[Kyle Porter]

Long story short, you wont know until you try. We don't know if it will work on all models, but i have had overwhelming success with drivers on 10+ computers.

On my 2710p, everything works. Previous users have used models with touchscreens and have got them to work.

EDIT: WACOM, yes. Fingerprint, use the vista version of the software. So far everything that works for your computer under vista will work under windows 7.

[primexx]

mm...I'll try it anyways, so if nobody has done so yet I'll report back my results. Certainly expecting everything to work as they should.

[alphaswift]

I`ve been trying to get screen rotation working without success. Everything else works great and I really like the refined and improved tablet function.

Windows 7 Beta is *remarkably* stable.

edit: My plan to use hcontrol.exe didn`t help. I`m wondering about the default video driver being a problem. The Windows 7 version is substantially newer than what`s available on support.intel.com

edit2: Well, the problem was the video driver. The most current Vista32 driver on support.intel.com will provide screen rotation. The driver makes everything look more Vista-like. I just hope Intel will introduce a Win7 driver sometime soon.

[primexx]

what do you mean by "make everything look more vista-like"?

[alphaswift]

what do you mean by "make everything look more vista-like"?

This is just a personal opinion, but the Win7 "look" after the install seems to be less sharp after the video driver rollback.

[primexx]

oh I forgot to ask, are you using 32-bit or 64?

[alphaswift]

32. I have only 3 GB of RAM and no special needs that require 64 bit.

[primexx]

ok, running on Win7 x86 right now, so far:

- Recognized almost everything out of the box. I only had to install the fingerprint driver & software from Asus as well as Wacom's enhancement driver. Didn't bother installing the hotkey drivers.

- I don't use automatic screen rotation much, if at all, so I didn't install intel's graphics driver and stuck with Win7's which apparently has a higher version number. Could still rotate screen with Windows Mobility Center but the button on the frame doesn't work.

- Built in mic doesn't work anymore. (Do you know a fix?) Actually, it does work, the default volume was just set to 0.

- SecureW2 doesn't work anymore. Looking for TTLS client that does work.

[deek]

Did you guys get your beta's through MSDN or did you just use a torrent?