A lot of people who wants to put the new OS from Microsoft are afraid that the drivers won’t work or that the software that usually uses might have some incompatibilities with the OS during the installation or after. Here are some little advices that might help:

If the problem of the drivers it is not solved via Automatic Updates, you can follow those advices:

-          First, the drivers – if you had run previously Vista, you can use with no problems the drivers designed for it. Just right click on the driver you want to download and click on Compatibility tab and set it to Vista. Some of the drivers (I don’t know if all) work fine for Windows 7 even if they are designed for XP. Just follow the steps above, but choose Windows XP SP2 compatibility.

-          Some of the users complained that the Daemon Tools program will not work on Windows 7. It is true. But you can use another programs, like PowerISO that it works great. I tested myself, it is actually the program that I use to emulate drives under Windows 7 and it works great.

-          I’ve seen also some complains about other programs like Adobe Photoshop or Nero. If you receive a message error during the installation process you might to follow the instructions listed above, Right Click on the file > Compatibility > set it to Vista or XP SP2. It will work. There are still some problems with certain versions of Nero, but if you use Nero 8 lite edition or Nero 9 you should have no problem at all.

-          There are some issues regarding the capability to play videos. Just install BSPlayer Free and at the first start, right after the installation, it will automatically download and install the codecs for you. If it won’t work (I mean if the image is black during a video playback but the sound works just go to the Options in BSPlayer, Preferences, Video, Video Rendering and on the Rendering mode tab select Internal renter overlay (default) or EVR. It should work. If you still have problems with those settings just try the all options available on Rendering mode tab.

-          Another problem is the Antivirus program. I use Kaspersky Antivirus 2009 and it works great. He integrates with Windows 7 security manager, it downloads the updates and he protects the PC very well.

-          If you use a Mobile Phone and you need to install a PC suite in order to organize your files, you probably receive during the installation progress an error that tells you that the software is not compatible with the OS. Just select Vista or XP on the compatibility windows (as I said before for other programs).

-          Some of you may be wondering what version of Windows 7 you have to install (32bit or 64 bit versions are available). It is very simple. If you have a 32 bit processor or less than 4 gig of RAM you should install the 32 bit version. If you have a 64 bit processor and more than 4 gigs of RAM, definitely you should install 64 bit version. Just as simple as that – the 64 bit version consumes more RAM memory than the 32 bit. But the 32 bit version will only see 3.3 gigs of RAM, even you have 4 installed on your system.

I don’t know what else to say for now. If something comes in my mind, I will tell you :P…

Please feel free to ask any questions.

Cheers.