windows 7 Archives - Yellow Bricks

I like trying out new stuff. That’s one of the reasons I upgraded my testing machine to Windows 7. Unfortunately the driver that is included with Windows 7 for the Intel 965 Mobile is far from perfect. Nasty side effects are: flickering taskbar, black boxes on random places of the screen, minimize / maximize / close buttons hidden, taskbar disappearing… as you can see there are more than enough issues to look for a workaround. I tried updating to the latest and greatest version but this did not solve the issues I was facing. But the following did:

Download the Vista 64 Bit driver for the Intel 965 (in my case Lenovo laptop)
Unzip the software
Right click properties on the “setup.exe”
Click on the Compatibility tab and select mode to “Windows Vista Service Pack 2” and select “run this program as an administrator” at “privilege level”
Click “Ok”
Run the setup and reboot

So far I haven’t experienced the issues anymore…

Most people will agree that Apple products have certain kind of coolness. Most people will also agree that VMware Fusion has a certain kind of coolness, especially the Unity feature. Combine this coolness with the Windows 7 beta and you’ve got one hell of a combo.

I can imagine you don’t want to spent a lot of time on figuring out how to install Windows 7 within a Fusion VM, lucky you…. Team Fusion wrote an extensive blog article on how to install Windows 7 within a VM, and not only text and screenshots but also a video. Team Fusion is definitely one of the most active bloggers Team within VMware, keep up the excellent work guys! Now, check out the full article, even if you don’t own a Mac! And while you’re there Digg It!

Windows 7 and the Intel 965 video driver

Windows 7 on a Mac!