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<blockquote data-quote="robbo100" data-source="post: 722249" data-attributes="member: 91446">Just to feedback (in case anyone else is looking to upgrade from XP to Win 7).I installed Win 7 Pro last night and all went well. Win 7 detected my drivers and configured my system with far less problems than I have ever experianced - I was fairly startled to be honest! I only needed to install ATI Catalyst and the IMon software as everything else was dealt with by the OS.The way that Win 7 deals with HDMI (in particular the audio over HDMI) is far superior to XP. I would say it took about an hour of fiddling with XP to get the audio setting right (connected to an AV Amp), but I sorted it in Win 7 in about 10 mins (including the time it took to find my way around the unfamiliar menus etc).So far (fingers crossed it stays like this) the system seems more stable, especially on recovery from standby (where with XP I often had no sound and the IMon VFD didn't recover). Also, I was astounded by the speed it recovers from standby (MP displayed on screen in 2 seconds, with remote working after 5 seconds, compared with XP which was about 7 seconds and 15 seconds respectively).Installation was simple enought that I was able to go from a blank hard drive to fully installed (including SP1 and all other updates) with PDVD and MP installed and working with the remote control within 2.5 hours, which would probably take twice as long with XP.Thanks again to revs for the helpRobbo100</blockquote>

[QUOTE="robbo100, post: 722249, member: 91446"] Just to feedback (in case anyone else is looking to upgrade from XP to Win 7). I installed Win 7 Pro last night and all went well. Win 7 detected my drivers and configured my system with far less problems than I have ever experianced - I was fairly startled to be honest! I only needed to install ATI Catalyst and the IMon software as everything else was dealt with by the OS. The way that Win 7 deals with HDMI (in particular the audio over HDMI) is far superior to XP. I would say it took about an hour of fiddling with XP to get the audio setting right (connected to an AV Amp), but I sorted it in Win 7 in about 10 mins (including the time it took to find my way around the unfamiliar menus etc). So far (fingers crossed it stays like this) the system seems more stable, especially on recovery from standby (where with XP I often had no sound and the IMon VFD didn't recover). Also, I was astounded by the speed it recovers from standby (MP displayed on screen in 2 seconds, with remote working after 5 seconds, compared with XP which was about 7 seconds and 15 seconds respectively). Installation was simple enought that I was able to go from a blank hard drive to fully installed (including SP1 and all other updates) with PDVD and MP installed and working with the remote control within 2.5 hours, which would probably take twice as long with XP. Thanks again to revs for the help Robbo100 [/QUOTE]

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