Well I did it, I took the plunge. I installed the new Windows 7 RC on my tablet. I am only a few hours into it and the jury is still out. The installation went very smooth and getting it up and running was effortless. It very much has a Vista feel to it.

First, I had a issue that I had to overcome before I could really look under the hood. I have spent the better part of two days working on connecting it to my wireless network at home. I mean come on! It works fine on other wireless networks, but nooooooo, not mine. But, I finally got the thing figured out. Maybe it’s a guy thing, but it is hard to let those things go when you can’t figure them out.

Part of the problem was that I hacked my Linksys wireless router and put a different firmware on it. I thought I was technically savvy, but when I get into things like this, I feel like an amateur.

So I hacked away and I have been running the “new” firmware on the router for the past 6 months with no problems. It actually has some great features. The best one is the OpenDNS that is built into it. If you do not know what it is, check it out.

But a rouge setting had effectively stopped me dead in my tracks. After much searching I finally found it. I am fortunate that I have another computer to compare settings with, or I may have given up long before I found it. All my other computers work fine, but Vista 64-bit, and now Windows 7 64-bit do not play well with that setting.

Now finally I feel like I can move on. The weight has been lifted. Time to dig into Windows 7 with a little more depth!

P.S. – If you have the “Tomato” firmware on your wireless router, make sure you turn off the “afterburner” setting. You will save yourself a lot of trouble.