Spent last night starting a fresh install with brand new SSD (thank goodness prices have come way down).
I almost choked when it had trouble connecting to hotmail even on the fresh install, but it seems that was just a momentary glitch. ![happy77 happy77](https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/Smileys/default/shappy_smile_100-100.gif)
But it's not acting very smooth... hanging on log off, etc. So I think I might just start it from scratch again.
@Suppressed To be expected... Especially if you are installing from a Win7 Pro gold iso instead of a Win7 SP1...
Don't judge it until the updates are done.
If you do rub it off and start over, try this:
https://softlay.net/operating-system/windows-7-all-in-one-iso-free-download-32-64-bit.htmlNot a hack. You will have an extra little bit to go through... Be sure to select for both type (home, pro, etc) AND 32/64bit, as it will do any of them. This IS for sure, an SP1 disk, and may contain quite a few of the updates since.
If you know how to put it on a bootable thumb, it stores much better, and goes much faster.
after install, have chipset, vid, and nic drivers ready, and put them in first. MS Essentials as AV till you are all the way in... It suffices, and you won't be dealing with any errant takeovers of firewall and such
Then let it update fully... you can install other drivers along the way, but most will probably come in on the update stream. Then deal with whatever other drivers are left.
It WILL be hinky until all the way updated.
And optional updates are fine - necessary if drivers. I would encourage driver installation that way, because the driver is pinned to certain updates being present before the driver update is presented to you.
Addendum: Upgrades are vastly decreased AFTER SP1 if you have the distributable Internet Explorer 11 (I think 11 was the last one that works on 7) and latest WiMP (Windows Media Player) distributable on hand.