Advice for upgraders, Dont-do it ……. lots of lagacy issues and file permissions and old program stuff, tried twice but them had problems with office and photoshop etc, …
my recommendation , download the new Acronis beta you can then image your drive to a backup.tib file that you can access anything you need from later, then you can partition your pc into c & d drive and then do a win7 install onto the c partition, with all your data left safely on D ..perfect

@Mitch, spec’s look cool, ordered but still waiting the x18-m 34nm for mine, your makin me jealous,

Just wondering if it’s a big issue to do a “upgrade” install on Win7 from Vista on the XP2. People say don’t do it, but I wonder if it’s actually a big problem. I get my XP2 on Friday and it’s a supplemental computer so I wouldn’t mind running Win7 on it for that “wow’ factor.

Thanks, Lauren

theres some new updates on the dell website for the xt2 including bios update. Has anyone elses XT2 go into reboot loop when attached to powersupply?

Sidenote: Dell Control Point System Manager gives a c runtime error in ntriginterface.dll after install 64bit rtm ntrig drivers. No big deal it seems, fixed my phantom clicks, buttons still work.

I have Win 7 RTM, 64 bit, on XT2. I have tried installing Vist 64 drivers from Dell (mainly to enable multi-touch). However, I have been seeing multiple problems since I did that.

I am almost going to reinstall on it, and just wait for the latest drivers from Dell to become available.

@maximus: I have the older 1.8inch x25m intel SSD running in my XT2 and the performance difference versus the was staggering. Here are the benchmarks:

TOSHIBA MK8016GSG Benchmark
Read transfer rate
Transfer Rate Minimum : 26.9 MB/sec
Transfer Rate Maximum : 37.6 MB/sec
Transfer Rate Average : 32.8 MB/sec
Access Time : 16.8 ms

INTEL SSDSA1MH080G1G Benchmark
Read transfer rate
Transfer Rate Minimum : 86.6 MB/sec
Transfer Rate Maximum : 134.2 MB/sec
Transfer Rate Average : 112.7 MB/sec
Access Time : 0.2 ms

Many thanks, paint.net works well again and am now looking at an intel SSD the new 1.8inch x25m g2 as they have come down in price and will be perfect for win7 in the dell.
I will then move my old drive out into an ICY box external usb & esata drive caddy, that docks in my main pc’s 3.5inch bay for true portability !

All the best Maximus,

Thanks for your reply, I am running Windows7 RTM version, Technet on the XT2 with 3gig just like you. I know the touchpack shouldnt affect anything but since installing it I tried to reinstall the N-TRIG drivers and am now down to pen+1 touchpoint and cant get even 4 up let alone the 10 it told me I had once before ….
The drivers i have are the 2.59 old beta versions but I cant find the new ones you mention Anywhere are you able to PM me a copy, as it could really help me out, many thanks

B.t.w you can open up the drivers with uniextract and extract or change the ini files, unfortunately this doesn’t help solve my problem.

today i did a new install on my XT2. Win7 RTM 32bit. I have only 3 GB Ram, so 32 is ok. But … i got from nTrig new drivers. Build is 07-13-09.
Driver: 1.26
FW: 4.4.15.13.5
Software: 2.125
So far i see no difference, i have my 4 touch points back instead of 6… so far (in the last 10 minutes) no ghost taps …
Best regards
Raolin

The Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 is only a collection of Demo-Applications for touch functionality. My Windows-Version is the x64 RTM final U.S. – i think the US-version is the only available right now.

Ok, heres something different: I have not installed ANY software for the nTrig-Device. There is no entry in the control panel for nTrig. I can only see 3 devices in the device manager. My driver Version is 1.26. Where can i check the Firmware and the build?

By the way after a couple of days using it, i am back to the “… 4 Touch Points.”
Best regards
Raolin

I installed both x86 and x64 versions of windows 7 ultimate RTM on my xt2 and didn’t get the “Pen and Touch Input available with 6 Touch Points”. Mine only says “Pen and Single Touch Input Available”. Do you have to enable it or get the elusive”windows 7 touch pack”?

I am going to install the (x64) version. And I hope there are no new problems in it that you haven’t already covered (that way I don’t have to look elsewhere).

Best regards
Raolin

I had an XT1 before I got the XT2. There weren’t any problems with installing drivers on the XT1 using the 7077 build of windows 7, but the RC was more picky.

Could the same hold true for the XT2 ? I have the RC installed on my XT2, but many a component is missing as the drivers from the resource CD won’t install.
Your post I think will help solve the most problems with drivers under the RC, but stuff like GPS or the SD-Card reader will remain mysteries won’t they?

I don’t use the modem, so I can’t offer any help there.