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cvglass
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Problems with Running Windows 7 in Fustion

I just wanted to ask if anyone else is experiencing the following problems:

In unity mode the windows start bar disappears and cannot be accessed until I leave unity mode

Blue screen crashes periodically indicating invalid memory access

Periodic inability to use a USB as a ready boost memory enhancer. This is truly periodic as the same usb will work upon restart, and it was never removed from the mac.

I have reinstalled windows 7 several times and also reinstalled Vmware Tools and these problems continue to present themselves. I am using the 7600.1635 release to manufacturing of Windows 7

Please let me know if you have any solutions.

Thanks,

David

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ColoradoMarmot
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As noted, Windows 7 is not officially supported. Given the massive change in the taskbar (to that horrible ribbon), I suspect unity will continue to have problems until offical support comes. I don't know about the USB memory enhancer issue, but would suspect that that's also a Windows 7 issue.

For now, 1) don't use Unity, and 2) don't use USB memory enhancers. Running it in a sandbox works fine, although resizing the window by dragging the corner can have hiccups.

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