Satellite P300 and Windows 7 Beta..

Hey guys..
I updated the horrible Vista that my P300 came with to the new Windows 7 beta.. Most of the features are working correctly.
Here are the problems i ran into.
*HDMI* - it does work, but i lose audio via HDMI if i pause a video. If i'm on youtube and i watch a video the audio will be fine until i either pause it, rewind or fast forward the video, if i click on another video it will also stop working. This goes for any sort of video i watch on the pc.. not just youtube.. even DVD's.
To get the audio via HDMI again, i need to go to audio devices and select pc speakers as default, then chose HDMI as default again.. then it will work until i pause or skip videos again.
*Wireless Card..*
If the P300 goes into sleep mode, sometimes i will not be able to re-connect to the wireless network again. I need to reboot the P300 to get it to connect again.
I also have 4 or 5 items in the device manager that are not installed properly.. i cant list them now cause i dont have my laptop with me.
Anyone else running Windows 7 Beta?? If so do you have any issues?

Hello
We all know that Windows 7 is still as beta version on the market and official support is not started.
So to discuss about some issues on Windows 7 is for me definitely superfluously.
The drivers, tools and utilities are not available yet and if everything works well it OK, if not we must wait until Windows 7 support starts.
I have installed Windows 7 on my Satellite Pro P300 and play a little bit with it but I am not wondering if something wont work as it should.

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