Display and other questions.

[stormbringer3]

Steel Panthers has always been one of my favorite games. However, since I went from XP to Windows7 I haven't touched the game. After reading about the new patch I'm tempted to reinstall. Here are my questions.
1. I've always played full screen, but after reading about the new patch, a windowed display seems to be the least hassle and system risk. How will a windowed display be different from the full screen I have always used?
2. I'm one of the PC users who avoids messing the OS unless absolutely necessary and if something happens I'm at a total loss on what to do. Are there any pitfalls with the new patch coping with Windows7?
Thanks for any opinions.

[iCaMpWiThAWP]

1. depends on screen resolution, if set at higher values you wont notice the difference, using fullscreen fix is only for those who really like to play that way, i alwas played on windowed because i'm usually multitasking around.
Btw:there's no "system risk" unless you mess with the files
2.There's absolutely no need to "mess with the OS", win 7 just hides your files if in /program files, just change the install directory to whatever place you'd like.

[void1984]

I can see with my Win7 that full-size windowed mode is much slower then full screen mode.

Unfortunately with about 1/5 ratio full screen mode comes as completely black screen and I can't switch it off neither alt-tab and I have to restart the PC.