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To all forum users:
Please use this thread to note any comments that you have about Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC). Do not use this thread for any specific question or issue that you are having - just for comments or feedback. For questions/issues that require an answer, create a new thread.
Thanks
-Tony Mann
Windows Client IT Pro Audience Manager for Web Forums, Windows Client Forum Owner- Edited byAnthony_MannMSFT, OwnerTuesday, June 23, 2009 9:07 PM
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- I'm running a triple-monitor setup on Win7 x64. Primary card is NVidia Quadro FX 1400 dual DVI output PCI Express x16 and secondary card is GeForce FX 5200 PCI with a single DVI output.
When the displays go dark for a UAC prompt, they should return to normal after the prompt is acknowledged. However, the display connected to the secondary card stays completely black, but the pointer will still display normally when moved to that display. Simply clicking on the black area will cause the background to reappear as normal.
I have also experienced the same issue after interrupting the screen saver.- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorSaturday, July 04, 2009 10:11 AMFeedback
- 1) Microsoft Money Plus 2008 Deluxe refuses to activate in Windows 7 RC if the user account does not have administrative privileges.2) There is no UAC pop-up requesting administrator privileges.3) The error message offers no clue about the need for administrator privileges. It just says to check the activation code and the Internet connection.The problem can be worked around by temporarily granting administrator privileges to the user account, and then activating Money Plus.
- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorFriday, June 26, 2009 5:12 PMFeedback
Only way I can play internet radio via media centre now is to start it in media player, save the playlist with that radio and then start that playlist in media centre. Works 90% of the time. Can we have internet radio tab under radios in MC? Some most popular radios and a http line so we can start our own radio.
- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorSaturday, June 27, 2009 3:00 AMFeedback
- We Have Media Player, Media Center and Zune. For Zune Software and media center, Most of the things there can be on Windowsmedia.com and the rest can be built into windows media player. There are too many media apps to be able to do everything. I am sure we could buy songs online in media player from the zune web site as well as get to internet tv and so on.
- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorSaturday, June 27, 2009 3:01 AMFeedback
- I am very dissapointed that Media Center does not fully support Aero Snap. It is one of those applications that many people use on dual screen set ups or split screen setups.
I often want to watch TV full screen on one monitor and work on the other one. But full screen means the mouse is captured by Media Center so you can't work on the other screen.
Now this issue has been reported since Vista and yet Microsoft have not decided to change it for Windows 7! Very dissapointing given all the hype about Aero Snap and the fluent user interface.
It is also annoying that the mute audio button in media center mutes every single other application too. It should only mute Media Center! Again dissapointing.
elyoh- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorSaturday, June 27, 2009 3:02 AMFeedback
- two major problems:
1/I have moved my library paths for photos video and music to my D:\Media\xxxx directory (where xxx is the type), and removed the default path for the %profile%\Music and such. However when I connect my digital camera and import the photos, they still go to the C drive, and I have to move them manually (worse still, some of them have strange permissions which means I can't delete from the original location).
2/ On several occations I have noticed "web urls" in the address bar for my imported media, by web URLS, I mean spaces seperated by %13 etc.....
Hopefuly these are known issues already, and are on the fix list for final. Everything else is working VERY well, even on my very underpowered netbook (HP2133 with 2GB of RAM).- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorSaturday, June 27, 2009 4:36 AMFeedback
- Good idea! I'd like it to be easy as WinAmp is for this...
- I know when I am home I watch a movie a day but that is what 100 min average rest of that time it is winamp with internet radio, even when I play my xx3. Having that in MCE would allow to control it with remote, save the best stations. Ahh it just would be great.
- the option for invert color isn't present in the new msphaint, plese is very importat for me
thanks- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorSaturday, June 27, 2009 4:37 AMFeedback
- Media player does not recognize the other codecs. So not possible to play some sound.
Other codes should be written on the inside.- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorSaturday, June 27, 2009 4:37 AMFeedback
- Can you give some examples of "other codecs"?
I have used Xvid/Divx with MP3/AC3 and H264 with AAC without issues. I've actually been VERY happy with W7 and WP12 as far as video/audio support. - So, they added some new games to the Microsoft list, but got rid of Texas Hold'em?...
is there a way to get this little extra on Windows 7?
In God I trust!- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorSaturday, June 27, 2009 4:38 AMFeedback
- In several this forum's threads (most notably the "Win 7 RC Comments pt. 1/2/3") a lot of people have been asking for this menu, which used to be accessible via Right-Clicking on the taskbar icon, but now that results in the Jump List:
First of all I want to explain that this menu does exist in Windows 7, as you can clearly see in the above screenshot. You can open it via Shift+Right Click on the taskbar icon.
But that's all I wanted to say, so here goes.
This menu has existed since Windows 95, as has been one other feature:
- Click on a taskbar item to focus on that window
- Click again to minimize that window
And Close can be achieved both via Jump Lists and Live Thumbnails .
So where's the problem?
Regards, Kristaps.- Edited byKristaps. Saturday, May 23, 2009 6:29 PM
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- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorWednesday, July 08, 2009 12:28 AMFeedback
- Edited byKristaps. Sunday, May 24, 2009 4:03 AMmirrored image
- Can we start a petition to remove WLAN Autoconfig from Windows 7 and go back to separating the Wireless Network services like XP? Please?
I don't see why nothing is being done about one of the more serious complaints and annoyances reported by users of Vista. The "optimization" feature (that causes huge lag spikes in online gaming) should be able to be successfully disabled if not split into a completely serparate service, which can be disabled. I know this doesn't affect everyone nor every piece of hardware, but it really hurts a ton of people who want to play online games with a wireless connection.
I do not see a suggestions forum, but trust me, I have sent feedback on this every time I got extremely frustrated trying to play online. Please feel free to move this post to another forum if one is better suited for this type of post.- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorThursday, June 25, 2009 4:49 PMFeedback
- I've been trying to get my W7 RC x64 (clean install) to connect to my Cisco 3000 concentrator at work. I found that Cisco STILL refuses to make a 64bit VPN client! #$%^ers! I finally found a client that supposedly would work under 64bit W7. it's called NCP something-or-other (www.ncp-e.com). Installed beautifully, but I could seem to get it to actually connect to anything... Bummer... Decided to uninstall it and try just setting up a good ol pptp connection using the W7 native VPN capabilities...
Not sure if it's something on my system (maybe that Citrix DNE update from my attempt at the Cisco client), or what, but if I try to establish the connection, I get the "Verifying username and password" dialog indefinately. The networking tray icon shows the swirling blue circle, as if it's attempting to connect. I've waited 10 minutes and still nothing changes, so I click Cancel on the dialog box. It goes away, but the swirling circle remains until I reboot the system.
Any ideas?
Hey Microsoft! If a company abandons their client, can you then take their abilities and incorporate them directly without having to license? Cisco has abandoned all 64bit people (I don't count that Connect Anywhere or AnyConnect bull$%!@)? Please give us a NATIVE Windows 7 64bit client that will, maybe, read in Cisco .pcf files and configure itself to use IPSec and all that! It's about time you used your real power to free your people from Cisco's tyrany!- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorWednesday, June 24, 2009 7:05 PMFeedback
- Installed Win7, NIC shows local access but no internet access,
I have a DHCP router with DSL ISP, all in a workgroup home environment, my other XP clients work fine,
if I try to setup the network connection and select internet, only get 2 choices, pppoe or dialup, my pppoe resides on the dsl modem and don't need to setup on pc,
I did try setting it on the pc, however it did not help.
Joe
What the...., came home, turn it on and it now works, you have some issues on this win ver,- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorMonday, June 29, 2009 3:36 PMFeedback
- Hey Guy,s I have a problem when I trying to pair my dell bh200 bluetooth headset makes it perfectly but when I look for it, is not listed in playback devices, I like Windows 7 and use a dell xps 420 with the dell wireless 355c bluetooth 2.0 + EDR module and I also use bluetooth keyboard and mouse. I try everything to fix the problem (Broadcom driver for win 7, dell drivers, even win vista drivers) but nothing works. Now a few days ago the bluetooth thing started with a new problem now I can't transfer photos and music from my pc to any phone and vice versa, which is so annoying and disappointed. Now tired of trying everything I have decided go back to Visa and It Works great!!! I hope Microsoft is aware of this irritating problem cuse I really want to use Windows 7.
I apologize for my English I am not very good on it.- Changed TypeRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorWednesday, July 08, 2009 10:53 PMComment
- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorWednesday, July 08, 2009 10:54 PMFeedback
- I agree 100%. I am so used to 15 years to right clicking and quickly clicking Close, Maximize or Minimize. Either we should be given a choice to revert to this menu without using Shift or put Minimize and Maximize in the jump list. Like this: http://rapidshare.com/files/236280672/Maximize_Jump_List.png.html
- How about adding min/max to the jump list, but keeping it in one row? Like this:
These buttons would work on all that app's windows, and for individual windows there's always right-click on the thumbnail.
Regards,
Kristaps.
P.S.: Epic shoop is epic.- Edited byKristaps. Friday, June 19, 2009 4:23 PM
- One of the cool features of Windows 7, is the way it organizes all open windows by the application that opened those windows. Very nice!So, what you are looking for is there, they have just moved it under each application for the group of files that are opened.Now, something that I would like to do, but have not been able to figure out is how do I view say two documents opened by MS Word and just these two, side by side?A right click on the task bar gives you the option to view windows side by side and I am aware of this, but this feature applies the logic to all open windows by all applications.I would love to see this feature to be added to the right click menu for each application, where currently we have 'close window' and 'pin this program to task bar', etc. so it would be nice to have 'view windows side by side' and 'cascase windows' added to this sub-menu.
- Hello - I am using Windows 7 RC on two machines, a desktop and a laptop. Each have Pentium D dual core processors and 2gb of RAM.
Here are the issues I am having ;
- Media Center in Windows 7 crashes, BSODS. I download a free DVD player and it works flawlessly.
- Media Center when you right click, you get this stupid ribbon ____. In Vista, you right click and you get a menu with options to Eject, Title Menu or Root Menu. Windows 7 Media Center when you right click you have to scroll all the way to the end of this freaking ribbon to get those option. This sucks.
- Windows 7 VPN - SUCKS!. I take my laptop out to other sites and have all sorts of connectivity problems with the VPN. Constantly disconnects and won't reconnect. My Windows XP laptop works fine on other sites. Windows 7 VPN will work fine if I'm connected to my network, then whats the freaking point, I'm behind a firewall. I need a reliable VPN when I'm out on remote sites. Thank God for Windows XP's VPN reliability.
- Media Center. You put in a DVD and there is no default settings in Windows 7 to say Media Center is the default player when a DVD is put into the drive. Don't give me directions to control panel to make those changes, I have done all that plus used the wizard to setup the default player and my two options is Media Player (great for music, not movies) and the free DVD player I downloaded so I can watch movies with a media player that works. No settings in Windows 7 to set Media Center as default player for DVD's, not an option in the drop down menu.
- Network Printers. That wizard is still a joke. Vista and Windows 7 will not find any of my 4 network print servers automatically. You run the freaking wizard and it tells you there is nothing there. I manually put in the IP address and guess what, it finds it. Get rid of the wizard, save some code and speed if it won't work.
- Windows 7 still slow and sucking up a lot of resources. I read where people are running it on P3 processors with 512mb of RAM or 1gb or RAM......Don't Believe That At All.- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorWednesday, June 24, 2009 9:52 PMFeedback
- Vietnamese collation still not correct
please - Some survey of aged systems with Windows 7 running can be found on: http://blogs.msdn.com/ukschools/archive/2009/06/08/what-does-windows-7-run-on.aspx. You can also look on my signature, that system runs surprisingly well, too. But the freedom of belief is a constitutional right in most countries, today.
Mobile AMD64 3000+, VIA Apollo K8T800 chipset, 1 G RAM, ATIRadeonMobility 9700, 20x DVDRW, C:XPSP3 (55G),D:WIN7 (25G),F:DATA (250G) - WMP will still download folder art even after unchecking the option to retrieve information from the internet. My folders get filled with folder jpgs.
Also, I have embedded cover art in all my mp3s but WMP doesn't recognize any of them - Hi thanks for reading my post.
Normally when you share a folder in windows it it changes the icon so you can tell its shared.
Windows 7 isnt doing this.- Edited byLazerbeak Wednesday, June 24, 2009 1:51 PMmistake
- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorWednesday, June 24, 2009 7:01 PMFeedback
- 1. In XP and Vista I could right-click on a taskbar program, press the C key, and the program would close. Now its right-click, hit C (several times if the program had recent files that started with "C"), and then press <Enter> to do the same thing. Gets annoying when I try to close 20+ windows.
2. Vertical taskbars are still not done well, but its getting much better than XP or Vista. The clock takes 3 lines when it could fit everything on 1.
3. There should be a setting to allow the display of seconds in the taskbar clock, or even better, the ability to enter custom time format string for power users.
Finally, thank you Windows 7 developers for adjusting the list view in Windows Exporer to allow for column widths that adjust for content, and dont just use the width of the widest column. This has been needed for a long time. Finally, thank you Windows 7 developers for adjusting the list view in Windows Exporer to allow for column widths that adjust for content, and dont just use the width of the widest column. This has been needed for a long time.
Really, this is a very good new feature, thanks, dev. team.
But, about the list view, I would like to remind about a new behaviour that is not good at all: The "moving columns" when a file name is not able to show itself fully.
For me, it can even be classified as a bug, and the steps to reproduce it are:
Open any folder in windows explorer and use the "List" view. Now, go to the far right column and select one file. IF the last column visible have one file name that is near the end of the window, or if the name of one file in that column don´t fit the window, then, when you select it, explorer move it "automagicaly" maybe to let you "see better" the file name.
BUT, it´s really annoying, because:
1) You can SEE the file. You click the file and suddenly all the columns change and the one that was right under your mouse now is not the one that was under your mouse. It is now in the left of your mouse, and the next column in the right, that you was not even seeing (and maybe have nothing you wanted, because you don´t clicked it) is now under the mouse.
2) It´s impossible to do a double click in a file like this (one that is in the last right column in the list view, the same column that will move by itself when you select the file) before the column moves. Even if you try to double click real fast, you end clicking another file, because when you do the first click, the column already moved, the file you wanted is not under your mouse pointer anymore, and the secound click (just a milisecound was passed here) will end in another file.
I hope I made myself clear. It´s a issue much easyer to see in windows explorer than to explain in words, I think. Try it out and see, please.
- fanfarenj says:
DrGerry-
How did you manage to "overwhelm" the registry in two months of RC availablity?
Two months? I'm using W7 since several months. RC haven't changed the rgistry. Anyway, I installed and deinstalled a lot of programs (we are beta testers, dont you?) and W7 is going slower and if you search the registry you can see a lot of garbage. - It's not even a problem of two months. I've installed the Beta on a virtual drive, run the RC from a real, separate drive = not containing any rests from the Beta, and the responsiveness goes down with every install/uninstall. The two months aren't over, if you count a bit.
Gracias teniente, by the way.
Mobile AMD64 3000+, VIA Apollo K8T800 chipset, 1 G RAM, ATIRadeonMobility 9700, 20x DVDRW, C:XPSP3 (55G),D:WIN7 (25G),F:DATA (250G) - Tony,
I have a few general comments on Win 7 RC.
1. Seems more stable and reliable, especially compared to the Vista RC that I also tested when released.
2. Clean installs have gone well, both 32 and 64 bit editions. All hardware recognized and installed, even on an old ratty box that was ready for the recylce bin.
3. Windows Defender has gotten weaker in each build. The software Explorer is gone and we're back to the command line and msconfig to edit startup items. HUGE step backwards!
4. Homegroup doesn't make sense for "typical" home users as it requires Win7 on all machines, which will never happen.
5. Mysterious and unresolved Event ID errors continue. Errors totally inscrutable and rarely any help or explanation to resolve.
6. AV installs continue to want to dominate over the OS -- want to be the default firewall, spyware checker, anti-spam, web link analyzer and so on. I see trouble down the road in the "Action Center", especially with OEM AV-Secuirty Edition bundles.
7. Interface is neither better or worse than say Vista -- just different. Still many annoying quirks -- no classic desktop, no network icon animation, IE 8 x64 does not show the history which was a much touted benefit, and so on. It's like going into the Holliday Inn that you know so well and the furniture has been moved around for unknown benefits.
While I appreciate your request for comments, I think we all know that after a RC release there won't be many changes.
Gib - Mr. Gib,
1. I agree,
2. I agree with some limitations (that are hardware-dependent),
3. I don't know if there is a deterioration, but Windows Defender will be replaced by MSE anyway (Microsoft Security Essentials, formerly known as "Morro") - if you choose to install it -, the disappearance of "Software Explorer" is a mistery for me, too,
4. I agree,
5. I agree,
6. that's not really an OS question,
7. I agree in general (that "no classic desktop, no network icon animation" isn't so important for me), I especially agree to your sentence "It's like going into the Holiday Inn that you know so well and the furniture has been moved around for unknown benefits". The decorators will know the benefits, users are sometimes unable to see the riches given to them.
My best regards.
Mobile AMD64 3000+, VIA Apollo K8T800 chipset, 1 G RAM, ATIRadeonMobility 9700, 20x DVDRW, C:XPSP3 (55G),D:WIN7 (25G),F:DATA (250G) - After spending the day installing Win 7 / 64 and it locking up on reboot, I finally disconnected my other hard drives and tried one more time before reverting to XP. It worked perfectly! aparently there was a conflick with the other drives for some reason but after completing instalation, shutting down and connecting the other drives, everything works properly. So now we are off to the races and I can see it is much faster than anything previous.
- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorThursday, June 25, 2009 3:29 AMFeedback
- It looks like Notepad is a bit buggy when word wrap is turned on. Basically, if a long line of text is already wrapped and you change its length so that the word-wrap point changes, the text file can potentially go all wonky. You could get an extra unnecessary line break in your paragraph, or a segment of a paragraph might disappear altogether. This is purely visual, because saving, closing, and reopening the text file shows the intact text with the correct changes made to it. But it sure gives you a shock to see it happen. Using the 64-bit version.
- Hello,
there is a strange bug on pinning executables to the taskbar:
> when the filename contains the word "help" the command "pin to taskbar" has gone in popup menu.
> when the file information contains the word "help" (filename is different) the program can be pinned but loose the pinned state when it's closed
I tested this with build 7100 64bit and 32bit, build 7000 32bit.
Regards,
Michael - I just really want to see Alt+Enter work in the folder pane of Windows Explorer, I'm no programmer, but this one should be relatively easy for the dev team :D
Great work on Windows 7, love it. Im using Windows 7 now and Im gonna keep it simple and hope someone reads this.
One: I have always wanted to see since 95 is the ability to use media as background on your desktop (example, repeating avi of an ocean scene or waves crashing on the shore). Also have the ability to set volume or mute.
Two: I Swap monitors all the time (different locations). These monitors have different screen sizes and its a hassle to always reposition my icons and Gadgets on the larger resolutions. Just remember the locations in the Registry or some ini file for that specific resolution.
- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorThursday, June 25, 2009 4:48 PMFeedback
- What about Workgroups ? By mistake I've created 2 workgroups in my network (keyboard mistake - typed a different letter ). Normally I should be able to see only my workgroup computers, and just the name for the second one, but not acces. I see nowhere the workgroups names, but just a list including all the computers in both workgroups. So why there is still the posibility to change the workgroup name when it doesn't do it's job ?
- I have noticed 2 things with Win 7 coming from XP.1. Occasionally IE8 will not start. I have it in the Startup list, and on my taskbar, but no matter how often I click the icon, it will not open. Task manager shows it briefly with 180,000 useage, but then it disappears. Gone back to Chrome. No change 4/jul/092. iTunes 7 (and 8?-not tested) under XP allowed me to drag a .JPG from the desktop to the "album Art" space in the info window of a song (or group of songs). Under Win7 this no longer works. It simply does not allow it for a song (showing a prohibited cursor). But if you select a group of songs, and click show info, the copy cursor appears when you drag a .JPG to the "album Art" space in the info window, and the .JPG is placed in the window (just as it did under XP). BUT when you now click OK - nothing happens.UPDATE 4 jul/09: Although drag and drop doesn't work anymore, it appears you can still update album artwork for a single song using a seperate tab in the "info" window , For multiple tunes, by ticking the box next to "artwork" , and then dragging a .jpg to it, you can update multiple songs.
- Edited byHI HO Systems and Storage Saturday, July 04, 2009 11:03 AMFurther research
- ARG! Can't copy and paste from WORD 2007 into this forum.
- Edited byBrimstone67 Thursday, June 25, 2009 4:34 PM
- Scrolling has been around for a long time and little has been done to make it better. I find it annoying when scrolling up or down a page for it to go up or down one click at a time. I know the hardware is just like any other part of the mouse and doesn't actually have physical 'clicks'. It would be nice to see a feature that you could either have traditional scrolling (with one click per line) or a continuous scroll, like on a clickless mouse or a laptop scroll area so you could scroll in very fine amounts instead of in a jumpy fashon. It would also be nice to be able to control the acceleration and scale of the scroll like any other axis of the mouse. Second issue. I've found that scroll bars can be quite annoying on a touch screen, or any other device when you are dealing with a large amount of information and the scroll bar has to be clicked on exactly. Especially my windows smartphone (non windows 7, but it still applies) It would be nice if the scroll bar would move to where you clicked if the click location wasn't on the bar itself, and if you want to scroll one line at a time, you can click on the arrows at the top or bottom. Third issue. I'm not sure if this is fully application specific or this is a windows global issue, but when you click on a menu, and then hover over a sub menu, and you have "Open submenus when I pause on them with the mouse pointer" unchecked it still opens the sub menu. This is particularly annoying in Photoshop, but again, I'm not sure if Photoshop is programmed in a way to ignore the OS settings. I appreciate the help
- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorThursday, June 25, 2009 7:23 PMComment
- It may have been mentioned in one of the previous 4 threads but in case not:
The RC RDP client (6.1.7100) is very laggy from a "feel" standpoint. In my test case the remote clipboard was broken when on the older client it worked fine. It is also, at least for me, prone to random disconnects over a VPN where the older client chugs right on through.
This needs attention before release! Many companies and their IT departments rely on Remote Desktop/Terminal Services for their day to day business!
See Thread Here
- Edited byGoofball222 Thursday, June 25, 2009 6:33 PM
Hello, I am just commenting that I have gotten Windows 7 to install and run successfully (and dual-boot) on an HP a1110n system, and it is surprisingly responsive. The basic system specs are
- Intel Celeron D Processor 345 (3.06GHz)
- 256KB of L2 Cache
- 533MHz FSB
- 768 MB of PC2700 DDR SDRAM
- Graphics Card: Intel 845 Integrated (Max 64MB shared, though has NEVER gone above using 8MB - using 6 MB right now)
- 160 GB EIDE HD
- DVD-RW drive and CD-RW drive
- 2Wire (Atheros) wireless g USB card
- No PCI-E or AGP slots
Windows Experience Index of 1.0 (due to Gaming Graphics), because processor and RAM are at 3.9, and the HD is 5.2. Installing the XP drivers for the graphics raised my Desktop Performance from 1.0 using Standard VGA acceleration to 1.9. Obviously Aero is out of the question (I think the graphics only have HW support for DX 6), but other than that it doesn't seem to choke this machine any more than XP does.
For no gaming being done, and using the machine only occasionally at that, I see no reason why throwing $40 in for a very basic graphics card couldn't keep it viable as a legacy machine while still having the latest security available.
I also have the 64-bit RC on my machine and I am very pleased with it. My WEI went down a little bit but it doesn't feel as sluggish as the Vista install, either the 32-bit or 64-bit. And though that computer isn't top-of-the-line, it is far from being a snail.
Thanks.- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorFriday, June 26, 2009 6:13 AMFeedback
- In the previous thread (Part 4), I reported the following bug:
BUG REPORT
Application: Windows Explorer
Symptoms: Unable to delete two-level nested folder from Windos Explorer folder pane.
To reproduce:
1. run Windows Explorer
2. create the following nested folder structure under Libraries/Documents/My Documents
Test
Test1
Test2
(so you've got a c:\Users\YourUserName\Documents\Test\Test1\Test2 structure)
3. now move back up to the root of the newly created structure at Test in the folder pane
4. make sure to expand the Test\Test1\Test2 structure in the folder pane
5. now right click and attempt to Delete Test
6. bug: after confirming the delete, you get a message "You'll need administrator permission to delete this folder" Test Date created: <etc>
of course, administrator rights are not required for this operation, since the user is the owner of the just created folders
even if you give admin rights to the operation, it will fail (of course)
Work around: it seems if you remove the Test2 folder in this example, you are able to then delete Test/Test1 and Test just by performing the delete on Test... something to do with more than 2 levels nested. Strange stuff here -- makes you jump into cmd.exe and do a "rmdir /s Test"
Note: this is all running as standard user.
Windows 7 RC, 32-bit, running on HP dv5t with 3GB RAM.
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After further testing, I have determined this is a bug in AVG 8.5's Resident Sheild.
Turning off the Resident Shield in AVG or moving to Microsoft Security Essentials (which is what I've done) makes such problems go away...
// Dean - I use Panda for W7 but I experience the same problem. And before I used avast free and the same.
More: When used W7 Beta I was losing the mpg and mpeg thumbnails and I have no answers. When installed the RC I recover it. Now I lose it again (at first I can see some, now none)
Sometimes when I try to delete a mpg or mpeg file Windows Explorer starts to "discover", waste a lot of time and finalle some times delete it, sometimes no, sometimes gives an error. - First the system specs:MSI K9N SLi Platinum Socket AM2 MotherboardAMD Athlon XP 64x2 5200+ 2.6ghz6 GB DDR2 800mhz Corsair XMS2 Dual Channel(2) Nvidia GeForce 7600 GS 512MB DDR2 running in SLi32gb Patriot SSD: for 64-bit W7 and other critical software components250gb Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM 16mb Cache 3.0gb/s SATA HDD: for everything elseUltra 600w X-Connect Power SupplyThermaltake TR2 Heat SinkCooler Master Centurion Black/Blue CaseThe initial score for graphics that I had with W7 drivers was a pretty disapointing 4.1 with gaming graphics just in front of it at 4.2Downloaded the video card drivers from nvidias website http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7_winvista_64bit_186.18_whql.html right there is the link to the drivers for the following cards and GPU's:"This is a WHQL-certified driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs and ION GPUs."My score for graphics increased to a 5.3 and gaming graphics increased to a 4.9Quite impressive in my opinion simply for downloading a 111MB file. If anyone else hasn't updated their drivers, give it a shot and see if you gain as much as I did.Also would like to note that W7 runs marvelously on a SSD, haven't had any problems whatsoever. Was running XP x64 before this. Getting XP to run a SSD requires jumping through a few hoops. It was nice to be able to just put the DVD in and let windows do the footwork.
- Edited byEyetalian Friday, June 26, 2009 2:36 AM
- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorFriday, June 26, 2009 6:11 AMFeedback
- Libraries are cool, but they seem to work "one-way" only... They let you aggregate files, but not separate them.For example, if I have many folders, all containing only photos, then I can aggregate them all under one Library called Pictures.However, if I have many folders, each of which contains photos, as well as music and videos, then Libraries will not help me separate them.What I would like to be able to do is exclude certain file types, say by extension, from specific locations within a Library.Hope it's clear, thanks for listening...
- Some comments about navigation pane.
i would like some customization for navigation pane.
since it's use for 'open file', save file' etc etc.
This is how the original look like:
But i still like the large icons, etc:
So, it would be nicer if the navigation pane can have customized view, drag and drop location shortcuts etc. - In XP I use the keyboard shortcut Windows key, U, and then U or R to shut down or restart the computer. In Windows 7 all this does is search for "uu" or "ur". Please bring back keyboard shortcuts to shut down or restart the computer.
- I'm usually a linux user. I hated vista and thought Win7 would be very similar. In other words I expected only to hate it. I have to say though that in the time I have used it I have thought it was brilliant and will most likely buy a copy when it comes out if my one problem with it is sorted. Audio. I have searched and downloaded many, many drivers yet still audio will not work. If I can get this working I will emigrate from linux to Win7, otherwise I will not be moving.
- Is imposible to browse tru the list in "Play Mode" of Media Plauyer, they should enable a List like Winamp in other window stick to the WMP Principal window
Something like this!!! :D
And they should add a tiny arrow at the right side to show the list quickly - The live previews does'nt work when the window is minimized :S
- elyoh:
If you want the Windows team to hear about your comments and suggestions, post a comment in this thread.-Nick - imsimsj:If you want the Windows team to hear about your suggestion, post a comment in this thread.-Nick
- Here's a bug.If I double-click an image file saved to my desktop, it opens fine in Windows Photo Viewer.I close that and open the Start menu, and try to open the same file through the "Recent items" menu.Windows Photo Viewer opens but it just says "Loading..." and never loads the image.Another user reported this bug in Windows 7 RC and I can confirm it.-Nick
- Ruscik12:If you want the Windows team to hear about your suggestion, post a comment in this thread.-Nick
- It seems and feels that Windows 7 has quite a bit more "Graphical Depth" than previous editions of Windows, even Windows Vista. But it seems also that it is not being utilized for the OS appearance and feel. When one looks at a beautiful background art, such as a nature scene, they can see this "Graphical Depth" go off into the distance. Why not animate Windows opening and closing in a more "Out of the Box" manner which is unique to Windows 7, such as when opening Internet Explorer or any other program, that it comes up to the front view from far off in the distance in a creative and clever manner? I'm not sure if I am explaining myself correctly, but does anyone understand what I mean and possibly agree?
Creative Developer/Systems Integration & Cooperation Specialist- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorFriday, June 26, 2009 8:49 PMFeedback
- I haven't had a chance to evaluate the new Windows backup system backup/restore functionality (this functionality is seriously broken in Vista since restoring even to the same hardware/harddrive is not guaranteed to work -- making it downright dangerous) but I've been using the file backup and have a few issues:
1. I notice that backup will only be available in the Pro version, but NOT in the Home Premium version. I can't imagine what the thinking behind this is! Differentiating by domain joining certainly makes sense, bitlocker, not as much, but ok. But data backup is one of the most important things that EVERYONE should be doing, and precious few (at least at the consumer level) actually do. And those that do tend not to have a comprehensive backup strategy, but rather do manual, and very sporadic, backups, ensuring that when disaster strikes, at best they'll have a really copy of their data.
Putting a decent, easy to use, highly visible backup tool into consumer hands is one of the most useful things Microsoft could do and the decision not to make it standard insures this will not happen. I've had the opportunity to play with Mac OS X at work and my overall impression has been, "I don't get what the big deal is.". There have only been a few things I've encountered in OS X that really stood out as exceptional and completely missing from windows. One of those is Time Machine, and it's prominent place in the OS X dock so that users are made aware of its existence. Windows NEEDS a tool like this, and while the Windows backup utility is nowhere near as elegant as Time Machine, it has at least some of the same functionality and is a whole lot better than nothing. I hope Microsoft will reconsider including this in Home Premium. Or at least offer the functionality through something like a Free Windows Live download -- you can even use the opportunity to advertise Windows Home Server for more comprehensive network based backup and sharing.
2. I have a symbolic link to a folder on a different drive. When I go directly to the physical location of that folder (and its files/subfolders) and right click I'll get previous versions stored from both system restore points and file backups. However, if I go to the same location through the symbolic link, Explorer is unable to find any previous versions. Explorer should be smart enough to resolve symbol links to their physical paths and extract the previous version information. I think this is a bug or oversight that should be corrected.
3. When I did a test of restoring the latest file backup, not only did it restore the latest backup, it also restored every version of each file that had multiple version backed up on different dates, as well as restoring files that had been deleted before the most recent backup. I'm not sure if there's any way to specify if you want all versions, deleted files, or just the actual state of a restored folder at the time of the backup being restored, but if there is a way, it's not at all obvious. It's also not clear if restoring all versions is the intended behaviour or a bug. This should be fixed up ro clarified in the UI at least. Also, there's no easy way to explore different versions of a folder at different backup dates. It would be nice if you could browse the backup but then go forward and backwards in time to see changes. Alternatively, if there could be some sort of visual markup - files with previous or future versions could be coloured, files that exist in previous versions but were deleted at the time of the current backup could show up greyed out and with a strikethrough.
4. I've said it before and I'll say it again: incremental system image backups: the best anti-malware protection available is regular backups. If a daily or weekly automated system backup were performed, in the event of an infection, recovery becomes trivial. While system restore has its uses, I wouldn't trust it to recover from a rootkit infection. Without incremental image backup support, daily system backups are going to take up lots and lots of space. This is such a basic feature of backup software I don't see why it's missing here. Especially if you're only going to include backup in the more expensive Windows versions (see point 1).
Thanks. Windows 7 RC seems like a finished product. It has a nice feel to it and certanly live up to the user centric ideals it's aiming for. It's seems to be as secure as Vista but less noisey and gives you more controll over how alerts are displayed.
Old games seem to work good. I have been playing Diablo II again. 7 like vista properly keeps the 4:3 aspet ratio on my 16:10 wide screen monitor. It runs like a charm. It brings back memories of my old 300MHz AMD K3 Desktop with only 160MB Ram and 40GB HDD, 3Dfx Voodoo 2 (I still have it) not to mention Windows 98. Unfortunately being a sprite based game, playing it on a 2.6ghz Core 2 duo with 4GB Ram and a Geforce 8600GTS makes little difference in performance.
With the right codecs installed, I can watch any video format, Divx, MP4, OGM, MKV, AVI. With it outputted to a second monitor via dual out on my PC or via extender on Xbox 360 which both works great. (note media center only plays Mpeg2, AVI, mp4, dvix, and DVD) all other must be played on Windows Media Player or 3rd party media player.- Seeing all the comments, even name-calling and profanity, reminds me why I switched to Mac 2 years ago and never looked back. New OS upgrades for $39 next month, only one solid. stable OS that works, every time, networks that find everything hooked up to them automatically the first time, routers that actually work, it all just works, and works well.I downloaded RC 7 and it's pretty, and boots fast, but then there's the driver issues, and the connectivity issues, and the vendor issues, and the multiple versions of Win 7, and ......If, as one poster here said "... Win 7 is like crack...." well, just say no.
- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorSaturday, June 27, 2009 7:28 PMFeedback
- I did the clean install of Win 7 RC just like y'all requested. And the biggest problem from doing that was that I had to install the HP printer driver from scratch.
I ended up having to skip using the install program and just right mouse click the printer on the network to get the printer installed. There seemed to be this vicious circle with the HP install program where it wouldn't accept being installed by Win 7 RC. Even though I was set up to be network admin. It refused to recognize that it was being installed by the network admin.
I'm not sure what doodads and cool features I'm missing by not using the install disk but I've been able to set the color printer to default to black and white printing so that I don't waste color toner. Sooo it's doing what I wanted from a print driver.
I have yet to try to get the scanner on this printer to work. Soo I'll report back when I've had time to test that out.
Basically this is a reminder to y'all to get after HP about coming up with some way to circumvent this glitch. The HP website had no drivers specifically for win 7 yet soo this is probably to be expected.
Thank you for letting me try this OS. I'm enjoying it so far. All other parts of the install went smoothly.- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorSaturday, June 27, 2009 5:38 AMFeedback
- oh yah, when you're using windows flip (win key + tab), the desktop slide show wallpaper transition disappears.
it will just suddenly change the wallpaper. quite an embarrassing mistake rite?
if you don't get what i mean, set your wallpaper to slide show with several pictures, then press and hold win key + tab and wait for wallpaper to change. - Posted this elsewhere but didn't see any response, and it's a significant bug. In previous versions of Windows, the Recyle Bin will warn you if you try to delete more files than can fit in the bin. It'll give the option to cancel the delete command or delete the files permanently. In Windows 7, there are 2 situations in which the Recycle Bin decides to permanently delete files on its own:
1. If you try to delete a large number of files (say, a few thousand small images, not wrapped inside a folder) they will be permanently deleted instead of placed in the Recyle Bin, even if the total filesize is small enough to fit in the Recyle Bin.
2. If you try to delete more files than can fit in the Recycle Bin (in terms of total filesize, not number of files), then Windows will stick as many files as it can in the Recycle Bin, and permanently delete the rest.
In both of these situations, the "are you sure you want to delete?" confirmation dialog that's presented to the user is the one for ordinary delete, not the shift+delete operation. This could be a disasterous bug. - Alt+Tab thumbails should be biger, cuz when I do that, I dont recognize anything, like windows from the same applications (like msn, Word, explorer), and i need a way to close applications when I do that.
And other thing, when I try to peek a NEW window of messenger, or any NEW window than I had no opened, the preview is WRONG
here's an example in windows peek, but is the same thing when I do Alt+Tab or Win+Tab
There's a problem with explorer sinse the Beta
When I am in other windows (ex: media player) and try to drag a file of explorer, does'nt work. This only happen on "Content" view. Try it yourself!!!!
And There's a bug, when I change from Balanced to Power Saver, the UI disable transparency (thats ok) but it changes the color to white-bone, not the one I select before...- In the search of the Start menu, i can't use "Alt" or "Ctrl" for select multi-files.
And in the search I don't see the History of Favorites, and I already take a look at indexed locations and they are added correctly
- Ok, there's a big problem of UI, I have a computer with 32MB of video but with good procesor-memory, anyway, it does'nt supports aero. But what I know, is that the "eye-candy" of aero than need the 128MB of video, is the transparency, so, why with 32MB of video I can't change my color??? I really think than I dont need that much of video to do that simple thing, and even worse, when I try to customize the color, here's what i get:
(And this problem is include in Home Basic, Starter, low-video PCs and of course, virtual PCs)
And now, see the difference
I really know than today-computers does'nt down of 256 video, but, Windows 7 is a great improve and it runs with old computers, so, old graphics-cards and scenarios like this, should be fixed.
In other -simple- words, what im asking is to enable this window even if aero is not supported (Without "enable transparency", of course!)
- Edited bySotcr Saturday, June 27, 2009 3:59 AM
- some suggestions about windows media player:
1. can we get the 'player bar' back? (the one we had for wmp 11)
2. add an option 'show in notification'.
it means, when minimized, it'll become an icon in the notification area.
really would love that, it'll allow wmp to play music in the background, while not affecting ur work. (especially in the office)
context menu (or whatever you call that):
it's not working properly.
some programs have an option appear in context menu but it didn't.
I installed: 7zip, and Winmount
when i right click on a file, there should be an option for each of the programs.
7zip -> 'Open file archive'
Winmount ->'Mount to new drive'
(and yes, i did select it to appear in context menu for each of the program)
but, it's not there. - Couldn't find where to report Windows 7 bugs, so I'll post it here. If there's a better place, please let me know.
- Go to the Desktop Background page
- Select a folder of images and press Select All
- Save settings
All of the images will be displayed on the wallpaper.
- Add a new image to the wallpaper folder
- Go to the Desktop Background page
- All of the images (including the new one) are checked
- The new image is not used for the wallpaper
Workaround (it is not enough to just use Select all again):
- Select none
- Select all
- Save settings- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorSaturday, June 27, 2009 7:22 PMFeedback
- I'm finding when I have my N1 desktop card installed and running Windows 7 (RC1) x64 freezes very quickly. Just as soon as I get connected to my wireless network it froze. After the first restart is froze at the welcome screen, next two attempts made it to the desktop but froze immediately afterwards. I'm running all up to date drivers for x64 XP/Vista.
Uninstalled wireless card and plugged in cabled connection - no issues.
I've read about many others having freezing issues, but I seem to have dialed in on a cause - thought this was worth sharing.
System:
Intel Quad Core - Q6600 @2.40GHz
2GB Crucial Ballistix Performance RAM
EVGA Intel 680i MB
EVGA Geforce 8800GTS
WD Caviar 320GB HD x2- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorSunday, June 28, 2009 9:50 PMFeedback
- I don't really have a question. I just wanted to comment on a couple issues I have been having. First of all, it would be awesome to have a utility installed with the OS to report bugs, but that's just me.
I've been using Windows 7 RC Media Center and really like where things are going. Aesthetically, there is no other PVR software that can even come close. I especially like how I can have the system sleep when nothing is being recorded. I wish I could do that in BeyondTV. But that brings me to my first problem.
After the system comes out of Standby, one of two things always happens. The first few times, the network connection was broken and could not be repaired without rebooting the system. I tried using the OS option to try to repair the connection, powered off the modem, and router, but none worked until the system was rebooted.
Secondly, a few days ago I installed Snapstream's Firefly remote to use with Media Center. The remote works flawlessly until the system goes into Standby. For some reason the IR Reciever goes dead after Standby and just like the network connection, cannot be restored without rebooting. I tried unplugging it and plugging it into different USB ports, but nothing happens. I find this odd because none of the other USB connected devices give me any trouble.
So there appears to be some issues with coming out of Standby.
I also have been using Windows Explorer/My Computer and have experienced sluggishness unlike any other Windows version. I've ran into an issue where I delete something and it doesn't disappear until I refresh the screen. I noticed in the different libraries in Explorer, My Music, My Pictures, etc..., it has become difficult to Copy & Paste from different folders. I kept losing folders after trying to Copy & Paste. They seemed to just disappear, until I found them later in a random sub-folder. It would be much better just to bring back the menu bar. I don't know why MS wants to drop it. It just makes life more difficult.
I was also disappointed when I found I can only have 1 instance of a certain folder open at a time. I like the feature where I can have multiple instances of the My Music folder open when I am rearranging files. Windows 7's Explorer would not allow me to do so.
So far, those are the issues I have had. I just have 1 other nit-pick. The Media Center gadget is bigger than all the other gadgets and that gets a little annoying. That may just be my opinion though. Otherwise, I really like the Landscape desktop theme and how the background changes from time to time. Very nice touch. I noticed a screensaver inside Media Center showing the entire library of photos installed on my system in some sort of 3D spreadsheet. It would zoom in and out on random pictures. When I first saw it I said, "Wow, that's cool!" I'm disappointed that I can't set that as the default screensaver for the OS.
Those are my findings and suggestions. I hope they help in the development of Windows 7.
Eric V- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorSaturday, June 27, 2009 7:37 PMFeedback
- Installed on alternate disk (D:). Creating a new partition on C: drive (under XP Pro x64) proved troublesome. Installed with no problem. All applications have to be reinstalled on D drive under 7RC. When try to read My Documents on C drive system denies me access. (I think this is a good thing.) To transfer files I first copy to Passport back up drive from XP then change to 7RC transfer them into D drive.
So far mp compatibility problems. I've installed Office XP pro, Firefox, Thunderbird ReadIRIS Pro 11, Adobe reader and several smaller utility programs (into the x86 program folder). All run with no problems although I had to install some of them several times.
Only glitch I had was installing drivers for Kodak ESP 7. The Kodak driver disk would finish about 80% of install then stall out. Went to 7's control panel and selected "install printer" and let 7 do all the work. I found what it needed on line, installed it and printer and scanner work fine.
XP Pro x64 runs on a eSATA 300 disk, Win7 RC and an older eide disk yet Win 7RC starts much faster and all of my application (Office, Quicken, etc) load faster and run faster.
I've seen enough to take advantage of the early buy offer of 7 online.
I refused to upgrade to Vista but Win 7 in RC version is really good.
chucks- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorSaturday, June 27, 2009 7:23 PMFeedback
- Eric,
Once you install Windows Live Photo Gallery, it will put in a screensaver that you can use for a slideshow of all your pictures... Notes on Win7 RC x86
First ran on VM under Vista Ultimate x86, after two weeks of testing, moved to actual machine.
Win7RC x86 has been running in dual-boot config with XP Pro x86 on this hardware:
P4 Prescott 520 (2.8GHz)
AG8 mobo (915P/ICH6R)
3GB DDR/400 (balanced sets)
160GB Seagate Barracudas x2 in RAID 0
X850XT 256MB video card (x16 PCI-E)
Additional hardware is:
External WD USB HD (160GB)
PCI TV Tuner/Capture card
Canon flatbed scanner (CanoScan 3000ex)
Samsung Laser printer (ML-1740)
This particular box was built by me several years ago for XP. It has run XP ever since, and ran it very well. I chose to use it as the live eval box because I could use the Vista box to better monitor the RC. I wiped, re-partitioned and re-formatted the RAID array, creating two partitions of roughly 141GB each. XP was reinstalled clean to D: partition, tweaked back to standard and then Win 7 RC went onto C: partition.
Windows 7 RC completed the install in eighteen minutes FLAT. That is from the boot off the disc to the point where I created the Admin UA. XP took the normal 28-35 minutes for the install, and another fifteen to tweak from the folder I keep on the external HD. I can honestly say that I have never had an OS install that quickly. And Win7RC handles a little faster than XP does on identical equipment.
Of note in the install was that Win7 did NOT ask for the F6 disc for the RAID. That surprised me, as I expected it to ask for the driver. Once I had the admin UA set up, I checked my device manager. Win7 found all the hardware, and except for three cases (printer, scanner and Tuner card) already had working drivers configured for them. It took a little work to get a driver for the scanner and printer to work (ended up using Vista x86 drivers in both cases), and the Tuner card took me two days to find drivers that Win 7 would accept. Everything else was fine. I found that I could use my tweak folder from the external HD to install my usual application list - once I set the permissions, of course. Aside from some driver issues (gee, shades of Vista there), I am very pleased with Win7.
My attempt to use one of the AV clients SUGGESTED by Win7 (I shant name names, but you know who you are, TrendMicro), resulted in me being locked out of my own Admin account. From that point on, I flew without a safety net - and nothing bad has happened. It could be my careful habits or it could be luck; doesn't matter. being locked out of your own admin account pretty much makes AV a moot point, no? And no, I still do not know what exactly happened there. Burned the drive down and re-installed again. Second clean install was just as fast as the first.
I have used Win7 every day for more than a month now, and I have grown fond of many of the features. One thing I am NOT fond of is the custom-coded IE8 for Win7. I LIKE IE8 on XP and Vista. I liked it on Win7, too - until (about a week ago), it got an update from MS and now it does not play with Java, Shockwave or Flash. I can't figure out where the problem is, but it treats any links in Flash or SW as null links (won't even TRY to follow them, nor will it give me any reason for no longer ignoring all Flash/SW link features). Manually forcing the link SOMETIMES works, but not often. Java keeps being hit with access prompts post-update. I have played with all the settings I can find in IE8, Flash/SW and Java, matched the settings against XP and Vista IE8 setting for all four progs, but Win7 still refuses to work with those links. As a test control, I put Firefox 3.011 on the Win7 machine and checked the sites behind IE8. Nearest I can tell, it is some setting either in IE8 for Win7 or in Win7's security that I can't seem to find. And even so, IE8 is usually faster than Firefox.
Hope they fix whatever they broke before they hit GA with Win7...
I have been working primarily with Vista for the last year and half or so, and I can honestly say that I like Win7 much better than Vista. If MS had offered full versions of Ultimate (what I am used to working with now) for a reasonable price, I would have bought three and loaded it on ALL my machines - and used it for future builds, too. But, at the price they want for Ultimate, I won't be changing to Windows 7 for while. Vista and XP will have to remain my main OSs, I guess.
Windows 7 is a distinct improvement on Vista the whole way around. Most noticeable in my situation is how fast it handles large suites like Office 2007 Enterprise (I have been known to have multiple documents open in Word, Excel, Access and Outlook running on two or more boxes during a project). In Vista, that tends to drag the response speed down - expecially when Office is not able to grab all the resources because programs like uTorrent, MP, IE8 and VirtualBox are going full tilt at the same time. In Win7, the usage seems to be far more efficient, as I have had MORE open on the older box and had better response time out of the Win7 than Vista with fewer open programs.
If I had to choose one feature of Windows 7 that I like more than any other, it would be the drive image feature. Restore points are all well and good, but if there is a major failure, you are still screwed, because restore points are OS dependant. Just to be clear, I define major failure as a HD physically failing or a lightening strike taking down the entire box (haven't had that happen to me PERSONALLY, but seen it at work). I first tried the drive image over my home LAN to the Vista machine's HD. It took about 30 mintes to create an image of C: and D: on the Vista HD. I decided to try shuffling some things around, and when I had made enough room on the USB external HD attached to the text box, I tried it again. It only took about twelve minutes to create the image on the USB HD. After that, nightly back-ups of the image take about six minutes to do. Early on, I tested this feature by booting to XP and burning the C: drive down before re-formatting in NTFS. I put in the image recovery disc I created and booted. All I had to do was point the recovery program to the external HD and tell it to recover the drive. Less than a half hour later, it was like nothing had ever happened to the Win7 drive.
I very much like that! Wish I had had that simple of an image recovery option earlier, when I was running Win95, 98SE and ME...
Vista has the option; at least, I noticed that it was there after the SP2 for Vista hit, but I have yet to try it on Vista. Somehow, my experience with that OS leads me to believe it will not be as easy as the test was in Windows 7 RC.
Overall, Windows 7 RC loaded on actual hardware out-performs both XP and Vista - even when running on older hardware. Of the three OS's currently in use by myself, Windows 7 is the fastest booting, shutting down, restarting and log in/log out - and it is by a clearly noticeable margin, too. Generally speaking, it handles apps and tasks faster as well. There are some that favor XP or Vista, but they are few in my useage lists. Aside from small issues, Windows 7 runs all my software without undue labor tweaking or work-around fitting. Resources SEEM to be better managed than in Vista, though when operating in Xp and using Office 2007 Enterprise, XP gets a little CPU and RAM usage happy. I have more than once maxed out CPU and RAM both in XP with Office 2007 Ent and some other apps working it. Under Windows 7, the usage very rarely reaches 100% CPU for more than a half second or so, and generally chuggs along at about 30-45% with apps open and running. RAM utilization (of 3GB total) averages 50% under Windows 7 when apps are open, but if doing something like looking at local .jpg folders, it can drop to less than 10% - something I have never seen out of XP or Vista. And no, I don't know why.
Just for comparision, this is what the Vista x86 box is stuffed with:
C2D E6400 (2.13GHz)
Asus Leonite (945GZ/ICH7)
4GB DDR2/667 (matched pairs)
250GB Samsung x2 in RAID 0
X1650 XT 512MB (x16 PCI-E)
Additional hardware:
Hauppauge TV tuner/capture card (PCI)
12-in-1 Media Card reader
A final thought: after the SP2 for Vista hit, I noticed that the security scheme was nearly idential to Windows 7, with permissions boxes and increased Admin-only funtions and the like. I personally think this is MUCH better than the old Vista UAC scheme (which annoyed the ____ out of me). If they could fix the Vista UAC problem by porting in Windows 7 scheme, why can't they fix the IE8 for Win7 problem by allowing the use of a NON-CUSTOM coded IE8 to work with Windows 7? They say that Win7 has a special IE8 because of special features, but I can't find anything different in my daily use between IE8 for XP, IE8 for Vista and IE8 for Win7; aside from that Adobe issue, of course.
Conclusion: I will be migrating to Windows 7 as soon as I can financially afford to, as the overall count so far is nine and one, good to bad. That's my experience for whatever it is worth.- I find that Windows-Explorer could be improved: You can easily change the arrow on the right side of Organize with the arrow on the right side of Forward (Recently visited pages). The distance between these 2 points is too small or there has to be made some cosmetics to no more change these 2 arrows.
rifo - Hello,
I have my passwords stored in a text-file. I mark the password by double-click and copy it in the application's password-field.
If the password contains ? or % it is not possible to mark the word by double-click. The word is only marked till directly before the %-sign or the last marked character is ?. Also + is not marked and $ is the first marked sign, if it appears in a password.
If I try to mark ab§€cd, then only ab§ or €cd is marked.
Sometimes § is not marked, if it is the last sign, but I could not find out when or when not.
If a word contains a ! it is only marked including the ! or only the signs on the right side of !.
Also I found out that parts of my passwords which contain (){}[] are marked together with these signs, other parts of my password not. Or when I mark these parts, the signs in ()[]{} including these brackets are not marked. This seems to make sense für maths.
But what is the sense behind the other results?
As not everyone who uses a computer, marks formulas or other mathematic things, it might be better to have 2 options for marking words: the "old" one which marked every sign regardless of which one is used, and the "new" one with the "features" that I have found out.
rifo- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorMonday, June 29, 2009 5:46 AMFeedback
Several thoughts...
First it would be nice (and as stated by others) if when you click "new folder" on the desktop or elsewhere you got a folder, not a two paned explorer window. I use folders (actually shortcuts to folders on the server) to organize various notes on my desktop. So far I haven't been able to segregate folder view from explorer view…it seems to be one way or the other throughout.I also use Desktop Sidebar exclusively and although it runs on Vista it does weird things on Win 7. It seems to be the culprit causing some of my icons to scrabble and also prevents the screensaver from running or monitors from shutting down. I have tried Gadgets but frankly, they are very “clunky” and lack all the features of Desktop Sidebar.
I would also like to be able to choose the classic start menu and I would like to see an option to change the wallpaper on login added to those choices already there.
The “documents and settings” folder of XP was so much easier to sort and customize. The Win 7 “Users” folder seems like regression to if there’s a really hard way to do something, Microsoft found it.
Thanks!!
- The one pet hate on upgrading windows is incompatability.
there are so many games i can't play on windows 7
even a fresh patch for battlefield 2 won't work but on xp it works (v1.50).
So my question is; why move away from gaming legacy in the first place?
Ever heard the saying: if it isnt broken dont fix it?
for crying out loud 256mb graphics cache is surely enough.
another generation of computer junk coming i think straight to the enviroment.
Geez i still see win 98 pc's thrown out on the curb.
Wait untill the xp ones go. The population expansion is going to mean a huge
landfil problem. and then vista blah blah blah.
Seems we humans are slow to learn.- Edited byzapbuzz Sunday, June 28, 2009 1:35 PM
- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorSunday, June 28, 2009 7:39 PMComment
Hello All
Since this thread is for comments, I would like to make a few!
I have worked in the Computer Industry for over 50 years now and have retired. Over the years I have worked in the areas of software, operations, design and engineering, and all areas in between; mostly in technical support functions. Now I play with my computers and support my friends systems, I also try to play a little Country/Bluegrass on my Bass every once in a while. Bottom line is “I have More Time than Good Since”! Nuff Said!
Let me start off by extending a “Great Big Thank You“ to all of the Users and Moderators in today’s Modern Forums. Forums have become the best place to find answers to your problems. You people give of your time and talents so freely, just for the help and love of the technology. “My Hats Off to All of You”.
It is sad but true; the Technical Support People does not offer solutions to your problems anymore! All they do is “Read the Script” and suggest you “Pay your Money and Upgrade”, that’s probably all their expertise is capable of doing. Sometimes you can get your problem request forwarded on to a knowledgeable technician, but not very often! Case in Point “I used to be a staunch supporter of Symantec/Norton Products, but mainly because of Tech Support – I no longer use or recommend their Products”
The current trend of company’s letting the Common User beta test their new products is GREAT. The quickest way to find the problems in a product is turn it over to the user! I once supported a large mainframe system that ran for 6 years before uncovering an original software bug that reared its ugly head when the conditions were just right, so time and users is the best way to uncover bugs! While we are learning these new techniques, let me offer some comments and suggestions.
The use of self-reporting error tools and programs like the “Windows Feedback Program” are great for the development team to identify problems, but they work behind the seines and the user seldom knows what’s being reported on. Buy the way the “Problem Reporting Link” in the Beta Release build 7000 was a very good way for a user to report a problem and know what was reported on! Now on to the use of Forums – I researched a Serious Hard Drive Corruption problem one of my test systems was experiencing – see my Post Here
This is a serious bug that the Software Development Team needs to be aware of and I couldn’t tell if they had been made aware of this bug in the New Windows 7 RC build 7100 OPS. I know that the Software Development Team can’t issue a Report on the Known Problems! Boy, the Burners would be Turned On and the Flames would be Horrific, but just a little “Boilerplate” with the statement “Problem Noted” would let the Test User know that the reported problem is “In Work” and his “Post was Reviewed” by the Development Team! This action would be a tremendous improvement in the Communications between Product Development and the Tester User reporting in the forums. Now “Get Off Your Soapbox Shorto” – Thanks All and Best Regards - - - Shorto
- So moving from Vista to Win 7, lets say i'm a new user. When I put the chip in the chip reader, the Win 7 photo transfer comes up and asks me to import using Windows. It then puts the pictures in the pictures folder, and the videos in the video folder, AND gives you the option to put both the pics and videos in whatever folder you choose.
Another option on the autoplay is to VIEW in Live Photogallery, which then lets you view the pictures, and THEN import them, however, it puts both the pictures AND videos in the pictures folder, with NO option to separate them.
Why are these methods different? It's confusing.
Also, if you have already imported the pictures or videos WITHOUT deleting them from the device, it DOES NOT prompt you to download the existing photos the second time you put the chip in. I can see how this stops redundancy, but it is also confusing because the pictures ARE still on the device.
Am I alone in thinking that MS hearts are in the right place here, but they still need to work on the photo importing in Windows 7?
Jimmy Fallon Computer Assistance www.mainstreetchatham.com- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorMonday, June 29, 2009 5:45 AMFeedback
- Ok here are the main issues I had with Win7.
-Being able to open files with a program when dropping on taskbar instead of getting pinned - thankfully that was added to RC. I hope it makes it to the final build, I use it all the time, especially to open config files with strange extensions with notepad or opening a video file with a different player from default.
-Also it should be possible to place shortcuts to folders or files straight onto taskbar instead of having them all pinned under a program: one click access instead of right-click, look through list, and then another click is always better. You could just add it as another option if you drag the file with right mouse button.
-Ctrl-A no longer works when renaming a file... most of the time I actually DO want to change the extension, and having to select it manually with a mouse or using a lot of ctrl-shift-right arrow is a big pain
-Smarter behavior when closing a program using its notification area icon (Win7 sometimes thinks the program crashed even though it exited correctly)
-Animated notification area network icon (like two blinking computers in older Windows), very convinient to see the state of the connection
-I can't find a hybernation button anywhere so I can't tell if the computer goes to standby or hybernate after I select Sleep (especially as the screen turns right off)
-It's very annoying how the windows update windows just disappears after you select to install updates, and you have to open it again to view the progress. You should put a checkbox somewhere whether is should do that, like right at the bottom of that window
-After downloading more themes from Microsoft's website, I can't select wallpapers from more than one of them at a time, and the whole point was to be able to cycle through as many as possible. It would be awesome if it also showed wallpapers from the Pictures library with the ability to add more folders (with checkboxes to add them to the theme too).
-An option to change the bootable partition. I kept an old install of XP in case Win7 crashes on me, but after a while I figured I don't need it anymore. I had to spent a couple hours figuring out how to do this by poking here and there, in the end I just deleted boot files from XP partition and ran through several recovery options on Win7 DVD until I got the right one. It's gotta be easier than that, something like right-clicking a partition in Disk Management.
-Some sort of advanced security control center. I see lots of security features that are designed to protect most users, but you should know that there are also expert users that do know what they are doing (and are willing to accept risks when they don't).
For example, I find it ridiculous that I, as an Administrator, cannot even access a folder inside Program Files - there's plenty of times when I need to change a config file, copy a config file, copy some downloaded file that gets stored there, access browser's cache and so on. I tend to need access to Program Files multiple times a day. Not to mention various subfolders under Users. So I had to spend a good couple hours giving myself access to all the folders on the computer by resetting the permissions and granting myself ownership (not even sure that was the best way to do it, but I was impatient) on every single folder (and then some subfolders that didn't inherit it) on the drive.
I also disabled UAC, which tends to be more annoying then helpful.
Driver signing is another security issue that is rather disappointing, as it pretty much blocks a bunch of freeware programs like PeerGuardian that don't have the money (due to being freeware) to pay for driver signing.
There should be a single control center with simple checkboxes where you can turn off all of those things and others like Firewall (which you don't care about if you're behind a corporate-grade firewall), Defender, etc.
As for positive things, I'm gonna be short here after all that typing... I love the interface, I love the sound mixer (I've been wishing for that for years!), I love how fast the system runs. Many excellent features, but some of them just make me go insane at times.- Edited byPrikolist Monday, June 29, 2009 4:58 AMForgot something
- When I 'Save Theme for Sharing', it stores the screensaver in the theme, but not the screen saver's settings. For example, I saved a theme in which I selected the "3D Text" screensaver. When I sent the theme to my mother, the text on her screensaver still said "Windows 7" instead of the text that I wanted her to see (which went with the theme).
- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorMonday, June 29, 2009 5:44 AMComment
- Despite the awful problems with Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer 8 (specially), and some networking troubles, I will migrate from XP to Windows 7 without any doubt (I never like Vista).
The only fear I have: please don't do W7 too expensive! Seeing all the comments, even name-calling and profanity, reminds me why I switched to Mac 2 years ago and never looked back. New OS upgrades for $39 next month, only one solid. stable OS that works, every time, networks that find everything hooked up to them automatically the first time, routers that actually work, it all just works, and works well.
I downloaded RC 7 and it's pretty, and boots fast, but then there's the driver issues, and the connectivity issues, and the vendor issues, and the multiple versions of Win 7, and ......If, as one poster here said "... Win 7 is like crack...." well, just say no.
Guess you weren't around for the transition from Mac OS9 to OSX when Mac lost many of their users to XP because the transition was easier and they had to buy all new software anyway as OSX didn't do backwards compatability - at all. LOL
lforbes- Edited bylforbes Monday, June 29, 2009 3:14 AM
- I have had Windows7 RC as default OS for the last 6 weeks. It has been interesting but same time frustrating..
Things I like are 1) Faster boot 2) better memory management 3) a shut down button which does that and 4) the task bar changes
Things I don’t like are 1) changes made to the location of files for no apparent reason eg my documents are no longer in My Documents they are in the “user” folder. 2) Restrictive control of files and folders eg Cookies and MyDocuments can’t be opened in my “Name” folder.
3) duplication of folder names. eg The start menu documents has some common folders with “My Documents” in user “Name “ folder. There are a lot of smaller inconveniences that I could probably get used to , but I am switching back to XP for the things I cannot live with.
Things I can’t live with , I have mentioned before so I won’t harp on them. Mainly it is not being able to configure my OS the way I want it. 1) The start menu cannot be configured as it could in XP . 2) I can’t put data to be saved eg My Documents in a partition of its own. I played with Tweakui a bit but in the end abandoned it. And 3) Just too hard to navigate and open to files and folders “belonging” to the system and 4) there seems to files and folders everywhere which have the same names but you can open some and not others. Just very unnecessarily complicated. Seems all the effort has gone into making a pretty desktop and not an elegant OS.
Reiterating, if the start menu was made to be easily configured like XP I would buy the new Windows7 when it becomes available. If the start menu stays as it is in Windows7 RC I am sticking with XP. This may sound picky but with 50 odd programmes on my computer I don’t want to wasting time as I now am, running around the start menu to open one.
As background I am in my late 60’s and had every MS operating system since DOS 5 except Vista. So change is always going to be difficult for me, if there are not overwhelming advantages to change. I wish it well and thanks for the help I have had.
busso - First of all, I already like Win7 better than Vista. It works better with my TV Tuner (needing QAM), my high def camcorder, my photos, etc.
However, this doesn't mean that I'm without gripes:
1. I can play high-def .mp4 videos from my camcorder in Windows Media Player without a hitch. ...But when I play them in Media Center, the video plays slower than the audio, and within seconds my audio and video don't line up. The longer I watch the video, the further out-of-sync the two get. Shouldn't they be accessing the same codec?
2. I can play these same .mp4 files (which is GREAT - don't get me wrong), but I can't edit them in Movie Maker or create a DVD from them in DVD Maker? That's somewhat appalling that the two don't even recognize the format...
3. There doesn't seem to be any consistency to the settings for importing video and pictures. If I connect my camera (and select "Import pictures and videos using Windows") I can edit the settings for "Cameras and Portable Devices", to specify where I want different file types to import to. ...But when I use Windows Live Photo Gallery and select 'File > Options' and select the 'Import' subtab, everything looks identical to the "Windows version" yet I can specify different folders for "Cameras", "Video Cameras", and other selections. This is a confusing problem when I want the videos taken from my little point-and-shoot camera to go to the 'Pictures' folder and I want the videos taken on my high-def camcorder to go to the 'Videos' folder.
4. Without having new pictures/videos on the plugged-in device, there's nowhere in Windows that you can set the options in #3 above (but you can for the Photo Gallery). You have to have a new picture/video on the device and then plug it in, which you can then selec the "Import Options" link. Seems the reistry will always fill with garbage lol.
Perhaps if microsoft did a quality assurance system to pull in line software authors
to clean their garbage.
People would deftinately go for programs that are ehical about registry use and an assurance will bring many customers.
Still especting non quality assurance programs; with simular warning as system drivers etc.I have had Windows7 RC as default OS for the last 6 weeks. It has been interesting but same time frustrating..
I am a bit confused with respect to what you mean by "I can’t put data to be saved eg My Documents in a partition of its own." The My Documents (or Documents) folder is a reference point. If you go to the user, right click on My Documents, choose properties, and then choose Location, you can redirect the location to another place on the drive, on another drive entirely, or to another network location. It takes about 15 seconds - I have typically set my machines up since Vista with multiple user profiles (mostly to keep confidential business e-mail separate) but redirect most of the various personal User folders to an alternate location. BTW, the user folder concept itself is a Vista convention (not new to Windows 7) and is highly customizable with respect to "where things go." Personally I strongly prefer the Vista/Windows 7 approach over the clumsy and insecure approach to multiple users under XP. Different people have different preferences. As far as "restrictive control," Vista/Windows 7 security isn't going anywhere but it can be relaxed....
Things I like are 1) Faster boot 2) better memory management 3) a shut down button which does that and 4) the task bar changes
Things I don’t like are 1) changes made to the location of files for no apparent reason eg my documents are no longer in My Documents they are in the “user” folder. 2) Restrictive control of files and folders eg Cookies and MyDocuments can’t be opened in my “Name” folder.
3) duplication of folder names. eg The start menu documents has some common folders with “My Documents” in user “Name “ folder. There are a lot of smaller inconveniences that I could probably get used to , but I am switching back to XP for the things I cannot live with.
Things I can’t live with , I have mentioned before so I won’t harp on them. Mainly it is not being able to configure my OS the way I want it. 1) The start menu cannot be configured as it could in XP . 2) I can’t put data to be saved eg My Documents in a partition of its own. I played with Tweakui a bit but in the end abandoned it. And 3) Just too hard to navigate and open to files and folders “belonging” to the system and 4) there seems to files and folders everywhere which have the same names but you can open some and not others. Just very unnecessarily complicated. Seems all the effort has gone into making a pretty desktop and not an elegant OS.
Reiterating, if the start menu was made to be easily configured like XP I would buy the new Windows7 when it becomes available. If the start menu stays as it is in Windows7 RC I am sticking with XP. This may sound picky but with 50 odd programmes on my computer I don’t want to wasting time as I now am, running around the start menu to open one.
As background I am in my late 60’s and had every MS operating system since DOS 5 except Vista. So change is always going to be difficult for me, if there are not overwhelming advantages to change. I wish it well and thanks for the help I have had.
busso
With respect to the Start Menu, I am glad the XP menu has been ditched and really hope it never returns. Again, it is a matter of perspective. FWIW though, there is already one third party app out to use taskbar jump list functionality to place whatever app shortcuts one wants under a single taskbar button. You click the button and then choose the program you want - everything under one button and no need to visit the menu at all.Guess you weren't around for the transition from Mac OS9 to OSX when Mac lost many of their users to XP because the transition was easier and they had to buy all new software anyway as OSX didn't do backwards compatability - at all. LOL
lforbes
I gather the person is also not aware that the reason Adobe's CS4 apps for 64 bit are Windows/Vista-only because Apple changed programming languages in mid-stream on the software developers. For that matter, the person probably never saw the warnings from Nikon and Apple, after one of the recent Mac OS upgrades, that using Nikon's Capture NX on the new version of the OS could lead to image file corruption. If it weren't for two things, I would like Macs a lot more: the irritatingly cute names Apple insists on giving apps, and the "fan-like" attitudes of a subset of Mac users.....
Stephen
- Media Center Library setup - I set to watch different folders - one with Video, One with Music, One with Photos ( not mixed ). I get all folders to navigate through when I go to Video or Music or Photo. Normally I should see only Vidoe Files in Video, Music Files in Music and Photos in Photos. Not Music Folder in Videos and all that mix... It's more dificult to navigate with those ghost folders.
Touch Panel problem to navigate - I've got the oportunity to install W7 for testing on 2 HP devices - An Touchsmart Media Center and a TouchPad Notebook. I got a pain in my ... to navigate and open programs, especially on the Notebook. Acording to your ideea touch is now what W7 should do the best. But I cannot navigate easy. Considering there is no keyboard and mouse I have to navigate with fingers or a pen. Perhaps you should consider an new explorer to be offered separatelly ( in the Touch Pack as example, but better separatelly ), based on the OLD CLASIC MENU, BUT with bigger spaces between tabs. The OLD way was more efficient in those cases - cannot search easy or use the mouse. A tree navigation is more efficient when using fingers, and gestures.
I've said better separatelly than in the Touch Pack ,because I've noticed that Touch Pack needs nVidia Physics. That means it will be offered perhaps on a very limited array of products. Seems the reistry will always fill with garbage lol.
Perhaps if microsoft did a quality assurance system to pull in line software authors
to clean their garbage.
People would deftinately go for programs that are ehical about registry use and an assurance will bring many customers.
Still especting non quality assurance programs; with simular warning as system drivers etc.
zapbuzz -
Er.. That WAS the point of a lot of what all went into Vista. If you look back, old versions of Quickbooks prior to 2006 used to write values into the registry as a means to communicate between it's modules. Trying to run older versions of QB on Vista resulted in an epic FAIL. Mind you, Microsoft published best practices guidelines way back in 2001 when XP was released - that specifcally said NOT to use the Registry as a means to pass information between modules.
So when Vista came along - they enforced that bit of programming logic. And that bit of enforcement is carried on in Windows 7.- Why there isn't possible to reserve a drive letter to a drive (internal partition, external hd or cd/dvd)? It's possible to change but impossible to reserve. I think it's a good function for people that share music, video, image from external hd, and if the letter change, it's impossible to share. Please think about it...
- I have autoplay turned OFF for mixed-content devices.
1. I Open a Win-7 Explorer window.
2. Insert a mixed-content thumb-drive
3. The removable drive shows up properly in explorer drives.
4. Click once to change the focus to the root of the removable thumb drive.
5. Unplug the thumb drive.
6. The explorer session terminates and closes.
Not good!
On XP and Vista when the USB drive was pulled, the drive would disappear, and Explorer focus would change to a nearby drive or to 'Computer', but the session would not terminate. This was perfectly understandable, reasonable and preferable.
Closing a preexisting Explorer session when a thumb drive is pulled is NOT GOOD!
If you manually click to change focus away from the removable drive before pulling it out, the explorer session does not terminate. It only closes when the focus is on the removable drive that is ejected.
I can see the design reasoning - When autoplay is on, and you insert a removable, Win-7 will automatically start an explorer window and then close down that explorer window automatically when the drive is removed to keep the desktop uncluttered. But it shouldn't close down preexisting non-autoplay windows.
Maybe the reasoning is ok, but the execution is flawed and incomplete.
And this just in - If I have 3 explorer windows open, and each has the focus on the thumb drive when it's removed, all 3 are closed.
Color me grumpy. - I only want to uncheck "Alert me when someone responds to this post.
How big of a job would it be to modify outlook express 6 to work with Win 7? I have used every email program I can find and they just don't work as well as outlook express. I contacted MS and they said they would monitor the number of request to fix outlook express and go from there. PLEASE CONTACT THEM! Outlook express 7 would be a great addition to a very good OS (Win 7)
- Edited byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorMonday, June 29, 2009 3:22 PMEdit
- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorMonday, June 29, 2009 3:24 PMFeedback
- I didn't like using Windows 7-- the UI was a bit of an eyesore, and half my drivers did not work. Please stop sending me reminder emails to use it.
- Well, I've included a Music folder from my external hd to Music Library, but after I can't eject my external hd. Only after I remove the folder to library, I can do this. I think the including in the library is a good idea, but if I can't remove external hd, it's useless. Can you fix it?
- I'll never make it. I use XP Media addition and Home and Prof. I watched the video on how to migrate to Win7 using USMT. I could not follow it. I guess I am too old and past my prime. I hope some one will provide a migration service for folks like me.
- I dont know why you think than people who purchase Home Premium dont need to connect to a projector ¿¿?? this is needed for connect to a TV or to another monitor, please, let us connect to a projector
- I'm liking the way win7 functions so far, however i have a little suggestion on the peek function. as of now it seems its use is just for looking at the wallpaper. Instead, i think it would be cool if the function allowed you to make certain windows transparent or semi transparent in the foreground so that you may get information off of a window in the background. I.e i have an installation window open in the foreground, but it involves directions that are found in a pdf/window/notepad in the background.
just a suggestion. keep up the good work- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorTuesday, June 30, 2009 1:45 AMFeedback
- Jondoe925,
That's exactly what I use the preview of the items on the taskbar for. I don't have to click on anything, just hover over the taskbar item and then hover over the window preview. It brings that window to focus for me to read, then I just move the mouse and my work is back in focus. - In the modern age of USB thumb drives, we should be able to format these drives through Windows 7 and make them bootable to a command prompt (i.e. for motherboard BIOS updates that need to be done before actually installing Windows).
What BIOS are you using that won't let you install the update from Windows?
- i know it is too late for this, but there's one very good thing that can be made in W7 with so little code:
we saw with the years libraries evolving, and finally in W7 we see a good progress, what can be made even better, so i wouldnt have to write it on myself:
i want this functionality in the next gen OS --> it would be great if i could with a touch of a button/selecting criteria, to create automated folders for all of the types content, but sortet first by Year, Month and then subfolders libraries content. it would be great if i could create this with a touch of a button, so i won't bother organize and sinchronize my huge libraries everyday
automated creation of folders and automated filling, distributing and sinchronizing in one, by criteria is a great functionality, that no one has bothered to think of. if Microsoft get first use of it, i'm sure it will have GREAT impact on their sales!
if anyone is interested im ready to send a schematic on this great functionality
thank you for your time - Is it a good feature to add lock desktop gadget? Thanks
- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorTuesday, June 30, 2009 5:44 PMFeedback
- Vietnamese collation is still not correct.
As mentioned in a lot of topics, this should be fixed in a major Windows Version. But it's still a standing issue with Windows 7 RC.
It would help us a lot to get this correct. It's Vietnam with a market with population of more than 86+ million people.
Below is my unit test for Vietnamese collection.
[TestMethod] // References: // http://vietunicode.sourceforge.net/charset/vietalphabet.html // http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2005/08/27/457224.aspx // http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2008/03/26/8337198.aspx // http://www.eggheadcafe.com/forumarchives/NETinternationalization/Aug2005/post23518788.asp <br/> // http://developer.mimer.com/collations/charts/vietnamese.htm // http://developer.mimer.com/collations/charts/vietnamese_traditional.htm public void TestVietnameseSorting() { // Comparing and Sorting Data for a Specific Culture // http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a7zyyk0c.aspx const string vietAlpha = "aAàÀảẢãÃáÁạẠăĂằẰẳẲẵẴắẮặẶâÂầẦẩẨẫẪấẤậẬbBcCdDđĐeEèÈẻẺẽẼéÉẹẸêÊềỀểỂễỄếẾệỆfFgGhHiIìÌỉỈĩĨíÍịỊjJkKlLmMnNoOòÒỏỎõÕóÓọỌôÔồỒổỔỗỖốỐộỘơƠờỜởỞỡỠớỚợỢpPqQrRsStTuUùÙủỦũŨúÚụỤưƯừỪửỬữỮứỨựỰvVwWxXyYỳỲỷỶỹỸýÝỵỴzZ"; char[] charArray = vietAlpha.ToCharArray(); var precomposed = new string[charArray.Length]; var composite = new string[charArray.Length]; for (int i = 0; i < charArray.Length; i++) { precomposed[i] = charArray[i].ToString(); composite[i] = charArray[i].ToString().Normalize(NormalizationForm.FormD); } // Sets the CurrentCulture to "vi-VN". Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("vi-VN"); // Sort the values of the Array. Array.Sort(precomposed); Array.Sort(composite); var preComposedStr = new StringBuilder(); var compositeStr = new StringBuilder(); for (int i = 0; i < precomposed.Length; i++) { preComposedStr.Append(precomposed[i]); compositeStr.Append(composite[i]); } Console.WriteLine("Vietnamse expected sort order :" + preComposedStr); Console.WriteLine("Precompose sort order: "+ preComposedStr); Console.WriteLine("Composite sort order: " + compositeStr); Assert.AreEqual(vietAlpha,preComposedStr); Assert.AreEqual(vietAlpha,compositeStr); }
These are references about Vietnamese collation:
http://vietunicode.sourceforge.net/charset/vietalphabet.html
http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2005/08/27/457224.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/michkap/archive/2008/03/26/8337198.aspx
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/forumarchives/NETinternationalization/Aug2005/post23518788.asp
http://developer.mimer.com/collations/charts/vietnamese.htm
http://developer.mimer.com/collations/charts/vietnamese_traditional.htm
Cheers,
Duc.- Edited bywww.jobhits.co.uk Tuesday, June 30, 2009 2:11 PMspelling
- Photoviewer has a bug, when clicking on actual size, before maximizing, and then maximizing(so first actual size, then maximize window) The bar becomes all gray and ugly. Also, wouldnt it be better for the transparent bar to show the picture you are watching, and not the desktop...
Problems encountered: 1. Xfire does not autostart anymore. 2. Photoviewer bug when clicking, "View actual size" - 2nd that, please
- I use it way more than the forward and back buttons, and it only takes half the space. And unforturnately, the back button doesn't always take you to the parent directory.
- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorWednesday, July 01, 2009 12:40 AMFeedback
In XP I use the keyboard shortcut Windows key, U, and then U or R to shut down or restart the computer. In Windows 7 all this does is search for "uu" or "ur". Please bring back keyboard shortcuts to shut down or restart the computer.
I agree. There are a lot of places where Windows 7 is less friendly for keyboard users. For shutdown/reboot, you can still use Alt+F4 when the desktop has focus.Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete as your system command (shutdown/reboot) launch point. It's got a slight amount of lag though because it's switching to the secure desktop to render that screen.
Although honestly I'm not impacted much because to sleep I just tap my power button, and I can barely remember the last time I used a full shutdown or reboot.- Ctl+Alt+Del brings up the security desktop. On mine, the closest thing I see is logoff. Shutdown and reboot are not available options.
- Wow, right you are bnborg... I would have sworn on my life that it included a shutdown option. I didn't check because I was at work as I posted that (and we're still on Windows 2000 there :-(
Ctl+Alt+Del brings up the security desktop. On mine, the closest thing I see is logoff. Shutdown and reboot are not available options.
I wouldn't think there would be any difference on this on different machines, but there is a red button (labeled "Shutdown Options" if I hover over it) in the bottom right corner of the "security desktop screen" on my machine when I hit Control+Alt+Delete. That is not present on your machine? That is a surprise....
Stephen- Yeah, but how do you get to it using just the keyboard?
- Looks like tab is the only way. The options in the center have accelerator keys that appear when you press Alt, but that shutdown one apparently does not. The only way with the keyboard I was able to find was to tap WinFlag, then escape, then Alt+F4 to get to the shutdown dialog. Kind of kludgy.
Yeah, but how do you get to it using just the keyboard?
If you have keyed in Control+Alt+Delete and are on the screen, hit tab a couple times or just hit Alt+S (either work)....
Stephen- SUGGESTION: When selecting multiple items in a folder, the staus bar (aero theme) will display a "Show more details..." link. When pressed it will calculate folder data from the selected items. Imagine if you were selecting less items and wanted to see how much the size of the data has shrank -- you then have to manually hit the link again (and again etc). It would be nice if the link 'remembered' from the content selected (as well as using key combinations: holding shift or control or select +a) and kept calculating selected item information for that series of actions.
Pretty damn trivial I suppose, but it'd be another nice touch :) - Windows 7 Help has not been useful when I've attempted to use it a number of times. For example, when I enter the term "wallpaper" (in an attempt to see what wallpapers are available) it gives me 0 responses. It suggests I search the Windows website, etc. I received the same response when I searched for "screensavers." I tried to find out how to use medium icons for all folders, so I searched "use all same icons," an admittedly probably unclear term. It returned "Keyboard Shortcuts."
I think Windows 7 is great, but there are going to be a lot of non-professional users using it, and I'm afraid that if we don't give them usable help, they'll become discouraged. I've had to use a search engine to answer every question I've had. - Hey Steve, I can't seem to figure out how to duplicate what you're saying. I went into my documents folder (not library) and ctrl+selected a few Word files, but I don't see a link to "show more details".
- The "Open With" sub-menu in Windows Vista doesn't seem to work as well as in Windows XP. Before I formatted and installed XP, I always ended up having to browse for the application I wanted to use, whereas XP always showed it in the list. After I chose the new application once in XP, and went to "Open with" again, it would appear in the list. But Vista made me browse every time. Has this been improved in Windows 7? I installed the RC inside VMWare, but I don't have any third-party applications installed to test it, yet. If it hasn't been improved, then I would be grateful if it were.
- In my experience it is. My computer came with Vista and the Open With was just as you describe. In 7, it populates that list with the latest program(s) I've used to "Open With".
- Well my comment about Windows 7 RC is that I would much rather use Vista.
To me 7 RC is one of the most boring OS's ever to come from the Third Reich ( commonly know as Microsoft) and although Vista does not do all that much that could be described as being outstanding other than being really good at eating resources and HDD space, at least it was an innovative & different move away fro the tried & true of days gone bye while still managing to incorporate just enough of "the same as" from previous versions.
Unless the Final 7 is going to be tweaked a fair amount further than the available RC version I will be sticking with what I have. I tried it for about 1 month and by the end of the 4th week I was totally bored with it. It felt like I had down graded every time I booted it up.
Vista may have had its problems in the beginning and it still has a few now but with advent of the two service packs & the truck load of KB patches it is really is starting to behave & has morphed itself into a great OS.
Windows 7 is just Microsoft's finished N-Lite version of Vista anyway.
Cheers all - The Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Beta doesn't seem to be working with one of my computers, it worked fine with this laptop I'm using right now, but not with my desktop computer.I Installed it on my desktop computer, opened the program, BUT, when I click "Start Check", I get the following error message:"Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor ran into a problem scanning your devices.Upgrade Advisor needs to be able to scan your devices to determine ifyour computer is capable of running Windows 7.Please let us know about this problem."there, I get that, exactly as it is written, any advice on how to fix this issue?I'm currently running Windows Vista Home Premium..and I've searched a lot so far trying to fix this issue, still nothing.
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- My SSD from Super Talent uses a program called Wiper to defrag my drive. Actually, it's not really a defrag, but in a way takes its place.
The issue is that it relies on ATA PASS THRU to cummunicate with the SSD.
Windows does not enable this feature if the drive is smaller than 137GB.
XP has an update to solve this problem, but Windows 7 does not.
Anyone have any information on this pertaining to Windows 7?- Merged byRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorSaturday, July 04, 2009 7:12 AMFeedback
- I have been installing and uninstalling Windows 7 quite a bit over the past week or so, and have noticed what seems to be a potential defect. I have been using the RC build (build 7100). My wireless AP has the following characteristics:
- Model: 2700HG-D Gateway
- Security: WPA-Personal w/ TKIP
- SSID is hidden
- Passphrase contains special characters, including '(' and '#'
Every time I install Windows 7, I see the same behavior. During the installation my wireless hardware is detected correctly and it asks which SSID I would like to connect to. I can see that the hardware is working reasonably well, because the scan shows all the other APs that are nearby. Since my SSID is hidden, though, it doesn't show up in the list.
I click the link to enter the info manually (for a hidden SSID) and enter the correct information. When I tell it to try to conect, though, it always comes back telling me I have an invalid passphrase. It also seems that the error comes back unusually fast -- almost as though it is just looking at my passphrase and deciding it's invalid without actually trying it with the AP.
At that point, I typically click the 'skip' button and the rest of the install works without problems.
Once Windows 7 is installed, I'm able to connect to my AP without any trouble at all, simply by providing the AP SSID and passphrase and telling it to connect even if the AP isn't broadcasting. So, for me, this isn't really a problem. I thought I'd point it out, though, in order to make people aware.
With the setup I have this issue is 100% reproducible.- Changed TypeRonnie VernonMVP, ModeratorSunday, July 12, 2009 8:36 PMComment
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