Just a few massive problems.

I put win7 on an empty 80GB HDD a few days after it was released and have been using it every day since, every day up to today that is, why? Win 7 has completely filled up the 80GB drive.

Check out what this beta has done.

The Windows folder is now 7.7GB, that’s bad but not as bad as this hidden folder I’ve found

C:/ProgramData/ Microsoft/Windows/WER folder = 69GB

So im now out of space on that drive, thanks MS

Now 2 other bad things I’ve noticed in win7

What is all the disk activity, it’s a joke constantly accessing the HDD, I thought it would settle down after a week or so but no, it just loves using the HDD, I think win 7 has a thing for HDD’s, maybe a love affair or something like that.

I have 2 Gig of RAM so it’s not paging.

Ok now what is all the network activity? I’m using a network meter that monitors incoming and out going data, so far Win7 has uploaded something like a GIG of data, what is that all about?

Once booted and after a few minutes It’s using all my bandwidth preventing me from using the web.

Right I know this is a beta and the above kind of proves my point.

On a plus side win7 media center has improved, looks good and the interactive is good, that is until it crashes on ya which it does only about 8 times a day, usually when im recording something and try to watch another channel.

I hope MS address these problems and don’t release win7 until its ready or it’s going to be like Vista and people are just not going to move from XP.

Now back to the rock solid un-bloated XP, its good to be home.

WER is Windows Error Reporting. It's enabled by default in Windows 7, Vista, and, yes, even XP.

Turning it off works the same as in Vista:
Disable Error Reporting in Windows Vista

Whenever a program hangs or crashes occurs, Vista is able to automatically send relevant information about the failure to Microsoft using Windows Error Reporting (WER), have this information analyzed and obtain a solution to the problem if one exists. In case you are testing beta versions of applications, you might encounter this situation many times. Some times the Error Reporting can be annoying, but it can be turned off using Group Policy Editor.

I suspect these error reports are a reason for the network activity. If you've accumulated 89 GB of them, you've hardware or application problems.

Win7 Media Center has been working like a champ for me. No crashes even when using three tuners to record.

It's a beta. There will be problems for some.

Ok im getting on top of this: Windows has made 69 GIG of error reports all for this exe

AppCrash_mcglidhost.exe

There are 5039 files

There is nothing wrong with my hardware, it all works great in XP and even vista.

I am thinking that it has something to do with being in the UK, our TV and interactive service is not the same as USA and still needs some work carried out by MS.

Am using XP because Win 7 is running real bad right now.

Another thread on this problem at Geekzone:

Windows 7 mcGlidHost.exe error

Turn off error reporting.

The Green Button - workaround for in-band loading issue in Windows 7 Beta Media Center - UK and New Zealand
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