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Not Ready for Prime Time
Realizing this is a beta, I 've had some problems. I want to post the ones I can think of at the moment. These are persistant problems which no amout of "googling" has turned up any fixes for. This is on just ONE system. I need one for every day stablity, and havn't run the 3rd system long enough to know if it has problems to.
Problens With Win 7
The following are persistant problems I have running Windows 7 RC 7100. The computer is an HP Laptop G50-133US. This is a fresh install. I had greater stability when I upgraded from Vista SP1, but this install on the same computer is a clean install on a different partition.
1. IE8 is sluggish. Opening a new tab takes longer than it should.
2. Window supdate only works some of the time. It hangs for long periods oftime,or just stalls completly.
3. Install programs, MS and THIRD PARTY hang, start slowly, and take several minutes to complete. Sometimes they never complete.
4. Shutdown is broken on this system. I must use the power button to turn system off. Shutdown is not clean, resulting in being asked if I want to boot into safe mode.
5. Latest Intel Graphics relase makes system unstable. System must recover several times during a session.
6. Notification Icons are flakey. Sometimes they appear, sometimes they do not. No amount to tinkering in Personalzations helps. They tend to be different every fresh boot.
7. Wireless connection uses router to connect to Internet. Wired connection refuses to use router to go on Internet. Reports DNS server cannot be found. Reseting network adaptor doesn't help.
8. Network Printer no longers works as local pot. System does not see printserver.
9. Sleep/hybernate does not work properly consitently. Sometimes it just refuses to wake up.
10. Inconsistant installs. Every fresh install has different problems. Installs should all be the same on the same system.
11. Explorer oftend stops responding. This varies but appears most often when browsing to a new location.
Again I realize this is a beta, just trying to make sure they are addressed by MS.