What don't you like about Windows 7?


  1. Posts : 34
    Windows 7 64-bit
       #1741

    Another thing I don't like about Win7 is its updating feature. Before, I could just go to the website and check for updates. Now, I have to go through Control Panel.

    Unfortunately, our company uses a Proxy (Microsoft ISA), and the Windows Update tool always fails to connect to the Windows server through the Control Panel application.

    Obviously, I can get online by the fact that I'm writing this on here from work!
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  2. Posts : 529
    windows 8.1 Pro x64
       #1742

    jp2code said:
    Another thing I don't like about Win7 is its updating feature. Before, I could just go to the website and check for updates. Now, I have to go through Control Panel.

    Unfortunately, our company uses a Proxy (Microsoft ISA), and the Windows Update tool always fails to connect to the Windows server through the Control Panel application.

    Obviously, I can get online by the fact that I'm writing this on here from work!
    The control panel app is way better than using IE, it seems what you need is a way for the update applet to use proxy servers?
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  3. Posts : 565
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       #1743

    jp2code said:
    Another thing I don't like about Win7 is its updating feature. Before, I could just go to the website and check for updates. Now, I have to go through Control Panel.

    Unfortunately, our company uses a Proxy (Microsoft ISA), and the Windows Update tool always fails to connect to the Windows server through the Control Panel application.

    Obviously, I can get online by the fact that I'm writing this on here from work!
    Er, a lot of companies use WSUS to push updates. You shouldn't be wasting your time with them.

    Windows Server Update Services Home
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  4. Posts : 39
    Window 7 Home Premium Dual Boot Ubuntu Linux
       #1744

    Update Fail!!!


    I do not like that the Windows Update will fail because of simple things like the computer clock being wrong after clearing CMOS.
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  5. Posts : 565
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       #1745

    HellionDarklord said:
    I do not like that the Windows Update will fail because of simple things like the computer clock being wrong after clearing CMOS.
    That shouldn't have anything to do with anything. I set Windows to sync with a NTP server for the time. It could be completely different than the time in the BIOS.
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  6. Posts : 2,737
    Windows 7 Enterprise (x64); Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
       #1746

    JonM33 said:
    HellionDarklord said:
    I do not like that the Windows Update will fail because of simple things like the computer clock being wrong after clearing CMOS.
    That shouldn't have anything to do with anything. I set Windows to sync with a NTP server for the time. It could be completely different than the time in the BIOS.
    Yes but if you do updates before the time server sets your clock you CANNOT get updates. This is by design.

    Please also note that if the clock is off by a large amount Windows will not update the time using the time server. Resetting BIOS will cause this. If your clock resets to 01-01-2006 that is way too much difference in time for Windows to set it correctly.
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  7. Posts : 34
    Windows 7 64-bit
       #1747

    chrysalis said:
    The control panel app is way better than using IE, it seems what you need is a way for the update applet to use proxy servers?
    YES! How do I configure that?

    JonM33 said:
    Er, a lot of companies use WSUS to push updates. You shouldn't be wasting your time with them.

    Windows Server Update Services Home
    Our Network Administrator is on a power trip, I think. Isn't that typical of Network Administrators, though? They feel they must control everything, right?
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  8.    #1748

    jp2code said:
    Our Network Administrator is on a power trip, I think. Isn't that typical of Network Administrators, though? They feel they must control everything, right?
    Of course your network admin is on a power trip.. if he let everyone do whatever they wanted to their computers, he'd be working 95 hours a week trying to keep it all running. Nearly every change someone makes will slow it down a little, so from an admin's perspective, the less changes the better, with no change at all being ideal.

    My current gripe is that every windows 7 installation requires 2 of the 3 available primary partitions, making it very difficult to set up triple boot option with xp, 7, linux and a shared media partition for all 3 OS's on a single HDD
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  9. Posts : 5,642
    Windows 10 Pro (x64)
       #1749

    madtownidiot said:
    My current gripe is that every windows 7 installation requires 2 of the 3 available primary partitions, making it very difficult to set up triple boot option with xp, 7, linux and a shared media partition for all 3 OS's on a single HDD
    It doesn't have to be that way.
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  10. Posts : 565
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       #1750

    WindowsStar said:
    Yes but if you do updates before the time server sets your clock you CANNOT get updates. This is by design.

    Please also note that if the clock is off by a large amount Windows will not update the time using the time server. Resetting BIOS will cause this. If your clock resets to 01-01-2006 that is way too much difference in time for Windows to set it correctly.
    How often does someone reset their BIOS? Rarely, if ever. Heck, 99.99% of home owners with Dells, HP, Acer, etc have no clue how to get into their BIOS.

    jp2code said:
    Our Network Administrator is on a power trip, I think. Isn't that typical of Network Administrators, though? They feel they must control everything, right?
    No, there is a very good reason for this. Some updates are capable of causing problems. I recall one Office update that once broke a feature in Access that an entire department used. Once I removed that update the issue went away. I had to go to the system admin responsible for WSUS to have him stop that particular update.

    If you have a large company you can use WSUS to roll out updates in small groups as well, that way not everyone is trying to update at the same time. It helps conserve network bandwidth too. This is more important on a WAN where some locations use a T1 or even DSL.
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