What don't you like about Windows 7?


  1. Posts : 34
    Windows 7 64-bit
       #1761

    JonM33 said:
    You should really move on from such old games though.
    i.e. Spend your money.
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  2. Posts : 42
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       #1762

    Actually I like almost everything in Windows 7, but maybe startup time could be faster, although I am pleased to my current startup time, but I would like it to be under 10 sec.

    Another thing actually doesn't involve Win 7. I just miss Win XP but Windows XP time is over for me, Windows 7 makes things so much easier, for example, homegroup.
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  3. Posts : 2,737
    Windows 7 Enterprise (x64); Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
       #1763

    Topi said:
    Actually I like almost everything in Windows 7, but maybe startup time could be faster, although I am pleased to my current startup time, but I would like it to be under 10 sec.

    Another thing actually doesn't involve Win 7. I just miss Win XP but Windows XP time is over for me, Windows 7 makes things so much easier, for example, homegroup.
    Install a SSD and you will get a much faster boot time. :)
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  4. Posts : 42
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       #1764

    WindowsStar said:
    Install a SSD and you will get a much faster boot time. :)
    Actually, I have been thinking SSD a lot, but I am still waiting for them to have more GB and cost less $$
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  5. Posts : 565
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       #1765

    jp2code said:
    JonM33 said:
    You should really move on from such old games though.
    i.e. Spend your money.
    No, there are a lot of games that are actually free.

    Software from Windows 95/98 and MS-DOS days aren't even supported by their developers anymore for those operating systems. Why would you use software like that?
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  6. Posts : 4,049
    W7 Ultimate SP1, LM19.2 MATE, W10 Home 1703, W10 Pro 1703 VM, #All 64 bit
       #1766

    Games & Boot Times


    JonM33 said:
    mistu4u said:
    Windows 7 is very slow.Bitter but very much true..& to me its worst feature is that it does not support all games.....For office related works its very much handy.But compare its speed or compatibilitu feature its runs behind XP......East or West XP is the Best........
    Windows 7 is actually very fast, even on older systems.

    It does support all games. There's this thing called "Compatibility Mode" that you should try out. Well, there are some old Windows 95/98 games or MS-DOS games that just won't work on it. You should really move on from such old games though.
    JonM33 said:
    jp2code said:
    JonM33 said:
    You should really move on from such old games though.
    i.e. Spend your money.
    No, there are a lot of games that are actually free.

    Software from Windows 95/98 and MS-DOS days aren't even supported by their developers anymore for those operating systems. Why would you use software like that?
    I can't play the latest games, because my PC doesn't have enough grunt (CPU & Graphics).

    There is more to a good game, than just pretty graphics.
    A lot of new games are like new Hollywood pictures; great graphics, garbage story.
    A lot of new games seem to be designed for consoles (i.e. they require chaotic button "mashing" for no reason).

    If you want to run old games, I suggest you try DOSBox.
    It can be a little bit tricky to set up sometimes, but the very first time I tried it, it worked without a hitch.

    Topi said:
    Actually I like almost everything in Windows 7, but maybe startup time could be faster, although I am pleased to my current startup time, but I would like it to be under 10 sec.

    Another thing actually doesn't involve Win 7. I just miss Win XP but Windows XP time is over for me, Windows 7 makes things so much easier, for example, homegroup.
    It only takes about 55 seconds to boot up, on my "piece of junk" PC.:)
    That is about 10 seconds longer than XP.
    Unless you are using a laptop, why not just put your PC to sleep instead of shutting it down?


    Some of the control interfaces are poorly/strangely designed (i.e. the earlier complaints about the network access/interface).

    The Network is a pain to setup, if you have a mixed OS setup.
    The XP "Network Wizard" created our connections, in the time it took to click on the various "Next" buttons.

    Windows 7 took about an hour of random button clicking, before it mysteriously set itself up.
    The Help instructions were useless, they just said to do, what we had been doing anyway.
    After basically doing the same thing 6 times in a row, the Network just came on!

    Once it was working,I took screenshots of all the relevant settings (screenshots are so handy) and stored them in my personal help files.
    I would recommend that everyone do that (experts excepted, of course).


    However, when my friend ran Windows 7 in a virtual PC (on his Linux box), it did automatically set itself up first attempt.
    Last edited by lehnerus2000; 05 Jul 2010 at 07:05. Reason: Layout
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  7. Posts : 39
    Window 7 Home Premium Dual Boot Ubuntu Linux
       #1767

    Battlefield 2 does not play on windows 7 64 bit at all even with compatibility mode. I have tried and tried to no avail. I would just use WINE in Linux, but the securerom thing doesn't work in Linux.
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  8. Posts : 39
    Window 7 Home Premium Dual Boot Ubuntu Linux
       #1768

    [QUOTE=lehnerus2000;824583][QUOTE=JonM33;824130]
    mistu4u said:

    However, when my friend ran Windows 7 in a virtual PC (on his Linux box), it did automatically set itself up first attempt.
    Maybe they use a form of virtual PC within a Linux platform to design the network platform? wouldn't that be a trip?
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  9. Posts : 8
    Windows 7 Enterprise 32bit
       #1769

    I dislike the fact that i am unable to view a dll's "Driver revision" in the properties dialog.
    XP used to have it in the default properties dialog under the version tab.

    Windows7 simply does not allow you to view this. First of all, it doesn't have a "version" tab. The closest we get is "details". There is absolutely no way of selecting and viewing a column called driver revision.

    Quite annoying...

    I hope i'm simply missing something somewhere, as i now need to run XP on a VM in order to check this with clients...
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  10. Posts : 1,261
    Windows 7 Professional 32-bit SP1
       #1770

    TeachersPet said:
    I dislike the fact that i am unable to view a dll's "Driver revision" in the properties dialog.
    XP used to have it in the default properties dialog under the version tab.

    Windows7 simply does not allow you to view this. First of all, it doesn't have a "version" tab. The closest we get is "details". There is absolutely no way of selecting and viewing a column called driver revision.

    Quite annoying...

    I hope i'm simply missing something somewhere, as i now need to run XP on a VM in order to check this with clients...
    Actually, Windows 7 does report version information of EXe and DLL files: IF that file in question contains version information.

    The following two screenshots show this (one for "shell32.dll", and the other for one of my own applications).
    What don't you like about Windows 7?-versions_info.jpg
    "shell32.dll"
    Version Info

    What don't you like about Windows 7?-versions_info2.jpg
    "padweb.exe"
    VersionInfo
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