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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.