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RC vs. Beta
I really liked the beta, I had no problems with anything there, it was just the perfect OS, well, compared to Vista. I did not really do a quite clean RC install, I did inplace and let it overwrite the partition that had 7 beta, so I got a windows.old folder that was useful and then hell to get rid of.
Now with the RC I am seeing changes I don't like:
I open any folder and there is a big "Unspecified" heading in detail view which annoys me, it seems to correspond to libraries, and I have no intention of assigning anything to a library and don't need a library, is this something I turn off maybe in Windows search?
Homegroup seems more intrusive now, popping up where I least expect it, I was able to ignore it completely and not have it bother me in the beta. I was still able in both RC and beta to set up networking the old fashioned way, but it seems that Windows bugs me more about homegroup in RC.
I installed a screensaver that worked perfectly in beta, but in RC I got a missing directx dll message. I had to go find the dll online and dump it in system32 to get the screensaver to work. So directx in RC is not quite finished.
I was not able to play Quakelive in Firefox in the beta, it was a slideshow and the mouse would not respond, but it all runs great in RC, once you run Firefox in admin mode and get past windows firewall that freezes up mouse and keyboard ( long story ) and reinstall flash player ( no reason, but there it is ) so I will need to find a firewall that works. Avira free av works fine, btw.
There are other minor annoyances that I find daily, but 7 RC, if it is an indication of things to come, will be imho just as crappy as Vista when it is final and I hope I am not the only one who preferred the beta so MS will adjust and adapt accordingly - problem is I am not official beta tester, just part of the public test, so my voice won't be heard except here ... anyone else have weird discrepancies, annoyances, etc..?