What don't you like about Windows 7?

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4) The file system should have been started over, eliminate need for anti virus, malware, spyware protection etc.

That would have made windows 7 a major flop. Windows needs the backwards compatibility, otherwise it would have been another Vista (vista at introduction of course).
 

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Dell Inspiron 1545
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Windows 7 build 7100 x86
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Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1GHz
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GM45 chipset
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3GB
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Intel(TM) Graphics Media Accelerator X4500HD
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It's a real pain in the ass having to do the Ctrl+Alt+Del thing in the middle of a game, even before it. Also, even on my rig with a Quad Core CPU, 4GB's of RAM, and a GeForce 9500GT, Explorer being gone makes a big difference.

One way around that is simply using a batch file to start a game and add in:

taskkill /im explorer.exe /f

then the command to start the game

and once that game is finished, issue a

explorer

to start it again.
 

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Windows Vista, Server 2008, Leopard, Suse
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Windows 7 no longer remembers the view sizes for individual folders. Every folder opens at the same size, and resizing one will make all subsequent folders open in that size. Mind you, every Windows since Windows 3.0 (maybe earlier) and most GUI-based OS's made in the last 20 years can remember the sizes of individual folders.

I've already run into a few glitches as a result of this, and it's annoying to no end. I'm actually delaying my Windows 7 plans for my gaming rig because of this.

The "single window" behavior of Control Panel apps only show off this behavior more, as many of them are not the same size and any attempt to size a window to fit one control panel applet (or the control panel itself) will invariably be wrong for any other Control Panel applet opened.
 

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Windows 7 x64
Graphics loading lag (texture loading) in Windows 7. :(

I have this MMO client installed in one of my non-OS drives (the client is portable) hence it works on both Windows 7 and Windows XP.

When I run the game in Windows XP, no problems.
When I run it in Windows 7, the graphics almost always load in a delayed fashion.

And before anyone asks, YES I have the latest drivers for my card.

I've tried everything I could think of to rectify this, and I've not been able to. Pisses me off :mad:

It could be explorer.exe eating off more than its fair share of resources in the background, I dunno.
 

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It seems you can sort files by every criteria under the sun other than FOLDER SIZE!

When a hard disk's getting full I want to be able to sort everything on that disk from largest to smallest file, to largest to smallest folder, subfolders included. With XP there was a third party app that integrated this sort option into the shell, but that broke with Vista and now W7.

Applications like XYplorer do this. Why can't Windows?

(I got excited when I saw the Size column, but it still ignores the folders :()
 

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7
Only thing I dislike is the time it takes to do a repair installation. Repairing this issue (only problem I´ve had with W7) took almost 5 hours. But, honestly, how often do I have to do that, so I don´t care.

That put aside, I have to say it once more: I just love Windows 7!
 

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Windows 10 Pro x64 EN-GB1.6 GHz Intel Core i7-720QM Processor6 GBATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Graphics
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Laptop
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HP ENVY 17-1150eg
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Windows 10 Pro x64 EN-GB
CPU
1.6 GHz Intel Core i7-720QM Processor
Memory
6 GB
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Graphics
Sound Card
Beats sound system with integrated subwoofer
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17" laptop display, 22" LED and 32" Full HD TV through HDMI
Screen Resolution
1600*900 (1), 1920*1080 (2&3)
Hard Drives
Internal: 2 x 500 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
External: 2TB for backups, 3TB USB3 network drive for media
Cooling
As Envy runs a bit warm, I have it on a Cooler Master pad
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Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Laser (bluetooth)
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Logitech Performance Mouse MX
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50/10 Mbps VDSL
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Windows Defender 4.3.9431.0
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Maxthon 3.5.2., IE11
- windows explorer still sucks in some areas
- still no easy way to make the user folder point to a different drive or partition
- "Remember the damn folder!"
- other than a new taskbar and improved window handling, very little shocking new things
- still not happy with what I find under the start button
- "instant" search not as instant as claimed
- still many dumb defaults, two examples: "hide extension for known file types" or "system failure /automatically restart"
- still trying to force me too much to use specfic myxxxx folders.
- new themes engine is just very basic, nothing compared to third party solutions
- Configuring firewall still too complicated compared to third party solutions.

And the list continues...sigh
 
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Theres no way to disable driver signing permanently. My netgear wifi card is never detected till I do an F8 and then disable the driver signing checking...
 

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Windows 7 RC1 64bitIntel Core2Duo [email protected]3GBATI Radeon 3670 512MB
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Dell XPS Studio 16
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Windows 7 RC1 64bit
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Intel Core2Duo [email protected]
Memory
3GB
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ATI Radeon 3670 512MB
Screen Resolution
720p
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320GB 7200rpm
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2mbps
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Backlit Keyboard FTW!
UAC still needs some method where I can specify a program I trust so that it will work on boot forever.
Well, then I think you will be happy.
There IS a way to do it (I use it), and it is quite simple.
Open up Task Scheduler, and create a task for your statup program. Run it 'Run with Highest Priveledges".

Here is the tutorial.
Just make sure you substitute the time with Log On (not startup!).

~Lordbob
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9Intel i5-2500k2x 4Gb Corsair VENGEANCE DDR3-1600NVidia GeForce N260GTX Twin Frozr
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Hera
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9
CPU
Intel i5-2500k
Motherboard
ASUS P8P67 Pro
Memory
2x 4Gb Corsair VENGEANCE DDR3-1600
Graphics Card(s)
NVidia GeForce N260GTX Twin Frozr
Sound Card
Realtek HD OnBoard Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS 24" Monitor
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
G.SKILL Phoenix Series 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3R 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA II
PSU
Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750W
Case
Cooler Master Haf 932
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Fans
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Razer Tarantula
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Razer Lachesis
Internet Speed
not fast enough
One thing i dont like is that it takes so long to delete files. It always seems to count the files that will be deleted to recycle bin and the same again when deleting files from recycle bin. With XP it deleted files almost instantly.
 

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One thing i dont like is that it takes so long to delete files. It always seems to count the files that will be deleted to recycle bin and the same again when deleting files from recycle bin. With XP it deleted files almost instantly.
That's why i press Shift+Delete to delete files permanently. It deletes instantly. However, it will delete the file permanently. ;)
 

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Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit)Intel® Core™ i5 Processor 2467M (1.60GHz, 3MB...6GB DDR3 System Memory at 1,333MHz (on BD 4GB...AMD Radeon™ HD7550M 1GB DDR3 (Ext. Graphic)
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Samsung NP530U4B-S02IN
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Windows® 8 Pro (64-bit)
CPU
Intel® Core™ i5 Processor 2467M (1.60GHz, 3MB L3 Cache)
Motherboard
Samsung Electronics
Memory
6GB DDR3 System Memory at 1,333MHz (on BD 4GB + 2GB x 1)
Graphics Card(s)
AMD Radeon™ HD7550M 1GB DDR3 (Ext. Graphic)
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Realtek High Definition Audio
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35.56cm (14.0) SuperBright 300nit HD LED Display
Screen Resolution
1366x768
Hard Drives
1TB S-ATA II Hard Drive (5400RPM) with ExpressCache 16GB SSD
Internet Speed
sucks
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials
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Google Chrome (Sync enabled)
I think the search could be much better, if I type something in the search thingy at the start menu, 9 out of 10 times it can't be found, even though I'm 100% sure the file is there.
 

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Windows 7 7600 RTM x86 untouched
it shares anything with media on my network, if i stop sharing of the folder, the lock thing appears on the folder. ugh so annoying
 

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Windows 7 x64 RTM
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Q6600 @ 3.2Ghz
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Asus P5Q Deluxe
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4GB G.Skill 1000Mhz
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ATi 4850 512Mb
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19" Dell
Screen Resolution
1280*1024
Hard Drives
WD 1Tb Caviar Black
WD 320Gb Caviar Blue
WD 160Gb
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Corsair 500 Watt
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Antec 300
Cooling
OCz Vendetta II
Internet Speed
16Mbps
it shares anything with media on my network, if i stop sharing of the folder, the lock thing appears on the folder. ugh so annoying

There is a setting for "Public folder sharing" in the "Advanced sharing settings" of the "Network and Sharing Center". This setting controls the default media folders 7 thinks you already want to share. You can turn this setting off and still share a folder (of your choice) through the "Folder Properties". Possibility?
 

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Another annoying thing is the windows media player network sharing service. Its the first thing i turn off. Uses too much cpu and i dont need it.
 

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networking is clumsy and difficult to access , compared to using a macbook the process in windows just seems so mmm unnecesary :confused:
Open explorer.
Click on Network.
Click on PC desired.
Click on Desired PC's shared drive / folder.

Or, you can drag the networked folder to the Favorites and have one-click access from Explorer once and for all.

Or set it in Explorer's taskbar jumplist.

Huh? Oh! You want it to read your mind? :p
 

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Windows 7 RTM x64Core i7 980X @ 4.04GHz OC /// Core Duo L7500 ...12GB G. Skill @ DDR-1600 OC /// 4GBSaphire HD4870 Toxic 1GB /// Intel Mobile GMA...
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Custom workstation /// Lenovo X61t tablet notebook
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Windows 7 RTM x64
CPU
Core i7 980X @ 4.04GHz OC /// Core Duo L7500 @ 1.6GHz
Motherboard
Asus P6T6 WS Revolution ///
Memory
12GB G. Skill @ DDR-1600 OC /// 4GB
Graphics Card(s)
Saphire HD4870 Toxic 1GB /// Intel Mobile GMA X3100
Monitor(s) Displays
Dual Eizo 24" SX2461W /// 12"
Screen Resolution
1920x1200 /// 1400x1050
Hard Drives
Workstation:
5x 750GB Barracuda-11 on Areca ARC-1220;
4x 1.5TB Barracuda-11 on Intel ICH10R;
Volumes:
300GB RAID 0, 2.7TB RAID 10 on Intel;
100GB RAID 0, 1.4TB RAID 10 on Areca ///
Notebook: G.Skill Titan 256GB SSD
PSU
Tagan ITZ 1100
Case
GHS-1500 ///
Cooling
Thermalright IFX-14 + a slew of stealth fans ///
Keyboard
Logitech Edge ///
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Logitech Wireless Optical Trackball
Internet Speed
5Mbps down / 820Kbps up
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Main use: photography;
DVD Drive: L.G GGW-H20L Blu-Ray / DVD;
OC: QPI/DRAM @ 1.33v, CPU @ 1.293v, DRAM Bus @ 1.65v, CPU PLL @ 1.88v, CPU mult = 25x, BCLK = 160, DDR3-1604 @ 7-8-7-24
I actually do have something I do not like about 7. I sent feedback but evidently it is not important enough.

The way 'focus' works in the 'file manager' (windows explorer of old). Open my C drive and choose a folder. That folder is blue indicating 'focus', OK so far. When I select a sub-folder the blue, indicating 'focus', goes to the bottom of the page. Now I selected the sub-folder so I could view its contents but all the contents of the folder are now below the visible part of my screen. I have to click on the sub-folder, again, and drag it up to the middle of the screen in order to view its contents. Now if I select one of these folders the blue (focus) again returns to the bottom of the page so if I need a file that is 4 or 5 levels deep, each time I have to drag the selected folder from the bottom of the screen to where its contents are visible. It is like a yo-yo. Click, click again and drag up; click, click again and drag up; click, click again and drag up; click, click again and drag up. Does anyone else find this behavior aggravating?

+1 it really can be annoying!
 

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ultimate 64 sp1i5 2500K [email protected]8 gigs GSkill Ripjaws 1600amd hd6950
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mickey megabyte 1234
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ultimate 64 sp1
CPU
i5 2500K [email protected]
Motherboard
MSI P67A-GD53
Memory
8 gigs GSkill Ripjaws 1600
Graphics Card(s)
amd hd6950
Sound Card
creative x-fi gamer
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samsung 24"
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
ocz vertex 2e 60 gig, samsung f3 1tb, buffalo 2tb ext
PSU
antec 550
Case
antec three hundred
Cooling
i'm a cooling fan
Keyboard
saitek eclipse ii
Mouse
logitech g3
Internet Speed
about 4 Mbps
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i love win7

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Retail)i7-Q 7206 GBnVidia GeForce GT 230M (1GB)
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HP DV8t quad
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Retail)
CPU
i7-Q 720
Motherboard
Motherboard Chipset Intel Ibex Peak-M PM55, Intel Lynnfield
Memory
6 GB
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GeForce GT 230M (1GB)
Sound Card
IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
Monitor(s) Displays
18.4 inch HP Infinity FHD (Samsung 184HT03-001)
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
Hitachi 500GB 7200 rpm (x2)
Seagate FreeAgent 1.5 TB External USB (x2)
Thermaltake BlacX eSATA/USB 2.0 3.5/2.5 HD dock
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Zalman NC-2000 notebook cooling pad
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laptop
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Logitech VX Revolution
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Backup Unit: Lenovo T61p

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ultimate 64 sp1i5 2500K [email protected]8 gigs GSkill Ripjaws 1600amd hd6950
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
mickey megabyte 1234
OS
ultimate 64 sp1
CPU
i5 2500K [email protected]
Motherboard
MSI P67A-GD53
Memory
8 gigs GSkill Ripjaws 1600
Graphics Card(s)
amd hd6950
Sound Card
creative x-fi gamer
Monitor(s) Displays
samsung 24"
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
ocz vertex 2e 60 gig, samsung f3 1tb, buffalo 2tb ext
PSU
antec 550
Case
antec three hundred
Cooling
i'm a cooling fan
Keyboard
saitek eclipse ii
Mouse
logitech g3
Internet Speed
about 4 Mbps
Other Info
i love win7
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