What don't you like about Windows 7?

[CarlTR6]

My System Specs Trying to access Document and Settings? Go here:
Svrops.com - Windows Vista Junction Points

Thank you for this information. I have been pulling my hair out over this since I installed windows. This was very beneficial.

 

[DutchBigEd]

I have a mp3 player, and in XP I opened a map with mp3 files, did Ctrl A, Ctrl C, opened the mp3 players map and clicked Ctrl V (or: select all, copy and paste) and than the pc started copying until the mp3-player was full.
In 7 I do the same, but if I select to much mp3's the pc will not start copying until I select less that the size of the player.

Thats a hassle...

 

[Barman58]

After using Windows 7 since the first build, being a real beta tester for Windows 7 I'm a little disappointed with Microsoft as some stuff they just didn't bother changing or fixing etc.. so heres my list.

1. Icons: Icons in the system it doesn't matter where I go but I will usually find an icon that is from Windows XP or before. It really just makes the system look out dated and inconsistent. I was hoping for a completely new set of icons in Windows 7 - all the current ones scraped.

I agree that this is a shame. This has been an issue with recent Windows releases and is annoying though not a deal breaker

2. Search: Search is better than Vista and XP but its not really instant and I hate it how it shows system files.

System files and / or the system locations may be removed from the Search index to fine tune the search output

3. Libraries: This is a great idea in Windows 7 but sadly the customization for it is really bad, you can't change the icons without using a 3rd party application.

Another oversight that although not a major issue is again annoying, can be done without 3rd party tools but the editing of system files is a little bit XP (Check out tutorials section for how to change icons)

4. UAC: user account control still doesn't have remember these settings.

This would be easy to implement but as has been said a very bad idea, the information would need to be stored somewhere and it would not be long before the very malware we want to stop would be reading this information and impersonating "remembered" apps to defeat security.

5. Screensavers: A lot of my favourite Windows screensavers are gone

the list goes on.

Again an unfortunate fact but as many of these were shipped with xp and before keeping them would tend to date the OS look and feel

I have a mp3 player, and in XP I opened a map with mp3 files, did Ctrl A, Ctrl C, opened the mp3 players map and clicked Ctrl V (or: select all, copy and paste) and than the pc started copying until the mp3-player was full.
In 7 I do the same, but if I select to much mp3's the pc will not start copying until I select less that the size of the player.

Thats a hassle...

I feel for you in your clever use of an oversight in XP but this sort of functionality is just as likely to result in someone not copying an important file assuming that they had selected it

 

[BunBun]

Haha... old screensavers making it look dated...

Then why are there still UI elements from Win 3.x? Font installation dialog anyone?

 

[hybridfan]

i draw comics as a hobby and previously drew them on Windows Vista Paint, now I have Windows 7 I see how horrible the new Paint is.
In the end I just when out and bought Adobe Photoshop and learned to use it.

What the heck, seriously why not use G I M P? and basing your opinions on a whole OS from just 1 application is not very wise.

 

[BunBun]

i draw comics as a hobby and previously drew them on Windows Vista Paint, now I have Windows 7 I see how horrible the new Paint is.
In the end I just when out and bought Adobe Photoshop and learned to use it.

What the heck, seriously why not use G I M P? and basing your opinions on a whole OS from just 1 application is not very wise.

Well considering how the reason it is so horrible is the ribbon which is something that is becoming standard of Microsoft products...

I can see his logic and agree with it.

 

[pezzonovante]

I love the ribbon UI in WordPad and Paint. Just like I love the Office 2010 ribbon. The classic menus are pathetic.

 

[BunBun]

I love the ribbon UI in WordPad and Paint. Just like I love the Office 2010 ribbon. The classic menus are pathetic.

I don't appreciate my screen space being wasted thank you. I'll take my nice and tidy toolbars any day.

 

[logicearth]

I don't appreciate my screen space being wasted thank you. I'll take my nice and tidy toolbars any day.

Right-click on the tab section of the ribbon, minimize.
Also hitting "ALT" will bring up keyboard shortcut indicators.

 

[antt]

I don't appreciate my screen space being wasted thank you. I'll take my nice and tidy toolbars any day.

Right-click on the tab section of the ribbon, minimize.
Also hitting "ALT" will bring up keyboard shortcut indicators.

There is also a button to minimize the ribbon on the far right hand side.

That, and it has been shown that the default toolbars in previous versions of office actually take up more screen space than the ribbon. Thats at default - you no doubt fine tuned it to one toolbar like I did.
I actually like the ribbon now I have realised that you don't need to go to it that often - the popup on highlighted text has all the basic options right next to your mouse, and the ribbon is sorted better - header/footer is now under insert where it belongs

The Office 2010 beta handles the ribbon much better too, and you can customize what goes where.

 

[BunBun]

Being able to customize it would be better but take a comparison of the Vista mspaint to the Win 7 mspaint and you will see exactly what I mean.

Vist there is just two nice small tool bars a the top left taking up very little room on the screen. Win7 from about 1/4 of the way accross my screen the ribbon stops and that big chuck of area to the right is completely wasted screen space. The ribbon is far too large. This can be seen in Office products as well as AutoCAD (at least AutoDesk lets you revert back to the old way and completely customize the ribbon to how you want).

The organizational structure and way of thinking of the ribbon is awesome. It's implementation of it is not. It wastes too much screen space period.

 

[reasoner]

thanks for all the tips in reference to my issues, especially the restore point

still getting double icons

anybody got a fix for that?

bitrakers

 

[fseal]

I tried recreating it but couln't

Still betting on some third party software, Icon arranger, AV tool or something like that :/

 

[reasoner]

Been using W7 for a month. My system is lean and mean. No games. Just writing tools.

Word 2007
Final Draft 8
Adobe Acrobat 9
IE 8

The above software constantly hangs or crashes despite current updates.

Also, my nvidia GTX 260 never stays at the same level of brightness - I am constantly reseting both monitors.

As for the double icon mystery...Your guess is as good as mine.

All this on a brand new Dell Studio desktop straight out the box.

I can only hope that these are W7 growing pains and that successive updates will cure these annoying kerfuffles.

Not complaining - just telling it like it is.


bitraker

 

[Frostmourne]

Been using W7 for a month. My system is lean and mean. No games. Just writing tools.

Word 2007
Final Draft 8
Adobe Acrobat 9
IE 8

The above software constantly hangs or crashes despite current updates.

Also, my nvidia GTX 260 never stays at the same level of brightness - I am constantly reseting both monitors.

As for the double icon mystery...Your guess is as good as mine.

All this on a brand new Dell Studio desktop straight out the box.

I can only hope that these are W7 growing pains and that successive updates will cure these annoying kerfuffles.

Not complaining - just telling it like it is.


bitraker

Exactly why pre-built PC's are very poor. Did you upgrade to 7 or clean install?

 

[fseal]

Unfortunately most PC companies LOAD UP the OS with all kinds of trash they get payed to put on there

So unless you did your own completely clean W7 install. It's likely to be non stock.

I have word 2007 and IE 8 and neither have crashed on me ever. So it must be either driver related or related to some non-compatible software that Dell may have installed? Or possibly hardware related (bad ram, defective vid card etc, unfortuantely very common)

I have a 285 card and it's been pretty solid too.

 

[midnitejam]

Network Compatibility

I haven't read all 500+ submissions here so the issue I have may have already been discussed. If that's the case, I offer my apologies.

My issue is with home office networking.
I have 3 desktop nodes and a laptop connected by an encripted wi-fi router. When my nodes were running Vista and XP, I had no issue with sharing files and directories among the nodes. I've updated the laptop and one of the nodes to WIN 7 ultimate and the remaining 2 nodes are updated to Vista Ultimate. Since the jump to Win 7, I can only share their 'Public' directories. I can see the hard drives on the other nodes, but cannot access them.

Has anyone else had issues with file sharing in Win 7?

 

[Mitsubishiman]

I hate "Libraries"

I want to remove the “Libraries” function altogether, which I have made my new goal in life- because I absolutely hate it and if I cannot get rid of it I will uninstall W7 and purchase a copy of XP Pro, because unlike most PC users the only thing I use my C:\ for is the OS and the programs (which are backed up elsewhere) and a format of the HD and a new installation with programs is only about a 4 hour process and I have wasted much more than that on W7, I have been using Windows OS Systems daily since 1993, and I was around for the Windows ME disaster and the Vista disaster, the real problem I have is; M$ has not learned from those fiascos or listened to the dedicated users as to their workflow, instead they insist on trying to save face on the previous disaster when in fact they have created problems where they did not exist in the first place.

 

[logicearth]

....M$ has not learned from those fiascos or listened to the dedicated users as to their workflow, instead they insist on trying to save face on the previous disaster when in fact they have created problems where they did not exist in the first place.

So every user (a billion users, btw) all use the same workflow as you? I didn't realize you were the most important Windows user! I bow down before your importantness [sic]!

 

[DutchBigEd]

thanks for all the tips in reference to my issues, especially the restore point

still getting double icons

anybody got a fix for that?

bitrakers

No, not a fix, but in one of my computers in the lab I have the same problem: double icons.
So it's not a 7 specific problem.