What don't you like about Windows 7?

[WindowsStar]

Our Network Administrator is on a power trip, I think. Isn't that typical of Network Administrators, though? They feel they must control everything, right?

Ok this one just really pisses me off. Obviously you are not an IT person nor do you have to maintain many computer systems. We (Network Administrator, Security Administrators, Network Engineers, System Engineers, or any of the IT support staff are NOT on a POWER TRIP!!)

We have to lock everything down to keep uneducated (I am being polite) users from messing computer systems up. We have to lock everything down because many people have the idea in their head that their work computer can be used to experiment on and if it crashes or breaks “oh well we have an IT department to fix it, at least I did not try that on my home computer”. Users figure if a software works at home it will function at work so let’s load that P2P software and have some fun. Come on quit being so ignorant. We have to lock the computers down so the computers work and users can get the work that needs to be done without issues. Installing software as in P2P does not have ANYTHING to do with work, nor does it help in anyway. The other downside to this is that it takes up network bandwidth and makes other legitimate users suffer trying to get work done. If end users would just get it through their head that a work computer is: 1) for work only, 2) it is NOT their computer but owned by the company, 3) installing some software that you use at home will not necessarily function on your work computer nor will it improve your efficiency to get work done, 4) your computer at work and your computer at home have ABSOLUTELY nothing in common accept they may both be running Windows 7. The better off everyone would be.

We ran some statics to prove locking users out of settings and installing software etc. Does many things: 1) in the long run makes the end user much happier because their computer is always working and they never have to contact IT for repairs. 2) management is much happier because their employees are working 3) support calls to IT went down an amazing 89.4%!!!! 4) it gives the IT staff a small amount of their life back so they can see their spouse, kids, and maybe take a vacation because they are NOT at work fixing 10,000 stupid user problems. – Enough said!

Well said!

Thank you.

 

[madtownidiot]

ditto

 

[oaksong]

It's mucking up all of a sudden

After the screen goes black, when it's been sitting for awhile (I have a Dell laptop) I swipe my finger across the mouse pad and wait a bit and if the machine doesn't revive I tap the power button to get it out of hibernation. Starting about two days ago that quit working. I can tell the machine is on, but it won't wake up, so I have to hold down the power button and count to ten. Now I've got applications that are freezing, randomly. Winamp just froze for no apparent reason and I'm going to have to reboot to clear it from the system. Task manager is unable to remove the dead app. What's worse is that it's on the screen but not in the applications list, although it's still in the process list.

 

[fseal]

Yeah that's pretty common when apps die before the UI threads are up or after the UI threads are closed but the app is not completely out of memory (One thread or dll is locked up and still hung)

Completely random behavior like that, especially deadlocked apps or OS with no bluescreen or reboot is possibly caused by memory issues. Possibly the motherboard itself if not a memory module specifically. Could be other things but is seems like most of the time it's hardware that's having a problem.

 

[drumtrucker]

Hate to rain on 'can't think of anything' parade, but...
2 things I HATE.
1. Folder windows (unlike program windows) do not remember their size and position
2. While I love pinning program icons to taskbar, I hate that when more than one window open under one and you right click on icon, there is no MINIMIZE ALL choice.

oops, I only read the first page before I posted this, I am sure there must be some negative stuff in these 179 pages besides my contribution, but doubt I'll have time to read through this massive thread.

 

[lehnerus2000]

Run Maximised

Hate to rain on 'can't think of anything' parade, but...
2 things I HATE.
1. Folder windows (unlike program windows) do not remember their size and position
2. While I love pinning program icons to taskbar, I hate that when more than one window open under one and you right click on icon, there is no MINIMIZE ALL choice.

oops, I only read the first page before I posted this, I am sure there must be some negative stuff in these 179 pages besides my contribution, but doubt I'll have time to read through this massive thread.

Have you set Windows Explorer to "Run: Maximised"?



I have my windows set to maximised and most of the time they open full screen (sometimes they don't).
I also maximised my windows, before I saved the "view" template (I don't know if that makes a difference).

You can click on the "Show desktop" button (far right of the Task bar) to hide all the windows.
You can also press the "Windows logo key + D".
I'm not sure if that was what you meant or not.

 

[GreatPurpleRobe]

Oh, nothing much. Some of the HP printers haven't upgraded their drivers yet. We monitor the web sites, and download new drivers as they arrive. --JB

I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Mac user, and I've upgraded to Win 7 on my work computer. I have to say, I don't find much wrong with the OS. (I know, all my Mac friends just gasped in amazement!).

We are having problems with print driver compatibility, but that's the printer manufacturers' issue, not MS's. --JB

JB, welcome to the Seven Forums.

May I ask which printer driver is causing problems?

Kari

 

[CarlTR6]

I'm in that same boat. I think HP wants to sell new printers instead of making our older ones compatible with Win 7.

 

[fseal]

HP screwed their customer with the move to Win2k, XP and Vista. I wouldn't expect W7 to be any different.

I had a 6 month old HP printer that they would not upgrade the drivers for once.

Never bought from them again and it looks like they are no better today than they were 10 years ago.

 

[kookster]

1. I dont like that some of the new features are not easily customizable, IE the tab in folders, thats why I created a tut to get rid of it I hated it so much.
2. You dont have as much control as you used to over folders. I miss the days when you said to delete something it would unless it was in use. If you wanted to delete a program without running uninstall you could!
3. Bloated, I remember the days when the operating system wasnt over 100mb, so 2 gigs are you serious? (Dont get me started on games)

Other than those I love it. I just really hate the lack of easy customization, that always really drives me up the wall.

 

[bjproc]

A Mail Client for me, i don't want to go down the live route

 

[WindowsStar]

I'm in that same boat. I think HP wants to sell new printers instead of making our older ones compatible with Win 7.

UGH! Don't get me started! We have many print servers that don't have updated drivers. With Windows 7 deployment rolling out everywhere this is becoming a large problem. Some of the HP printers are being replaced because of the non-response by HP. We are purchasing Dell printers because when we asked for drivers for our older Dell printers Dell was extremely fast to respond and had the drivers within 4 to 6 days. Now that is service. HP keeps saying they are working on them.

 

[CarlTR6]

HP screwed their customer with the move to Win2k, XP and Vista. I wouldn't expect W7 to be any different.

I had a 6 month old HP printer that they would not upgrade the drivers for once.

Never bought from them again and it looks like they are no better today than they were 10 years ago.

I'm in that same boat. I think HP wants to sell new printers instead of making our older ones compatible with Win 7.

UGH! Don't get me started! We have many print servers that don't have updated drivers. With Windows 7 deployment rolling out everywhere this is becoming a large problem. Some of the HP printers are being replaced because of the non-response by HP. We are purchasing Dell printers because when we asked for drivers for our older Dell printers Dell was extremely fast to respond and had the drivers within 4 to 6 days. Now that is service. HP keeps saying they are working on them.

I have learned from this and I have bought my last HP product. My printer does work with Windows; I just don't have the fancy control panel anymore. I will not support a company that does not support its customers - and I will let HP know this.

 

[WindowsStar]

HP screwed their customer with the move to Win2k, XP and Vista. I wouldn't expect W7 to be any different.

I had a 6 month old HP printer that they would not upgrade the drivers for once.

Never bought from them again and it looks like they are no better today than they were 10 years ago.

I'm in that same boat. I think HP wants to sell new printers instead of making our older ones compatible with Win 7.

UGH! Don't get me started! We have many print servers that don't have updated drivers. With Windows 7 deployment rolling out everywhere this is becoming a large problem. Some of the HP printers are being replaced because of the non-response by HP. We are purchasing Dell printers because when we asked for drivers for our older Dell printers Dell was extremely fast to respond and had the drivers within 4 to 6 days. Now that is service. HP keeps saying they are working on them.

I have learned from this and I have bought my last HP product. My printer does work with Windows; I just don't have the fancy control panel anymore. I will not support a company that does not support its customers - and I will let HP know this.

OT (sort of): We have spoken with 2 major HP reps, heck I have family that works at HP and I have told them that HP service and support has really gone down of the last 5 years. Everyone keeps saying they will let the proper people know but nothing seems to change or happen. We have lost 5 different companies that service HP printers because they are telling me that HP will not pay them enough to service an in warranty printer; they actually lose money if they service it. If the printer is out of warranty then it is outrageous to fix it. We had a quote of $550 to fix an old HP 4000 because they said they would have to come out about 85 miles (137km) from their shop and spend 2 hours taking the printer apart, fix it and then re-assemble it. Needless to say we replaced the printer with a Dell.

 

[sinbin]

Only bad thing i can say is it really is not all that different to prev versions of windows .i want new stuff ,,.

 

[cbleman]

Only bad thing i can say is it really is not all that different to prev versions of windows .i want new stuff ,,.

Read on McDuff .... Plenty of new "Stuff" in this package, as well as fixes for things that weren't quite right with the older OS. Explore! Push the bounderies! enjoy; But above all, remember.. It's only an Operating System to run programs, to do the things you realy want to do.

I know there is another thread for this, but you might want to mention exactly what new "Stuff" you would like to see.

err.. I couldn't resist the ryming misquote.

 

[MJ Dawg]

No bugs for me since I have Premium edition while it was still at Best Buy, I got three for me and my office! They're very fast!

 

[marsmimar]

Went from XP Pro to 7 Pro (both 32-bit) and bypassed Vista. So far, I have nothing but praise for 7. Even my old Lexmark all in one printer, manufactured in Sept 2003 according to the info plate, works flawlessly. Guess when it comes to updated drivers it really depends on the manufacturer. My condolences to the folks having driver problems.

 

[drumtrucker]

A Mail Client for me, i don't want to go down the live route

Thunderbird

 

[drumtrucker]

Only bad thing i can say is it really is not all that different to prev versions of windows .i want new stuff ,,.

Read on McDuff .... Plenty of new "Stuff" in this package, as well as fixes for things that weren't quite right with the older OS. Explore! Push the bounderies! enjoy; But above all, remember.. It's only an Operating System to run programs, to do the things you realy want to do.

Any FOLDER window should (and used to) remember it's size and position when last closed. Windows 7 does not provide this simple and essential feature, big step backwards. Better explained with one solution here:
ShellFolderFix Remembers Window Locations in Windows 7 - How-To Geek