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What feature or features do you feel are missing in W7?

To start us off, I would like to see an E-Mail Client as part of the OS (Windows Live Mail).
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dwarf Dwf/11/2012 r09/2013
OS
Windows 8.1 Pro RTM x64
CPU
Intel Core-i5-3570K 4-core @ 3.4GHz (Ivy Bridge) (OC 4.4GHz)
Motherboard
ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
Memory
4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB)
Graphics Card(s)
MSI GeForce GTX770 Gaming OC 2GB
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898)
Monitor(s) Displays
ViewSonic VA1912w Widescreen (VGA)
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Hard Drives
OCZ Agility 3 SSD 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0)
Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II
Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0
WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0
PSU
XFX Pro Series 850W Semi-Modular
Case
Gigabyte IF233
Cooling
1 x 120mm Front Inlet 1 x 120mm Rear Exhaust
Keyboard
Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 (USB)
Mouse
Microsoft Comfort Mouse 3000 for Business (USB)
Internet Speed
NetGear DG834Gv3 ADSL Modem/Router (Ethernet) ~4.0 Mb/s (O2)
Antivirus
Avast! 8.0.1497
Browser
IE 11
Other Info
Optical Drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30 SATA Bluray
Lexmark S305 Printer/Scanner/Copier (USB)
WEI Score: 8.1/8.1/8.5/8.5/8.25
Asus Eee PC 1011PX Netbook (Windows 7 x86 Starter)
Windows Mail is hidden but can be used with a lot of tweaking, provided you have access to a Vista rig.

Windows Live Mail can be downloaded. I think this was in answer to the EEC's case for Microsoft including too many exclusive features, or some such equally stupid reason.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Alienware® ALX X58
OS
Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)
CPU
Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache
Motherboard
Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366
Memory
24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 4096MB
Graphics Card(s)
1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
Sound Card
Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung XL2370 LED backlit 23" W/S 2ms response time
Screen Resolution
1920 X 1080
Hard Drives
2 x 500gb SATA II
1 x 1TB SATA II
1 external eSATA LaCie 3TB
(Non-RAID)
PSU
Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU
Case
Alienware® P2 ALX Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling
Cooling
Alienware® High-Perf. Liquid Cooling + Acoustic Dampening
Keyboard
Microsoft® Wireless Entertainment 8000 + Logitech® G15 Wired
Mouse
Microsoft® Wireless Laser 8000 + Logitech® G9 Wired
Internet Speed
1Gb/s
Antivirus
McAfee LiveSafe
Browser
Firefox - latest
Other Info
Using non-RAID on purpose as I find RAID to be too temperamental.
Now set to AHCI
I would like to see email also, but I dislike live mail. Would much prefer Windows mail. All the folders are there, just activate it or give us instructions so we can activate it. Doubt if it will happen though. They are removing these things to satisfy the government lawyers.

As far as I'm concerned they could remove Paint and Wordpad. I never use them.

One thing that would be nice is to make Windows Explorer a multi paned file manager with sync functionality. I have to use 3rd party software for that now.

Gary
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell XPS420
OS
Vista Ult 64 bit Seven Ult RTM x64
CPU
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 2.40 gigahertz
Memory
Crucial Ballistix 4x2GB PC2 6400
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB
Sound Card
Creative SB X-Fi audio
Monitor(s) Displays
HP w2207 + HPvs15
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 + 1024x768
Hard Drives
2-WD5000AAKS-500 GB
WD5000AAV-500 GB external
Keyboard
Microsoft Comfort Curve
Mouse
MX Revolution
Other Info
Wacom Intuos 2 Graphics Tablet
Experience Index=5.5
I'd like DreamScenes to be in it as in Vista.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Airbot 2.0
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU
Core i7 920 (D0) @ 4Ghz, *26c idle *65c full load on air
Motherboard
Asus P6X58D Premium - Sata 6Gb/s - USB 3.0
Memory
12GB DDR3 Corsair Dominator -CMD12GX3M6A1600C8 at 1600MHz
Graphics Card(s)
Zotac Geforce GTX 770
Sound Card
ASUS Xonar D2X
Monitor(s) Displays
1 LG 24" Flatron W2453V-PF 1 Samsung 24" P2450H both 2ms RT
Screen Resolution
1920x1080@60hz
Hard Drives
1 Samsung 250GB 840 Evo SSD
1 OCZ Vertex2 180GB SSD
1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 7200RPM 32MB cache
2 500GB WD Caviar Blacks 7200RPM 32MB cache (WD5001AALS)

Pioneer DVD Burner DVR-S18M
PSU
Corsair HX1000W
Case
Cooler Master HAF 932
Cooling
Case Fans *3 230mm, *1 140mm/CPU - *Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme
Keyboard
Logitech Wireless MK700
Mouse
Logitech Wireless MK700
Internet Speed
DL 15 Mbps UL 0.98 Mbps
Antivirus
None
Browser
Firefox Nightly
Other Info
Processor-7.7 *RAM- 7.9 *Graphics-7.9 *Gaming Graphics- 7.9 *SSD- 7.8 W.E.I final score= 7.7
*Phone- LG Nexus 5
garysgold said:
I would like to see email also, but I dislike live mail. Would much prefer Windows mail. All the folders are there, just activate it or give us instructions so we can activate it. Doubt if it will happen though. They are removing these things to satisfy the government lawyers.

As far as I'm concerned they could remove Paint and Wordpad. I never use them.

One thing that would be nice is to make Windows Explorer a multi paned file manager with sync functionality. I have to use 3rd party software for that now.

Gary
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Windows Mail is hidden because they want you to go with Windows Live Mail

Check this out: windows 7 mail (Post # 19 onwards)

Meanwhile Incredimail works
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Alienware® ALX X58
OS
Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)
CPU
Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache
Motherboard
Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366
Memory
24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 4096MB
Graphics Card(s)
1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
Sound Card
Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung XL2370 LED backlit 23" W/S 2ms response time
Screen Resolution
1920 X 1080
Hard Drives
2 x 500gb SATA II
1 x 1TB SATA II
1 external eSATA LaCie 3TB
(Non-RAID)
PSU
Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU
Case
Alienware® P2 ALX Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling
Cooling
Alienware® High-Perf. Liquid Cooling + Acoustic Dampening
Keyboard
Microsoft® Wireless Entertainment 8000 + Logitech® G15 Wired
Mouse
Microsoft® Wireless Laser 8000 + Logitech® G9 Wired
Internet Speed
1Gb/s
Antivirus
McAfee LiveSafe
Browser
Firefox - latest
Other Info
Using non-RAID on purpose as I find RAID to be too temperamental.
Now set to AHCI
Thanks Ex_Brit. I have already done that. It works but does not give me 100% functionality. And why are those folders still there if we can't use them?

I like that WM uses the contacts folder. Live mail does not import my business contacts correctly and I'm not too keen on re-entering them all. Same with the 3rd party apps I've tried so far.

Gary
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell XPS420
OS
Vista Ult 64 bit Seven Ult RTM x64
CPU
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 2.40 gigahertz
Memory
Crucial Ballistix 4x2GB PC2 6400
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS 256 MB
Sound Card
Creative SB X-Fi audio
Monitor(s) Displays
HP w2207 + HPvs15
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 + 1024x768
Hard Drives
2-WD5000AAKS-500 GB
WD5000AAV-500 GB external
Keyboard
Microsoft Comfort Curve
Mouse
MX Revolution
Other Info
Wacom Intuos 2 Graphics Tablet
Experience Index=5.5
Not sure what else to suggest, sorry. Someone, anyone...any ideas????
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Alienware® ALX X58
OS
Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 10 Pro (all x64)
CPU
Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache
Motherboard
Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366
Memory
24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 4096MB
Graphics Card(s)
1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
Sound Card
Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung XL2370 LED backlit 23" W/S 2ms response time
Screen Resolution
1920 X 1080
Hard Drives
2 x 500gb SATA II
1 x 1TB SATA II
1 external eSATA LaCie 3TB
(Non-RAID)
PSU
Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU
Case
Alienware® P2 ALX Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling
Cooling
Alienware® High-Perf. Liquid Cooling + Acoustic Dampening
Keyboard
Microsoft® Wireless Entertainment 8000 + Logitech® G15 Wired
Mouse
Microsoft® Wireless Laser 8000 + Logitech® G9 Wired
Internet Speed
1Gb/s
Antivirus
McAfee LiveSafe
Browser
Firefox - latest
Other Info
Using non-RAID on purpose as I find RAID to be too temperamental.
Now set to AHCI
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