I hate windows 7

[Layback Bear]

ihatewin7 good day to you. Just some little rules I go by. After your clean install and adding MSE and installing updates and so far every thing is working properly Stop. Make a list of programs you need and a list of programs that you want. Start with the NEED first. Take baby steps. Add a program and reboot. Check it out for a while and if everything is still to your liking do another one. Make a restore point. It takes a little longer but you have had your share of problems. If you do install a program that gives your computer problems you will know which one it is. When your done check msconfig/start up and choose which programs you want at bootup. If you and your computer are happy at that time defrag. Lastly give yourself and Windows 7 a little time to get to know each other. Note! A bunch of add ons to any browser has been known to cause problems for many people and can be a security risk.

 

[CarlTR6]

Spot on advice, Layback Bear.

 

[dolittle]

Lastly give yourself and Windows 7 a little time to get to know each other.
I have been using 7 sense it was beta. That is the best advice I have heard.
Nice Layback Bear.

 

[pparks1]

Lastly give yourself and Windows 7 a little time to get to know each other.

That's always a better experience if things are working somewhat like they are supposed to. Unfortunately, if you have a major software or hardware problems, it can make the entire experience miserable.

Looking forward to hearing how this clean install goes. I've been nothing but happy with Win7. I use 64-bit at home and 32-bit at work. Both are very solid, I run things like Paint.net, Office, Trend AV, Firefox, a messenger, Filezilla, vmware player, etc....all on a daily basis and have next to no issues whatsoever.

 

[Tepid]

There are only a couple of things that I can not do in 7 that I could do in XP.
Play Scarface - The Game (doesn't work in 7) and using Win 7 64-bit to record/edit/author video (ONLY because some of my software is not supported on 64-bit, regardless of Windows version Xp or 7).

So beyond that, i have not had 7 crash, slow down, stutter, grumble, cry or even whimper about anything I have thrown at it, other than when I do something stupid and cause it to crash.

I agree with everyone else,, you have a Major Messed up Factory install, and probably some not so good/corrupted software.

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Also, others,,, please keep in mind that when XP first came out, people were luck to ahve 128M of ram in thier systems, and XP ran like garbage. Xp didn't start running good till you hit 256M+ and 512M was awesome. Now, you need at least 1G for XP, and no less than 2G for 7, on Win 7, 3G to 4G is definitely what you want.

Anyway, I digress..

 

[ishmael9100]

I think it's obvious that there is something corrupted in this installation. Trying to fix it only prolongs the agony and frustration. I think the OP should wipe, format and reinstall Win 7, then install any missing drivers, followed by Firefox. At that point, he should STOP and evaluate the performance of the system before continuing to install ANY additional software.

I know I'm late, but make that a +6

That was excellent advice.

 

[ishmael9100]

ihatewin7 good day to you. Just some little rules I go by. After your clean install and adding MSE and installing updates and so far every thing is working properly Stop. Make a list of programs you need and a list of programs that you want. Start with the NEED first. Take baby steps. Add a program and reboot. Check it out for a while and if everything is still to your liking do another one. Make a restore point. It takes a little longer but you have had your share of problems. If you do install a program that gives your computer problems you will know which one it is. When your done check msconfig/start up and choose which programs you want at bootup. If you and your computer are happy at that time defrag. Lastly give yourself and Windows 7 a little time to get to know each other. Note! A bunch of add ons to any browser has been known to cause problems for many people and can be a security risk.

+1 for that advice. That was Spot On!

 

[boohbah]

any update from OP , im sure as so many people responded to this thread they would like to know how things have gone.

 

[Layback Bear]

Well I'm back looking to see how things went, maybe tomorrow. Thanks you all for the little pat on the back.

 

[ihatewin7]

Ok so i did reinstall windows. Ditched Firefox and started using Chrome. Much much better. I also ditched Sophos upon recommendations here and started using MSE. So far no freezes. Oh and something new, i forgot completely how to reformat my drive in DOS so I threw in the WIN7 disk to see what happens. And it reinstalls and saves all your old files to a folder called Windows Old. Um wow. So although I backed everything up it wasn't necessary this time round. So happily just dragging the files that I wanted to keep to the new libraries. So that was a win.
I know I've said it before but thank you again.

 

[gregrocker]

As you forgot the tutorial I posted to wipe the HD before reinstall, here are the rest of the steps which can give you a perfect install if you want one:

Wiping your HD is an important first step as it will overwrite any infected or conflicting code. Use tutorial linked: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/91339-ssd-hdd-optimize-windows-reinstallation.html

The installer is mostly driver-complete with newer arriving quickly via optional Windows Updates. Any drivers then missing in Device Manager can be found on the Support Downloads webpage for your computer or device model. I would not change any drivers given by installer/updates unless performance dictates, then start with display, chipset.

I install programs slowly over time to gauge performance after each. I don't let any programs write themselves into msconfig>Startup except AV (lightweight free MS Security Essentials or Avast 5) and gadgets - any others freeload on CPU/RAM and can spy on you.

When it is finished, clean and order your HD perfectly with state-of-the-art CCleaner and Auslogics Disk and Registry defraggers monthly.

If performance probs persist, google text and ID# of repeat errors in Event Viewer>Admin View to learn how others solved them. Click through WEI score at Computer>Properties to resolve any cued issues on Advanced Tools page, work through errors in the Performance log found there, and Generate A System Health Report. Monitor processes working at idle closely.

Enjoy Windows 7!

 

[boohbah]

I'm pleased to hear your issue is resolved, does this mean you will be wanting to change your name!
how about- iusedtohatewindows7

 

[swarfega]

Nice to see you running windows 7 happily now. On a side note, youve been able to format within the windows installer since at least xp (not sure about 2000 but possibly).

So I take it you originally did an upgrade install from XP? I dont really recommend that path as it can cause all sorts of issues.

After installing windows I usually install Recuva (file undelete) and ccleaner (crap cleaner) from piriform.com. If you do run ccleaner, make sure you go through its options and dont just run it blindly. And dont touch its registry "fixer" for now (even though I use it). By default the program will remove browser history, so go through the options and check to see if you want to keep such items.

 

[ryo]

Ok so i did reinstall windows. Ditched Firefox and started using Chrome. Much much better. I also ditched Sophos upon recommendations here and started using MSE. So far no freezes. Oh and something new, i forgot completely how to reformat my drive in DOS so I threw in the WIN7 disk to see what happens. And it reinstalls and saves all your old files to a folder called Windows Old. Um wow. So although I backed everything up it wasn't necessary this time round. So happily just dragging the files that I wanted to keep to the new libraries. So that was a win.
I know I've said it before but thank you again.

glad hear you happy and your OS run well. so you must change your nick become lovewin7

 

[Barman58]

Nice to see you running windows 7 happily now. On a side note, youve been able to format within the windows installer since at least xp (not sure about 2000 but possibly).

So I take it you originally did an upgrade install from XP? I dont really recommend that path as it can cause all sorts of issues.

After installing windows I usually install Recuva (file undelete) and ccleaner (crap cleaner) from piriform.com. If you do run ccleaner, make sure you go through its options and dont just run it blindly. And dont touch its registry "fixer" for now (even though I use it). By default the program will remove browser history, so go through the options and check to see if you want to keep such items.

Nick,
Just FYI - All of the NT based Operating systems from Microsoft have provided the ability to format during install - even the text based installers from NT 3.5 and NT4

 

[swarfega]

Ah thanks for the reminder, so long ago....

 

[ihatewin7]

I'm pleased to hear your issue is resolved, does this mean you will be wanting to change your name!
how about- iusedtohatewindows7

I would if i could. Think I'm stuck with my name now.

 

[Brink]

What would you like your user name to be?

 

[toughbook]

Brink, you are a trip Your'e like a mad scientist rubbing your hands together.

 

[Brink]

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