What don't you like about Windows 7?

[Atomic Shark]

Firstly I think that asking a question like 'What don't you like about Windows 7' in a forum based solely on Windows 7 is a big contradiction in terms LOL

Lastly, i'll answer by saying Nothing, i see nothing that I don't like about Windows 7

 

[smarteyeball]

One thing I just don't understand are the BSOD people... where they find so much BSODS in Seven?

lol, I had my fair share of BSOD's in the earlier builds. Hell, I've even had a couple with the RTM

Lastly, i'll answer by saying Nothing, i see nothing that I don't like about Windows 7

I can. Permissions. Or to be more accurate, the lack thereof. It's not particularly permissive. To be fair though, they irked me in Vista too.

 

[logicearth]

I can. Permissions. Or to be more accurate, the lack thereof. It's not particularly permissive. To be fair though, they irked me in Vista too.

Thats the cost of getting a more secure OS...

 

[geeve420]

Let me first start by saying, I love this OS and so does my wife. We are using the RC 7100 and I have yet to have any issues. My only problem is I will keep my XP harddrive around because I have no idea how the home version will run my recording software (of course Ultimate has no issues) I am actually excited about this OS.

My only real gripe is the fact that it will cost me $240 bucks to upgrade two PC's to the Home version and $400 if I want pro. I could almost buy a new PC for that kind of money.

That's not really an OS gripe though, just a general rub the wrong way. I feel the price tag could turn off a lot of people from upgrading.

P.S. Yes I am still running the RC because I have no access to the RTM (before someone says anything )

 

[ratePV]

I can say that i dont like Windows 7 because its not innovative!
Its still using the old t-rex known as NTFS (lol its 15 year OLD! Linux has a much faster ext3 file system!)
And its using the OOOLLDD NTs kernel(and when it was compiled there were no multi-cored processors so its not a native multi-threaded system)

So your comp has about 15% less power on Windows than on a Linux/Mac OS

p.s. Do you know that if they change the kernel todays viruses wouldn have any effect? That means no AV software! And if they would change NTFS there would be no need for a defrag EVER!

 

[Lanthus20]

Negatives? I can't say "Hello computer" and have it respond "Hello Dave, You must die now cause I am tired of your whiny butt complaining when I BSOD, when really I am just screwing with you to piss you off."

And yes, Win7 seems a bit out dated now and hasn't even been released yet.

lol!

Yah windows 7 does seem outdated but I love it as an update from xp, I didn't go to vista because vista was supposed to be horrible. But seven is working fine for me right now, thats all I need, plus I get cool "aero" stuff too!

 

[Lanthus20]

lol, I had my fair share of BSOD's in the earlier builds. Hell, I've even had a couple with the RTM



I can. Permissions. Or to be more accurate, the lack thereof. It's not particularly permissive. To be fair though, they irked me in Vista too.

I just had a bsod today, while shutting down it said "Windows has found an unexpected error and has to shut down". Even though thats what I was already telling it too. Then when I booted it up everything was fine and a message said the same thing basically, that windows had an unexpected error and had to shut down. I was like... ok so it did what I wanted it to do... wheres the error?

 

[Orbital Shark]

It must just be me, but i've not had a BSOD at all with Windows 7, even with the BETA builds

Guess i'm just lucky

 

[Tews]

It must just be me, but i've not had a BSOD at all with Windows 7, even with the BETA builds

Guess i'm just lucky

Same here Jeff ... even on my old rig, 7 runs like it was built for it ...

Its still using the old t-rex known as NTFS (lol its 15 year OLD! Linux has a much faster ext3 file system!)

Actually, Ubuntu 9.04 offers ext4 now.. Very fast

 

[logicearth]

...And its using the OOOLLDD NTs kernel(and when it was compiled there were no multi-cored processors so its not a native multi-threaded system)

I think you are confusing your versions of Windows. Vista and Seven have had a major rewrite of the kernel, a lot of work went into it starting with Vista and extended into Seven. Vista/7 both have native support for multi-processors/cores It has since the first versions of NT. NT was made by ex-developers from multi-processor machines and they incorporated those designs when making Windows NT. Unix didn't get multi-processor/core support until later in its development when multi-processors started to become more common.

Windows NT was multi-treaded from the very beginning, Unix was not it had to be added later. Windows NT is and always has been a real and native multi-threaded system.

p.s. Do you know that if they change the kernel todays viruses wouldn have any effect? That means no AV software! And if they would change NTFS there would be no need for a defrag EVER!

They could change the kernel all they want but that won't stop virus/malware unless they removed the ability for applications and process to run. I.e. you couldn't run your applications. Because don't you know?! Malware is an application? Oh wow it even looks like other application processes (Firefox, Games, etc.). Changing the kernel is not going to stop malware because it is an application just like Firefox.

There is no such thing a file system that never fragments. There are ways to mitigate it (Which NTFS does support) but it is a challenge to use those on large files (triple digit MBs +). So Windows Vista/7 run a low priority defragmention in the background to aid in the journaling of small files, for the large files. (Mac OS X only journal files smaller then 25 MB) Btw, journaling is not really defragmention, it only aids a background defragmenting process.

NTFS maybe be old but it is a damn good file system. Its extremely fast (yes it is!), can handle a lot of our future storage needs for the for see able future anyways (16 EiB), and almost every OS can read/write to it. There is a lot more to it, you should take the time to read about its technical side.

Please, pick up the book Windows Internals before you try and make assumptions about the inner workings of Windows. There is also a lot of good information on the Windows Kernel here: http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/Kernel/

 

[smarteyeball]

Thats the cost of getting a more secure OS...

That is true and for the most part, welcome. However there are those occasions when it's just a pita

I just had a bsod today, while shutting down it said "Windows has found an unexpected error and has to shut down". Even though thats what I was already telling it too. Then when I booted it up everything was fine and a message said the same thing basically, that windows had an unexpected error and had to shut down. I was like... ok so it did what I wanted it to do... wheres the error?

It's most likely either a driver or an app getting tripped up during the shut down process. If it keeps happening, start a new thread and we should be able to help.

It must just be me, but i've not had a BSOD at all with Windows 7, even with the BETA builds

Guess i'm just lucky

Most people have been. Key-word being 'most'

In one build the BSOD's were so bad, I lost my cool and in a fit of pique went back to Vista until the next build came along

Each successive build had less and less BSoD's until they almost stopped completely.

(Good old faithful Vista remained perfectly stable throughout the entire build evolution )

 

[Zidane24]

That is true and for the most part, welcome. However there are those occasions when it's just a pita



It's most likely either a driver or an app getting tripped up during the shut down process. If it keeps happening, start a new thread and we should be able to help.



Most people have been. Key-word being 'most'

In one build the BSOD's were so bad, I lost my cool and in a fit of pique went back to Vista until the next build came along

Each successive build had less and less BSoD's until they almost stopped completely.

(Good old faithful Vista remained perfectly stable throughout the entire build evolution )

same here...but I had better luck. Build 7048 is the only build that has give me a BSOD. I shrugged it off and grabbed 7057 ASAP...no more issues until this very day

 

[oidicle]

I reaaaly don't like that "They" have removed the 'Restore previous folder windows at logon' option and removed the the ability to display large icons on the control panel..... It's very irritating when you have like 6 or 7 explorer windows open and you restart your comp only to see to that you have to reopen every single one of the windows because some 'smart guys' think we don't need that feature.... Thinking about this thing really makes my blood boil.....

 

[Zidane24]

I reaaaly don't like that "They" have removed the 'Restore previous folder windows at logon' option and removed the the ability to display large icons on the control panel..... It's very irritating when you have like 6 or 7 explorer windows open and you restart your comp only to see to that you have to reopen every single one of the windows because some 'smart guys' think we don't need that feature.... Thinking about this thing really makes my blood boil.....

Uh...look at my screenshots below before you post next...

 

[Antman]

Uh...look at my screenshots below before you post...

My turn to LMAO - time warp required!

 

[Zidane24]

Uh...look at my screenshots below before you post...

Before you post next...hows that?

 

[Kari]

Before you post next...hows that?

Nice try. Weak, but nice.

 

[Zidane24]

Nice try. Weak, but nice.

I am sorry but what have I tried?:shock: Now I need to post the pictures proving that odicile was incorrect in his assumptions about Windows settings...

 

[Antman]

It gets worse. I think odicile is describing a problem found, and fixed, in much earlier builds.

 

[endosmoke]

The lack of custom visual styles, but they will come soon enough. Got to remember that it takes time to finish a VS, and most people doing it doesnt get payed to do it either.