Windows 7 Perceived Bugs & Glitches List

[Dwarf]

There appears to be a bug in the WEI tool.
This shows how the WEI tool reports the graphics driver version:

And here is how System Information reports it:

It is also being reported correctly in Device Manager:

 

[smarteyeball]

I also get snipping tools problems. The other is that the monitor doesn't always go into power saving mode.

 

[weirddave]

Right click on a taskbar window tab, select close. The selection box hangs around until you click elsewhere (the window does close though).
This is in uncombined mode, all fancy features off (max performance option)

 

[chev65]

To me the new sidebar is a joke. Network meters simply do not work. My sushi drive gadget keeps getting messed up and once I delated it now it will not come back no matter what I do. The Imp's drive meters never work at all period. I mean there are like 6 useful gadgets and half of them do not even work? There is no way on earth anyone could have missed this.

Something gets stuck in gadgets and it will not let go of it, it's like it's stuck forever and going into the sidebar files you can't do anything because it says the file's is in use even when all the Gadgets are turned off. I liked the Vista one so much better because it actually worked. This one is a disaster it's so bad man O man it's bad.

Yes I know we can replace it with the Vista one but that is besides the point because WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TOO!!!! I won't get into the fact that if you attempt an sfc/scannow than all your file changes will be reverted back to original thus making the Vista sidebar hack pretty much useless.

This is the worst program in Windows 7 without a doubt. I won't get into the fact that it will not work with UAC turned off. This is just sheer BS on microsoft's part. Even for a beta this sidebar is a complete joke.

Does anyone know of a way to clean out the garbage in the sidebar because it's just not right. I may have to do a system restore just to get my drive meter to work again. This is rediculous. And no system restore does nothing to actually fix this problem. Sorry for the rant but something had to be said about the new sidebar which is by far the most poorly implimented and obviously nontested program in Windows 7.

 

[AGlobalThreatsK]

I won't get into the fact that it will not work with UAC

There is a workaround for that on these forums.

You must edit your registry so the sidebar can run in an elevated state (UAC Disabled)

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Sidebar\Settings

Create a new DWORD value, change it to Decimal and set it to 1.

You may have to log off/back on for the changes to take place, I don't remember for sure. I can't find the thread, you just got lucky that was the last thing I changed in my registry so the last used directory was still open

 

[chev65]

There is a workaround for that on these forums.

You must edit your registry so the sidebar can run in an elevated state (UAC Disabled)

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Sidebar\Settings

Create a new DWORD value, change it to Decimal and set it to 1.

You may have to log off/back on for the changes to take place, I don't remember for sure. I can't find the thread, you just got lucky that was the last thing I changed in my registry so the last used directory was still open

Yup I know all about it and that is just one of the many problems associated with the new sidebar. I have the fix for that but it simply does not address the 10 other problems that I'am having with it. Thanks for the help

 

[chev65]

Another big problem for me and I'am sure many others is that the favicons keep vanishing from my favorites list in Explorer. Every 12 hours or so they just vanish for no reason at all.

No it is not because I was delating temp files or using CCleaner. None of that happend and yet the favicons keep vanishing into thin air. This never happend once in Vista.

I have to go back to the sites to get them back. this has gone on with a new install with no other programs installed so it's not a compatiblity problem.

There are so many program errors and bugs I can't even count them all anymore.

 

[Dwarf]

This is not so much a bug, but more of an annoyance. There doesn't seem to be any way of making the network icon in the system tray animate.

 

[Airbot]

Nope, only when it's connecting does it have some animation.

 

[Dwarf]

There seems to be a bug in the font rendering routine in IE8. These images give an idea of some of the distortion that is apparent. This is puzzling, because it does not happen all the time but sporadically and randomly, and is still happening despite IE8 being set to run in Compatibility View settings for all websites.

 

[Mark]

Another big problem for me and I'am sure many others is that the favicons keep vanishing from my favorites list in Explorer. Every 12 hours or so they just vanish for no reason at all.

No it is not because I was delating temp files or using CCleaner. None of that happend and yet the favicons keep vanishing into thin air. This never happend once in Vista.

I have to go back to the sites to get them back. this has gone on with a new install with no other programs installed so it's not a compatiblity problem.

There are so many program errors and bugs I can't even count them all anymore.

To clear all your custom gadgets out go to task manager, close sidebar.exe and go to this folder C:/Users/User name/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows Sidebar/Gadgets/ and delete all the folders in there.

You may also want to delete the the settings in the folder up one level.

 

[chev65]

To clear all your custom gadgets out go to task manager, close sidebar.exe and go to this folder C:/Users/User name/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows Sidebar/Gadgets/ and delete all the folders in there.

You may also want to delete the the settings in the folder up one level.

Thanks Grim.

Of course it helps when I set to "allow hidden files view" otherwise the appdata one doesn't show up LOL. Now at least I can get rid of the sidebar gadgets when they bug out on me.

Any idea on what my favicon vanishing problem might be? They routinely vanish into thin air from my favorites list yet they remain in the temp folder. I also have noticed the sign in cookies vanishing for no reason at all. I never have delated the temp files once and this is on a fresh installation. :sarc:

The only way to get them back is to revisit the site then close and open Explorer again. I know there is a way to save them all to another folder but that doesn't really correct the actual problem is just puts a band-aid on it.

I'am convinced it's either a bug or a security setting but I can't figure out which one. :huh:

 

[Mark]

Your welcome chev65, can't help with IE8 I don't use it, I have always used Firefox and never had any problems with it, hopefully they will release an update for IE8 soon that will fix the problem for you.

 

[chev65]

Maybe I should try firefox because this new Explorer is pretty bad. I was hoping for an update also,hopefully others are having this problem and not just me. I have no such problems with Vista on the same partition. Little things like this just drive me nuts but I do like the Op system!

 

[ibilofsky]

When IE 8 becomes unstable there is a way to reset it. go to tools, internet options, advanced, and click on reset. I had a similar issue and it worked great.

 

[Sorlaize]

Desktop icons disappear when you rename them (f5 brings them back)

If DWM can't start the system basically locks you out, not even Task Manager starts

Windows Media Player does what looks like some kind of pixellated dissolve transition from an old version of PowerPoint when you open a video and consecutive videos (vista didn't on my same gpu, geforce 7600, and no I've never had to download new gpu drivers for vista at all )

And I've mainly been on YouTube so far

Edit: Search in Explorer is still really bad.. seriously..

I did a search for a line of code I knew was in at least 1 file in that dir, I got no results so I trimmed it down to everything but normal characters and () ->, but it gives me only 6 (other) results. I thought maybe the search feature in Vista was bad because I hadn't been getting updates

 

[rockerdoofus]

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I got this bug where i delete some files out of a game folder to generate the old files and remove all of the mods but after i delete the files and restart the game, it loads all the files like i didn't delete them. Any ideas why this is happening?

 

[Dzomlija]

I got this bug where i delete some files out of a game folder to generate the old files and remove all of the mods but after i delete the files and restart the game, it loads all the files like i didn't delete them. Any ideas why this is happening?

It depends really on which game you are talking about.

I'm going out on a limb here by guessing that the game is installed to the "C:\Program Files" (or "C:\Program Files (x86)" on 64 Bit) folder? The thing is, "Program Files" is considered a protected folder, and most operations are restricted. Usually only system tools and installer programs have the ability to modify the contents of "Program Files" and any sub-folders.

One solution that you can try when installing games would be to follow the installer program carefully, and then when you get to the screen that asks where you want to install to, change "Program Files" to something else. For example, when I install Diablo 2 to Windows 7 64 Bit, I change "C:\Program Files (x86)\Blizzard\Diablo 2" to "C:\Games\Diablo 2". That way, my games install into a non-protected folder. This also has the advantage of resolving alot of compatibility issues that some older games may have with Vista or Windows 7.

How do you think I got the original Diablo 1 to work?

 

[JackDinn]

Problems iv encountered so far :-

Computer, context menu error
http://www.sevenforums.com/general-...ntext-menu-manage-not-working.html#post242940

Windows behind task bar
http://www.sevenforums.com/general-...ndows-maximize-behind-taskbar.html#post233005

Windows audio service not running, but it is running
http://www.sevenforums.com/sound-audio/23587-windows-audio-service-not-running-but.html#post254504

My latest problem that seems not to be just me is that when i try to print from an XP machine to win 7 via LAN to my HP6520 it prints in mirror, iv checked all the settings on both comps. Iv also read up a little and it is not only me having this problem. I have not found a solution as yet.
http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/25060-mirror-printing-lan.html#post271142

 

[VoX]

pci simple communications controller & MEI Drivers

Hello Everyone.

I installed Windows 7 build 7227 yesterday and have encountered 2 problems.

My Specs are:
Intel DP35DP MB
Quad core Q8200 2.33GHZ CPU
2x1Gb HyperX Kingston RAM
EZCool 1200w PSU
XFX GTX 295 Graphics card

1st problem:
My MB Management Engine Interface Drivers are incompatible and even when I try to run them in compatibility mode they still do not work.

2nd Problem:
The new OS is not picking up one of my WD 1Tb HDD. It shows in the bios, and it shows in the device manager but nowhere else. I think that this may have something to do with the fact that there is no PCI simple communications controller installed, and I cannot find that anywhere.

I would really appreciate it if someone could help me with these issues.

Neptunian