Windows 7 Perceived Bugs & Glitches List

[noyb]

Office 2003 files will not stay on the desktop where I put them.
Edit/Save and you have to chase it down and drag it back where you want it.

Cannot use W7 with a KVM switch...
Boot without a monitor connected and all display settings are lost.

Cannot manually sort the contents of a Folder.

Cannot create a new Taskbar and park it on any edge of your screen(s)

 

[SquonkSC]

Shared overlay icon

My nr1. update/fix priority is not a bug but a conscious moronic choice by MS,
and it bugs the hell out of me. :sarc:

It's the absence of an overlay icon to show if a folder is shared.
I have to click on every single folder to see whether it's shared or not.


MS found the number of overlay icons esthetically confusing, and instead of taking out the "shortcut" icon,
which almost every one wants to get rid of right after install, or the stupid lock which tells you the folder
doesn't have the "users" account in it, they decided to take the shared icon out.
Even Server 2008 R2 doesn't have the shared overlay icon, which renders an otherwise brilliant product, absolutely useless.
It must be the worst design choice MS ever made, and this will be a show stopper for companies.

For the last two weeks, I have been going through Win7's and Vista's registry almost line by line
to find a way to get the icon back, but they did one hell of a job hiding this feature.

But if it's there I will find it.

I rather have MS come up with a fix for it ASAP.

 

[Dzomlija]

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

Nice rig.

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.

For which OS are the drivers? If they are for XP, then you'll never get them to work. The driver model has changed. If you cannot get "pure windows 7" drivers, then you might be able to fall back to the Windows Vista drivers.

Drivers CANNOT be run under compatibility mode. If they don't work, they don't 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.

Has the hard driver been partitioned? Open Control Panel then Administrative Tools. From there, check "Computer Management", "Disk Management"

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

Neptunian

I hope my advice has helped. Also, I'm glad to see more South Africans on these forums...

 

[VoX]

I hope my advice has helped. Also, I'm glad to see more South Africans on these forums...[/QUOTE]


Hey Dzomlija

First of all, I appreciate your quick response and assistance. Secondly, are you South African?

I downloaded the latest MEI Intel drivers yesterday (for windows vista 32bit) installed them, restarted my PC, but it would not restart, used the Windows 7 repair and my PC started fine with the drivers installed... Go figure...

As for the 'lost' hard drive, it is not partitioned, I never partition my drives. Not quite sure what to do about it. It is in the e-sata connection on the MB. Could my driver issue also be cause for the e-sata connection to not be operating?

 

[SquonkSC]

I downloaded the latest MEI Intel drivers yesterday (for windows vista 32bit) installed them, restarted my PC, but it would not restart, used the Windows 7 repair and my PC started fine with the drivers installed... Go figure...

As for the 'lost' hard drive, it is not partitioned, I never partition my drives. Not quite sure what to do about it. It is in the e-sata connection on the MB. Could my driver issue also be cause for the e-sata connection to not be operating?

Hi Neptunian,

I recommend opening a new thread with your problem.
that's the quickest way of getting help from all of us.

This thread is about Win7 bugs, not how to solve them.

Good luck

 

[VoX]

Hey squonksc

Thanks for the info, I am new to this site. Just gotta figure out where.......

 

[Labsy]

My bugs on Windows 7 / Server 2008 R2 so far:

Twin Monitor setup
Vista introduced the great feature working on dual monitors, where you could simply drag maximised window from one monitor towards another, and...voila...window moved to another monitor, and it was also maximized there.
In Win7 / 2008R2 it does move to another monitor, but window gets restored to smaller size.

Multiple RDP sessions windows
When working with multiple Remote Desktop sessions opened towards some other computers, RDP sessions simply vanish after some time. Only 1 (random) RDP window stays opened (most probably the one you were last focused on).
Let me just confirm, that I tested it on multiple computers, and all Windows 7 behaviours were much alike - RDP windows were dissapearing randomly.

Windows Live Messenger
In idle state or even not logged-in, WLM ocupies 2 active icons in taskbar. One icon showing thumbnail of my WLM profile, and 2nd icon, showing actual WLM login window.
Also, when you do not work with WLM, some instant messages will not trigger neither any sound, neither will taskbar icon blink when somebody writes you a message. You need to click on WLM window and only then all messages will blink. seems like a bug in taskbar focusing.

IE8 back-buttons (and others)
I am not sure if this is Windows7 / 2008 R2 related, but I noticed this behaviour only on newly installed machines. IE8 sometimes freezes buttons for BACK and REFRESH, and also TOOLS menu is mostly grayed-out.
Seems like some security feature, which is buggy.

Taskbar buttons
For advanced users, it is handy to have also some non-standard shortcuts pinned to taskbar. For example, I want to have shortcut to NETWORK CONNECTIONS list pinned to taskbar.
To call NETWORK CONNECTIONS, you need to create shortcut to:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe shell:::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}\::{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}
Ok, and beside this one, I also have shortcut to WINDOWS EXPLORER.
Now, when I run NETWORK CONNECTIONS shortcut, it becomes active in taskbar, but it also activates Windows Explorer shortcut, showing them both as active.

Networking
If you configure 2 NIC adapters, let's say, one for INTERNAL and one for EXTERNAL traffic, Windows 7 / Server 2008R2 will (wrong!) put them in the same network neghbourhood (Private, Public...) if NICs are from the same vendor (for example, if you have computer with 2 NICs already built-in).
I had to buy additional NIC adapter to make EXTERNAL and INTERNAL network treat separatelly.

 

[zigzag3143]

My bugs on Windows 7 / Server 2008 R2 so far:

Twin Monitor setup
Vista introduced the great feature working on dual monitors, where you could simply drag maximised window from one monitor towards another, and...voila...window moved to another monitor, and it was also maximized there.
In Win7 / 2008R2 it does move to another monitor, but window gets restored to smaller size.

Multiple RDP sessions windows
When working with multiple Remote Desktop sessions opened towards some other computers, RDP sessions simply vanish after some time. Only 1 (random) RDP window stays opened (most probably the one you were last focused on).
Let me just confirm, that I tested it on multiple computers, and all Windows 7 behaviours were much alike - RDP windows were dissapearing randomly.

Windows Live Messenger
In idle state or even not logged-in, WLM ocupies 2 active icons in taskbar. One icon showing thumbnail of my WLM profile, and 2nd icon, showing actual WLM login window.
Also, when you do not work with WLM, some instant messages will not trigger neither any sound, neither will taskbar icon blink when somebody writes you a message. You need to click on WLM window and only then all messages will blink. seems like a bug in taskbar focusing.

IE8 back-buttons (and others)
I am not sure if this is Windows7 / 2008 R2 related, but I noticed this behaviour only on newly installed machines. IE8 sometimes freezes buttons for BACK and REFRESH, and also TOOLS menu is mostly grayed-out.
Seems like some security feature, which is buggy.

Taskbar buttons
For advanced users, it is handy to have also some non-standard shortcuts pinned to taskbar. For example, I want to have shortcut to NETWORK CONNECTIONS list pinned to taskbar.
To call NETWORK CONNECTIONS, you need to create shortcut to:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe shell:::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}\::{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}
Ok, and beside this one, I also have shortcut to WINDOWS EXPLORER.
Now, when I run NETWORK CONNECTIONS shortcut, it becomes active in taskbar, but it also activates Windows Explorer shortcut, showing them both as active.

Networking
If you configure 2 NIC adapters, let's say, one for INTERNAL and one for EXTERNAL traffic, Windows 7 / Server 2008R2 will (wrong!) put them in the same network neghbourhood (Private, Public...) if NICs are from the same vendor (for example, if you have computer with 2 NICs already built-in).
I had to buy additional NIC adapter to make EXTERNAL and INTERNAL network treat separatelly.

hi and welcome

You should probably start your own thread. You will get more attention and ppl will know where to respond. Just a FYI

Ken

 

[WindowsStar]

Creative Audigy cards have a random buzz in any application. I've found no cure yet, but have found many people are experiencing this issue.

Kodak All-In-One Printers appear to install correctly, but won't print from home center and will crash Windows Explorer when printing from an application. I've found no cure yet, but have found many people are experiencing this issue.

I had the same problem...drivers downloaded as of 3 days ago fixed the buzz. If your drivers are older these might fix it. Check out their web site.

 

[WindowsStar]

Office 2003 files will not stay on the desktop where I put them.
Edit/Save and you have to chase it down and drag it back where you want it.

Cannot use W7 with a KVM switch...
Boot without a monitor connected and all display settings are lost.

Cannot manually sort the contents of a Folder.

Cannot create a new Taskbar and park it on any edge of your screen(s)

I use a KVM with Windows 7 and so do a few other techs I know. Never had an issue. The only thing I know is a bit weird is that you can only get it out of sleep mode by using the keyboard. The mouse never works. I know now to just press the spacebar twice and everything is good. (again that is only if it is sleeping)

 

[WindowsStar]

My bugs on Windows 7 / Server 2008 R2 so far:


IE8 back-buttons (and others)
I am not sure if this is Windows7 / 2008 R2 related, but I noticed this behaviour only on newly installed machines. IE8 sometimes freezes buttons for BACK and REFRESH, and also TOOLS menu is mostly grayed-out.
Seems like some security feature, which is buggy.

QUOTE]

I have had major problems with IE8 and the back button. It just does not work correctly. It does not work on Windows 7 and Windows XP. It seems to work perfectly on Vista (However I only used Vista for 2 months). I have been using Windows 7 through many of the Betas and all the RCs. IE8's back button has never worked. I reported it over and over to Microsoft while they were working on Windows 7 hoping they would fix it but they have not. I have found that if the back button does not work you can press the backspace key and it will. (note: only sometimes)

 

[Frostmourne]

Apologies if this has been mentioned but the add/remove control panel is lost when it comes to installed software - I have roughly 50GB or so of games not 3GB.

 

[Rokinreg]

Hi Everyone,
Windows seven bugs I have found so far,

Windows media player; After playing .mkv files using k-lite codec pack media player errors and will not launch, media player classic works fine.

IE8 and firefox; cannot display gallery or wallpaper images on hubblesite.org

Mouse scroll does not work in all windows panes ie: default programs/set associations and others but can't remember which others at mo.

 

[Dom]

Open the properties of any device in Device Manager, then hover over the close button. Strobe effect.

 

[zigzag3143]

Hi Everyone,
Windows seven bugs I have found so far,

Windows media player; After playing .mkv files using k-lite codec pack media player errors and will not launch, media player classic works fine.

IE8 and firefox; cannot display gallery or wallpaper images on hubblesite.org

Mouse scroll does not work in all windows panes ie: default programs/set associations and others but can't remember which others at mo.

I can

 

[Rokinreg]

No way, could it be my ESET antivirus/firewall because neither IE8 or Firefox can display these thumbnails or even the full images, searching images on google works fine though.
If it was only IE8 I could imagine the cach was to small or something but both IE8 and Firefox having trouble points to something else, any ideas anyone?

Thanks in advance.

 

[stangbat]

Windows Explorer Tree - Jumping

This drives me nuts. When navigating in Windows Explorer, if you double click a folder in the left pane to expand it, the folder you double clicked stays stationary and its contents expand below it. This what you would expect.

However, if you continue double clicking to expand a folder in the left pane, the folder moves from under your mouse down to the bottom of the pane. Any folder you double click from then on jumps down close to the bottom of the left pane instead of staying stationary and simply expanding under your cursor like you would expect.

If you double click a folder in the right pane to expand it, its twin in the left pane also jumps to the bottom of the left pane.

Some discussion of it:

Strange folder behavior in left pane of Windows Explorer

W7 Jumping To Bottom Browser When clicking on Folders

Windows explorer tree view expands at the bottom, not at the top as it used to be

 

[hellcry]

1. Set your desktop background to any solid color.
2. Reboot your computer u will observe a 30 sec delay on welcome screen.

How do u explain this

3. Set a picture background u will see the welcome screen delay from log in is gone.

 

[Rokinreg]

Hi again,
Ok have fixed Hubblesite.org problem, reset page encoding to auto-select and now have my .jpg thumbnails and pictures back, may be a region settings problem?

The mouse scroll problem was some malware in user/appdata/local/temp folder, removed with malwarebytes.

The media player problem, well will stick to avi files lol.

 

[Mellon Head]

I'm pretty happy overall, but:

1. Firefox will often stop responding if I try to go to a website too early after it starts up, or if I stop a slow loading site.

2. Media Center gives me a corrupt recycle bin if I delete a show from inside MC. If I delete with Explorer, no problem. No amount of diddling with the recycle bin size, or the record folder size seems to help.

3. Can't get jump lists to work.

4. The start menu doesn't show me commonly opened programs, even though I have it set that way. It shows me a bunch of utilities I never use.

5. Startup programs seem to load in an arbitrary order, occasionally causing slowdowns or errors.

6. Uninstalling things often leaves empty folders behind in the start menu .

7. And my #1: Device manager will show an item and say there is no driver loaded. If you click on the driver tab, there is one loaded, yet the hardware doesn't work. Seven will then not allow you to load the driver that makes the hardware work. ????

Just dumb, stupid things.