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Yet chkdsk remains critically defective and (apparently) many systems BSOD attempting to resume from hibernation just as mine does.
 
[citation][nom]razorblaze42[/nom]You wrongly assumed I hadn't looked for a way to disable the auto arrange in windows 7, I have Sir. There's no way to fix it, I only hope Microsoft addresses the issue in SP1.[/citation]
By "fix it" I also meant look for an alternate Windows browser.
Think out the box dude, if the tools you are given don't do what you want there will always be loads of that do if you look "out there". By the way, have you looked at any of the 5 free alternate windows explorers to see if they are suitable?
 
The thing that astonishes me the most with Windows 7 is the fact my EEE 1005HA with 2GB ram manages to load Windows 3 seconds slower than my i7 920 with 6GB 2000mhz :)
Gotta give them respect for that...
 
[citation][nom]jclarkk[/nom]The thing that astonishes me the most with Windows 7 is the fact my EEE 1005HA with 2GB ram manages to load Windows 3 seconds slower than my i7 920 with 6GB 2000mhz Gotta give them respect for that...[/citation]
That's because Windows 7 is a good OS, people only pick holes in the most ridiculous areas that are subjective at best. If you were to look hard enough and cherry-pick you could find a whole raft of "annoyances" for OSX and Linux as well. The reason Windows comes in for more complaints is because over 90% of PC's use it.
QED ... More users = More complaints
 
Time between Windows 3.11 (1993) to Windows XP (2001) = 8 Years

Time between Windows XP (2001) to Windows 7 (2009) = 8 Years

I love XP just as much as the next person, but I think it is about time to move on.
 
Well OBVIOUSLY it sells...

Vista was O.K. but had a fair share of issues.
Vista was overpriced

Windows 7 is prices fairly...

Even people who get a pirated copy of Windows will buy windows 7 as it's not highway robbery anymore.
 
I like 7, but don't love it. Pro's: see's all my memory, utilizes a Quad core very well, doesn't eat all my memory like Vista. Con: For some reason when i make a new file or folder it takes a min or so to appear or i have to refresh the folder/screen for it to show up. Windows Explorer crashes when i go into the control panel/program features, to uninstall a program. The only way i can uninstall a program is to run appwiz.cpl from the run window.

I believe the issue with the crashing has to do with either Office 2007 or Microsoft Security Essentials. Other than that Windows 7 is good.
 
[citation][nom]HavoCnMe[/nom]I like 7, but don't love it. Pro's: see's all my memory, utilizes a Quad core very well, doesn't eat all my memory like Vista. Con: For some reason when i make a new file or folder it takes a min or so to appear or i have to refresh the folder/screen for it to show up. Windows Explorer crashes when i go into the control panel/program features, to uninstall a program. The only way i can uninstall a program is to run appwiz.cpl from the run window. I believe the issue with the crashing has to do with either Office 2007 or Microsoft Security Essentials. Other than that Windows 7 is good.[/citation]
The cons you describe are not the program wholesale, just you, I dont have this problem and neither do millions of other users. I would suggest trying to reinstall, maybe get a new hard drive in case it is corrupting your installation.
 
[citation][nom]sicpric[/nom]Vista only runs like crap because you have a subpar computer or fail at maintaining a PC. I have Vista premium x64 and it's nearly flawless.Windows 7 will be my next purchase.[/citation]

i will add to that. Vista was flawless on my quad core with 2GB of ram and even better when i upgraded to to 64-bit version with 4GB of ram. Vista was as solid as a rock for me. i only switched to 7 because someone offered me a legit copy for free.
 
[citation][nom]homrqt[/nom]I'm still waiting on decent support and compatibilty on a 64bit OS![/citation]

well you must be blind my friend unless your still holding your breath for someone to release a 64-bit driver for your 10 year old hardware
 
[citation][nom]HavoCnMe[/nom]oh ok. I must be the only one on this planet with that issue. thanks....fart[/citation]
Thats the problem here HavoCnMe, I like windows 7 too, but I have my issues with it... there are those that seem to want to promote it blindly, likes its the "holy grail" of OS, when its not, and when you point out issues with windows 7, its must be something you did wrong, not the cute but flawed Windows 7. Or some guy telling me to go find some freeware to replcae my browser in my brand spanking new $300 windows 7 OS to fix it /sighs
 
[citation][nom]razorblaze42[/nom]Or some guy telling me to go find some freeware to replcae my browser in my brand spanking new $300 windows 7 OS to fix it /sighs[/citation]
That's called "cutting your nose off to spite your face"
Windows 7 does not have the option to disable auto arrange
I spend my time looking for a way to give you what you want done and you continue to piss and moan. I was trying to be HELPFUL. Windows 7 probably has a thousand other fantastic features and the auto-arrange doesn't meet some impossible to acheive perfection status so the whole OS is bad? 9 years ago we had the same arguements about Windows XP with people saying the UI used so much more resources than Windows 98 it was awful. People are impossible to please.
 
[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]That's called "cutting your nose off to spite your face"Windows 7 does not have the option to disable auto arrangeI spend my time looking for a way to give you what you want done and you continue to piss and moan. I was trying to be HELPFUL. Windows 7 probably has a thousand other fantastic features and the auto-arrange doesn't meet some impossible to acheive perfection status so the whole OS is bad? 9 years ago we had the same arguements about Windows XP with people saying the UI used so much more resources than Windows 98 it was awful. People are impossible to please.[/citation]
Dude, I never asked you to spend your time finding a third party workaround. But thanks for trying to be helpful. It would have been a much nicer gesture without the "piss and moan" insults. I had already searched for a legitimate way to turn off auto arranges, but you wrongly assumed I hadn't done my own research into this matter. What I want is Microsoft to fix windows 7 and give me the same functionality I enjoyed with XP. Is that too much to ask!!!!
 
i couldn't stand using windows 7. i installed it and an hour later i uninstalled it and put xp back on. it's a really disgusting operating system. what i noticed from my 1 hour usage is that it tries to casualize the who thing. but it ends up being a bad thing because it changes and does things that i do not like from xp.

one example is the display settings change. i wanted to change the screen resolution and it gave 3 options, small, medium and large. i'm sure there is an advance feature for that, but i don't want to rummage through and figure out how to do this. so i gave up on it. i can give you more examples but why when you can experience them yourself. hahaha!
 
[citation][nom]razorblaze42[/nom]What I want is Microsoft to fix windows 7 and give me the same functionality I enjoyed with XP. Is that too much to ask!!!![/citation]
Well, apparently yes...
So apart from Windows not giving you the option to remove auto-arrange, exactly what is so bad about Windows 7? Is that actually "bad"? My own personal annoyance is that old DOS games don't run on it, so Duke Nukem 3D and Privateer 2 are stuffed, admittedly I can use eDuke32 and the Hi-Res pack to make Duke work but the convenience of just running the CD isn't there... But expecting a 21st century OS to support Jurassic DOS games is laughable, as is the ire of people that complain about lack of 64-bit drivers for shitty 15 year old scanners or serial devices.

It works, it works well and it is rock-solid. It sells well because 8 million people beta-tested it and almost everyone who did gave it such positive feedback that a total success at retail was a foregone conclusion.

BUT

Just so we can put this stupid arguement to bed once and for all, 5 minutes googling gave me this
Double secret auto-arrange probation
When you view a folder for the first time, Explorer arranges the items in a nice default pattern. And when items are added to the folder, they get added to the end. And when you delete an item from the folder... the other items auto-arrange to close the gap? But wait, if you look at the View options, the Auto-Arrange option is not set.
So are we auto-arranging or not auto-arranging?
Well, yes, but only until you touch it.
As long as you express no interest in the placement of icons in a folder (and the desktop counts as a folder), then Explorer will auto-arrange them. But once you move an icon around, Explorer will turn off its double secret auto-arrangement and leave the icon arrangement to you.
(Programmatically, this mode is known as LVS_EX_AUTOAUTOARRANGE.)
There, can we move on now?
 
Here are some figures for Windows 7's market share from Net Applications:

1/1/2010 8.01%
1/2/2010 8.12%
1/3/2010 8.36%
1/4/2010 7.01%
1/5/2010 6.65%
1/6/2010 6.68%
1/7/2010 6.67%
1/8/2010 6.96%
1/9/2010 8.08%
1/10/2010 8.01%
 
[citation][nom]aford10[/nom]I got windows 7 about 3 months ago. I love what I've seen so far. There was so much hype with it's impending release. My favorite feature is that it usually will find the drivers for your devices.[/citation]Usually being the keyword. I bought a Zune HD made by.. guess who, MICROSOFT.. plugged it into Windows 7 and guess what? Cannot find driver for device. Just to point that out, that's all. I know WHY it doesn't find it but that is besides the point.
 
I think I have found the reason Windows 7 has that boost over Vista even when they run the same kernel. I have noticed that my cuda apps run much slower that XP/Vista than in Windows 7 by as much as 30%. I have run this on 2 88000gt's, a GTX260, and a GTX285 with the same results, my cuda apps run much slower on Windows 7 almost like there is a cap, I have fought with this for a couple of months now trying to get Windows 7 to at least run my cuda apps like Vista so I can upgrade. I have also noticed that my wife's computer which run the same peocessor as mine and the same Ram (4GB) runs noticeable slower than my own even with the same specs for the exception of one thing I have 2 cuda enabled GPU's and she runs on a on-board video ( Nvidia 7300 ). I need someone to confirm these results. I run a semi large network (4676 machines ) and my boss wants me to upgrade the whole network based on the recent reviews. I have 2 problems with that being first that ANSOC has not approved Windows 7 (thank GOD ) and I am sure there will be a noticeable performance hit upgrading with our older hardware ( our specs have only on board video and none are cuda ) . We do have some cuda hardware on our network but us admin do scoop it up when we can. Can you confirm this because I believe MS pulled a fast one using direct compute to accelerate there O/S to get past the reviewers.
 
I think I have found the reason Windows 7 has that boost over Vista even when they run the same kernel. I have noticed that my cuda apps run much slower that XP/Vista than in Windows 7 by as much as 30%. I have run this on 2 88000gt's, a GTX260, and a GTX285 with the same results, my cuda apps run much slower on Windows 7 almost like there is a cap, I have fought with this for a couple of months now trying to get Windows 7 to at least run my cuda apps like Vista so I can upgrade. I have also noticed that my wife's computer which run the same peocessor as mine and the same Ram (4GB) runs noticeable slower than my own even with the same specs for the exception of one thing I have 2 cuda enabled GPU's and she runs on a on-board video ( Nvidia 7300 ). I need someone to confirm these results. I run a semi large network (4676 machines ) and my boss wants me to upgrade the whole network based on the recent reviews. I have 2 problems with that being first that ANSOC has not approved Windows 7 (thank GOD ) and I am sure there will be a noticeable performance hit upgrading with our older hardware ( our specs have only on board video and none are cuda ) . We do have some cuda hardware on our network but us admin do scoop it up when we can. Can you confirm this because I believe MS pulled a fast one using direct compute to accelerate there O/S to get past the reviewers.
 
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