I'm thinking about doing that too Ed but I'm worried that MS has snuck some anti-Mac compatibility stuff into W7
― baout.com (dyao), Monday, 28 September 2009 01:37 (fourteen years ago) link
I've had no end of trouble with the UAC in Vista and Windows 7 seems to be just as bad.
― Jaq, Monday, 28 September 2009 02:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Windows 7.1 actually xp
Windows 7 is actually version 6.1.
― James Mitchell, Monday, 28 September 2009 07:24 (fourteen years ago) link
xp is 5.1!
― electric sound of jim (original version) (electricsound), Monday, 28 September 2009 07:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Been using Windows 7 for nearly a year now as m main OS from one of the beta releases. Had some early compatiability issues with software and hardware, but sa far as I can tell everything is smoothed out now on my system.
― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 28 September 2009 09:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I've had the RC on my server since they released it, and it's been fine and lovely on there (the new version of media centre is especially nice). But I'm holding off using it on my lappy because it's not going to play well with the network at work, apparently. And sticking with XP on my desktop because of soundcard compatibility issues.
― JimD, Monday, 28 September 2009 09:39 (fourteen years ago) link
okay I just watched the video and wow
― baout.com (dyao), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 07:46 (fourteen years ago) link
I should say, I watched about 2 minutes before I stopped it so I could go grab the Host Notes from the Windows 7 Party Website in order to prepare for my awesome Windows 7 Party
― baout.com (dyao), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 07:47 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm pretty butthurt that nobody's invited me to one yet.
― JimD, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 08:12 (fourteen years ago) link
I've been using Windows 7 for a month or so - it's really great, like Vista with all the annoying shit taken out. The "drag window to the side of the screen to dock" thing is insanely useful, to the extent that it annoys me when I can't do it on XP. The sleep mode doesn't play nice with my nvidia graphics card, tho I think that's nvidia being annoying rather than ms. Getting etworking to go with my XP laptop is a pain tho. Win7 can see the Shared Docs folder on XP, but XP can't see anything on the Win7. V. Annoying!
― NotEnough, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 08:26 (fourteen years ago) link
wow that video makes me want to commit murder
― rather shipped (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 10:07 (fourteen years ago) link
that's exactly what they want
― modescalator (blueski), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 10:11 (fourteen years ago) link
They don't even have a stake in your committing murder. Some operating systems just want to watch the world burn.
― tie me up, dress in drag, and read to me from the bible (kenan), Tuesday, 29 September 2009 10:29 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.coated.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/windows-7-whopper.jpg
― am0n, Sunday, 25 October 2009 16:55 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcnpi_gM2Oc
Microsoft is hitting hard on the advertising theme that Win7 is simpler, leaner and faster. This is intriguing, but is it true? MS has been retailing Windows that are resource hogs since they put it on the market. It seems improbable that they would reverse field at this late stage and actually trim it down and optimize it.
― Aimless, Sunday, 25 October 2009 17:13 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmiPzMY4nuE
― am0n, Sunday, 25 October 2009 17:16 (fourteen years ago) link
I am on dial up. youtube urls are just an invitation to sit around for 30 minutes waiting fo it to load. that is an invitation I never accept. Could you be troubled to write 35 words of text on this subject for the youtube impoverished?
― Aimless, Sunday, 25 October 2009 17:21 (fourteen years ago) link
never mind, am0n. I can see now you have no useful information to share.
― Aimless, Sunday, 25 October 2009 17:34 (fourteen years ago) link
looool u mad?
― am0n, Sunday, 25 October 2009 17:36 (fourteen years ago) link
for the dial-up stone age web surfers: youtube video of a commercial showing a doughy adult male proudly claiming he came up with the windows 7 ability to "snap" two separate windows together
― am0n, Sunday, 25 October 2009 17:38 (fourteen years ago) link
So glad I switched to OS X a year ago.
― kshighway1, Sunday, 25 October 2009 17:41 (fourteen years ago) link
And that commercial in the first post is unforgivable.
― kshighway1, Sunday, 25 October 2009 17:42 (fourteen years ago) link
like snapping 2 windows together is some sort of game-changer in the OS world
― am0n, Sunday, 25 October 2009 17:42 (fourteen years ago) link
hahahaha.
when I first started using OS X, I was surprised that everything actually, you know, worked. which shows how high XP set my expectations for operating systems.
― kshighway1, Sunday, 25 October 2009 17:47 (fourteen years ago) link
have you guys seen what the new MICROSOFT RETAIL STORE looks like?
check it out: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2009/10/22/microsoft-stores
― kshighway1, Sunday, 25 October 2009 17:48 (fourteen years ago) link
YouTube user VonHelp sums it up nicely:
Shameless, the floor, the way computers are arranged and the "Ritual" of high five. An excellent copy... well done Microsoft you are almost like apple, just fix the crashes, the virus, get an iPhone, iPod, and an Appstore.
― kshighway1, Sunday, 25 October 2009 17:49 (fourteen years ago) link
eh i don't even want to get into mac vs pc. im just in it for the inept microsoft marketing lols
― am0n, Sunday, 25 October 2009 17:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Windows is not 'bloated' anyone who thinks this is showing ignorance of OS's, what is bloated is the computers people get from OEMs which are full of trialware crap that helps to bring down the prices.
XP with SP2+ is a great OS, Vista had problems till SP1
The problem is MS needed to start getting it right from the get go.
Windows 7 is only superficially different to Vista, however it's Vista + a few service packs and a bit of polish on the UI.
Mainly a PR release.
― Jarlrmai, Sunday, 25 October 2009 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
From a user's perspective that is true although XP was getting gnarly from a sysadmin's point of view. There's a lot of under the hood bloat removed from Vista to get to 7 which should make it pretty good. I'm looking forward to installing it this week and finding out just how good it is.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Sunday, 25 October 2009 18:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Totally OTM about MS's need to get an OS right the first time for the majority of users.
7 is pretty good so far (I got it for free ^_^)
― the blackest thing ever seen (HI DERE), Sunday, 25 October 2009 18:50 (fourteen years ago) link
So when did Microsoft decide that the theme of "extreme Bible camp survivor" was the way they wanted their marketing to go?
A party?!
― dog latin, Sunday, 25 October 2009 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm a sysadmin with around 6000 users, XP has been amazing for us, Vista/7 promises to maintain that nice OS stability, the new management shit is great but then Group Policy Prefs was fine
I've been using 7 for around a month and it's great, but then Vista was fine also and XP was okay but you could tell the hardware was starting to outstrip it.
VMs have made the upgrade a non brainer, I can run anything I need to in my XP VM.
Multicore/SSD etc all better with W7/Vista
― Jarlrmai, Sunday, 25 October 2009 20:16 (fourteen years ago) link
― am0n, Sunday, October 25, 2009 10:38 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark
There's a freeware program called Gridmove that's been doing that for years. It takes up about 4mb of RAM and it's great, and they should sue the ass off of Microsoft. Sue the doughy guy too.
― throwbookatface (skygreenleopard), Monday, 26 October 2009 17:15 (fourteen years ago) link
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2009/07/28/9850416.aspx#9852298
In the taskbar, click the button for the first window you want to position, then hold the Ctrl key and right-click the button for the second window. Select Tile Vertically. Bingo, the two windows are positioned side by side.
― abanana, Monday, 26 October 2009 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Why u guys r hating ,,, u didnt hate apple when they did these ads about microsoft ,, so microsoft had to fight back ... plus 10 yrs ago u guys wouldnt even know what apple is ,,i do not hate apple ,, well i love it .. but i still respect microsoft for everything they did to the computer world ... and i think microsoft entered the history ,,, but apple didnt and will never do coz everything they did it was a copy of something else but with nicer design and featires.
― richard belzer (jeff), Monday, 26 October 2009 20:37 (fourteen years ago) link
anyone try this out on vmware fusion on a mac yet? does it run any faster than XP did (XP ran okay)?
― akm, Monday, 26 October 2009 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Microsoft is hitting hard on the advertising theme that Win7 is simpler, leaner and faster. This is intriguing, but is it true?
In my recent experience, it does run much better on older hardware than Vista did. I have a 4-5 year old HP workstation with a 3.2 Pentium 4 and 4GB of ram. Not terrible specs, but Vista choked it to death, and 7 runs just fine.
― tie me up, dress in drag, and read to me from the bible (kenan), Monday, 26 October 2009 21:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Does it run better than XP?
― James Mitchell, Monday, 26 October 2009 21:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Speed-wise, yes. Though it does have trouble with my network connections in a way that XP doesn't.
― tie me up, dress in drag, and read to me from the bible (kenan), Monday, 26 October 2009 21:46 (fourteen years ago) link
I mean, speed-wise, about the same. The machine was "Designed for Windows XP" as the little sticker says, so I can't really do better than XP for sheer performance.
― tie me up, dress in drag, and read to me from the bible (kenan), Monday, 26 October 2009 21:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Please to fix Windows Explorer, thx.
Doesn't refresh, so if you delete a load of files from a folder they still show. Sometimes even after you hit F5 a load of times. Have to click on another folder and then back on the original folder.
"folder not found" error-displaying after I deleted the folder so no shit it's not found
also really annoying - highlight a few files in a folder, click to sort a column e.g. modified date, the files are no longer highlighted. XP used to keep them highlighted if you change the view/sort
Some of the other problems I was having turned out to be "features" I could turn off, so if anyone knows how to stop the above from happening I'd be much obliged.
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 16 February 2010 17:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Opening a legitimate text file on a network directory can let someone gain access to your computer. Good job Microsoft. Affects XP on up.http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-071#section1
― anorange (abanana), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
good to see everyone stoked for windows 8
― Once Were Moderators (DG), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
http://cultofmac.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/windows_8_BSoD.jpg
― Once Were Moderators (DG), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 12:06 (twelve years ago) link
"I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that"
― serve soup without tasting it (snoball), Thursday, 15 September 2011 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
Opening a legitimate text file on a network directory can let someone gain access to your computer. Good job Microsoft. Affects XP on up.
It must be fairly rare for someone to access a file from a network directory that a hacker would have access to, unless they'd already compromised the network, I'd think.
― o. nate, Thursday, 15 September 2011 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
Amazing new features in Windows 8! Including Task Bar and Reset!
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/374587/30-best-features-of-windows-8
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 14 May 2012 04:00 (eleven years ago) link
It’s possible, for example, to download the ISO of a Linux distribution or another piece of software to the desktop, double-click to “mount” the file, and run the setup executable without having to physically burn the ISO to disc.
o brave new world that has such features in it
― good men like my father, or president truman (difficult listening hour), Monday, 14 May 2012 04:04 (eleven years ago) link
Tapping in passwords on a tablet, even using Microsoft’s excellent soft keyboard, is hardly ideal. Picture passwords are an inventive alternative. Select a photo from your library, make three gestures with your finger on the chosen photo – tapping each of your children in alphabetical order, for example, or swiping across three letters in a picture of fridge magnets – and that becomes your Windows login. Picture passwords can be used with both touchscreens and mouse controls.
Select a photo from your library, make three gestures with your finger on the chosen photo – tapping each of your children in alphabetical order, for example, or swiping across three letters in a picture of fridge magnets – and that becomes your Windows login. Picture passwords can be used with both touchscreens and mouse controls.
this is like a rejected MS Bob feature. "no, that's too insecure, let's just reset the password after 5 failed attempts instead"
― the acquisition and practice of music is unfavourable to the health of (abanana), Monday, 14 May 2012 20:40 (eleven years ago) link
tapping each of your children in alphabetical order
― good men like my father, or president truman (difficult listening hour), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 01:14 (eleven years ago) link
Does anyone know any good 3rd part media streaming software for Windows 7? There's a PS3 in the house and I'd love to just stream my movies/tv/music folders, but I don't want to drag everything away from their custom folders into the Windows Libraries stuff. If there's a way to just add folders or shortcuts to WMP, I haven't found it.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 24 May 2012 17:39 (eleven years ago) link
I mean, the most customizable thing about WMP is that I can choose it to sort stuff via genre or stars or other such BS. I want to just say "This folder, D:\My Music, stream the damn thing!"
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 24 May 2012 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
ps3 media server works pretty well
― silverfish, Thursday, 24 May 2012 18:11 (eleven years ago) link
The little icon for Windows 10 has appeared at the bottom of my screen. I have Windows 7 Home Premium right now. I've never done this before...should I upgrade? I'm generally content with what I have.
― clemenza, Thursday, 4 June 2015 23:00 (eight years ago) link
I've read, on a couple of standard tech news sites, that we have a year for the free upgrade, and should wait a while, because lots of bugs currently. I'm satisfied too, so will wait a little while at least, for thorough reviews.
― dow, Thursday, 4 June 2015 23:33 (eight years ago) link
Sounds good. I don't want to be stuck with something I don't really understand.
― clemenza, Thursday, 4 June 2015 23:43 (eight years ago) link
Right now you are content because you have the right drivers for your hardware and your software does what you need with no issues of compatibility. If your setup works for you, I'd be wary of an upgrade until I knew I could run my current software and get the drivers I need. Personally, I have some old peripherals, like a 10 year old scanner, and old software like Word 2002, I have no intention of replacing, so 7 works just fine for me atm.
― Aimless, Thursday, 4 June 2015 23:50 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, generally you shouldn't upgrade unless you have a good reason to do so.
I'm gonna stick with windows 7 for a while. I'll let other people test windows 10.
― silverfish, Friday, 5 June 2015 03:20 (eight years ago) link
This tells some of the Win 7 goodies not on Win 10 (I already use the suggested free VLS instead of Windows Media Player, usually; much more reliable) At the very end there's a hands-on Windows 10 video:http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/1/8696949/windows-10-feature-loss
― dow, Saturday, 6 June 2015 22:37 (eight years ago) link
Yeah I've used VLC for around 10 years now, never going back to WMP.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 6 June 2015 23:14 (eight years ago) link